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Papal butler's lawyers say client acted out of love for church, pope
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 23, 2012 at 8:20 am VATICAN CITY — Everything Paolo Gabriele did, he did for love of the church and the pope, said the lawyers for the personal assistant to Pope Benedict XVI accused of leaking...
Are You, or Your Children, Addicted to the Net?
CatholicMom.com - Jul 23, 2012 at 8:00 am
Are You, or Your Children, Addicted to the Net?
Newsweek ran a very interesting article recently: Is the Onslaught Making Us Crazy? Tony Dokoupil examines the growing body of...
Woman Dies After Second-Trimester Abortion at Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Jul 23, 2012 at 7:55 am A young woman has died after having a second-trimester abortion at a Chicago-area Planned Parenthood clinic. Tonya Reaves, 24, died late Friday night, according to a local CBS...
The Life and Thoughts of Cardinal Merry del Val - VII Sarto and Merry del Val, communion of thoughts and ideals - and a long recess
Rorate Coeli - Jul 23, 2012 at 7:38 am "Silence and solitude make up the atmosphere of the cross: and we cannot live without the cross: it is the gift of Our Lord for those who love Him."
Card. Merry del Val
COR UNUM...
Fr Lombardi criticises Vatileaks story in Italian daily
News.va - Jul 23, 2012 at 7:05 am (Vatican Radio ) The Director of the Vatican Press Office, Fr Federico Lombardi, has criticised a spurious Vatileaks story in “La Repubblica”, one of Italy’s top-selling daily...
New Calvary Chapel at the London Oratory
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 23, 2012 at 7:00 am This past Friday, the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, the Most Reverend Archbishop Antonio Mennini, visited the London Oratory for the purpose of the blessing of the new...
Cardinal Filoni ordained 4 Bishops in Central Africa: "God sends them to teach you His Word, which is the Light and Truth that enlightens people on the path of life"
News.va - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:30 am Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "A message of hope and support" was brought by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, to the Church of...
Saint Sharbel Makhūf
Communio - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:11 am O God, who called the Priest Saint Sharbel Makhūf to the solitary combat of the desert and imbued him with all manner of devotion, grant us, we pray, that, being made imitators of...
Recent Articles and Forthcoming Books of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:10 am From SSRN:
Benjamin L. Berger, The Aesthetics of Religious Freedom, (Varieties of Religious Establishment, Winnifred Sullivan and Lori Beaman, eds., Ashgate, Forthcoming.)
Shadi...
English Court Applies Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine To Dispute Over Sikh Leadership
The Religion Clause - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:07 am In Khaira & Ors v Shergill & Ors, (EWCA, July 17, 2012), the England and Wales Court of Appeal held that a dispute over who has the power to name trustees of two Sikh...
Muslim Olympic Athletes Face Issue of Ramadan Fast
The Religion Clause - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:05 am CNN reported yesterday on the dilemma facing Muslim athletes competing in the London Olympics starting this week. It is still Ramadan, and they must decide whether or not they...
Untethering from the Electronic Leash
CatholicMom.com - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:00 am
A few weeks ago, I unplugged. I set up an email responder, alerted my assorted colleagues and friends, and turned off my text alerts for various networks.
My husband and I...
Carrying the Weight of the World
Snoring Scholar - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:00 am This week, I’m taking a bit of a break and reposting some oldies but goodies. Today, I thought I’d revisit my introductory Mary Moment Monday post on November 2, 2009.
Yesterday...
NO Same Sex Marriage Bill Passed
Making Things Visible - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:00 am Great article on a No Same Sex Marriage Bill recently passed in Liberia. I think we can say that this makes perfect sense, since, same sex relationships reject the objective...
Teen Will Be Guam's Youngest Athlete to Compete at the Olympics
Franciscan Media - Jul 23, 2012 at 6:00 am AGANA, Guam (CNS)—Sixteen-year-old Pilar Shimizu is no stranger to setting records.
Lawsuits challenging HHS mandate keep piling up
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 23, 2012 at 5:58 am
An overview, from the Washington newspaper The Hill:
Challenges to President Obama’s birth-control mandate are piling up in court.
Twenty-four lawsuits have been filed against...
The Bishops’ Conference has decided that Day for Life 2012 is all about the Olympic Games. Every year, it’s anything BUT what Pope John Paul intended
Catholic Herald - Jul 23, 2012 at 5:54 am A week or two ago, I referred to “the great conundrum, for the English Church, about the reign of John Paul II: why was it, when he had appointed most of our bishops, did nearly...
Archdiocese urges prayer, offers assistance in wake of theater massacre
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2012 at 5:43 am Following the July 20 shooting at a Colorado movie theater that left 12 dead and 58 injures, the Archdiocese of Denver sought to console those affected by the massacre.
On the...
Peruvian prelate urges Congress to address environmental effects of US company's mining
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2012 at 5:41 am One of Peru's leading prelates traveled to Washington and urged members of a House subcommittee to hold a US company accountable for the environmental degradation caused by one of...
Catholic Relief Services responds to news report on contraceptive funding
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2012 at 5:37 am Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the US bishops' official relief and development agency, has responded to a LifeSiteNews report on its 2010 grant of $5,380,466 to CARE, a...
