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Livestock show coming to St. Peter's Square
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:20 pm Tourists and pilgrims visiting Rome on January 17 should be prepared for an unusual sight in St. Peter's Square. The Italian Association of Livestock Farmers will be holding a...
Pope explains the meaning of 'justice' and 'peace'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:14 pm On January 13, Pope Benedict XVI held his annual private audience with members of the Italian police force that serves at the Vatican.
"Defending public order, especially in an...
The Pro-Life Fight in Tanzania: Signs of Hope
LifeNews.com - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:09 pm When I was ordained a priest twenty years ago, I never imagined myself deplaning in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on a mid-December day. Although it was at the beginning of their hot...
Malaysian Court Rules On Jurisdiction To Decide Validity of Conversion
The Religion Clause - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:04 pm In Malaysia yesterday, an appeals court held that civil courts have jurisdiction to hear a case brought by a woman who is challenging the validity of her conversion to Islam as a...
US religious leaders join together in support of marriage and religious liberty
LifeSiteNews - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:50 pm by John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, January 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Leaders of some of the largest religious communities in the United States have joined together in an open...
“There is no justice where profit is the number one criterion”
Vatican Insider - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:47 pmGather around the Eucharist to fight racism
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:38 pm By Father Art Cavitt
At a recent JustFaith ministry session at St. Gabriel the Archangel School in south St. Louis, parishioners from several south city parishes discussed...
Defendants In Amish Beard-Cutting Assaults Plead Not Guilty; 5 Held In Jail
The Religion Clause - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:36 pm The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that on Wednesday, 12 members of an Amish sect in Ohio who have been indicted on charges of conspiring to violate the federal hate crimes...
Ruling over teacher's firing could have far-reaching implications
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:35 pm WASHINGTON — The direction the courts will take with other cases related to religious employment is far from clear, but the Supreme Court's Jan. 11 ruling opens a whole track of...
The rumor mill
Rorate Coeli - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:33 pm Yes, we did notice, as all who check the Holy See Press Office newsletter ("Bollettino") that the Pope received in separate audiences today the Prefect Emeritus of Clergy,...
Court rules Texas sonogram law can go into effect immediately
LifeSiteNews - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:21 pm by Kathleen Gilbert January 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Days after ruling that Texas’s sonogram law is constitutional, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued another ruling...
Tintin and the Cigars of the Pharaoh
SQPN - Podcast Network - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:19 pm In the fifth episode of the SQPN podcast ‘Secrets of Tintin’, Fr. Roderick and David Handlos discuss the story and the background of one of Tintin’s most exciting adventures that...
“You Gotta believe in God”
Catholic Hot Dish - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Thats my office behind the turn.
I have been watching the Red Bull Crashed ice shenanigans from outside of my office window across from the St. Paul Cathedral and I have been...
A System of Fifty State Immigration Laws Is Untenable
USCCB Media Blog - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:03 pm <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE...
Second Sunday, Simple English Propers
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 13, 2012 at 3:00 pm The book from which these are taken is finally back in stock.
Abortion Biz in Rockford, Illinois Shut Down Permanently
LifeNews.com - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:55 pm The abortion business in Rockford, Illinois that has been closed down permanently after recently reopening following an agreement with the state after violations it engaged in...
Fridays with Benedict • Jan 13, 2012
Catholic Underground - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:53 pm The Pope gives his state of the world address, steals a couple of lyrics from Whitney Houston and takes it home with a lesson on prayer from the paul 6 hall in his 109 acre...
Braveheart’s letter to Pope returns to Scotland
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:52 pm Edinburgh, Scotland, Jan 13, 2012 / 03:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A 14th-century letter asking Pope Boniface VIII to look favorably upon the Scottish patriot Sir William Wallace...
Most Horrible Craigslist Ad Ever
Creative Minority Report - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:31 pm *subhead*—Gut wrenchingly sad.*subhead*"They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing." Judas sold his soul for 30 pieces of silver to sell his soul, this is a...
The Feeder Feed: subdued by cold edition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:22 pm The feeder is busy right now, since there has been a cold snap.
This year I have Redpolls.
This cold fellow is a Junco. They are mostly ground feeders. Here is one sitting in...
