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Guns Don't Kill People. Pizza Kills People.
Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 3, 2012 at 8:25 am Stories like this make me wonder if common sense has been completely bred out of our nation. At least the school wardens didn't put the institution on "lockdown" after this very...
Suit Challenges Denial of Charter School Application By Minister
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2012 at 8:15 am The Orange County Register last month, in an editorial, reported on a lawsuit filed on Dec. 9 against the Compton (CA Unified School District challenging its two denials of a...
Nigeria: The fundamentalists’ ultimatum. The appeal of Bishop Ayau Kaigama
Vatican Insider - Jan 3, 2012 at 7:35 amNigeria: The fundamentalists' ultimatum and Bishop Ayau Kaigama's appeal
Vatican Insider - Jan 3, 2012 at 7:35 amMidnight Mass, St. George Cathedral, Southwark, London
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 3, 2012 at 7:00 am These videos are treasures and they should be viewed carefully by every reader and sent to every pastor and music director without exception. They provide an outstanding model of...
Pope explains how sickness can draw people closer to Jesus
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:40 am Vatican City, Jan 3, 2012 / 06:40 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The suffering people experience when they are sick can help them grow closer to Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI said in his message...
Pope explains how sickness can draw people closer to Jesus
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:40 am Vatican City, Jan 3, 2012 / 06:40 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The suffering people experience when they are sick can help them grow closer to Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI said in his message...
Daily Quote from St. Paul, Apostle and Martyr
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:30 am “If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same...
Millions took part in 2011 papal events
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:27 am Vatican City, Jan 3, 2012 / 06:27 pm (EWTN News).- Over 2.5 million people took part in various Vatican events with Pope Benedict in 2011, outdoing the numbers reported over the...
Goldman Sachs Enters Islamic Finance Market Amid Some Criticism
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:20 am Reuters yesterday reported on controversy that is being caused by the entry of the large U.S. investment banking firm, Goldman Sachs, into the Islamic finance market. In an...
Saudis Will Enforce Ban On Salesmen In Women's Apparel Shops, Despite Clerical Objections
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:15 am According to AP, Saudi Arabia yesterday said it will begin to enforce a 2006 law that bars men from working in women's apparel and cosmetics shops. The law has not been enforced...
ACLU Complains About Christian Athlete Speakers At Schools
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:10 am Sunday's Kansas City Star reports that the ACLU is raising questions with the St. Joseph, Missouri school district about the religious content of presentations made by...
Indian Government Sets New OBC Sub-Quota In Bid For Muslim Votes
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:05 am Over the last ten days, the press in India has been filled with commentary on the Indian government's December 22 decision (CNN) to create a 4.5% sub-quota for economically and...
Israel High Court Refuses To Create General Procedure To Change Status To "No Religion"
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2012 at 6:00 am As previously reported, in Israel last September a Tel Aviv District Court granted a petition by author Yorum Kaniuk, ordering the Interior Ministry to allow Kaniuk to change his...
Jewish childhood friend of John Paul II dies
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 3, 2012 at 5:28 am Details:
Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of the late Pope John Paul II and who lost much of his family to Nazi death camps, has...
Vatican releases Pope's itinerary for Mexico and Cuba visits
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 3, 2012 at 5:05 am Vatican City, Jan 3, 2012 / 05:20 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Benedict XVI's itinerary for his March 2012 visit to Mexico and Cuba was released Jan. 2 through Vatican Radio.
Milwaukee Priests Join Abuse Survivors in Urging Victims to Report
Franciscan Media - Jan 3, 2012 at 5:00 am MILWAUKEE (CNS)—Four Catholic priests have collaborated with victims
of childhood sexual abuse by clergy to make a joint public appeal urging
survivors to come forward by a Feb....
Pro-family advocates defend Romney’s record on life, marriage
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 3, 2012 at 4:34 am Boston, Mass., Jan 3, 2012 / 05:34 am (CNA).- A group of nine individuals from pro-family organizations in Massachusetts have written an open letter defending Mitt Romney’s record...
The Patristic angle of the new Ordinariate
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 3, 2012 at 4:00 am Today in Houston there was a presser with Card. DiNardo of Houston-Galveston and Msgr. Steenson the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Peter.
Both men has good...
Santorum success in Iowa could shock establishment
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 3, 2012 at 3:35 am Des Moines, Iowa, Jan 3, 2012 / 03:35 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's late surge in the polls ahead of the Iowa Caucuses is a sign that he may be "...
