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“Please write”: a correspondence 40 years in the making
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 9, 2012 at 10:27 am This has all the makings of a Hallmark channel movie-of-the-week. From the Los Angeles Times: It was the summer of ’72 when 13-year-old Tim Taylor reached the summit in the...
Cardinal Wuerl: Evangelization should be relevant, rooted in tradition
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 9, 2012 at 10:14 am
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington talks with U.S. Sister Sara Butler, a professor of dogmatic theology at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y., center, and Sister Luisa...
Steven Greydanus Goes Way Off Script
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 9, 2012 at 10:12 am Some see in this the conspiracy of a maniac with editing software. I think Victor Lams is just Bringing the Truth.
Boyfriend: “If You Love Me, Abort.” Woman: “I Don’t Love You That Much”
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2012 at 10:11 am I am headed, along with our national director, David Bereit, to Nashville, to speak at a prayer rally that will kick off the 2012 Care Net pregnancy center conference. Pregnancy...
2013 Portsmouth Institute Announced
Communio - Oct 9, 2012 at 10:09 am
The Portsmouth Institute is delighted to announce that the 2013 Institute will take
place June 7-9 on the topic of CATHOLICISM AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
The keynote speaker...
Do We Expect Too Much from Parents Today?
CatholicMom.com - Oct 9, 2012 at 10:00 am Do We Expect Too Much from Parents Today?
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article on The Perils of Texting While Parenting. The point it was trying to make was simple....
What happened to popular devotions and piety? A Cardinal opines.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 9, 2012 at 9:59 am During the Year of Faith we should work to revive popular piety and communual devotions.
A friend in Rome, Fabricius Magnus, sent me the following:
Sandro Magister has an article...
Pope adds two saints to list of church ‘doctors’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 9, 2012 at 9:50 am
A sign in Spanish saying “Almodovar del Campo, the birthplace of St. John of Avila, congratulates its doctor,” is seen before the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the new...
The American Conservative…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 9, 2012 at 9:48 am is, surprisingly, conservative. It actually allows a diversity of opinion and is not just a search for heretics and a bullhorn for herding the masses into lockstep with Movement...
The trilogy to be completed by Christmas
News.va - Oct 9, 2012 at 9:45 am It will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair from 10-14 October that Rizzoli Publications will present for the first time the new book by Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI, dedicated to...
On Abortion and Bioethics: Romney Pro-Life, Obama Anti-Life
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2012 at 9:37 am The Hastings Centre in Washington DC has run a useful comparison of Obama and Romney on a range of bioethics issues.
Some excerpts below on cloning, abortion, conscientious...
Deaths at Planned Parenthood Show No Concern for Women
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2012 at 9:20 am Over the last two years, at least 15 states have initiated investigations into abortion clinics and individual abortion providers for providing substandard patient care – poor...
Arabic to become part of papal audience
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 9, 2012 at 9:18 am This is huge. Not too long ago, it would have been unthinkable. From the Vatican news site: Beginning on Wednesday 10 October, during the Holy Father’s weekly general audience,...
Hi, My Name is Glen and I'm a Bible-Study Participant
Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 9, 2012 at 9:17 am Today I settled in at a local breakfast joint (confirming my wife's suspicions) to ingest my daily dose of caffeine and read about the Cardinals' victory. At 6:30 a.m. I expected...
Saint Louis Abbey Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Church Dedication
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Oct 9, 2012 at 8:47 am Thumbnail (for Multimedia Slideshows)
The Benedictine monks of The Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Louis celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the...
Christianity’s newest spokesman? Tom Hanks
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 9, 2012 at 8:43 am It’s happening in Russia. Details, from the Hollywood Reporter: Tom Hanks is to appear on posters promoting Orthodox Christianity in Russia and neighboring states alongside...
Some religious denigration is better than others
GetReligion - Oct 9, 2012 at 8:37 am Back when the Obama administration was still claiming that they believed the assassination of the United States ambassador to Libya was in response to a YouTube video, Secretary...
With All the Energy I Can Muster
CatholicMom.com - Oct 9, 2012 at 8:00 am Photo Credit: Flickr via The U.S. National Archives
I don’t like to get all political and religious on my blog, but…oh, wait. Yes I do. Anyway…
St. Francis is often credited with...
