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Small Success Thursday: In the Holy Spirit’s Time

CatholicMom.com - Jul 26, 2012 at 8:00 am

Small Success Thursday The Holy Spirit sometimes whispers, sometimes it shoves. Tuesday, I wanted to go to confession. It had been a while and I’d kept trying to go and found...

CMIS: Living out vocation in the midst of daily life

News.va - Jul 26, 2012 at 7:39 am

(Vatican Radio) Participants at the Congress of the World Conference of Secular Institutes have wrapped up a meeting that not only looked ahead with a renewed Executive Council...

Sacred Liturgy (OF, EF, Divine Office), Fr. Aidan Nichols Feature at Australian Catholic Students Conference

New Liturgical Movement - Jul 26, 2012 at 7:00 am

As always, NLM is very interested in liturgical activities involving both forms of the Roman liturgy, especially when this also includes the Divine Office. When one further places...

Our Lady of Quito prophesied that in the 60s there would be spiritual catastrophe in the Church; then, through the faith of the just, a ‘complete restoration’

Catholic Herald - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:45 am

I was leafing through the current issue of The Flock, the newsletter of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, (available here) when I came across an article by the redoubtable Mrs Daphne...

Vatileaks: Pope’s former butler says he is disliked by many because not a supporter of the system

Vatican Insider - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:31 am

TWO PRIESTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND VISITORS TO THE VATICAN MUSEUMS

News.va - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:29 am

Vatican City, (VIS) - Beginning in the month of August, two priests will be assigned to attend to visitors to the Vatican Museums. They will be available to dialogue with the...

Assam: Bishops of India call for peace

News.va - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:25 am

(Vatican Radio) The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has issued a statement calling for an end to violence in in the state of Assam. "The CBCI," reads the message, "is deeply...

6th Circuit: Undue Hardship Showing In Title VII Case Refers to Hardship On Employer, Not Employees

The Religion Clause - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:10 am

In Crider v. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, (6th Cir., July 23, 2012), a Seventh Day Adventist was fired from her position as one of the coordinators of the University of...

Huckabee rallies support for Chick-fil-A after gay advocacy threats

EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:06 am

Washington D.C., Jul 26, 2012 / 06:06 pm (EWTN News).- Talk show host Mike Huckabee has urged traditional marriage supporters to patronize Chick-fil-A restaurants, after its...

Ft. Hood Shooter Held In Contempt By Military Judge For Refusing To Shave Beard

The Religion Clause - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:05 am

According to YNN Austin, a military judge yesterday held accused Fort Hood mass shooter, Maj. Nidal Hasan, in contempt for refusing to shave his beard that he is wearing for...

An Old Farmhouse and Our Lady of Counsel

Snoring Scholar - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:00 am

This was originally published at Catholic Exchange in 2009. We no longer live in the old farmhouse that’s pictured here or that I write about. It’s still on our farm property,...

Scottish Government Will Move Ahead With Same-Sex Marriage Law; Will Protect Conscience Rights

The Religion Clause - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:00 am

After conducting a public consultation last year, the government of Scotland announced yesterday that it intends to move ahead with legislation to permit same-sex marriage and...

Divine Mercy to Go

CatholicMom.com - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:00 am

Editor’s note: Today, we’re thrilled to welcome Jennifer Gladen to the team of Tech Talk contributors! One of the first apps I installed on my phone was the official Divine Mercy...

Tyrants of Tolerance Move to Ban Chick Fil A

Making Things Visible - Jul 26, 2012 at 6:00 am

Some Local Tolerance Tyrants Move to Ban Chick Fil A. Boston and Chicago apparently do not seem to tolerate those who think differently than them. Want to hear something funny? I...

The incredible sacrifice of Salvo D’Aquisto

Catholic Herald - Jul 26, 2012 at 5:44 am

My last post about St Edith Stein brought to mind the figure of the Servant of God Salvo D’Acquisto, another martyr of love from the period of the Second World War. Back in 1995,...

Caribbean cardinal decries violence against women

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 26, 2012 at 5:33 am

The Dominican Republic's leading prelate has denounced the "international scandal" of violence against women in the Caribbean nation. An estimated 1,000 women have been murdered...

Bishop urges Senate to retain earned income, child tax credits

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 26, 2012 at 5:32 am

The chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development is urging the Senate to retain the Earned Income Tax Credit and the...

Scotland: prelate laments 'liberal agenda' on same-sex marriage

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 26, 2012 at 5:31 am

The newly-appointed archbishop of Glasgow has spoken out against same-sex marriage in an interview with Vatican Radio. "We have to constantly repropose a Christian vision of the...

Burgeoning Christian-Muslim conflict in Assam

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 26, 2012 at 5:30 am

In an effort to stem the burgeoning conflict between Christian indigenous peoples and Muslim settlers in the eastern Indian province of Assam, Bishop Thomas Pulloppillil of...

New CDF prefect discusses liberation theology, SSPX, LCWR