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Texas bishops praise court's ruling on ultrasound access

EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 14, 2012 at 6:04 am
Austin, Texas, Jan 14, 2012 / 06:04 pm (EWTN News).- The Catholic bishops of Texas praised a federal court's Jan. 10 confirmation of a law requiring abortion providers to conduct...

Daily Scriptures Reflection for 1/14/12

CatholicMom.com - Jan 14, 2012 at 6:00 am
Scripture: Lectionary 310. I Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1. Psalm 21:2-3,4-5,6-7. Mark 2:13-17 Saturday’s Readings First impressions are important to all of us and they often result...

NFL Playoff Game a Chance for Fundraising

Franciscan Media - Jan 14, 2012 at 5:00 am
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS)—For church groups, Green Bay Packers home games at Lambeau Field always mean additional income for worthy causes, such as seminary training, Catholic...

Podcast on the Sunday Readings: "Hearing the Call" with John Bergsma

The Sacred Page - Jan 14, 2012 at 2:59 am
In this Sunday's readings Jesus calls the disciples. Listen to John Bergsma discuss the Sunday readings in this reflection. Podcast on the Sunday Readings with John Bergsma

English bishop challenges funding for unfaithful Catholic schools

EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 14, 2012 at 1:13 am
Lancaster, England, Jan 14, 2012 / 01:13 pm (EWTN News).- An English bishop suggested reorganizing the Catholic school system in his diocese to ease financial strain and address...

The Church Year: Jan. 14, 2012

Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 14, 2012 at 1:08 am
Today is Saturday of the 1st week in Ordinary Time. The liturgical color is green. In the Extraordinary Form, this is the season after Epiphany, and the liturgical color for today...

Seven Deadly Fallacies in Support of Abortion

Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 13, 2012 at 11:02 pm
We are rational animals, let us reiterate.  This is not a matter for debate.  In fact, it explains why people have developed a long list of invectives for those whose thoughts and...

Taking Credit

The Forum - Jan 13, 2012 at 10:22 pm
From ABCNews:HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Appearing for the first time on the stump for Mitt Romney, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton delivered a blistering review of President Obama’s...

Greek Catholic Christmas Hierarchical Divine Liturgy

Rorate Coeli - Jan 13, 2012 at 9:51 pm
Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of Christmas (according to the Julian Calendar, or January 7 according to the Gregorian Calendar) offered by Bishop Milan Šašik, C.M., the Carpatho-...

The Awfullist Funniest Thing You Will See

Creative Minority Report - Jan 13, 2012 at 9:44 pm
This is hands down one of the funniest things I have seen. Jon Stewart's show interviews Froma Harrop. And the results are one of the awfullest funniest interviews I have ever...

Prayer Requests

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 13, 2012 at 9:00 pm
A reader writes: I’m sorry to have to rely on your and your reader’s again Mark but I’m currently in dire straights. I had hoped that one day I might be a Priest and/or Religious...

Pro-life play provokes socialist backlash in Spanish city of Merdia

LifeSiteNews - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:41 pm
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MERIDA, Spain, January 13, 2011 (LifeSIteNews.com) - A socialist political party in the Spanish city of Merida has asked the government to prohibit a...

Celebrating the Epiphany

Cardinal Seán's Blog - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Hello and welcome back, In the Cathedral we are blessed to have a community of Ge’ez Catholics and it was a joy to be with them for their celebration of the Epiphany last Friday...

My friend Bill Dodds….

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:16 pm
has a new novel: “The World’s Funniest Atheist.” The book is free starting tomorrow and for the next five days. Here’s the blurb: Saul McNeil has made a successful career out of...

Judge Rules Christian facility cannot ban same-sex civil union ceremony on its own premises

LifeSiteNews - Jan 13, 2012 at 7:48 pm
by Ben Johnson OCEAN GROVE, New Jersey, January 13, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) - A New Jersey judge ruled against a Christian retreat house that refused to allow a same-sex civil...

Howdy, Folks!

Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 13, 2012 at 7:40 pm
Welcome to JimmyAkin.com, the new home of JimmyAkin.org! For some time I’ve been working on this upgrade of my site, and–in fact–I’m still putting some of the final pieces in...

Who's your "Person of the Year?"

Rambles - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:39 pm
Time Magazine chose "The Protester" as their "Person of the Year" for 2011. The National Catholic Reporter named Sr. Elizabeth Johnson, a theologian whose book was criticized by...

Reminders from the past: are Mormons Christian?

Rorate Coeli - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:22 pm
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH RESPONSE TO A 'DUBIUM'on the validity of baptism conferred by«The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints»,called «Mormons» Question...

Mean Eastern Orthodox Priest Looks At Jefferson Bethke 's Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus Video

Opinionated Catholic - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Yep talking about the Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus video again. :) It appears this Eastern Orthodox Priest dared to give a critique the vid and boy were people upset about...
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