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1st Hindu member of Congress sworn in
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:00 am Taking her oath of office on the Bhagavad Gita, Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has become the first Hindu member of Congress.
"I was raised in a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-faith...
Bp. Paprocki on Illinois’ absurd “Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:00 am His Excellency Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, wrote a letter to be read in parishes or put in parish bulletins this weekend. The letter...
Canada: diocese, attorneys differ over obligation to report abuse allegations to police
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:00 am A New Brunswick archdiocese and attorneys for abuse victims are engaging in a public dispute over whether the archdiocese is obligated to report abuse allegations to police ...
40 Years after Roe v. Wade, Pro-Life Movement Remains Strong
Franciscan Media - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) — Forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortions, the pro-life movement hasn't stepped back in its resolve to see the decision reversed.
Syrian archbishop warns of humanitarian emergency
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2013 at 4:58 am A Syrian Catholic prelate is warning that Syrians in Al-Jazira, a Mesopotamian region that includes portions of Syria, Iraq, and Turkey, are facing the prospect of a humanitarian...
Mounting attacks on religious freedom in Cuba
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2013 at 4:57 am Incidents of religious repression in Cuba quadrupled from 30 in 2011 to 120 in 2012, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a British organization that monitors the...
Vatican cardinal rues Islamist violence, sharia imposition
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2013 at 4:56 am In comments made to L'Osservatore Romano, the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue lamented Islamist violence and the imposition of sharia law on non-...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/01/13
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2013 at 4:43 am A group of European and North American bishops known as the Holy Land Co-ordination will visit Syrian refugees in Jordan next week.
Almost 2.5 million pilgrims saw Benedict XVI at...
Bishops in solidarity with Holy Land's "suffering and vulnerable"
News.va - Jan 4, 2013 at 4:04 am (Vatican Radio) Bishops from across Europe and North America this week will be visiting Syrian refugees in Jordan along with other suffering and vulnerable people and communities...
Syrian conflict could worsen Christian exodus
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 4, 2013 at 3:30 am Damascus, Syria, Jan 4, 2013 / 04:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Fighting in Syria continues to put pressure on the minority Christian population, leading to fears that more Syrians...
Syrian conflict could worsen Christian exodus
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 4, 2013 at 3:03 am Damascus, Syria, Jan 4, 2013 / 02:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Fighting in Syria continues to put pressure on the minority Christian population, leading to fears that more Syrians will...
The Cause of America’s Declining Birthrate
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 4, 2013 at 2:15 am The birthrate in the United States has fallen to record lows, according to a new study published by the Pew Research Center. What’s more, the report says the most dramatic drop...
The Star of Bethlehem
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 4, 2013 at 2:10 am In Matthew 2:1, we read the following: “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, Magi came from the East to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is...
Hard to Argue with This
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 4, 2013 at 1:52 am One of the things Al Gore invented the internet for.
Oh. My. Word.
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 4, 2013 at 1:52 am Some really nasty Traditionalists must have gotten together to try to really humiliate the Women’s Ordination crowd. Because, surely, nobody serious about women’s ordination...
Happy News
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 4, 2013 at 1:46 am TIME is vewwy vewwy upset:
May God hasten the day that this evil judgment is overturned and our culture turns away from solving its problems by murdering somebody.
Blast from the Past
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 4, 2013 at 1:18 am I was in New Zealand in April 2003 for a Eucharistic conference (if you visit my archives for that month, you can read my chronicles of my travels). It turns out they made a...
Common Sense…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 4, 2013 at 1:12 am …that neither atheist fundamentalists nor Christian fundamentalists seem to be willing to hear:
Currently, I see in Germany, but also in the United States, a somewhat fierce...
Former Anglican community given 'beautiful' London parish
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 4, 2013 at 1:10 am London, England, Jan 4, 2013 / 02:04 am (EWTN News).-
The Archdiocese of Westminster has designated the historic Our Lady of the Assumption parish in London to a group of former...
A Marine writes…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 4, 2013 at 1:05 am Good freaking grief!
We’ve been at war for ten freaking years, with our ruling class treating our military, as Mark says, like cement to be shoveled around the world at will. What...
