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SoCal Shock: Cirilo, Up... Gabino, Out
Whispers in the Loggia - Jan 4, 2012 at 6:10 am Resolving at long last a process that's been afoot since 2007, at Roman Noon the Pope named Auxiliary Bishop Cirilo Flores of Orange, 63, as coadjutor-bishop of San Diego, the...
Fired Muslim Bookkeeper Settles Suit Against Catholic Diocese
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2012 at 6:10 am The Lehigh Valley Morning Call reported yesterday on the settlement of a federal lawsuit that had been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Allentown (PA) by a woman who worked...
Samoan Time Change Poses Sabbath Observance Problems
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2012 at 6:05 am As has been widely reported, last week the Pacific island nation of Samoa (and its neighboring island, Tokelau) effectively moved to the other side of the International Date Line...
ACLU Sues Library Over Internet Filter That Excludes Minority Religious Beliefs
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2012 at 6:00 am The ACLU announced yesterday that it has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a library patron against the Salem, Missouri Public Library for unconstitutionally blocking Internet...
US government funds nearly half of Planned Parenthood's $1 billion revenue
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 4, 2012 at 5:15 am New York City, N.Y., Jan 4, 2012 / 05:58 am (EWTN News).-
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced Dec. 30 that it brought in over $1 billion in revenue during 2009...
Lifelong Jewish friend of John Paul II dies at age 90
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 4, 2012 at 5:08 am Rome, Italy, Jan 4, 2012 / 05:08 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Jerzy Kluger, the lifelong Jewish friend of Pope John Paul II, died at the age of 90 on Jan. 2 after suffering from Alzheimer...
SNAP refuses to obey court order for abuse documents
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 4, 2012 at 5:07 am St. Louis, Mo., Jan 4, 2012 / 06:07 am (CNA).- A group claiming to advocate for clergy sex abuse victims says it will not comply with a court order asking it to turn over...
Quote of the day, from Santorum
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2012 at 5:00 am “God has given us this great country to allow His people to be free. I offer a public thanks to God.”
– Rick Santorum, after his dramatic thisclose second place finish in Iowa...
Priest discusses missionary work in Algeria
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2012 at 5:00 am Father David Carraro, a young missionary priest, discussed his recent experience as a missionary in Touggert, a city of over 100,000 built beside an oasis in the Sahara Desert.
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REVEREND FATHERS! Epiphany is coming: We have special blessings we can use!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 4, 2012 at 5:00 am Remember that you can bless Epiphany Water, and chalk, and gold, frankincense and myrrh, and houses….
Lot’s of cool Catholic stuff can be done on Epiphany!
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Exercise, Sports and Spirituality: Celebrating Body and Soul
Franciscan Media - Jan 4, 2012 at 5:00 am “Why’d
you do that?” I asked my wife, Ellie. In a five-mile race, she’d slowed
in the last mile, allowing a friend to beat her to the finish.
Cardinal rues drug abuse, crimes of passion
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2012 at 4:59 am Speaking at a New Year's Day press conference, one of the Caribbean's leading prelates called for peaceful May elections and lamented the rise of the drug culture in the Dominican...
Poll: Catholic Republicans no more likely to support Catholic candidates
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2012 at 4:58 am A new Gallup poll has found that Catholic Republicans are no more likely than other Republicans to support the two Catholic presidential candidates, Newt Gingrich and Rick...
Bishop D'Arcy examines Boston scandal
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2012 at 4:56 am In an interview with the National Catholic Register Bishop John D'Arcy--a former Boston auxiliary bishop (1975-85) who served as Bishop of Fort Wayne - South Bend from 1985 to ...
Taiwan's bishops urge faithful to pray Liturgy of the Hours, study <I>Catechism</I>
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2012 at 4:54 am The bishops of Taiwan issued a pastoral letter on January 1 to help the nation's Catholics prepare for the upcoming Year of Faith.
The bishops exhorted priests to offer Mass with...
Hungary's pro-life constitution: no recognition for Islam, 'smaller Catholic orders'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2012 at 4:53 am The new Hungarian constitution, which protects life from the moment of conception and bans same-sex marriage, will also have an impact upon religious freedom.
Writing in The New...
Archdiocese launches chapter of Courage, run by deacons
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2012 at 4:37 am From the Catholic Transcript, in Hartford, Connecticut:
Men and women living with same sex attraction often feel neglected and despised — by their families, their heterosexual...
Michael Voris, RealCatholic TV, and canon law
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2012 at 4:15 am Canon lawyer Ed Peters has weighed in on the problems between Michael Voris’ Real Catholic TV and the Archdiocese of Detroit:
The first thing to understand about the dispute...
QUAERITUR: Is Epiphany 2012 a Holy Day of Obligation for those who attend the Extraordinary Form?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 4, 2012 at 4:00 am Questions have come to my inbox about Epiphany as a Holy Day of Obligation this year.
Apparently, some zealous participants of TLMs are saying that Epiphany is a holy day of...
Pope calls Christmas the realization of humanity's dream
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 4, 2012 at 2:20 am Vatican City, Jan 4, 2012 / 02:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The joy of the Christmas season is the unparalleled union of God and man, said
Pope Benedict XVI at the first general...
