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To quote JFK, “Let us never negotiate out of fear…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 10, 2012 at 2:07 am but let us never fear to negotiate.”
It is not always and everywhere Munich 1938. Everybody is not always and everywhere Hitler. We fell for the ‘AIEEEEE!!! WMDS!!! WE’RE ALL...
Perfectionist!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 10, 2012 at 2:03 am Prissy Purist! You *have* to vote for the less of two evils! You are secretly supporting the Other Guy! It’s simple math! If you don’t vote for him, you vote for his opponent...
Spiritual Diabetes
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 10, 2012 at 2:01 am It’s an interesting metaphor from an interesting blog:
Spoilt for choice, Americans consume spirituality in copious amounts but still lead sedentary religious lives. Consequently...
11% of never-married Catholics have considered priesthood or religious life
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:39 am 12% of never-married Catholic men have considered a priestly or religious vocation "at least a little seriously," and 10% of never-married Catholic women have considered a...
Silence, humility, simplicity: the Filippino experience
News.va - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:39 am On Tuesday, the second working day of the Synod on New Evangelisation, Philippa Hitchen listened to bishops from all the continents sharing their ideas on how the Church can and...
Pew survey: fewer than half of Americans are now Protestant; 22% are Catholic
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:37 am A new survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has found that only 48% of Americans now identify themselves as Protestant, while 22% are Catholics and...
Melkite patriarch calls for reconciliation in Syria
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:36 am The head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church has issued a new call for reconciliation in Syria.
"Reconciliation is the only way possible: otherwise Syria heads towards death,"...
Vatican newspaper publishes foreword of Pope Benedict's <I>Infancy of Jesus</I>
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:35 am The Infancy of Jesus, the third book in Pope Benedict's trilogy on Jesus Christ, will be released in Italian before Christmas and is being translated into 20 languages.
"Here I...
14 surviving fathers of Vatican II to take part in Year of Faith opening ceremony
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:34 am Speaking at an October 9 press conference, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization announced the details of the opening ceremony of the Year of...
At synod, prelates call for fidelity to Church teaching; US cardinal emphasizes Confession
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:32 am On the third day of the Thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, 32 synod fathers spoke on various aspects of the synod's theme, "The New Evangelization for...
Two Baptist universities go to court over HHS mandate
EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:10 am Houston, Texas, Oct 10, 2012 / 01:10 am (EWTN News).-
Two Baptist universities in Texas have joined scores of other institutions in filing a lawsuit against the federal...
First religious freedom caucuses launch in nine states
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:02 am Washington D.C., Oct 10, 2012 / 12:02 am (CNA).- A group of more than 120 bipartisan state legislators have created caucuses in nine states to address threats to religious liberty...
Spirituality: Is the Truth of the Trinity Found in Scripture?
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:00 am Last week's Faith Clip outlined the sometimes confusing topic of the Trinity. Today, Father Barron takes us a step further, enlightening us that though the doctrine of the Trinity...
The Holy Father’s Wednesday Audiences will now include Arabic
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 10, 2012 at 12:01 am ARABIC TO BECOME A PART OF THE POPE’S GENERAL AUDIENCE
Vatican City, (VIS) – Beginning on Wednesday 10 October, during the Holy Father’s weekly general audience, an Arabic...
The Synod so far: something missing….
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 9, 2012 at 11:28 pm As you know, the Synod of Bishops in meeting in Rome, again. The theme this time: The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith
So far in the interventions (...
Do you desire worldly riches or Heavenly Treasure?
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 9, 2012 at 11:01 pm Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) – Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalms 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-...
Without Our Permission
Dominicana - Oct 9, 2012 at 11:01 pm There’s a certain security that goes with being in control. It gives us a steady sense of satisfaction, the daily routine of generating a checklist, progressing through it, and...
On the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2012 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY, OCTOBER 10, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today in St. Peter’s Square. On this Eve of the 50th anniversary of Vatican II...
Human Life is Precious
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2012 at 11:00 pm ROME, OCT. 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- With last Sunday’s Day for Life in Ireland the Church began a month of prayer dedicated to the theme ‘Choose Life!’
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Pope Benedict XVI to Include Arabic Language to General Audience
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2012 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY, OCT. 10, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Starting today, Arabic will be added to Wednesday's General Audience, to explain Pope Benedict XVI’s words to those present in St. Peter...
