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FIVE YEARS SINCE THE MOTO PROPRIO SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

News.va - Nov 6, 2012 at 7:46 am

Vatican City, 6 November 2012 (VIS) - In a message sent in the name of Benedict XVI on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Apostolic Letter "Summorum Pontificum",...

ARCHBISHOP MAMBERTI ADDRESSES INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

News.va - Nov 6, 2012 at 7:43 am

Vatican City, (VIS) - Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, yesterday addressed the eighty-first session of the general assembly of the...

Significant remarks from the Evangelization Synod: on interreligious dialogue

Communio - Nov 6, 2012 at 7:41 am

In the time following the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization I think we need to review what was said. So often we move on so fast when an event is finished. A judgment,...

Vote!

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 6, 2012 at 7:20 am

I did… before I left for Rome.

Vote.

Commonweal - Nov 6, 2012 at 7:04 am

Then tell us about your experience. Your Election Day open thread begins now.

Of Disasters And Elections, The Real Story.

Creative Minority Report - Nov 6, 2012 at 7:03 am

Since everyone who knows me for more than three minutes knows that I am a political junkie, I have been asked repeatedly "What effect do you think Sandy will have on the vote?"...

The Feast of All Saints - 2012: The Martyrs

New Liturgical Movement - Nov 6, 2012 at 7:00 am

From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the third day in the Octave of All Saints. After the aforementioned princes of...

An election day prayer

The Curt Jester - Nov 6, 2012 at 6:53 am

Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices...

Daily Catholic Quote from J. R. R. Tolkien

Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 6, 2012 at 6:30 am

Frodo: “I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf: “So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to...

More Catholic Businessmen Sue Challenging ACA Contraceptive Coverage Mandate

The Religion Clause - Nov 6, 2012 at 6:10 am

Last week, one more lawsuit challenging the contraceptive coverage mandate under the Affordable Care Act was filed-- this time in federal district court in Minnesota. The...

Disappearing breed: “bad Catholics”

The Deacon's Bench - Nov 6, 2012 at 6:06 am

Australia’s Cardinal George Pell observes: Some decades ago when I was a priest in the country I blessed many marriages and generally attended the wedding reception. As a priest...

NY Governor Criticizes Rabbi's Comments Blaming Sandy On Same-Sex Marriage

The Religion Clause - Nov 6, 2012 at 6:05 am

Yesterday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a press release strongly criticizing comments made by Rabbi Noson Leiter, Executive Director of Torah Jews for Decency. Leiter in an...

Virginia County Allows Wiccan Priestess To Officiate At Weddings

The Religion Clause - Nov 6, 2012 at 6:00 am

Americans United reports that last month Arlington County, Virginia officials relented on an earlier refusal and have issued an order permitting a Wiccan high priestess to...

My Plan for Voting Day

Creative Minority Report - Nov 6, 2012 at 5:46 am

My head tells me that Romney is going to win today. There's no way around it. My heart thinks Romney is going to win. But still there's this nagging doubt, this horrifying dread...

Pope grieves with Bulgarian Orthodox after Patriarch's death

EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 6, 2012 at 5:30 am

Vatican City, Nov 6, 2012 / 05:30 pm (EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI sent his condolences to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Tuesday after the death of their Patriarch, Maxim of...

Colombia asks Pope to bless peace talks with rebel group

EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 6, 2012 at 5:03 am

Vatican City, Nov 6, 2012 / 05:03 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Colombia's new ambassador to the Holy See has asked Pope Benedict to give his blessing to the peace talks begun in October...

Calif. gay therapy ban imposes 'state orthodoxy,' foes charge

Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 6, 2012 at 5:02 am

Sacramento, Calif., Nov 6, 2012 / 04:02 am (CNA).- A legal group is seeking a federal injunction against a California ban on “reparative therapy” for minors with homosexual...

Gas Buddy

CatholicMom.com - Nov 6, 2012 at 5:00 am

When our family vacations, we tend to drive. One reason is that there’s not a lot of direct flight options from our small Southwestern Virginia town. Another is money; so far, it...

Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 11/6/12