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Lucy the Cuteness Begins to Show Signs of Artistic Genius
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:37 am Here is her portrait of Daddy:
An uncanny likeness. And a bold choice of color, recalling the redness of his beard, as well as the passionate anger of a “child” unjustly sent to...
Pope will deliver year-long teaching series on restoring faith
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:32 am Vatican City, Oct 17, 2012 / 02:32 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
At his first general audience during the Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI initiated a new, year-long cycle of teachings...
For all Those “Realists” Out There
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:25 am Here’s some reality. The reason the GOP is not up in the polls by 15 points against a President this weak in an economy this lousy is not due to a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, or...
The Case for Voting for the Non-Intrinsic Evil Candidate
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:14 am The Church’s argument for the Lesser of Two Evils candidates is simple and obvious: Better the corrupt guy who may accidently do some good or at least not be as passionate about...
When trying to evaluate pols…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:03 am …you not only have to pay attention to what they say, but to what their enemies say–and to how their enemies distort what they say.
This *seems* obvious enough. People bark “Don’...
Unsere Besten
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:03 am Our Best. It’s the title that the youth of Germany have given to Sophie Scholl, one of the largely unsung (outside of Germany) giants of the 20th century: Sophie Scholl. If you...
If Your Dad Doesn’t Have a Beard…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:02 am You’ve Got Two Mums:
Some songs are simply imbued with Primal Truth from the Burning Core of Reality.
The Beards, by the way, are a band which some might call “monotonous” in...
Cardinal Bertone announces delegation to Syria
News.va - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:30 am At the opening of the afternoon session of the Synod on Tuesday, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone announced that Pope Benedict has decided to send a high-level...
Jewish man recalls help from religious sisters during Nazi persecution
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:03 am Rome, Italy, Oct 17, 2012 / 01:03 am (EWTN News).- A Jewish man whose family was sheltered by Catholic religious sisters
during the 1943 Nazi deportation of Jews in Rome has said...
Spirituality: Can We Completely Understand the Trinity?
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:00 am In this week's Faith Clip, we continue to ponder the Trinity, specifically what it is that we can truly understand of it. But as Father Barron points out, the Trinity isn't meant...
If the Number of the Beast is 666, what is the Number of Jesus?
Jimmy Akin.org - Oct 16, 2012 at 11:53 pm
The number of the beast is 666, but what is the number of Jesus?
We’ve all heard that, in the book of Revelation, the number of the Beast is 666.
Whatever does this mean?
And if...
Gerontion, by T.S. Eliot
Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 16, 2012 at 11:38 pm Thou hast nor youth nor ageBut as it were an after dinner sleepDreaming of both. HERE I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain. I was neither at...
Not to Us, Lord, Not to Us . . .
Dominicana - Oct 16, 2012 at 11:01 pm One of the paradoxes of assisting as a musician or singer at the liturgy is that an individual may be tempted to congratulate himself for accomplishing a task that is principally...
True Greatness
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 16, 2012 at 11:01 pm Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) – Isaiah 53:10-11; Psalms 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-...
Pope Commemorates World Food Day
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 16, 2012 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY, OCT. 17, 2012 (Zenit.org).- In a statement to the Director General of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, José Graziano da Silva, Pope Benedict XVI stated...
Blessed Giovanni Battista Piamarta
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 16, 2012 at 11:00 pm As the Church prepares to welcome seven new saints this month, ZENIT will feature an article, from Oct. 11 -21, on each of these remarkable servants of God.
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Representatives of Christian Denominations Address Synod
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Cardinal Secretary of State Announces Delegation to Syria
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European Bishops Denounce Vandalism Against Russian Orthodox Church
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 16, 2012 at 11:00 pm By Pietro Gennarini
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Obama Promotes HHS Mandate During Debate, Romney Opposes It
LifeNews.com - Oct 16, 2012 at 10:31 pm President Barack Obama promoted the pro-abortion HHS mandate during the debate Tuesday night in New York, defending what Catholic and evangelical groups strongly oppose.
The...