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Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 2, 2012 at 7:41 am has a question about the theological significance of sweets at Christmas. Believe it or not, the fathers do see sweet stuff as sacramental.
Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Catholic leaders react to Christmas church bombing in Nigeria
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 2, 2012 at 7:15 am Jos, Nigeria, Jan 2, 2012 / 07:15 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Fallout from the deadly Christmas bombings in Nigeria continues, as some Catholic leaders say they believe the violence is...
The New Evangelizers
Brandon Vogt - Jan 2, 2012 at 7:12 am Greg and Jennifer Willits, hosts of The Catholics Next Door show on Sirius XM and the founders of several other ministries like Rosary Army, have launched another exciting project...
India: 7-year-old girl sacrificed to gods
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:51 am Police in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have arrested two men on charges of kidnapping and sacrificing a seven-year-old girl to indigenous gods in October. Desiring to...
Vatican spokesman: educate toward justice and peace, not relativism
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:50 am Echoing the theme of Pope Benedict's message for the 45th World Day of Peace, the director of the Holy See Press Office devoted his weekly editorial to the education of youth in...
Planned Parenthood received $487M in federal funding; assets top $1B
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:47 am Planned Parenthood of America's net assets topped $1 billion in 2009-10, according to its newly released annual report. The largest abortion provider in the United States received...
Daily Quote from the St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop and Doctor
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:30 am “Let us then take care not to despise these things. How absurd it would be to grasp at money and throw away health; and to be lavish of the cleansing of the body, but economical...
New-New Translation, Same Rotten Fruits: A Personal Experience
Rorate Coeli - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:28 am Last week I traveled to the Mid West for the funeral of my aunt. Roughly one year ago, I was in the same region for the death of another aunt, which prompted me to start the...
In India, Conversion Law Is Used By Hindu Family To Oppose Daughter's Marriage
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:15 am The Times of India on Saturday reported on a case in which parents in Ahmedabad (in Gujarat state in India), unhappy with their daughter's choice of husbands, are attempting to...
Israeli Legal Decisions Fail To Solve Disputed Ownership of Church of Holy Sepulchre Chamber
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:10 am On Friday, Haaretz reported on an inconclusive decision by an Israeli magistrate's court last month in a battle over ownership of a small chamber in the basement of the Church of...
Hungary Again Passes Restrictive Religion Law
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:05 am According to Focus News Agency, Hungary's Parliament last Friday passed a restrictive new Law on Churches which recognizes only 14 religious faiths (the so-called traditional...
A Bibliography Plus Forthcoming Books of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2012 at 6:00 am The Association of American Law Schools Section on Law and Religion has issued its Annual Newsletter for 2011, containing an extensive bibliography of law-and-religion books and...
Economic Justice for All: 25th Anniversary, Wisdom for Today
Franciscan Media - Jan 2, 2012 at 5:00 am “Tough
economic times” is a lament we have heard and probably used many times
in recent years. First, the recession that began in 2007 brought
bankruptcies and bailouts, losses...
WDTPRS POLL: “Blesséd” or “Blessed”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 2, 2012 at 4:00 am Today is the Feast of the Holy Name. The feast reminds me of a question I have wanted to ask in a poll.
During the Divine Praises we bless the Holy Name of Jesus.
In some context...
What Made St. Basil "Great"
The Sacred Page - Jan 2, 2012 at 3:24 am Today is the Feast Day of one of my favorite saints: St. Basil the Great, a Doctor of the Church. In honor of him, I just had to post a little bit about him.
Good Stock
Basil came...
Pope urges world to seek Christ's peace in 2012
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 2, 2012 at 3:04 am Vatican City, Jan 2, 2012 / 03:04 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Benedict XVI marked 2012's Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God with a
proclamation of the peace that is found in her...
How the Kikos defended their liturgy in 2004
Rorate Coeli - Jan 2, 2012 at 2:15 am Ultima Cena, a painting by Kiko Arguello, founder of the Neocatechumenal Way
(For further reading: the 2006 Rorate article on the Neocatechumenate's defiant response to papal...
Today in the Church Year: Jan. 2, 2012
Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 2, 2012 at 2:05 am Today is a Monday in Christmas. The liturgical color is white.
In the Extraordinary Form, it is Most Holy Name of Jesus.
Saints & Celebrations:
Today, January 2, in the...
Former Episcopal bishop appointed to lead new US ordinariate
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 2, 2012 at 2:04 am Washington D.C., Jan 2, 2012 / 02:04 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Benedict XVI has chosen a former Episcopal bishop to lead the new U.S.
ordinariate for Anglican communities wishing...
Speaking of books…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 2, 2012 at 1:07 am Us authors of books about prayer in the Catholic tradition have to stick together. Stephen Binz writes:
Our Sunday Visitor has just published my new book, Learning to Pray in...
