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Leader of US Bishops Rallies Marchers
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 22, 2012 at 11:00 pm WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 23, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The closing homily for the National Prayer Vigil for Life was given by New York's Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan this morning,...
Pope Outlines Right Perspective for Interpreting Canon Law
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 22, 2012 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY, JAN. 23, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Just as the correct interpretation of the Second Vatican Council requires thinking and feeling with the Church, so the right...
The Church Year: Jan. 23, 2012
Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 22, 2012 at 10:51 pm Today is Monday of the 3rd week in Ordinary Time. The liturgical color is green.
In the Extraordinary Form, this is the season after Epiphany, and the liturgical color for today...
Designing women: creating a fashionable habit for nuns
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 22, 2012 at 10:11 pm The result strikes me as closer to Little Red Riding Hood than the Little Flower. Which, I guess, is the point.
Details, from the Paris Review:
Modest, natural, and snazzy—those...
America Increasingly Hostile to Christianity
Making Things Visible - Jan 22, 2012 at 9:43 pm The Following is from an audience that Pope Benedict XVI recently had with American Bishops.“At the heart of every culture, whether perceived or not, is a consensus about the...
On March's Eve, "It Is Not Weakness To Show Compassion"
Whispers in the Loggia - Jan 22, 2012 at 9:35 pm For the 37th year running, Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception pushed the fire-code to its limit tonight as the National Vigil for Life...
A Friendly Onion?
Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 22, 2012 at 8:43 pm When I cut into this onion, I discovered it was already well on its way to fulfilling its biological imperative of making more onions.
I think it looks like an owl.
Pro Life March In Baton Rouge Louisiana ( Vid )
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 22, 2012 at 6:30 pm Its the big event this week. Praying for the Unnborn and their Moms and Dads
Vatican Approval for Neo-Catechumenal Way Only Applies to Non-Liturgical Catechesis
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 22, 2012 at 6:25 pm Vatican City, Jan 21, 2012 / 05:15 pm (CNA).- The Vatican’s approval of the Neo-Catechumenal Way’s forms of “celebration” only applies to non-liturgical prayers within their...
Special Thanks to Travis Boudreaux!
Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 22, 2012 at 6:12 pm I want to say a special word of thanks to Travis Boudreaux, who recently helped me with a bit of php scripting.
Travis is a web and mobile developer who does contract and...
Pope Benedict and the Political Left Are Buddies Sometimes
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 22, 2012 at 5:42 pm I want to hit part two ( see my previous post Are Pope Benedict's New Cardinals Too Roman ? ) very interesting article Finding the 'new' in Vatican news.
The Church is well...
Are Pope Benedict's New Cardinals Too Roman ?
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 22, 2012 at 5:34 pm John Allen has a rather excellent article that is sort of a teaching Vatican 101 journalism. See Finding the 'new' in Vatican news. I am going to break this up into two posts...
Can't Put Pope Benedict In A Box - The Neocatechumenal Way
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 22, 2012 at 5:15 pm Its always interesting when public figures don't follow the established story line that others have fixed for them. We see that with Pope Benedict in a huge way in how he is...
Catholic Spotlight Interview: Dr. Patricia Sisca Pace — The Correlation Between Faith and Academic Excellence
CatholicMom.com - Jan 22, 2012 at 4:00 pm As a mom of a university sophomore who successfully navigated the waters of the college application process, and a high school junior who will be engaged in the process for the...
A sound idea: a recording of this week’s homily
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 22, 2012 at 3:57 pm
A few people have asked me about this, so I finally decided to give it a shot.
Below is this Sunday’s homily, recorded as it was delivered at the 10 am Mass at my parish in...
From Students for Life: “Thank you for 39 years of Pro-Life service”
Catholic Hot Dish - Jan 22, 2012 at 3:41 pm We’re turning the tide of Roe v Wade
According to an article by LifeNews.com, Students for Life of America has just released their latest video, Turn the Tide 2012, which features...
Catholic Democrats Versus Pope Benedict
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 22, 2012 at 3:17 pm I note today that the group Catholic Democrats have issued a statement on the Obama Administration's Birth Control mandate.They say in part:As a Catholic, I am aware that some...
Archbishop Chaput urges respect for life amid high disabled abortion rate
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 22, 2012 at 3:07 pm Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2012 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An 80 percent abortion rate of those with disabilities shows the need to restore a fundamental respect for human dignity...
Botched Abortions Injure Two Women in Birmingham, Alabama
LifeNews.com - Jan 22, 2012 at 2:53 pm Two women were transported from a Alabama abortion clinic yesterday after paramedics had to hand-lift a partially clad woman from a narrow doorway and down several steps to an...
The Holy See did NOT approve NeoCat liturgical variants for Mass
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 22, 2012 at 2:29 pm The other day I posted about a certain approval given by the Holy See to some thing the NeoCats do.
At the time, I speculated that this was NOT an approval for the NeoCat liturgy...
