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MLK: A Hero and a Prophet
Brandon Vogt - Jan 16, 2012 at 8:50 am Today we celebrate one of my greatest heroes who, despite many personal failings, stood as perhaps the twentieth century's greatest prophet (I think John Paul II holds the only...
Irish Times: Public decries closure of embassy to the Vatican
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 16, 2012 at 8:45 am I didn’t expect this.
From the Irish Times:
Public decries closure of embassy to the Vatican
By Paul O’Brien, Political Editor
Monday, January 16, 2012
TÁNAISTE Eamon Gilmore’s...
Dolan: 'I'm going to preach about sex.'
OSV Daily Take - Jan 16, 2012 at 8:32 am Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan of New York got the attention of worshipers at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday, when he started a homily the Daily News labeled as "fire-and-...
Religious sister sees Catholic renewal in Ukraine
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 16, 2012 at 8:09 am Konigstein, Germany, Jan 16, 2012 / 08:09 pm (EWTN News).- Ukrainian Catholics are undergoing religious renewal after decades of communist oppression, a leading religious sister...
NBC: Super Evil Geniuses Are...
Creative Minority Report - Jan 16, 2012 at 8:07 am NBC has a really silly article on what the world would be like if there was a way to make everyone twice as smart. So in the hypothetical case of NBC, they might get to Forrest...
Cardinal Francis Eugene George, OMI, turns 75, submits resignation
Communio - Jan 16, 2012 at 8:06 am Today is Cardinal Francis Eugene George's 75th birthday. Congrats and continued blessings!!!His Eminence is this nation's highest profiled cardinal and bishop who is a superb...
Get a Good Night’s Sleep: Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry
CatholicMom.com - Jan 16, 2012 at 8:00 am St. Padre Pio is known to have said, “Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry.” Like most axioms, this one is easy to say and not so easy to put into practice. Yet, it is definitely worth the...
Vatican asks police to evict protesters from St. Peter's Square
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 16, 2012 at 7:04 am Vatican City, Jan 16, 2012 / 07:04 pm (EWTN News).- Vatican officials requested the help of police on Jan. 14 as demonstrators attempted to set up a protest camp in St. Peter's...
The Benedictine Arrangement in Homiletic and Pastoral Review
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 16, 2012 at 7:00 am I was very pleased to discover an article by Fr. Stefan Heid posted on the first of this year over at the Homiletic and Pastoral Review website entitled "Cross, Altar and the...
Slim Tim: Doctor reveals that heavyweight church leader is on a diet
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 16, 2012 at 6:50 am
And he’s hoping the cardinal-designate will soon be a lesser man. Details:
Weight-loss guru Dr. Howard Shapiro tells us that Dolan, 61, has dropped approximately 25 pounds...
Daily Quote from Peter Kreeft
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 16, 2012 at 6:30 am “I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference even the tiniest of our prayers to God make, and all the people those little prayers were destined to affect, and all the...
Saudi King Appoints More Liberal Head of Religious Police
The Religion Clause - Jan 16, 2012 at 6:10 am The Wall Street Journal reports that on Friday, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud took steps to liberalize the country's religious police by placing a new person...
Deputy Who Was Subject of Mel Gibson Anti-Semitic Tirade Can Go To Trial On Employment Discrimination Claim
The Religion Clause - Jan 16, 2012 at 6:05 am A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that a deputy sheriff's religious discrimination and hostile work environment claims should go to a jury for trial. However the...
Daily Scriptures Reflection for 1/16/12
CatholicMom.com - Jan 16, 2012 at 6:00 am Scripture: Lectionary 311, Monday Jan 16, 2012. I Samuel 15:16-23. Psalm 50:8-9.16-17.21.23. Mark 2:18-23
Monday’s Readings
Fasting is rarely mentioned in the New Testament. For...
Your good news?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 16, 2012 at 6:00 am Can you give us some good news?
Recent Articles and Book of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jan 16, 2012 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Sahar F. Aziz, From the Oppressed to the Terrorist: American Muslim Women Caught in the Crosshairs of Intersectionality, (Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal, Vol 8...
At St. Peter's tomb, Cardinal Wuerl recalls Pope's importance
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 16, 2012 at 5:49 am Vatican City, Jan 16, 2012 / 05:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington, D.C. called to mind the Pope's "living continuity" with St. Peter at the start of...
Details of Pope's room for Mexico trip revealed
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 16, 2012 at 4:11 am Leon, Mexico, Jan 16, 2012 / 04:11 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A religious order unveiled new details on the convent where Pope Benedict and his entourage will be staying during his...
