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“After Good Friday, there’s Easter Sunday…”
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 4, 2012 at 7:19 pm The words of newly ordained Fr. Sean Suckiel sum up the hope and aspirations of the hard hit people of Breezy Point, Queens, still reeling from the effects of Sandy. This...
Must see TV
The Curt Jester - Nov 4, 2012 at 7:02 pm I’ve been working on a story idea for television and I am looking for a capable screenwriter who can take my idea and bring it to life.
Here is my synopsis. Walter Write is...
Gift of Life: Teen Mom Chooses Adoption Over Abortion
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm I never thought it would happen to me. I had an amazing boyfriend who I thought hung the moon. I was a junior in high school — a girl from a small town in Georgia. Everything was...
Mother Cabrini shrine reopens in Chicago after a decade
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 4, 2012 at 6:14 pm Chicago, Ill., Nov 4, 2012 / 05:14 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After being closed for 10 years, the reopening of the National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini in Chicago has helped...
My employer is trying to kill me!
The Curt Jester - Nov 4, 2012 at 6:01 pm My employer is obviously trying to kill me. Pope Benedict has said access to food is “a concrete expression of the right to life.” The United States’ Declaration of Independence...
Ordination update: 9 new deacons in Boise
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 4, 2012 at 5:42 pm The bishop himself made the announcement on the diocesan website: Dear Friends, On Oct. 27, nine men from across the diocese were ordained as permanent deacons: Robert Barros-...
Does NASA’s Definition of Life Conflcit With Pro-Life Position?
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2012 at 5:37 pm I had a conversation with a pro-choice person this year that was unique enough that it bears repeating, in case you ever hear a similar argument.
We set up some poll tables and...
Top Senate Races Pro-Lifers Need to Win to Re-Take Senate
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2012 at 5:06 pm The focus of the 2012 election has been on the marquee battle for president, but pro-life advocate needs to focus on these top Senate races.
In order to have success in...
A list of Traditional Latin Masses offered by Cardinals, Bishops and Superior Generals in Papal Basilicas in Rome: 2000 to the present
Rorate Coeli - Nov 4, 2012 at 5:03 pm A handful of acquaintances have been asking me how many Masses according to the 1962 Missal have been publicly celebrated by bishops at Papal Basilicas (as they have been known...
Pastors Call Left’s Bluff: No IRS Penalties for Preaching Politics
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2012 at 4:06 pm The jig is up. The news is out. Pastors across America have called the left’s bluff. The empty words “separation of church and state” – a phrase found nowhere in the U.S....
Catholic Bishop in Iowa: Abortion Most Important Voting Issue
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2012 at 3:46 pm A Catholic bishop in Iowa is running an pro-life ad in local papers in the state urging Catholic voters to make voting pro-life their number one priority in the Tuesday...
Liberal Paper Changes Tune, Backs Romney
The Forum - Nov 4, 2012 at 3:45 pm From Poynter:In the final hours of the presidential campaign, the largest endorsing newspaper in the swing state of Wisconsin has thrown its support to GOP nominee Mitt Romney. ...
Communion and Liberation following the closely the Pope's teaching
Communio - Nov 4, 2012 at 3:35 pm Those of us who follow Communion and Liberation already know what is ahead of us for the Year of Faith: we will closely follow the teachings of Pope Benedict for the Year of Faith...
A note about intentions and prayers while I am in Rome
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm First, I don’t remember as I write exactly who asked me to pray at a site in Rome associated with St. Gregory, but yesterday at the tomb of St. Gregory in St. Peter’s Basilica, I...
The Feast of All Saints - 2012: The Patriarchs and Prophets
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm 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.
Having invited the orders of the...
Abortion Practitioner Gosnell to Go On Trial in March
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2012 at 2:48 pm It may seem all like preliminaries to next year’s main event, but it’s important. Slowly but surely the associates of abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who goes on trial in March 4,...
Brave new world: making babies to make ends meet
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 4, 2012 at 2:39 pm From the New York Times comes this sad saga of young women effectively selling their wombs to support themselves: I’ve seen neighbors come and go, and I hope C stays forever. She...
Truly Gritty-- St. Guy Takes on Calvinism and Its Consequences at the Movies
Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 4, 2012 at 2:30 pm Last week I posted a pithy but (I thought) enlightening quote from Charles Portis' novel, True Grit. This novel inspired two excellent cinematic versions, starring John Wayne and...
New pope elected ... for the Coptic Orthodox Church
Communio - Nov 4, 2012 at 2:28 pm The electors, nearly 2,406 people, in the Coptic Orthodox Church selected the 118th successor to Saint Mark, Tawadros II. The new pope is the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of...
Obama Voters at Biden Rally Vandalize Pro-Life Signs
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2012 at 2:25 pm Supporters of President Barack Obama in Wisconsin who were waiting to get into a local event with Vice President Joe Biden vandalized and spray-painted over pro-life signs held by...
