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Bishop says gift-giving on Epiphany should be inspired by Jesus
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 9, 2012 at 6:03 am Santander, Spain, Jan 9, 2012 / 06:03 pm (EWTN News).- Bishop Vicente Jimenez Zamora of Santander, Spain, said that the exchanging of gifts on the Solemnity of the Epiphany should...
Another list of favorite blogs…
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 9, 2012 at 6:02 am …this time, from a blogging bishop.
Christopher Coyne, from Indianapolis, offers his own take on Catholic websites, broken into two parts, over at his blog Let Us Walk Together....
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jan 9, 2012 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Andrew M. Koppelman, Justice Stevens, Religious Enthusiast, (Northwestern University Law Review, Forthcoming).
Mason A. Binkley, A Loss for Words: 'Religion' in the...
Five former Vatican ambassadors endorse Romney
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 9, 2012 at 5:22 am Washington D.C., Jan 9, 2012 / 05:22 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Five former U.S. Ambassadors to the Holy See have announced their "wholehearted
support" for Republican presidential...
Honduras: priest claims torture by police
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 4:42 am Father Marco Aurelio Lorenzo, a priest in western Honduras, alleges that police tortured him and his two brothers as they were resting on the side of the road on a visit to their...
New biblical translation a bestseller in Norway
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 4:41 am The first Norwegian translation of the Bible in three decades has remain on top of the bestseller list almost every week since its publication in October. The translation,...
Vatican spokesman explains why Pope will visit Mexico
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 4:40 am Benedict will travel to Mexico and Cuba in March.
"There's not much need to call attention to the Cuban visit, which coincides with the jubilee of Our Lady of Cobre [the nation's...
Gaza Christians trapped between Israeli blockade, Muslim society
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 4:39 am Bishops from Europe and the United States who are visiting Gaza are finding a small Catholic community trapped between an Israeli blockade and an overwhelmingly Muslim culture....
Philippines: 3 million Catholics in procession despite terrorist threats
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 4:38 am Three million Filipinos took part in an annual procession in Manila in honor of the Black Nazarene--a 17th-century statue of Christ--despite a warning by the nation's president...
Nigeria: war of words between Protestant, Muslim leaders
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 4:37 am Terrified that the Islamist group Boko Haram will continue its recent spate of attacks on Christians, some indigenous Christians in the northern part of the nation are preparing...
Pope highlights Christian persecution in speech to diplomats
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:45 am Vatican City, Jan 9, 2012 / 01:45 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Benedict stressed the plight of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in his annual address to Vatican-...
The Trouble with Tribals
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:15 am What’s wrong with this picture:
Aside from the obvious fact that the main problem is that our Ruling Class has just passed a law empowering the President to declare you and me an...
Our Ruling Class…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:13 am …partying in secret to hide the fact that they are more equal than you are.
Obama talking about economic justice is like Gingrich talking about marital fidelity.
Here’s the...
A reader argues…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:11 am …against the new Mass translation (and I argue back).
This rocks!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:09 am The invaluable Simcha Fisher sends this along:
Courtesy of the Distributist Review, who are dedicated to taking the Democracy of the Dead to a whole new level.
The Succinct Critique of Ron Paul’s (and the Standard GOP) Take on Health Care
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:07 am from a reader who is a doctor:
The ill infant and genetically ill neonate is the case for universal care. If they cannot get care, they will die. Their care is not cheap and, for...
Meet the New Boss, Worse than the Old Boss
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:05 am
Time and again, I hear from tribalists on the Right who are baffled about why I spend more time trying to persuade my readers (who overwhelmingly recognize that abortion, cloning...
Bravo to Target!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:03 am for this ad:
The little gent in the stylin’ orange shirt is Ryan, and he has Down’s Syndrome. I agree with Noah Smith:
This wasn’t a “Special Clothing For Special People”...
Why Seattle is So Much Better Than That Dump You Live in
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 1:01 am If you are going to demonstrate Nativist Pride then for heaven’s sake go whole hog. This magnificent piece of hubris for my Home Town is one of the funniest things I’ve read in...
