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PODCAzT 126: Benedict XVI’s important address to US Bishops on Religious Freedom and the Church in the Public Square
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:01 pm In this PODCAzT we drill into an important address given by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 January 2012 to the bishops of Regions 4-6 in the United States.
This was Benedict’s second...
Our Second Baby Needs a Name
CatholicMom.com - Jan 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm At adoration last week, I prayed a rosary for a dear friend who recently lost a baby eight weeks into her pregnancy. My heart breaks for her.
As I prayed in the quiet chapel, my...
Fruit of parish harvest makes national calendar
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 19, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Guardian Angels parish in the St. Paul suburb of Oakdale has a plethora of active social justice-oriented ministries, and one of them recently received some national recognition...
Suspended Orthodox archbishop faces abuse trial in Canada
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 1:57 pm An Orthodox prelate who was suspended from ministry in 2010 will have to stand trial on sex-abuse charges.
Following a court hearing in Winnipeg determined that the evidence...
Parish supports missing couple’s family with prayer
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 19, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Jerry and Barb Heil, in a church directory photo.
Friends and parishioners of St. Pius X in White Bear Lake reflected on the lives of Jerry and Barb Heil at a 7 p.m. prayer...
The Mohawks Didn't Smoke Peyote-- But I Can't Speak for This Guy
Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 19, 2012 at 1:44 pm I came across this "op-ed" about soon-to-be-Saint Kateri Tekakwitha on the Op-Ed News site, which describes itself as "Progressive. Tough. Liberal.". It doesn't say accurate,...
Newly crowned Miss America knows talent, gifts are from God, says mom
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 19, 2012 at 1:21 pm MILWAUKEE — All smiles, Susan Kaeppeler, fourth-grade teacher at Kenosha's St. Joseph Academy's lower campus, was greeted with the red-carpet treatment when she arrived to class...
True blue enemies
Commonweal - Jan 19, 2012 at 1:13 pm PM Netanyahu has reportedly declared the New York Times and Ha’aretz along with world opinion are Israel’s greatest enemies.And we thought it was Hamas and Iran, etc. The Forward...
Benedict XVI important address to US Bishops of Regions IV-VI about attacks on religious liberty in the public square
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 19, 2012 at 1:00 pm This is important.
The US bishops are this year making their over-due ad limina visits. The Holy Father generally gives an address to groups of bishops when they come.
Benedict...
Catholic Scranton University Allows Pro-Abortion Speaker
LifeNews.com - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:59 pm The Cardinal Newman Society has been alerting its members that Scranton University is hosting a former Congresswoman and advocate of abortion to help train women to run for public...
Vatican official urges universities to present Christ-based vision of man
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:57 pm Vatican City, Jan 19, 2012 / 01:57 pm (CNA).- The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Antonio Canizares, recently...
Praise Report!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:34 pm The reader who wrote a few days ago about about being close to despair over his unemployment writes to say that he’d gotten some temporary contract work and then, a day or two...
The Plastic Android…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:29 pm (aka “a great success story for the prolife movement“) can’t be bothered to show up for the Prolife forum. Don’t tell me. It’s because his “conversion” to the prolife cause is...
Pro-Family Leader James Dobson Endorses Rick Santorum
LifeNews.com - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:25 pm James Dobson, the founder and former president of Focus on the Family, has joined a number of social conservative and pro-life leaders have who announced endorsements for...
The lucrative business of abortion
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:24 pm A moderately busy abortionist can bring in revenues of nearly $500,000 a year, a few calculations show.
The same arithmetic--based on average pricing--suggests that Planned...
Sudan: kidnapped priests are alive; negotiations begin for their release
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:21 pm Two Catholic priests who were kidnapped on January 15 in Sudan are alive and well, and the Archdiocese of Khartoum is negotiating for their release.
Church sources in Sudan have...
Pope sees threats to religious freedom in US
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:15 pm Pope Benedict XVI issued a solemn warning about the erosion of religious freedom in the United States, in a January 19 address to visiting American bishops.
The Holy Father told...
Prayer Requests
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:14 pm A reader writes:
Prayer Request from frind This morning I lost my mother and my best friend. Her life was taken from her so soon. I can’t begin to explain what I’m feeling. She...
Pope Benedict Talks At Length On Threats To Religious Liberty In the USA
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 19, 2012 at 12:11 pm I was a tad suprised he hit the subject so strong today. See the full text here at ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THEIR "AD...
