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Vatican today — January 19, 2012

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 19, 2012 at 8:16 am
DIFFICULTIES AND HOPES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA Today in the Vatican Benedict XVI received a group of prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (...

Daily Scriptures Reflection for 1/19/12

CatholicMom.com - Jan 19, 2012 at 7:59 am
Scripture: Lectionary 314.  I Samuel 18:6-9.10-12.13-14.  Mark 3: 7-12 Thursday’s Readings After the five episodes of controversy, Mark now leads us through a transitional summary...

Pope Benedict creates new science and faith foundation

EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 19, 2012 at 7:03 am
Vatican City, Jan 19, 2012 / 07:03 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI launched a new foundation at the Vatican aimed at building a "philosophical bridge" between science and...

Superior of Spanish Priestly Society on the Promotion of the Usus Antiquior

New Liturgical Movement - Jan 19, 2012 at 7:00 am
Yesterday, I received an email from the English edition of Paix Liturgique; in it came this interview with Padre Manuel María de Jesús, the superior of the Fraternidad de Cristo...

Daily Quote from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 19, 2012 at 6:30 am
“I think the world today is upside down. Everybody seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater development and greater riches and so on. There is much suffering...

Challenge To Nevada's Limit On Who Can Perform Marriages Moves Ahead

The Religion Clause - Jan 19, 2012 at 6:10 am
In Martinez v. Clark County, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5313 (D NV, Jan. 18, 2012), a Nevada federal district court, while dismissing claims against the state attorney general, refused...

Indian Court Permits Individual Religious Ritual In Government Offices

The Religion Clause - Jan 19, 2012 at 6:05 am
According to the Times of India, the Madras high court has upheld the right of individuals to conduct Ayudha Puja or Saraswathi Puja rituals in their government offices....

The Arrival of the Papal Nuncio (1930)

Lux Occulta - Jan 19, 2012 at 6:01 am
The papal nuncio attended by a military guard of honour as he arrives for the official Church reception, 14 January, 1930 From The Irish Times, 16th January, 1930: The arrival of...

New B.C. Special Prosecutor Will Look At Charges Other Than Polygamy Against FLDS Members

The Religion Clause - Jan 19, 2012 at 6:00 am
As previously reported, last November a British Columbia trial court, in an advisory opinion, upheld most applications of Canada's anti-polygamy law, and that decision is not...

Newly ordained priest removed after fathering a child while in seminary

The Deacon's Bench - Jan 19, 2012 at 5:47 am
It happened in the Archdiocese of New York.  Details: The priest, the Rev. Casmir Manyonyi Mung’aho, 34, was ordained in May after graduating from St. Joseph’s Seminary in...

Extreme abortion rate for disabled leads to DC conference

EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 19, 2012 at 5:45 am
Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2012 / 06:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- An upcoming conference in the nation's capital will address the staggering 90 percent abortion rate of babies with...

William Charles Skurla elected 8th bishop of the Ruthenian Eparchy, Pittsburgh

Communio - Jan 19, 2012 at 5:40 am
Pope Benedict XVI elected William Charles Skurla, 55, as the 8th bishop (and 5th Archeparch) of the Pittsburgh Ruthenian Church, until now, the Eparch of Passaic (NJ).The...

Church has role proposing a more excellent way: happiness & freedom

Communio - Jan 19, 2012 at 5:40 am
Bartholomew R. Leon Normal 0 0 2012-01-14T14:47:00Z 2012-01-14T14:47:00Z 1 343 1957 Liturgy Traing Publ. 16 3 2403 10.260 0 0 0 At 11:30 am, Rome...

Pope appoints archbishop for Byzantine eparchy in Pittsburgh

EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 19, 2012 at 5:39 am
Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2012 / 05:39 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop William C. Skurla to be the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Byzantine Archeparchy...

"The Church's Witness is Public": On Religious Freedom and the Public Square, B16 Talks The States

Whispers in the Loggia - Jan 19, 2012 at 5:34 am
As the US' bishops ad limina visit continues, this morning saw the second papal address of the 15-group trip: to the prelates of Region IV, which encompasses the provinces of...

Extreme abortion rate for disabled leads to DC conference

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 19, 2012 at 5:02 am
Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2012 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An upcoming conference in the nation’s capital will address the staggering 90 percent abortion rate of babies with...

Angel of the Amazon

Franciscan Media - Jan 19, 2012 at 5:00 am
"I really thought I made it clear,” an actress on a New York City stage sings as she faces two characters pointing guns at her. She stands in front of a backdrop depicting a lush...

Bishop: 'we must continue to fight' for federal immigration reform

Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 4:54 am
Addressing a Catholic conference on immigration, Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City urged Catholics to advocate for immigration reform at the federal level. "Different laws, ...

Catechism translated into Hebrew

Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 4:53 am
L'Osservatore Romano reports that the first three volumes of the Catechism (presumably the first three parts of the Catechism of the Catholic Church) have been translated into...

Colorado bishops urge opposition to civil unions

Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2012 at 4:50 am
The bishops of Colorado are urging Catholics to contact their state legislators in opposition to civil unions legislation. "It does little good to protect marriage in our state ...
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