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Chaput reportedly plans to sell cardinal’s residence
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 30, 2011 at 5:32 pm Details, from Rocco:
In the most concrete sign yet of his plans to thoroughly reshape the beleaguered church he’s inherited, Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles Chaput OFM Cap....
And the 2012 Patron Saint is... *Drum Roll*
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Dec 30, 2011 at 5:24 pm It looks like both St. Catherine of Siena and St. Teresa of Avila will be sharing patron saint duties this coming year. :D Both saints are patronesses of those ridiculed for their...
Congrats Dan and Angela!
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Dec 30, 2011 at 5:07 pm Tomorrow, Dan and Angela will be united in holy matrimony. The fact that they're getting married on the Feast of the Holy Family is wonderful. Whether you know them through...
QUAERITUR: Why does the pope say a couple living together is “not excluded from the love of the Church or from the love of Christ”?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 30, 2011 at 4:59 pm From a reader:
Why does the pope say a couple living together ‘married’ without an
annulment of a previous marriage is “not excluded from the love of
the Church or from the love...
Abortion Clinic House of Horrors Leads to Murder Charges
Creative Minority Report - Dec 30, 2011 at 4:59 pm Two Maryland abortionists have reportedly been charged with murder by a grand jury in the case where a police search of the clinic revealed a house of horrors where authorities...
Abortion Practitioner Charged With Murder Had Sordid Past
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2011 at 4:50 pm The two abortion practitioners who have been charged with murder for doing late-term abortions in the state of Maryland had long, sordid pasts including brushes with the law and...
The Holy Innocents Are Not a Joke
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Dec 30, 2011 at 4:46 pm Again, just a random thought but one that I feel strongly about: why do they use this day, on which innocent lives were taken so brutally, to play tricks on people? I know some...
Clean-A-Thon Update
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Dec 30, 2011 at 4:39 pm Just a little update to let y'all know that while I am doing the clean-a-thon (which usually goes until the last day of the year) I won't be posting full length posts. Instead, I...
Whatever happend to transparency?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 30, 2011 at 4:25 pm Over at the National catholic Fishwrap there is an interesting story about SNAP resisting a deposition.
Whatever happened to the transparency SNAP always demands from everyone...
Plenary Indulgence reminder: Te Deum
Rorate Coeli - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:51 pm 26
§ 1. A plenary indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a church or in an oratory, are present [take part] in a recitation or solemn chant of: 2° the Te Deum...
Maldives Orders Resort Spas Closed After Islamic Protests
The Religion Clause - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:49 pm In the wake of protests last week in the Maldives by the opposition Adhaalat Party seeking an end to "anti-Islamic" activities (see prior posting), the Maldives government...
The Pope and Relativism
The Forum - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:41 pm From the Telegraph:In a message for the 2012 World Peace Day of January 1, Pope Benedict said that neither peace nor justice was obtainable if the objective norms of morality...
The Abortion Industry’s Greatest Hits in 2011
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:40 pm I think many will agree with me that 2011 was a pivotal year for the pro-life movement. Let’s take a moment to look back at some of the hits the abortion industry suffered during...
Your checked luggage: where does it go?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:40 pm Biretta tip to Patrick Madrid, who also flies a lot. Delta (with which I am … never mind…) has a new app for the iPhone that tracks your checked luggage. I have used it, as a...
Pope Benedict's prayer intentions for January 2012
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:38 pm The Vatican has released the prayer intentions of Pope Benedict XVI for January 2012. The Pope's general intention is: "That the victims of natural disasters may receive the...
Murder charges for abortionists in Maryland
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:36 pm Prosecutors in Maryland have lodged murder charges against two abortionists.
Drs. Steven Chase Brigham and Nicola Irene Riley face multiple charges in connection with late-term ...
'Frankenstein' film clip turns up in Vatican archives
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:30 pm A frame from the 1931 horror film Frankenstein has been discovered in the Vatican archives, the ANSA news agency reports.
Vatican researchers have no explanation for how the film...
British government blocked effort by Pope John Paul II to end IRA hunger strike
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:23 pm Newly released documents from the British government archives show that Pope John Paul II was nearly successful in an imprisoned Irish militant to suspend his hunger strike in...
Ten Vatican stories that deserved more attention, plus one story that never happened
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 30, 2011 at 3:15 pm John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter lists 10 news developments at the Vatican that deserved more media coverage in 2011.
Then Allen tacks on a very interesting...
