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Two Can 401 § 2 resignations this week
Rorate Coeli - Jul 21, 2012 at 6:27 am For reasons of "health" or other "grave reason"; no health-related problems found so far:
-1) On Monday, "His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, accepted the resignation of the Most...
President of LCWR on “Fresh Air”
Commonweal - Jul 21, 2012 at 6:21 am This past Tuesday, NPR’s Terry Gross interviewed Sister Pat Ferrell, the president of the LCWR, on “Fresh Air.” Ferrell offered a controlled and careful response to the CDF’s...
PUCP ordered to remove "Catholic" and "Pontifical" from title
News.va - Jul 21, 2012 at 6:05 am The Holy See, by a decree of the Secretary of State, has decided to remove the right of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru to use the words “Pontifical” and “Catholic” in...
The Clock Is Ticking, and That’s a Good Thing!
CatholicMom.com - Jul 21, 2012 at 6:00 am
This week’s app is great for freelancers but could be used for any task you’d like to track. It’s a simple, elegant time-tracking solution called Toggl.
Now, if I really wanted...
Battling the Stale of Summer
Snoring Scholar - Jul 21, 2012 at 6:00 am Are you sick of the heat, the kids, the summer? Here’s a strategy for getting past the negative things weighing you down.
We’re almost at the halfway point of summer, and boy, can...
Prayer, Faith Guide Swimmer in Quest for Olympic Gold
Franciscan Media - Jul 21, 2012 at 6:00 am BETHESDA, Md. (CNS)—When teenage swimming sensation Katie Ledecky
slices through the water during the 800-meter freestyle race at the 2012
Summer Olympics in London, she may not...
2012 sees second-highest number of state pro-life gains
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 21, 2012 at 5:51 am Washington D.C., Jul 21, 2012 / 05:51 pm (EWTN News).-
An analysis of legislation in recent months reveals a nearly unprecedented level of pro-life laws being passed at the state...
The non-Pontifical non-Catholic University of Peru
Rorate Coeli - Jul 21, 2012 at 5:34 am Peruvian daily El Comercio publishes this Saturday the Decree of the Secretary of State, under the mandate received from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, removing the titles of "...
Lombardi Editorial: Money and transparency
News.va - Jul 21, 2012 at 3:45 am A detailed report was published last week on the Vatican’s commitment to join the international system of controls and measures to fight new forms of crime in the economic and...
Homily for July 22, 2012: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 21, 2012 at 3:38 am
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The tragic news out of Aurora, Colorado has cast a long shadow over this summer weekend. Aurora joins a sad list of places whose names have come to...
1992 ACLU President Was Against Catholic Hospitals Having to Provide Contraception Services ?
Opinionated Catholic - Jul 21, 2012 at 1:39 am I need to find the full testimony of this. See ACLU’s President on Forced Provision of “Contraception Services” Over Religious Objections–Circa 1992Tip of the hat to CENTER FOR...
Vatican’s Financial Transparency Reaches A Huge Watershed Moment ( Progress )
Opinionated Catholic - Jul 21, 2012 at 1:15 am John Allen has another excellent article up at A Vatican watershed on transparency, and a new tool for reformersIt start off with a both a comic and sad review of the world...
Thus Giving Us the Really *Bad* Movie, “Inherit the Wind”
Jimmy Akin.org - Jul 21, 2012 at 12:08 am Did You Know? In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100 at the conclusion of the Scopes...
QUAERITUR: Can diocesan priests use the Extraordinary Form Carmelite or Dominican or Cistercian Rite?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 21, 2012 at 12:01 am From a reader:
I recently read an article about a Carmelite priest who had to jump through all these hoops to get permission to celebrate the Carmelite rite Mass, but then the...
These are America’s Heroes?
Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 20, 2012 at 11:01 pm Every four years, the world gathers to celebrate the joy of the Olympics. For 16 days, the world pauses. We all feel great pride for our home countries and cheer them on to...
Ministering to the grieving in Aurora
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 20, 2012 at 10:12 pm
Details:
The news came in to Mitch Hamilton by phone just after midnight.
Members of his church had been inside the theater when shots rang out.
Hamilton is pastor of...
Catholic social teaching is focus of middle school camp
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jul 20, 2012 at 10:11 pm Click here to view the embedded video.
7 Quick Takes #1
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Jul 20, 2012 at 10:06 pm --- 1 ---I've been contemplating doing these since I see a lot of my #CathSorority gals posting it up on their blogs. I think it'll be good as it'll keep me actively blogging...
Mass in Aurora draws people seeking answers to tragedy
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 20, 2012 at 9:38 pm Aurora, Colo., Jul 20, 2012 / 08:38 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In his homily following a July 20 mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila reminded a crowd of...
