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The challenges facing Catholicism in Poland
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 17, 2012 at 11:04 am The country is changing, and the faith is losing its influence. From Reuters: At the sound of a bell from the altar, relayed over loud-speakers, about 50,000 people at an open-air...
More Interesting Snippets from the Carthusian Order
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 17, 2012 at 11:00 am It seems as though my recent re-posting of an image of the Confiteor from the Carthusian liturgy has raised the interest of many, so I thought I would draw out another interesting...
President of East Texas Baptist University Interviewed On Suit Against HHS Contraception Mandate ( Religious Liberty )
Opinionated Catholic - Oct 17, 2012 at 10:57 am Lopez at National Review has the transcript up here.
Obama Criticized for Misleading Voters on Abortion During Debate
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 10:41 am President Barack Obama escaped a second debate with the moderator doing nothing to bring up his extensive pro-abortion record, which includes pushing abortion or abortion funding...
Robert P. George responds to my critique of his critique of ‘On All of Our Shoulders.’
Commonweal - Oct 17, 2012 at 10:36 am In its entirety [links added by me]:
Oh my. I’m in big trouble. My friend George Weigel tells me that Michael Winters at the National Catholic Reporter has declared (ex cathedra,...
Year of Faith: "Healing the Rupture Between Faith and Life"
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Oct 17, 2012 at 10:24 am Pope Benedict XVI addressed his Wednesday audience today with this message: the way to close the gap between what we profess and how we live is to "rediscover the message of the...
UK Doctors Told to Make “Death List” of Patients to Ration Care
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 10:18 am There they go again. The central planners at the NHS want GPs to make a list of patients likely to die so they can receive differing care.
From the Daily Mail story:
GPs have been...
Pontifical Diplomats for the new evangelization
News.va - Oct 17, 2012 at 10:04 am The Pope has decided to call all nuncios, apostolic delegates and permanent observers back to Rome this upcoming June for the Year of Faith. “It will be an opportunity”, said...
Walking with St. Ignatius of Antioch: A Man for Our Times
CatholicMom.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 10:00 am St. Ignatius of Antioch
I sit at my favorite table in McDonalds, the only one with an outlet underneath it, uncomfortably positioned underneath a tv. The decaf coffee, apple pie...
Reminder about Summorum Pontificum 5, Universae Ecclesiae 15 and the “stable group”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:59 am For some reason I have had several emails recently – from far-flung places – which all have to do with a common problem that some people are encountering in making petitions for...
55 Million Abortions: More Than Population of 12 Biggest U.S. Cities
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:54 am Since Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in January 1973, more than 55 million babies have been aborted in America.
If a number like “55 million” is hard to grasp, think of it this...
About that Jesus’ wife thing (Part 2)
GetReligion - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:30 am Yesterday we noted some of the micro-problems with the latest story that was to shake the very foundations of Christianity. TMatt alerted me to this column by Philip Jenkins that...
About the Ridiculous “Novena Solene” Video
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:26 am A reader writes:
Unfortunately, it *is* the work of evil liturgists. The National Basilica of Aparecida, where it was recorded, is currently still the hostage of the remaining...
Economy, Not Abortion, Worries Women Most in This Election
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:24 am If it weren’t so obvious, it might be ironic. On Monday, a USA Today/Gallup poll among likely voters in the top 12 battleground states revealed a startling demographic shift:...
Romney supports HHS mandate?
Commonweal - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:18 am Contraception coverage came up at the debate last night as part of President Barack Obama’s answer to the question about pay equity for women. (There were a lot of surprising...
Today’s Catholic must-reads: 17/10/12
Catholic Herald - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:11 am Benedict XVI began a new cycle of catechesis devoted to the Creed at his general audience this morning (full text, video).
The Pope is sending a delegation to Damascus to express...
Ignorance of faith risks creating cafeteria Catholics, says Pope
Catholic Herald - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:08 am Ignorance of the faith puts Christians at risk of following a “do-it-yourself” religion, Pope Benedict XVI has said.
People need to become more familiar with the Creed because it...
Of SSPX internal unity, the prognosis, and an ultimatum
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 17, 2012 at 9:00 am According to the intrepid Andrea Tornielli, the SSPX Superior Bp. Fellay has sent an ultimatum to SSPX Bp. Williamson asking him to back away from some claims. And there is a time...
Nuns On The Bus get frosty reception in Ohio
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 17, 2012 at 8:36 am The Religion News Service has a story about the reception the Nuns On The Bus (who go ’round and ’round) encountered in Ohio. Not so friendly.
(RNS) The “Nuns on the Bus” have...
