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Calling all calligraphy fans
The Busy Catholic - Jan 16, 2012 at 5:05 pm Check out the Alphabet of Healing calligraphy show at Regent College
Twenty-six biblical verses are enshrined in calligraphy at Friedrich Peter's exhibition of iconic lettering in...
Self-healing iPhone case?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:58 pm For the Just Too Cool file, this from FBN:
Nissan has announced the world’s first self-healing iPhone case, which the car manufacturer claims can quickly repair itself when...
<I>L'Osservatore</I> rips Standard and Poor's on downgrading European debt
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:58 pm The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano criticized the credit-rating agency Standard and Poor's for its decision to downgrade the bonds of nine European countries last week....
Spanish officials allow pro-life play, despite criticism
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:53 pm Madrid, Spain, Jan 16, 2012 / 05:53 pm (CNA/Europa Press).- Officials in Merida, Spain have rejected a request by local Socialist party leaders to ban the theatrical production “...
SOPA killed in House
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:50 pm I read in The Examiner that the SOPA bill was killed in the House of Representatives today. I understand that the Senate version, PIPA, is still alive. It is interesting to see...
Former diplomat weighs US stand on religious freedom
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm The former director of the US State Department's office for religious freedom spoke about the challenges to religious liberty in the US itself, as well as the foreign-policy...
Maine Governor LePage Joins 500 People at Pro-Life Event
LifeNews.com - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm Maine is not known as a hotbed of pro-life activist given its left-of-center bent, but Mainers finally elected a pro-life governor, Paul LePage, who is not ashamed to stand up...
At St. Peter’s tomb, Cardinal Wuerl recalls Pope’s importance
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:46 pm Vatican City, Jan 16, 2012 / 05:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington, D.C. called to mind the Pope’s “living continuity” with St. Peter at the start of...
Pope speaks on migrants' hopes, priests' role in helping young men discern vocations
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:42 pm While millions of people are involved in the worldwide tide of migration, Pope Benedict XVI told his Sunday audience on January 15 that "they are not just numbers!"
"They are men...
Unborn baby saves father’s life with early morning kick
LifeSiteNews - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:22 pm by John Jalsevac January 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sara McDonald is 7 ½ months pregnant, but says that her unborn child has already saved his father’s life. In the early...
Pope Pius XI’s Address to the Irish National Pilgrimage
Lux Occulta - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:17 pm
Pope Pius XI gave the following discourse to the Irish National Pilgrimage in audience on 21 October, 1925, in response to an address of loyalty which they had presented:
This is...
Belgian police raid 3 dioceses, take documents on abuse complaints
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:14 pm Belgian police raided the offices of three Catholic dioceses on January 16, as they continued their aggressive investigation of sex-abuse complaints.
Officials in the dioceses of...
Martin Luther King, Jr., from “Beyond Vietnam”
Commonweal - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:13 pm
“I am convinced that …we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When...
Homosexual Anglican cleric, denied post as bishop, may sue Church of England
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:04 pm A prominent Anglican cleric is weighing a lawsuit against the Church of England, claiming that he has been unfairly been denied appointment as a bishop because he is homosexual....
Vespers with no frills for St. Marcellus (BrevRom)
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:00 pm No frills vespers from the Breviarium Romanum.
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BabyCenter.com Promotes Very Early Drug-Induced Abortions
LifeNews.com - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:00 pm My wife and I signed up at BabyCenter.com to receive emails notifying us of the development of our preborn baby (due April 15, 2012). Today I was surprised to read in the Your...
Fainting in Confession and Getting Upset Over It
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Jan 16, 2012 at 3:53 pm Raise your hand if you blacked out during your confession this weekend. *raises hand* There is really no big explanation for why it happened, it just did. I was fine all day. I...
Texas bishop sues priest, charges financial mismanagement
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 16, 2012 at 3:42 pm In a highly unusual move, the outgoing Bishop of El Paso, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against one of his priests, charging him with misuse of parish funds.
Bishop Armando Ochoa...
Planned Parenthood Uses Martin Luther King to Promote Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jan 16, 2012 at 3:37 pm Today, we honor a man whose words agitated, illuminated, inspired and liberated millions. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights warrior with weapons, not of blade or bullet,...
Civility, anyone?
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 16, 2012 at 3:28 pm A priceless conversation from “The Daily Show” that, I think, shows where we are these days in our public discourse. (Blog commenters, take note…)
The Daily Show with Jon...
