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Shaw: How the 'decline of community' in America affects parishes
OSV Daily Take - Jul 23, 2012 at 10:33 am By Russell ShawIn recent years social critics like Robert Putnam (Bowling Alone) and Charles Murray (Coming Apart) have documented and deplored a decline of community among...
LCWR leader missed chances to affirm Church teaching in NPR interview
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2012 at 10:13 am Donna Bethell notes that when she was interviewed by National Public Radio, Sister Patricia Farrell, the president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, was presented...
English columnist says bishops' conference trivializes Day for Life
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2012 at 10:10 am In his encyclical Evangelium Vitae, Pope John Paul II suggested that a Day for Life be set aside each year. In England, the bishops' conference has followed that suggestion--but...
Twenty Years After Casey Shows Judges Matter on Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jul 23, 2012 at 10:05 am The lesson of Casey is that the nomination and confirmation of judges with a sound judicial philosophy is an essential foundation stone of a culture of life.
Twenty years ago,...
D Mac on Church Architecture: The Endurance of Classicism
Creative Minority Report - Jul 23, 2012 at 10:04 am A new video on Catholic church architecture, speaking about the place of "classicism" in architectural design. Over the years many people have wasted time and ink on the supposed...
Worth a thousand words: light in the darkness
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 23, 2012 at 10:01 am
A memorial for 12 shooting victims sits at the fountain of Aurora Municipal Center after a prayer vigil Sunday.
Laugh With Me: God’s Invitation to Joy
CatholicMom.com - Jul 23, 2012 at 10:00 am
Laugh With Me: God’s Invitation to Joy
G. K. Chesterton once said, “Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.” What a beautiful concept; realizing that it is not us, but...
Father of Pro-Life Student Killed by Car Gives Moving Tribute
LifeNews.com - Jul 23, 2012 at 9:34 am The father of Andrew Moore, a student at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California who was a part of the Crossroads tour of pro-life students walking across America to...
Vatican denies removal of three new alleged poison pen letter writers
Vatican Insider - Jul 23, 2012 at 9:34 amPastors of Aurora churches comfort, encourage parishioners
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 23, 2012 at 9:34 am Aurora, Colo., Jul 23, 2012 / 09:34 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
The pastor of an Aurora parish mourning the death of one of their own in a July 20 mass shooting, reassured parishioners...
Vid: Clowns on Pilgrimage
Creative Minority Report - Jul 23, 2012 at 9:28 am There's something disturbing and wonderful about this video. They're doing a good thing but I still suspect that they live in sewers and eat children for fun. There, I said it:...
Pastors of Aurora parishes comfort, encourage parishioners
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 23, 2012 at 9:28 am Aurora, Colo., Jul 23, 2012 / 08:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The pastor of an Aurora parish mourning the death of one of their own in a July 20 mass shooting, reassured parishioners...
Does Ramadan only affect Muslim athletes?
GetReligion - Jul 23, 2012 at 9:24 am Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, began Thursday evening and lasts for a month. During the month, participating Muslims refrain from eating or drinking during...
Define “meditation,” give three examples
GetReligion - Jul 23, 2012 at 9:20 am
http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-meditation-apps-20120721,0,2592870,p...
Meditation apps let the peace flow through the phone
By Amber Dance, Special to the Los Angeles Times...
Parole granted to papal valet in Vatileaks case
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2012 at 9:08 am Paolo Gabriele, the valet to Pope Benedict XVI who was arrested in May for possessing confidential papal documents, has been released from custody, to remain under house arrest...
Chicago woman dies after abortion at Planned Parenthood
LifeSiteNews - Jul 23, 2012 at 8:42 am by Patrick B. Craine CHICAGO, Illinois, July 23, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) - A 24-year-old Chicago woman died of hemorrhaging Friday night after obtaining a second trimester...
Lefebvrians say they can only accept doctrinal preamble on three “conditions”
Vatican Insider - Jul 23, 2012 at 8:40 amPeru university stripped of 'Catholic' status
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2012 at 8:30 am The Vatican has ruled that a Peruvian school no longer has the right to be called a "Catholic" or "Pontifical" university.
The Vatican ruling, announced July 21, comes after 22...
Cardinal praises conscience provisions in House appropriations bill
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 23, 2012 at 8:22 am WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities praised lawmakers for including two conscience provisions in the House version of the 2013...
