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Irish group rallies support to reopen embassy at Vatican
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 3:28 pm An Irish group is effectively putting pressure on the country's legislators to reopen the Irish embassy at the Holy See.
The group, Ireland Stand Up, drew one-third of the members...
Finnish ecumenical delegates meet with Pontiff
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 3:24 pm Pope Benedict XVI met on January 19 with an ecumenical delegation from Finland, and spoke about the need for a common Christian witness in a secularized world.
A shared Christian...
Unborn Baby Tebows in the Womb
Creative Minority Report - Jan 19, 2012 at 3:24 pm Hey, CMR hasn't done a Tebow story in like a week. We're Jonesing. I love this story even if the image is pretty darn coincidental.Here an unborn baby is seen via ultrasound...
Italian politicians eye church properties for tax revenues
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 3:19 pm Italian politicians are pressing for the Catholic Church to begin paying property on some real-estate properties.
The Church already pays taxes on purely commercial investment ...
Great moments in Utah history
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 19, 2012 at 3:12 pm I mean: really? REALLY? We’ve reached the place where reality now is more ludicrous than satire. The Onion should just go out of business.
Check this out:
KSTU-TV in Utah...
A poem for the Nativity
Commonweal - Jan 19, 2012 at 3:10 pm Just before Christmas we had a discussion of Christmas poetry. If I had known the one I give below, I’d have included it. It’s by the British poet Sally Read, and since on another...
Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 19, 2012 at 3:04 pm A reader writes:
I’d like to ask your readers to pray for my mother. She lost her job several years ago due to budget cuts. She never found another job and due to various health...
51% of US Catholic Readers Will Vote Obama
Creative Minority Report - Jan 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm Well, Obama's always got the U.S. Catholic readers. Well, a majority of them anyway.Here's the question that U.S. Catholic posed and then the response:7. I intend to vote for...
Hey Washington State!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:42 pm A reader writes:
If I recall correctly, you are in the Seattle area. Are you aware that the WA state legislature is having a hearing on a senate bill to push “marriage equality”...
Revealed! The Church’s Official Prayer for Sports Events!
Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:41 pm He’s not Catholic, but Tim Tebow has generated a lot of controversy by publicly praying at sporting events. Even I know that, and I know nothing about sports.
Praying at sporting...
Is the Catholic Church Ignoring English Speaking Latinos ?
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:36 pm This is from a very Evangelical angle but of course one wonders if this possible dynamic is happening in Catholic Circles.There has been some thought expressed to me a Priest or...
The sole purpose of a "Reform of the reform"
Rorate Coeli - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:23 pm From the interview granted by Prof. Roberto de Mattei, author of Il Concilio Vaticano II: una storia mai scritta (The Second Vatican Council – a never before written history), to...
Aurora watch this weekend
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:22 pm From SpaceWeather:
EARTH-DIRECTED FLARE: Active sunspot 1401 erupted today, Jan. 19th, for more than an hour around 16:00 UT. The long-duration blast produced an M3-class solar...
Relationships among Christians continue to need prayer for unity
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:21 pm The Catholic Spirit asked Father Erich Rutten, who serves on the Archdiocesan Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, to explain to readers as we celebrate the Jan....
NARAL President Nancy Keenan Disregards Women’s Health
LifeNews.com - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:18 pm Abortion proponents continue to lament last week’s Fifth Circuit opinion upholding Texas’ ultrasound requirement, and their arguments demonstrate just how “behind the times” they...
God bless her
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:11 pm A woman who struggles with SSA writes a brave and honest account of her fidelity to love of Christ and her family. Let her deeds bring her praise in the city gates. Such people...
Possible Schism Unfolding In Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Today
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:07 pm Well not exactly though I think this move is significant. See Most at Presbyterian meeting unlikely to leave denomination and New Presbyterian denomination named byPeter Smith of...
Nigerian archbishop fears new attacks on Christians in north
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:06 pm Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria, has reported that telephone text messages currently circulating in the north of the country warn "of plans by some Muslim groups to...
Do You Like Us?
Creative Minority Report - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:06 pm Now I know that it took us a while to figure out that this 'facebook' fad was gonna stick around a while. I still have a drawer full of MC Hammer pants, so I no longer move...
