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Daily Scriptures Reflection for 1/13/12
CatholicMom.com - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:00 am Scripture: Lectionary 309. I Sam. 8:4-7. 10-22. Psalm 89:16-17, 18-19. Mark 2:1-12
Friday’s Readings
One of the key points in understanding the theology of Mark and the person of...
Court Holds Diocese Reorganization Not Subject To Property Transfer Tax
The Religion Clause - Jan 13, 2012 at 6:00 am According to a January 9 press release from the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, a California Superior Court judge has finalized a tentative opinion issued in November...
San Francisco faces legal action over street banners promoting abortion
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 13, 2012 at 5:40 am San Francisco, Calif., Jan 13, 2012 / 06:09 am (EWTN News).-
The City of San Francisco wants more time to examine a pro-life group's challenge to an ad campaign using public...
Weekly Giveaway (1/13)
Brandon Vogt - Jan 13, 2012 at 5:06 am "Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others." - St. Augustine
Because I've built up a large collection of duplicate...
Hosanna-Tabor ruling could impact future religious liberty cases
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 13, 2012 at 5:03 am Washington D.C., Jan 13, 2012 / 06:03 am (CNA).- The U.S. Supreme Court’s move defending religious groups' right to determine their leaders could significantly effect future cases...
Bishops See Hope, Fear, Complexities in Mideast Visit
Franciscan Media - Jan 13, 2012 at 5:00 am JERUSALEM (CNS)—Almost a year after the eruption of the Arab Spring
uprisings, the Middle East is a place of hope and fear for Christians,
said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson...
<i>Times</i> profile of school associated with Opus Dei
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:45 am The New York Times has profiled The Heights School, a Washington-area school affiliated with Opus Dei.
"Conservative Catholics are drawn to The Heights for its single-sex...
Background: Pope's message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:44 am On January 15, the Church will observe the 98th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, a commemoration instituted by St. Pius X. Issued in September, Pope Benedict's message for the...
Proposed football stadium could damage basilica, warns pastor
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:41 am Father John Bauer, pastor of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, has warned that the proposed construction of a professional football stadium 300 feet from the basilica's...
Bishops call for peace in Holy Land
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:41 am Representing their episcopal conferences, nine bishops from the US, Canada, and Europe have called for peace in the Holy Land.
"While the faith we see in the Christians of the...
Judge: Methodist ministry violated law in refusing same-sex ceremony
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:39 am A New Jersey administrative law judge has ruled that the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association--a ministry associated with the United Methodist Church--violated the state's ...
Pakistan: government demolishes Catholic buildings
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:38 am Without warning, the government of the eastern Pakistani province of Punjab has demolished a Catholic nursing home, girls' school, convent, and chapel, leading to the destruction...
Post: Spotlight: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Decent Films Guide - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:25 am This weekend Disney’s latter-day classic Beauty and the Beast returns to theaters in a 3D converted version. I was looking forward to taking the whole family to last weekend’s 3D...
Braveheart's letter to Pope returns to Scotland
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 13, 2012 at 4:03 am Edinburgh, Scotland, Jan 13, 2012 / 04:03 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A 14th-century letter asking Pope Boniface VIII to look favorably upon the Scottish patriot Sir William Wallace...
Consistories
Rorate Coeli - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:57 am From the great Consistory of February 18, 1946:
From the Consistory of December 15, 1958:
H/t to a reader
Behold the Cool Video for The Work of Mercy!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:51 am By the way, if you are like a lot of folk who don’t have time to read a book fear not! You can also order the whole book on CD or as an MP3 download (read by Yr. Obdt. Svt.)....
Czech government proposes paying churches for Communist confiscations
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:30 am Prague, Czech Republic, Jan 13, 2012 / 02:57 am (EWTN News).-
The government of the Czech Republic has agreed to pay churches billions of dollars in compensation for property...
Chastity helps teens be happier, bishop says
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 13, 2012 at 2:03 am Cordoba, Spain, Jan 13, 2012 / 02:03 pm (EWTN News).- A Spanish bishop says that although teens are constantly pushed by society to engage in sex outside of marriage, they are in...
Bishop denounces government bulldozing of Pakistan church and school
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 13, 2012 at 1:54 am Lahore, Pakistan, Jan 13, 2012 / 02:54 am (CNA).- The Punjab provincial government’s unannounced bulldozing of a Church-owned site that destroyed a church, a school for poor girls...
New York Times: “I caution the clerical wife to be on guard…”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 13, 2012 at 1:38 am On the Op-Ed page of the New York Times, an assistant professor of medieval European history, Sara Ritchey, has some words of advice:
By the time of the First Lateran Council, the...
