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Two Months' Mind....
Whispers in the Loggia - Nov 2, 2012 at 8:02 pm Before we go any further – especially given today's observance – much as it's always hard to figure out where the time goes 'round these parts, that's especially been the case of...
Polish heavy metal clashes with mysterious blasphemy law
GetReligion - Nov 2, 2012 at 7:14 pm On some levels, the legal drama unfolding in Poland these days could be called the Son of Pussy Riot media storm. Alas, the media coverage of the case of heavy-metal man Adam...
Uruguayan president agrees to referendum on newly passed abortion law
LifeSiteNews - Nov 2, 2012 at 7:03 pm by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman November 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) - Uruguay’s socialist President Jose Mujica has surprised his own party by supporting a voter referendum over...
Fishwrap’s hissy fit over Beattie
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 2, 2012 at 6:45 pm The Fishwrap is having a spittle-flecked nutty about the decision in San Diego not to let the wacko speak in a Catholic institution.
University withdraws theologian’s invitation...
Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 2, 2012 at 6:37 pm A reader writes:
Please pray for my friend Jenifer. She underwent emergency surgery on Monday to repair a brain aneurism, and during the surgery she suffered a stroke. Her right...
A Different Take on All Souls Day
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Nov 2, 2012 at 6:15 pm No, I am not rewriting what today is. It is still a day on which we commemorate those who have passed as well as those who are currently in Purgatory, waiting to get into Heaven....
All Souls' Indulgences
Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 2, 2012 at 6:06 pm The Church confirms that we are called to pray for those members of the Church Suffering who have gone before us and are in Purgatory. These "poor souls" can no longer merit...
McGuinty weighs in on Catholic school trip controversy: ‘As a Catholic, I’m pro-choice’
LifeSiteNews - Nov 2, 2012 at 5:50 pm by John Jalsevac OTTAWA, November 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Premier Dalton McGuinty was asked today about an Ottawa-area Catholic school’s decision to cancel a trip to support...
On The Hunt For Caccio
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 2, 2012 at 5:34 pm After a Pontifical Requiem in Rome on All Souls on a Friday, the reasonable thing to do eat is something pre-Columban.
Caccio e pepe!
A starter for us to share, first.
Then the...
Just 45 People Show Up to “Catholics for Obama” Event
LifeNews.com - Nov 2, 2012 at 5:25 pm Only 45 people bothered to show up at a campaign event rally the official Obama campaign apparatus “Catholics for Obama” threw in Denver, Colorado recently.
News of the event...
Polish state must provide legal abortions, European Court rules
LifeSiteNews - Nov 2, 2012 at 5:16 pm by Hilary White STRASBOURG, November 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The scarcity of doctors willing to commit abortions in Poland has prompted one abortion lobbyist group to turn...
Radio Ad Informs Voters of Obama’s Infanticide Voting Record
LifeNews.com - Nov 2, 2012 at 4:46 pm A pro-life women’s group, the Susan B. Anthony List, is running ads in the state of New Hampshire that remind voters of the fact that President Obama failed to support a bill in...
Risking lives to save souls in Mexico
GetReligion - Nov 2, 2012 at 4:33 pm Before I left on a mission trip south of the U.S. border this past spring, a Facebook friend was so kind as to post a State Department warning for all of us “crazy enough to...
Pope celebrates Feast of All Souls in papal crypt
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 2, 2012 at 4:27 pm Vatican City, Nov 2, 2012 / 03:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As Catholics around the world on Nov. 2 remember those who have passed away, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Vatican Grottoes...
Pro-abortion writer cites her botched medical abortion as reason abortion should be legal
LifeSiteNews - Nov 2, 2012 at 4:14 pm by Johanna Dasteel November 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Psychoanalyst Jane G. Goldberg has written an article in the Huffington Post citing her own her botched illegal abortion...
Reform group demands return of CCHD grant to DC advocacy group
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 2, 2012 at 4:11 pm A coalition of Catholics dedicated to reform of the US bishops' anti-poverty program has called upon a Washington, DC group to return a $50,000 grant.
The Reform CCHD Now (RCN) ...
After Sandy, parishes will try to go forward step by step, priest says
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 2, 2012 at 3:57 pm ROCKAWAY BEACH, N.Y. — After Hurricane Sandy swept through the East Coast, leaving untold destruction behind, cleaning efforts were under way at St. Rose of Lima Church in...
It’s a Marathon, not a sprint
Commonweal - Nov 2, 2012 at 3:54 pm Mayor Bloomberg seems to think that if we don’t hold the New York City Marathon on Sunday then the Hurricane wins. Opposition is growing, and count me among the advocates of...
Chinese agency calls for end to one-child policy
LifeSiteNews - Nov 2, 2012 at 3:53 pm by Johanna Dasteel BEIJING, CHINA, November 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A government-run Chinese think tank is recommending a “rollback” of the country’s controversial one-child...
