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Prayers for those hurt and killed in Aurora, Colorado
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 20, 2012 at 9:22 pm I have been disconnected for most of the day. No news, very little social media, a couple phone calls. I posted a few things here, but without surfing around. I’ve been busy...
Where’s the beef? What the Chick-fil-A boss really said
GetReligion - Jul 20, 2012 at 8:53 pm So, did you hear about that wild quote that the president of Chick-fil-A didn’t say the other day?
Here’s a piece of a CNN report that is typical of the mainstream press coverage...
2008 LSN movie review seems to have uncannily predicted what happened in Colorado last night
LifeSiteNews - Jul 20, 2012 at 8:48 pm by Steve Jalsevac Editor-in-Chief John-Henry Westen and I are big fans of entertaining adventure and Superhero movies such as the new Spiderman movie, The Avengers, Thor and...
Mayor of Boston Misplaced the First Amendment Somewhere ( Chick-fil-A )
Opinionated Catholic - Jul 20, 2012 at 8:32 pm I did not not make a good many friends when I said it was wrong for city officials in New York and elsewhere to try to block the "9/11" Mosque based on political or religious...
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Rorate Coeli - Jul 20, 2012 at 8:05 pm Aniello Falcone - Expulsion from the Temple (detail)
One day after the declaration was issued, and another leak of internal documents of the Society of Saint Pius X (FSSPX / SSPX...
Reflections of a newly ordained priest: Father Felipe Gonzalez
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Jul 20, 2012 at 7:50 pm Welcome back,
As I said in my last week post, each year around this time I like to invite one or two of our newly ordained priests to share their experiences with you.
This week...
GUEST RANT: Many languages for Mass and fake “unity”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 20, 2012 at 7:32 pm From a priest:
In my diocese we are often asked (read, expected, pressured) to participate in or to celebrate Masses in more than one language in the name of multi-culturalism. I...
Z-Swag: In The Wild!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 20, 2012 at 7:22 pm From a reader:
Hi FrZ ~
I never had a bumper sticker before. Then I just had to have one of yours…and then 2…now look what you started!! :o)
The little hearts between my husband...
Medical Nightmare: Doctors won’t let wife act on behalf of ailing husband
LifeSiteNews - Jul 20, 2012 at 6:18 pm by Peter Baklinski AJAX, Ontario, Canada, July 20, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Ontario woman is crying foul after a team of doctors effectively denied the woman her legal right...
Second mandate lawsuit dismissed on 'technical grounds'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 20, 2012 at 6:09 pm Washington D.C., Jul 20, 2012 / 05:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has dismissed a lawsuit by Belmont Abbey College against the federal contraception...
24 Reflections and observations on the current situation in Syria
Rorate Coeli - Jul 20, 2012 at 5:43 pm His Beatitude Patriarch Gregory III (Laham), of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Syria, has imparted these reflections and observations as a vademecum to throw light on the...
Action Alert! Is Jo Ann Emerson of District 8 your US Rep?
Archdiocese of Saint Louis - Jul 20, 2012 at 5:12 pm During the week of July 23, the House Appropriations Committee is expected to mark up the Fiscal Year 2013 Labor/Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill. As reported by...
Pro-Euthanasia Movement Splitting Into Two Warring Factions
LifeNews.com - Jul 20, 2012 at 5:07 pm When euthanasia became a dirty word the Voluntary Euthanasia Society changed its name to ‘Dignity in Dying’ in January 2006. In 2008 Conservative MP for Reigate Crispin Blunt (...
Action Alert! Override Governor Nixon's Veto of SB 749 - Protect Religious Liberty in MO
Archdiocese of Saint Louis - Jul 20, 2012 at 5:06 pm Gov. Nixon vetoed SB 749 – the religious liberty bill – but the general assembly can override this veto and enact the bill into law. SB 749 ensures that no one is forced to pay...
Colombians celebrate independence with Our Lady of Chiquinquira
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 20, 2012 at 5:05 pm Bogotá, Colombia, Jul 20, 2012 / 04:05 pm (CNA).- On Colombia's Independence Day marked on July 20, a Vatican official called on the country to remember their patroness, Our Lady...
QUAERITUR: Communion by intinction but with un-consecrated hosts.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 20, 2012 at 5:00 pm From a reader:
1. We have Sunday mass at our village chapel which does not have a Tabernacle, so the priest has to Consecrate all the host for communion. However, there are times...
Faith in Aurora: Seeking heavenly answers
GetReligion - Jul 20, 2012 at 4:43 pm No words. Same empty feeling in pit of my stomach as Tucson, Va. Tech, 9/11, OKC, (fill in the blank). #theatershooting #evil #prayers
That quick reaction, which I posted on...
FLASHBACK: Batman The Dark Knight - Should We Fear Imitation of the Joker?
LifeSiteNews - Jul 20, 2012 at 4:31 pm by John-Henry Westen Editor’s Note: In light of last night’s horrific Colorado movie theatre massacre by a young man imitating the Joker character in the 2008 movie, Batman The...
Ramadan isn’t Lent —and a few other things you should know
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 20, 2012 at 4:27 pm
My colleague at CNEWA, Fr. Elias Mallon, last year wrote a superb essay on how Muslims observe Ramadan. (Among other things, his piece was honored last month with a Catholic...
Ireland: Fine Gael Party Members Stand Strong Against Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jul 20, 2012 at 4:19 pm The backing of 15 or more Fine Gael TDs and Senators for the party’s election pledge to oppose abortion legislation has been described as “a welcome move to support human life and...
