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Blamin' Akin

Creative Minority Report - Nov 9, 2012 at 6:17 am
You can blame Todd Akin and Mourdock for talking about rape in relation to abortion. Ann Coulter and others are laying Mitt Romney's defeat at their feet. But let's face it, these...

Pope: Interpol, a bastion of international security

News.va - Nov 9, 2012 at 6:10 am
(Vatican Radio) Security was tight around Vatican City State Friday morning, with access streets closed down and Italy’s state police deployed on each corner as top Interpol...

Czech Parliament Passes Restitution To Churches For Nationalized Property

The Religion Clause - Nov 9, 2012 at 6:05 am
According to BosNewsLife yesterday, the Czech Parliament has approved a plan to provide restitution to churches whose property was nationalized after the Communist takeover of...

Awestruck Community — Catholic Pinterest Board of the Week

CatholicMom.com - Nov 9, 2012 at 6:00 am
Follow CatholicPinner on Twitter Stumbling across this week’s Board of the Week — Awestruck Community — led me not only to a cool new Pinterest board to follow, but also a new...

Suit Charges Town With Forcing Property Owner To Display Church Sign

The Religion Clause - Nov 9, 2012 at 6:00 am
According to the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Citizens Voice and the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, a former member of the Shickshinny (PA) borough council filed suit in federal court Wednesday...

Does God Will Life to Come From Rape

Making Things Visible - Nov 9, 2012 at 6:00 am
God does not will rape but he does will life. He does not will the violence of rape to occur. But when it does, the life is nevertheless, a gift from Him. Check out the article. 

Understanding married priesthood

The Deacon's Bench - Nov 9, 2012 at 5:41 am
It may be one of the most bewildering and confusing issues in the Church these days, and Our Sunday Visitor this week takes a long look at it: There are widened eyes, some...

Pro-life leaders aim at cultural change after election losses

EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 9, 2012 at 5:40 am
Washington D.C., Nov 9, 2012 / 06:13 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Despite pro-life setbacks in the Nov. 6 election, there is still hope and ample opportunity for progress in promoting a...

Catholic bishops welcome new Archbishop of Canterbury

Catholic Herald - Nov 9, 2012 at 5:12 am
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster has welcomed the appointment of the Rt Rev Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham, as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. Writing on behalf of the...

Pro-life leaders aim at cultural change after election losses

Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 9, 2012 at 5:11 am
Washington D.C., Nov 9, 2012 / 04:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite pro-life setbacks in the Nov. 6 election, there is still hope and ample opportunity for progress in promoting a...

Dispute Over Water Bill Could Hurt Jerusalem Holy Site

Franciscan Media - Nov 9, 2012 at 5:00 am
JERUSALEM (CNS) — A dispute over an unpaid water bill reportedly running to $2.3 million could threaten the daily functioning of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, one of...

Jeremy Hunt orders an inquiry into the Liverpool Care Pathway, and says patients and relatives must be consulted. But will the doctors pay any attention?

Catholic Herald - Nov 9, 2012 at 4:53 am
A discussion conducted on the Today programme last week, about the so-called Liverpool Care Pathway, has left me distinctly uncertain, not about whether or not the LCP is being...

There is more than a whiff of Holy Trinity Brompton about the new Archbishop of Canterbury

Catholic Herald - Nov 9, 2012 at 4:09 am
Today is the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. As every pedant knows, the Basilica of St John Lateran is the Pope’s Cathedral. St Peter’s in the Vatican is a mere...

Morning Prayer for Friday, 11/9/12

CatholicMom.com - Nov 9, 2012 at 4:00 am
Morning Prayer for Friday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time and the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Video Link

Plans emerge for Pope's personal Twitter account

EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 9, 2012 at 3:59 am
Vatican City, Nov 9, 2012 / 03:59 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Just after holding the synod on the New Evangelization, Vatican officials say that Pope Benedict XVI will start his own...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/11/12

Catholic Herald - Nov 9, 2012 at 3:53 am
Pope Benedict called for “continued dialogue and cooperation between the worlds of science and of faith” in a speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences yesterday (full text,...

USCCB spokeswoman offers post-election reflection on unborn, poor, religious freedom

Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2012 at 3:51 am
Reflecting on the election and Hurricane Sandy, the director of media relations of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said that despite "unprecedented political...

Centenary of Pope John Paul I's birth recalled

Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2012 at 3:50 am
L'Osservatore Romano has cosponsored a conference marking the centenary of the birth of Pope John Paul I, who reigned for 33 days in 1978. "Detachment from the world, obedience to...

Symposium examines Pope Benedict's teaching on ecology

Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2012 at 3:50 am
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic University of America's Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies, and the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change...

US prelate laments rocket attacks on Israel, security wall that harms Christian families

Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2012 at 3:49 am
Lamenting recent actions by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of...
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