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They Said It...
Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 7, 2012 at 7:55 am Not me. But, food for thought:"Although he again lost Protestant voters to his GOP opponent, Obama held onto his advantages among Catholic and Jewish voters. He won 70 percent of...
From Virulent Partisanship to Bold Cooperation
USCCB Media Blog - Nov 7, 2012 at 7:55 am
By Sister Mary Ann Walsh
With the
election over, it’s time for the nation to retake its noble position as the
home of the brave. Certainly the next four years will mark a...
Bishops to Obama: "We Will Continue to Stand"
Whispers in the Loggia - Nov 7, 2012 at 7:50 am As expected, at 8.40 this morning, the following congratulatory letter was issued to President Obama on his re-election the USCCB president, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, in...
Audience: Rediscovering a taste for the joys of life
News.va - Nov 7, 2012 at 7:30 am (Vatican Radio) Below please find a Vatican Radio translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s general Audience catechesis, the third in his series on the Year of Faith: Dear brothers and...
Versed in Prayer: a poetry reading by Rita A. Simmonds
Communio - Nov 7, 2012 at 7:17 am To celebrate faith and culture in this Year of Faith, Rita A. Simmonds, a friend, is reading her poetry in a program Versed in Prayer, at St. Malachy's-The Actors' Chapel in NYC...
Florida Voters Defeat Religious Freedom Amendment; Anti-Abortion Amendment
The Religion Clause - Nov 7, 2012 at 7:02 am Florida voters yesterday (official results) defeated Amendment 8, the proposed Religious Freedom Amendment, that would have repealed the state's Blaine Amendment-- the state...
Obama’s re-election is a tragedy, for the US and the world. Now his second term will be overshadowed, as the Benghazigate cover-up unravels
Catholic Herald - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:58 am As I write, the counting is still not complete in the American presidential elections. Under the (to an outsider) bizarre American electoral college system, the result is now a...
Sooooooo Close!!!
Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:58 am Man, we were that close to defeating Obama!Man, we were just one vote shy of defeating Obamacare!Man, we were one vote short of overturning Roe v. Wade!Next time, of we just stay...
The dementia time bomb
Catholic Herald - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:49 am Here is some very sad news, which tells us what we already knew, most of us: dementia is on the increase. Read about it here.
I first heard the term “Alzheimer’s disease” when I...
The Early Lessons
Creative Minority Report - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:34 am This one hurt.
I advised my followers on Twitter last night that the next time I wrote a post about the polls being wrong, somebody should punch me in the ear.
So what does this...
10th Circuit Vacates Injunction Against Utah's Reformation of FLDS Trust
The Religion Clause - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:15 am In Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Horne, (10th Cir., Nov. 5, 2012), the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected on procedural grounds a...
Group Charges Catholic Bishops Conference Engaged In Prohibited Political Activity
The Religion Clause - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:10 am Last week, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington announced that it has filed a complaint asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether the U.S....
Bankruptcy Court Settlement of Dispute Over Sikh Assets Approved
The Religion Clause - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:05 am A federal bankruptcy court in Oregon yesterday approved a settlement agreement in a dispute over assets of a Sikh religious community. According to the Eugene (OR) Register-Guard...
GOP asks: “Now what?”
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:03 am Let the soul-searching begin: Mitt Romney’s loss to a Democratic president wounded by a weak economy is certain to spur an internecine struggle over the future of the Republican...
Weekly Giveaway: Advent, Advent, Advent!
Snoring Scholar - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:00 am It has come to my attention that Advent is coming.
Which means that Christmas is coming, but we won’t talk about that, okay?
I love Advent, when I let myself actually observe it....
Churches' Challenge To Hawaii Civil Union Law Dismissed
The Religion Clause - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:00 am In Emmanuel Temple, The House of Praise v. Abercrombie, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157950 (D HI, Oct. 2, 2012), a Hawaii federal district court dismissed a constitutional challenge to...
Francesco De Pasquale named to the Board of Directors of the Financial Information Authority (AIF) and Rene Bruelhart appointed the new Director of AIF
News.va - Nov 7, 2012 at 5:42 am Francesco De Pasquale came to the Vatican after extensive experience at the Ufficio Italiano Cambi and the Bank of Italy and has been Director of the Financial Information...
A Win on Assisted Suicide
Creative Minority Report - Nov 7, 2012 at 5:39 am Massachusetts was voting to legalize assisted suicide which would have been terrible. But as of now, it seems the measure is going down. That's the latest anyway - and it seems to...
Obama wins with the Catholic vote
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 7, 2012 at 5:36 am Details, from Catholic News Agency: The Catholic vote was divided much as was the rest of the nation’s voters, leaning slightly in favor of Obama. A final Gallup poll, reflecting...
Errands
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 7, 2012 at 5:26 am On my last full day, I am running some errands. It is as beautiful a Roman autumn day as I have ever seen.
I went to the Campo de’ Fiori for some small items I have been lacking...
