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Today in the Church Year: Jan. 7, 2012
Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 7, 2012 at 2:05 am Today is a Saturday in Christmas. The liturgical color is white.
Saints & Celebrations:
Today, January 7, in the Ordinary Form, we celebrate St. Raymond of Penyafort, priest...
Lawyer arrested for anti-Catholic court filing
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 7, 2012 at 12:55 am Minneapolis, Minn., Jan 7, 2012 / 01:15 am (EWTN News).- A Minnesota attorney who made repeated anti-Catholic slurs in court filings and failed to show for a hearing on her...
And One More Thing....
Whispers in the Loggia - Jan 7, 2012 at 12:06 am On second thought, what's below is not the right way to close out this wild, volatile, yet infinitely memorable, day.In life, see, you've gotta finish what you started, and just...
Are We Ready for the Year of Faith?
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 6, 2012 at 11:01 pm Pope Benedict XVI is giving us a great opportunity in this New Year to make a big difference. In October he announced the “Year of Faith” which according to Vatican statements is...
Life is Still Worth Living, Series II, Episode 2
Catholic Underground - Jan 6, 2012 at 8:55 pm On this episode, Fr. Ryan waxes poetic about feast days in the Church and the need to transition from being a Sunday Church goer to an everyday Church-liver… Eat it up! (You see...
Call No Man Father?
Making Things Visible - Jan 6, 2012 at 8:53 pm As Catholics we believe that God the Father has given men a share in His divine fatherhood. The denial of fatherhood, of a shared fatherhood with God, is contributing a factor, to...
Cardinal George: “I’m truly sorry for the hurt my remarks have caused”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 6, 2012 at 8:38 pm Details:
Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George apologized Friday for remarks aired on Christmas Day comparing the gay pride parade to the Ku Klux Klan.
“I am truly sorry for the...
Ten years after
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Jan 6, 2012 at 8:22 pm Welcome back,
Ten years ago today, the clergy sexual abuse crisis exploded in Boston. This has been a very painful chapter in the history of our Church, but at the same time, an...
Christmas fundraiser total/ LSN Latin America suspension
LifeSiteNews - Jan 6, 2012 at 8:05 pm by Steve Jalsevac The results of the Christmas fundraiser have been finalized and we can report that a total of approximately $120,000 has been raised. That is an impressive...
Untitled
Whispers in the Loggia - Jan 6, 2012 at 7:58 pm Seven years at this, gang... and for what it's worth, this feels like the most intense day of the entire experience.More tomorrow, whenever this scribe wakes up. For now, as ever...
Frauds in the Church
Commonweal - Jan 6, 2012 at 7:34 pm There is a remarkable sermon of St. Augustine on Ps 99 (100). It begins with his explanation of what “jubilation” (whooping) means, a topic that can be left for another occasion....
SQPN Announces Affiliation with Jimmy Akin Podcast
CatholicMom.com - Jan 6, 2012 at 7:22 pm Roswell, GA, January 6, 2012: The Star Quest Production Network (SQPN) welcomes the Jimmy Akin Podcast to its network of Affiliate productions.
The Jimmy Akin Podcast features in-...
You are Losing Your Freedom - There is a Solution
Making Things Visible - Jan 6, 2012 at 7:21 pm I have said this repeatedly for some time now. What is missing from politics is charity. True charity is rooted in the truth. The truth is that charity is an act of the will and...
Minnesota Archbishop Tells Priests Not to Oppose Church Teachings on Marriage
LifeSiteNews - Jan 6, 2012 at 7:14 pm by Ben Johnson ST. PAUL, MINNNESOTA, January 6, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Archbishop John C. Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis has told his clergy they are not to publicly...
Santorum rips Obama admin for censoring abstinence as ‘artifact of a bygone era’
LifeSiteNews - Jan 6, 2012 at 6:42 pm by Kathleen Gilbert MUSCATINE, Iowa, January 6, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum has taken the Obama administration to task for its role in...
Gingrich to Attack Romney on Abortion in Questionable Ads
LifeNews.com - Jan 6, 2012 at 6:26 pm Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is planning to go up with new ads in South Carolina that attack fellow GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on the issue of...
Numbers
Rorate Coeli - Jan 6, 2012 at 6:23 pm Nationalities of the new voting Cardinals:
Italians: 7Americans: 2Spaniard, Portuguese, Brazilian, Indian, Dutch, Canadian, Chinese, German, Czech: 1
By Continent/Geographic Area...
Hill-Murray School raises $17,000 for Jack Jablonski
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 6, 2012 at 5:49 pm Click here to view the embedded video.
Hill-Murray students wore red and white Friday, Jan. 6, to support Benilde-St. Margaret’s 16-year-old hockey player Jack Jablonski, who was...
QUAERITUR:
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 6, 2012 at 5:44 pm From a reader:
Praised be Jesus Christ! I was recently told (by someone who heard from someone else) that in order to bear the title “Virgin”, a Saint would not only have been...
Abortionist Charged With Murder Released on $500,000 Bond
LifeNews.com - Jan 6, 2012 at 5:41 pm The abortion practitioner charged with murder in the deaths of viable unborn children in a two-state operation aimed at avoiding late-term abortion laws has been released on half...
