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FIUV PP: Latin in Seminaries
Rorate Coeli - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:46 am Today I can publish the 12th Position Paper in our series, on the teaching of Latin in Seminaries.
The importance of Latin in the liturgy is, naturally and rightly, much discussed...
How rife was anti-Catholicism in Downton Abbey’s time?
Catholic Herald - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:34 am Downton Abbey, which I confess to not watching very attentively, is now broaching the question of anti-Catholicism.
Up to now I have been puzzled by the way Tom Branson, the...
First look: the new deacons of Richmond
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:29 am I’ll look forward to getting a full report in the next few days. But for now, here’s a first glimpse at the 19 newly ordained deacons from the Diocese of Richmond (and, of course...
Bp. Sample’s (D. Marquette) sermon for the Pontifical Mass of the Call To Holiness Conference
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:28 am Here is Bp. Sample’s sermon for the Pontifical Mass today.
He has some interesting things to say about the Year of Faith, the New Evangelization, the Sacred Liturgy and the...
When Jimmy Savile died, I reproached his obituarists for their cover-up of his faith. Now I have to ask: what was he thinking of during daily Mass?
Catholic Herald - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:25 am I have just returned from a foreign absence blessedly out of touch with the internet. I came back to find an email from the Herald asking if I wanted to appear on Radio Leeds to...
Saints: Teresa of Avila
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:21 am On October 15th the Church celebrates the holiness of St. Teresa of Avila, a doctor of the Church and a master of the Christian spiritual life.
Teresa was born in the year 1515...
As targeted girl arrives in UK, religious leaders in Pakistan pray
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:19 am Lahore, Pakistan, Oct 15, 2012 / 06:19 pm (EWTN News).-
Christians across Pakistan are praying for 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, whose recent attempted murder by the Taliban has...
Court Rejects Name Change To "ChristIsKing"
The Religion Clause - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:10 am In Matter of Nawadiuko, (City of NY Civil Ct., Oct. 1, 2012), a New York trial court denied an application by a family to change their name from Nwadiuko to "ChristIsKing". The...
Tomorrow Will Be Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity In Schools
The Religion Clause - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:05 am According to an ADF press release, tomorrow is the date set for this year's Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. The day is marked by participating students at schools in the U.S....
Was St. Peter the Greatest Disciple?
Jimmy Akin.org - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:00 am Was it St. Peter the greatest of Jesus’ original Twelve disciples?
St. Peter is certainly the most commonly mentioned of the original Twelve. He always stands at the head of the...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Andrew R, Hamilton, The New York Marriage Equality Act and the Strength of Its Religious Exceptions, (St. John's Law Review, Journal of Catholic Legal Studies,...
My Top 2 Rosary Apps
CatholicMom.com - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:00 am I was going to pass on writing a Tech Talk column this week. I mean, I’ve been here twice a day for over a week (on days like today, more than that)…surely y’all are getting sick...
Bishops Respond to Biden's Claims About HHS Mandate
Franciscan Media - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:00 am WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows:
90k a Year? No Worries, I'll Help Pay For Your Abortion!
Making Things Visible - Oct 15, 2012 at 6:00 am Make 90,000$ per year and the taxpayers will cover your abortion. Remember the Supreme Court decision, Obamacare is a tax. A tax that every middle class American will feel the...
School district orders football team to remove cross from logo
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 15, 2012 at 5:49 am Details: A Wisconsin school district has ordered a joint public-private school football team to change its logo – in the middle of the season — after a lone parent said the...
Why celebrate a Year of Faith?
News.va - Oct 15, 2012 at 5:45 am (Vatican Radio) – In the fourth of a series of Vatican Radio editorials focusing on the Church and Europe, the head of Vatican Radio’s German Programme, Fr. Bernd Hagenkord, SJ,...
Head of Pontifical Academy for Sciences says GMOs are step forward for evolution
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2012 at 5:11 am The president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences--an advisory body that is not part of the Church's teaching authority--told the Synod of Bishops for the new evangelization...
The dramatic conversion of one atheist poet
Catholic Herald - Oct 15, 2012 at 5:10 am I have just been reading Fr Uwe Michael Lang’s new book on the liturgy, “The Voice of the Church at Prayer”, published by Ignatius and distributed in the UK by Gracewing. It is...
Archbishop Lori says attacks on life, liberty directly linked
EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 15, 2012 at 5:10 am Washington D.C., Oct 15, 2012 / 05:10 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
There is an inherent connection between the right to life and liberty, said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, and...
