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U.S. And Mexican Catholic Bishops Release Joint Pastoral Letter on Immigration
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2013 at 11:00 pm National Migration Week will be observed in dioceses around the country January 6-12. This year’s theme, “We are Strangers No Longer: Our Journey of Hope Continues,” includes a...
Syrian Archbishop Appeals to UN and Iraqi Prime Minister for Aid
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2013 at 11:00 pm Syrian Catholic Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo of Hassaké-Nisibis appealed to both the presidency of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) and to Iraqi...
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza Writes to Mothers of Priests, Seminarians
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2013 at 11:00 pm Writing on the occasion of the solemnity of Mary Mother of God (January 1), Prefect for the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, addressed a letter to mothers of...
Advancing Rebel Group Cause for Concern in Bangui
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2013 at 11:00 pm Citizens of Bangui, the capital city of the Central African Republic, have expressed concern over the Seleka rebel group advancing towards them. In a report by Fides News Agency,...
Pope Extends Condolences to Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2013 at 11:00 pm Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence last week to Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, prefect emeritus of the Congregation of Bishops, upon hearing of the death of his father...
Pope Benedict Speaks on the Origins of Christ
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2013 at 11:00 pm Pope Benedict XVI addressed over 7,000 pilgrims in attendance at Paul VI Hall in the Vatican yesterday in his first General Audience of the New Year. Speaking on the theme of the...
Filipino Expats on Reproductive Health Law: "Brace Yourselves"
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2013 at 11:00 pm By Nirva'ana Ella Delacruz
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It Is The Thought That Counts
Creative Minority Report - Jan 2, 2013 at 9:15 pm When it comes to presents, it is the thought that counts.
My five year old daughter loves her dollies. So my mother, ever so thoughtful, gave her a beautiful Christmas present, a...
“Excommunication, I’m still glowing”
The Curt Jester - Jan 2, 2013 at 8:05 pm Marc Barnes says of this women’s ordination video “Ordain a lady: that “This might be the greatest video ever to happen to the Catholic Church.” and goes on in post Why The...
You did it!
LifeSiteNews - Jan 2, 2013 at 7:50 pm by Steve Jalsevac You did it! The Christmas campaign goal was reached and then some, the exact final tally not yet known. Thank you, thank you, thank you - to all who donated to...
What I Learned Wednesday #5
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Jan 2, 2013 at 7:49 pm To be honest, I wasn't going to do this because I've been busy today but then I saw a video that I couldn't not post so... here it goes.1) Thanks to OpenlyCatholic, I took a 100+...
Iranian pastor's Christmas arrest worries religious liberty advocates
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 2, 2013 at 7:15 pm Tehran, Iran, Jan 2, 2013 / 06:15 pm (CNA).- A Christian pastor who spent nearly three years in an Iranian prison for his religious conversion was reportedly arrested again on...
US bishops anti-poverty arm defends grants after pro-life groups issue exposé
LifeSiteNews - Jan 2, 2013 at 6:51 pm by Johanna Dasteel WASHINGTON, D.C., January 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an internal memo sent to diocesan Catholic Campaign for Human Development directors, the United States...
“Ordain a lady!”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 2, 2013 at 6:24 pm My blog neighbor Marc Barnes posted the video below at his joint, “Bad Catholic” and noted: This might be the greatest video ever to happen to the Catholic Church. If I had tried...
Photo of Oratory altar decorated for Christmas
Rome of the West - Jan 2, 2013 at 6:23 pm
High altar, at Saint Francis de Sales Oratory in Saint Louis, Missouri, decorated for Christmas. Photo taken after the Mass of the eighth day of the nativity of Our Lord, on...
Il bambino / La bambina and retrospective
Jeff Geerling's Blog - Jan 2, 2013 at 6:00 pm This is old news to some, but my wife and I are expecting a baby early in this new year. Please say a prayer that everything goes well! (No, we don't know the gender; and no, we...
Virginia Governor OKs New Rules That May Close Abortion Clinics
LifeNews.com - Jan 2, 2013 at 5:59 pm Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, has approved new health and safety rules for abortion facilities that may put any that can’t provide basic health standards for women...
Open thread: blessing for a cadaver??
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 2, 2013 at 5:50 pm Here’s a new one on me. I got this e-mail today, from a campus minister at a large university: We have a big Nursing program here and I was recently asked by one of the...
Pope appoints Boston priest as Vatican's abuse investigator
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 2, 2013 at 5:50 pm Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 / 04:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI has named Boston priest Father Robert W. Oliver as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s...
Defunding could close three Oklahoma Planned Parenthood facilities
LifeSiteNews - Jan 2, 2013 at 5:23 pm by Ben Johnson OKLAHOMA CITY, January 2, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Oklahoma had the right to deny Planned Parenthood nearly half-a-million dollars in state contracts because of...
