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Metropolitan Hilarion on evangelisation and reconciliation
News.va - Oct 17, 2012 at 8:30 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict XVI met on Tuesday with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department for External Church Relations to discuss common challenges, ecumenical...
Don't Play the Planned Parenthood Drinking Game During the Debates
Creative Minority Report - Oct 17, 2012 at 8:13 am Wonder if the media fact-checkers will get this one out there. Uhm. Something tells me there's as much chance of that as margaritas in Hell. So let's break it down.
During the...
I have awesome readers
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 8:08 am So yesterday, I posted a prayer request from a reader concerning a West Indian woman (in the UK) who was contemplating abortion.
Immediately, not one but two readers stepped up...
This Year of Faith, Pray for Supporters of Same Sex “Marriage”
CatholicMom.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 8:00 am As someone who lives in the Bay Area, it’s tough to be apart of the decided minority of those who revere marriage as a sacred institution, designed by God to be between one man...
Popemobiles put on display at Vatican Museums
Catholic Herald - Oct 17, 2012 at 7:36 am The white open-air jeep Blessed John Paul II was riding in when he was shot May 13, 1981, has been taken out of storage and put on display in the Vatican Museums’ newly revamped...
Rejecting Communism for Christ: one man’s story
Catholic Herald - Oct 17, 2012 at 7:30 am In the most recent on-line edition of Catholic World Report Carl Olson has written an article about the late Cardinal Jean Danielou (1905-74) in relation to the Second Vatican...
Cardinal Tauran: Solidarity with Syrians
News.va - Oct 17, 2012 at 7:20 am (Vatican Radio)Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is one of the Synod Fathers who will form part of a delegation that is...
Scoring The Debates, For Real
Creative Minority Report - Oct 17, 2012 at 7:08 am They are two different questions. Who do you think won the debate? Who did you like?
When you ask people to score the debate they look at a lot of factors. Aggressiveness,...
An Interview and a Scourging {Blog Tour, Day 12}
Snoring Scholar - Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 am But the interview is not the scourging, I assure you.
Barb at Franciscan Mom, who’s been following my writing since way back, was gracious enough to host the blog tour today.
She’...
The Second Sorrowful Mystery: The Scourging
CatholicMom.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 am
Today we’re reflecting on the second sorrowful mystery of the rosary, the Scourging at the Pillar, hosted by Barb at Franciscan Mom. You’ll find my reflection on the Scourging...
Two Bishops, Two EF Masses, Two Assumption Churches
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 am It is not very often yet that we can speak of two Masses offered within the EF by bishops, taking place within independent sets of circumstances and both within only minutes of...
Cardinal Turkson: “For me to attack Islam would be to attack my own family”
Vatican Insider - Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 amFranciscan martyrs beatified in Prague
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2012 at 6:31 am Fourteen Franciscans who were martyred in Prague in 1611 were beatified there on October 13.
"The profanation of the sacred place and the killing of 14 persons dedicated (to God...
The Armenian Catholic Bishop Marayati: the visit of the delegation of the Synod "reason to hope for Christians and for all the people of Syria"
News.va - Oct 17, 2012 at 6:10 am Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The news that a delegation of the Synod of Bishops, being held in Rome, will be in Syria is a source of hope for Christians and for all the people of...
Audience: The Creed, healing the rupture between faith and life
News.va - Oct 17, 2012 at 6:10 am (Vatican Radio) – A year of catechesis dedicated to healing the rupture between what we profess and how we live our daily lives as believers in Christ and avoid "do it yourself...
Mediation With Victims Fails In Milwaukee Archdiocese Bankruptcy
The Religion Clause - Oct 17, 2012 at 6:10 am The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that bankruptcy court-ordered mediation between the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee and 575 victims of sexual abuse has failed after 3...
Several churches burned down in Tanzania's capital
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2012 at 6:09 am Tanzanian police have arrested 126 persons suspected of vandalizing and burning down several churches in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's capital.
While BBC reported the five churches...
Archbishop Longley tells synod: ecumenism makes us better evangelisers
Catholic Herald - Oct 17, 2012 at 6:05 am Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham delivered the following address on Monday:
I would like to refer to art. 125 of the Instrumentum Laboris which speaks of a “renewed...
Drafts Of Proposed Egyptian Constitution Released
The Religion Clause - Oct 17, 2012 at 6:05 am According to Ahram Online, two separate drafts of a proposed constitution for Egypt have been released during the last week. The drafts, while criticized from various sides, do...
Combatting Food Planning Woes
CatholicMom.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 6:00 am
My name is Kristin and I’m terrible with meal planning. Let’s just get that out there.
The only time I excel at putting complete, healthy meals on the table is when I have an...
