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Pope Benedict: True riches are in heaven
News.va - Oct 14, 2012 at 5:50 am (Vatican Radio) In his first Sunday Angelus since the beginning of the Year of Faith, Pope Benedict welcoming the faithful to St Peter’s Square focused his attention on one of the...
Former NHL referee recalls how God changed his heart
EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 14, 2012 at 5:44 am Washington D.C., Oct 14, 2012 / 05:44 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Legendary referee Kerry Fraser is known for his trademark hairstyle and holds the record for most National Hockey...
Daily Scriptures Reflection for 10/14/12
CatholicMom.com - Oct 14, 2012 at 4:00 am Scripture Reflections for Sunday
Scripture: Lectionary 144. Wisdom 7:7-11. Psalm 90:12-13.14-15.16-17. Hebrews 4:12-13. Mark 10:17-30
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University employee placed on leave over marriage support
EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 14, 2012 at 1:03 am Washington D.C., Oct 14, 2012 / 01:03 pm (EWTN News).-
A university in Maryland has placed an employee on administrative leave after she signed a petition to allow voters to...
“There goes my life!” and Vatican II
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 13, 2012 at 11:31 pm At the end of the Call to Holiness Conference, I spoke at the dinner. I led with a reference to popular culture, a song by Kenny Chesney. In the country-music song, a young man...
How to Examine Six Areas of Your Life to Discover “What’s In Your Heart?”
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 13, 2012 at 11:01 pm The things that we do tell us who we are. You have heard the saying, “Actions speak louder than words.” We know this is very true. There are many people who deliberately say one...
On Wealth
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 13, 2012 at 11:00 pm Dear brothers and sisters!
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Interventions at Synod of Bishops
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 13, 2012 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY, OCT. 12, 2012 (Zenit.org).- For the Official Summary and Full Texts of Friday and Saturday's Interventions at the Synod of Bishops, please click on the following...
Despite Days In Jail For Contempt, Two Men Insist On Using Church Name Found To Be A Trademark Infringement
The Religion Clause - Oct 13, 2012 at 8:47 pm Yesterday's Jackson, Tennessee Sun carries an interesting interview with Walter McGill and Luke Chartier, members of a small Guys, Tennessee church who have recently been released...
Justice Department Announces Non-Prosecution Policy For Certain Tribal Eagle and Protected Bird Ceremonial Use
The Religion Clause - Oct 13, 2012 at 8:03 pm Yesterday the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has issued a Memorandum (full text) to its enforcement personnel formalizing a uniform policy that assures members of...
Atlanta archdiocese cites high stakes in challenge to HHS mandate
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 13, 2012 at 7:52 pm Atlanta, Ga., Oct 13, 2012 / 06:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Adding to the dozens of lawsuits against the HHS mandate, the Archdiocese of Atlanta and three other Catholic institutions...
Suit Challenges City's Ban On Traditional Nativity Diorama In Park
The Religion Clause - Oct 13, 2012 at 7:34 pm Earlier this week, a suit was filed in a California federal district court challenging the 2010 decision of the city of Santa Monica to adopt regulations that bar a group...
Gopnik: Paul Ryan, Theocrat?
Commonweal - Oct 13, 2012 at 7:10 pm Over at The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik is worried about Paul Ryan’s apparent rejection of the separation of Church and State:
[S]omething genuinely disturbing and scary got said last...
Boston cardinal urges 'no' vote on assisted suicide
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 13, 2012 at 7:02 pm Boston, Mass., Oct 13, 2012 / 06:02 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston called on local voters to oppose a ballot measure legalizing physician-assisted suicide, warning...
“Is it a rule that you have to give the sign of peace…?”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 13, 2012 at 6:43 pm A reader writes: I’m a recent convert with Asperger’s. I have a REAL problem with the touchy feely parts of the “ordinary” form, and I typically try very hard to go to the...
A glimpse inside the synod: what some bishops are talking about
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 13, 2012 at 5:52 pm If you’re looking for insight into what’s happening at the synod on the New Evangelization, Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas is offering terrific daily reports for Catholic News...
Shoved to Them Hosts the Proclamation
CatholicMom.com - Oct 13, 2012 at 5:00 pm
We’re reflecting on the third luminous mystery of the rosary today as part of our celebration of the launch of A Catholic Mother’s Companion to Pregnancy.
It has taken me years...
Frauds building on frauds.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 13, 2012 at 4:00 pm That fraud of the ‘Mrs Jesus’ papyrus fragment keeps surfacing in the news rather like a mortifying fish will in a pond.
That fragment was a fraud, easily exposed. That raises...
Making a splash: California gets ready for annual Blessing of the Waves
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 13, 2012 at 3:29 pm A preview from the Los Angeles Times: Surfing luminaries and religious figures will converge in Huntington beach on Sunday for an unusual event. At the fifth annual Blessing of...
