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Legionaries' superior steps down

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2012 at 3:05 pm
The superior general of the Legion of Christ has announced that he is stepping down from his post as head of the troubled religious order. Father Alvaro Corcuera explained, in a...

Romney Campaign Ad Blasts Obama on Abortion-HHS Mandate

LifeNews.com - Oct 11, 2012 at 3:00 pm
The Catholics for Romney branch of the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign has released a new ad blasting President Barack Obama on his HS mandate that forces religious...

The Primitive Cistercian Breviary

New Liturgical Movement - Oct 11, 2012 at 3:00 pm
We have mentioned this book before, but I wanted to draw your attention to it again. The Primitive Cistercian Breviary by Chrysogonus Waddell, OCSO (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin,...

Legion and Regnum Christi head taking leave for health reasons

Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Rome, Italy, Oct 11, 2012 / 01:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Father Alvaro Corcuera, General Director of the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi, announced that he is handing over his...

Splitters: A few priests form the Society of St. Pius X of the Strict Observance

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:41 pm
When you break off from the Church’s duly appointed shepherds, only trouble follows.  Schism is rather like an old fashioned women’s silk stocking: once it get’s a snag in it, it’...

Pope launches Year of Faith, to combat 'spiritual desertification'

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:40 pm
Formally opening the Year of Faith on October 11, with a Mass in St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed that the goal of the special observance is "to revive in the...

This is what happens when you oppose same-sex marriage in Maryland

The Deacon's Bench - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:29 pm
From NBC News:  The chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University was put on administrative leave Wednesday after the school learned she had signed a petition supporting efforts...

America’s Build-A-Baby Workshop: Designer Babies

LifeNews.com - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:22 pm
When I was younger I loved the Build-A-Bear workshops in the mall. I wanted to design my own ballerina bear. Years later, some precious debate students did it for me as a thank...

Postage stamp for Christmas season features Holy Family fleeing Egypt

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:20 pm
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service Oct. 10 released a Christmas stamp featuring an image the Holy Family fleeing Egypt. A ceremony to celebrate the first day of issue of the...

Archbishop of Hartford Henry Mansell blogs

Communio - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Today, as you know the Church begins a Year of Faith. We also observe today the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. Not least in the list of initiatives is the...

Video: The three deadliest words: ‘It’s a girl’

LifeSiteNews - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:03 pm
by Johanna Dasteel HOLLYWOOD, October 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A new documentary produced by Shadowline Films exposes the three deadliest words in the world: “It’s a Girl.”...

Beyond parody

Rorate Coeli - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Entry of the Bible at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil, during the "Solemn Novena" in preparation for her feast day (October 12). This scene...

Lessons from the Soccer Field

CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Lessons from the Soccer Field Last night my son had soccer practice. It was a gorgeous late summer evening and practice was at a local playground, so we had a wonderful idea…the...

The Pope’s new Butler

The Curt Jester - Oct 11, 2012 at 1:56 pm
There has been a lot of media attention regarding VatiLeaks and the conviction of the “Pope’s Butler.”  Just being able to use the words “Pope’s Butler” is a lot of fun for the...

Roseanne Barr: “Romney is Pro-Rape” Because He Opposes Abortion

LifeNews.com - Oct 11, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Liberal actress Roseanne Barr is upsetting people today after she made a comment on Twitter claiming Mitt Romney is “pro-rape.” Barr alleges that Romney and his running mate Paul...

Fifty Years After

Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 11, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Rorate Caeli links to this article by Kenneth Wolfe in the Washington Post on the occasion of the the 50th Anniversary of the convocation of the Second Vatican Council.  Until the...

Bus driver tells child with Romney sign on front yard he should have been aborted

LifeSiteNews - Oct 11, 2012 at 1:53 pm
by Susan Michelle Tyrrell October 11, 2012 (Bound4Life.com) - What happens when you drive a school bus to a Catholic school but tell a kid whose house has a Mitt Romney sign in...

Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – October 11, 2012

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 11, 2012 at 1:52 pm
“Works of charity and justice are one of the most powerful ways to inspire people to see what the church is and think about why they might want to re-engage with it or . . . meet...

Pilgrims at Vatican II Mass highlight council's openness to world

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 11, 2012 at 1:49 pm
VATICAN CITY — Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council with a Mass outdoors was a reminder of the fact that the council called the Catholic Church to live...
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