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“FREEEDOOOOOM!”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 13, 2012 at 9:08 am For the Just Too Cool file, I read on The History Blog that the only surviving documents connected to William Wallace are returning to Scotland.
Included is the Lübeck Letter and...
Vatican today — January 13, 2012
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:39 am POPE RECEIVES INSPECTORATE FOR PUBLIC SECURITY IN VATICAN
Benedict XVI today received members of the General Inspectorate for Public Security in the Vatican in a traditional...
Kids Are People, Too
The Roman Road - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:30 am I remember well Whitney Houston singing on the radio when I was a kid, “I believe the children are our future; teach them well and let them lead the way.” And I didn’t just hear...
Vatican daily issues Pope's prayer intentions for 2013
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:20 am Vatican City, Jan 13, 2012 / 09:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano published Pope Benedict XVI's prayer intentions for the year 2013.
Would You Abort a Gay Baby?
Creative Minority Report - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:02 am When former Senator Rick Santorum was campaigning in New Hampshire earlier this week, a disgusting thing occurred on the campus of a local Catholic college. But it's one that I...
Vatican daily issues Pope’s prayer intentions for 2013
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:01 am Vatican City, Jan 13, 2012 / 09:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano published Pope Benedict XVI’s prayer intentions for the year 2013.
Highlights...
A Must-Read Book on Church Teaching
CatholicMom.com - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:00 am I first discovered John Paul II’s Theology of the Body in my first year working for our parish. I was a pretty new Catholic at the time and one of our parishioners had emailed me...
Post: The Devil Inside
Decent Films Guide - Jan 13, 2012 at 8:00 am At last, a horror film for disaffected Catholic traditionalists embittered against the Church for post-Vatican II changes; who see the Church itself, not just the larger culture,...
Former Archbishop of New Orleans Alfred Hughes Gives Political Advice At Bobby Jindal Inauguration
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 13, 2012 at 7:56 am Archbishop Hughes , former Bishop of Baton Rouge and former Archbishop of New Orleans delivered some remarks at the inaugural interfaith prayer service for Jindal and other...
The Trials of Gob
Commonweal - Jan 13, 2012 at 7:55 am After the holidays, many people are recommitting to a program of healthy eating and exercise in the new year. But the time you spend on a treadmill or elliptical can quickly seem...
Dateline New York : Do Judges Have To Conduct Gay Marriages ? - Judicial Ethics
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 13, 2012 at 7:34 am Mirrors of Justice links a Judicial Ethics Opinion that is published in the New York Law Journal. See their link at Can a Judge Refuse to Conduct a Gay Marriage? . I am hoping...
The Pope Makes A Cardinal From the Church the Apostle Thomas Founded - India's Syrian-Malabar Church
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 13, 2012 at 7:08 am In the list of Cardinals the Pope announceed he was about to make there was an interesting name and community represented. That is Indian Mar George Alencherry, the spiritual...
Wood Carvings by Johannes Kirchmayer
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 13, 2012 at 7:00 am Here are some photos of carvings by the German born American Johannes Kirchmayer. He lived from 1860-1930 and his Wikipedia entry is here. He lived and worked most of his life in...
The Pope Watches the Circus, Sees Crocodiles, and Talks the Eucharist - Jan 11 2012 Wednesday Audience Full Text
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:47 am The Circus was In TownChootem!!Been a while since I published and linked the full text of a Wednesday Audience. The one this past Wednesday has a very Eucharistic theme. The full...
Al-Azhar Proposed Bill of Rights Gains Widespread Support By Egyptian Political Parties
The Religion Clause - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:43 am Daily News Egypt reports that on Wednesday, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, the Salafi Al-Nour Party, Al Wafd, and many liberal parties all signed onto a bill...
Daily Quote from G. K. Chesterton
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:30 am “The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but, on the contrary, of its liberality and...
Amish Men Jailed After Refusing To Pay Fines For Not Displaying Orange Safety Triangles
The Religion Clause - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:15 am In Graves County, Kentucky yesterday, ten Amish men, all members of the Swartzentruber Amish community, were sentenced to jail terms after they refused to pay fines that had been...
NJ Administrative Law Judge Finds Violation For Refusal To Rent Space For Civil Union Ceremony
The Religion Clause - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:10 am AP reported yesterday that a New Jersey Division of Civil Rights Administrative Law Judge has issued a proposed ruling concluding that a religious group, the Methodist-affiliated...
New Survey Released On Mormons' Views Of Their Place In American Life
The Religion Clause - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:05 am The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life yesterday released a new survey on what Mormons think about their place in American life. The report titled Mormons in America: Certain...
