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Do Catholics worship idols?
Brandon Vogt - Nov 1, 2012 at 7:30 am
In their newest video, Spirit Juice Studios and Fr. Pontifex use art and spoken-word poetry to answer a common question: do Catholics worship idols?
"We gave this video the title...
Cardinal Cañizares: "...it is normal to use the 1962 missal"
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 1, 2012 at 7:00 am Some of our readers will already know that, beginning today and lasting until November 3rd, an usus antiquior focused pilgrimage is taking place in Rome, tied to the Year of Faith...
All Saints
Communio - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:58 am Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honor of all the Saints, at whose festival the Angels rejoice and praise the Son of God. (Entrance Ant.)With the...
Spirituality: From the Pagan Pantheon to the Communion of Saints
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:47 am This All Saints Day, Fr. Steve Grunow offers his homily on the significance of the re-dedication of the Roman Pantheon. Where it once glorified the pagan gods, it now honors the...
Angelus: The Saints, where heaven and earth meet
News.va - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:45 am (Vatican Radio) The Feast of All Saints is keenly felt in Rome and early November first tens of thousands of Romans made their way to Saint Peter’s square under foreboding skies...
Daily Catholic Quote from the Book of Hebrews
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:30 am “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the...
UN Special Rapporteur Focuses On Right To Religious Conversion and Freedom From Forced Conversion
The Religion Clause - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:10 am According to a UNHR press release, last week United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, presented to the General Assembly a report...
Is "Vote the Bible" T-Shirt Electioneering By Voter?
The Religion Clause - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:06 am Texas Election Code Sec. 85.036 prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of an early polling location. Apparently based on this section, a poll worker in Williamson County, Texas...
Poland's Supreme Court Rules "Offending Believers" Prosecution Does Not Require Specific Intent
The Religion Clause - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:04 am The Guardian reports on an Oct. 29, 2012 decision (full text in Polish) by Poland's Supreme Court which held that a member of the heavy metal band Behemoth can be prosecuted under...
Morning Prayer for Thursday, 11/1/12
CatholicMom.com - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:00 am Morning Prayer for Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time and the Solemnity for All Saints
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Pope Prays for Hurricane Sandy Victims
Franciscan Media - Nov 1, 2012 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI expressed his concern for everyone affected by Hurricane Sandy and encouraged all those working to rebuild from the disaster.
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Catholic Herald - Nov 1, 2012 at 5:24 am Benedict XVI marked the 500th anniversary of Michelangelo’s completion of the Sistine Chapel ceiling with a prayer service last night (video).
Syrian rebels have reportedly burned...
Obama campaign sought Denver rally at Catholic university
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 1, 2012 at 5:03 am Denver, Colo., Nov 1, 2012 / 04:03 am (CNA).- The Obama campaign attempted to schedule a rally-like event on a Catholic university campus in the key swing state of Colorado before...
Second company wins injunction against HHS mandate
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 1, 2012 at 4:59 am Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov 1, 2012 / 04:59 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A federal judge in Michigan has granted the second temporary injunction against the federal contraception mandate to...
Pontifical Mass at SS Trinità dei Pellegrini
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 1, 2012 at 4:40 am On my arrival in Roma I wended my way to this famous church where St Philip established a confraternity. Card Branmueller has just begun the Confiteor.
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The Jewish Precedent for Latin Chant
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 1, 2012 at 4:10 am I’ve long written in favor of reestablishing Gregorian chant as the primary musical language of liturgy for Roman Rite Catholics around the world. We’ve taken great steps in this...
Daily Scriptures Reflection for 11/1/12 — Solemnity of All Saints
CatholicMom.com - Nov 1, 2012 at 4:00 am Daily Scriptures Reflection for 11/1/12 — Solemnity of All Saints
Scripture: lectionary 667 : All Saints Day, 2012 (Nov.1). Revelation 7:2-4,9-14. Psalm 24:1-2,3-4,5-6. I John 3:1...
Xavier University maintaining contraception coverage
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 1, 2012 at 3:06 am Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov 1, 2012 / 03:06 am (EWTN News).-
Xavier University has made public its decision to continue insurance coverage of contraception and sterilization, following...
I’m not up on my libertarian wonkery
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 1, 2012 at 2:55 am Is everybody who works for the Cato Institute barking mad or just this O’Toole dude?
Libertarianism is medicine, not food. It’s good for treating the fever of nanny statism when...
Obama to Troops: Shut up and Die
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 1, 2012 at 2:48 am Congress steps up demands for info on Benghazi attack… White House dodges… FACEBOOK Censors Navy SEALS to Protect President… ‘The mysterious media Benghazi bugout’… WASHPOST: ‘...
