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Obama = John the Baptist?
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 12, 2011 at 10:33 am
Well, the Episcopalian who preached at yesterday’s service, attended by the Obama (shown above, walking to church), drew a curious connection:
President Barack Obama and his...
Democrat Christmas Party at Planned Parenthood Faces Protests
LifeNews.com - Dec 12, 2011 at 10:32 am Democrats in Houston decided to throw their annual Christmas “holiday” party at the new Planned Parenthood late-term abortion business, but the faced protests from pro-life...
Nuns Using Birth Control Pills In the News
Opinionated Catholic - Dec 12, 2011 at 10:26 am Get Religion has the an overview of the stories that were big in the news this weekend, including a fairly good one they highlight. See The Economist on birth control for nuns
Phoenix: Excomm’d Mercy Sister for abortion decision at Catholic hospital no long excomm’d?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 12, 2011 at 10:18 am Did anyone notice this little story in the “briefs” at CNS?
Mercy nun at hospital that allowed abortion ‘no longer excommunicated‘
PHOENIX (CNS) — A Mercy sister who was...
A reading tip – Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 12, 2011 at 10:08 am Not exactly light reading, but this is an important topic… and not just for priests and bishops! Everyone should be concerned about this.
Check out David F. Pierre Jr.’s book...
Rick Santorum: Cut Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Dec 12, 2011 at 10:08 am As he campaigned in Iowa on Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has restated his support for cutting off federal taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood...
¿Como se traduce?
The Reason for Our Hope - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:47 am I’m struggling to learn Spanish. I believe this isimportant, because it is, after all, the language of about half of the Churchworldwide. Fortunately, I am blessed with a very...
Worth a thousand words: “testify to the light”
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:47 am
Yesterday’s gospel began with a description of John the Baptist “testifying to the light,” preparing the way for the Christ. Between Masses, I stopped by a side altar in our...
Coping with Sibling Rivalry
CatholicMom.com - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:46 am If you have a sibling or more than one child, chances are that you have dealt with the ugly green monster that is sibling rivalry. In a perfect world, children born of the same...
John Patrick Card. Foley, RIP
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:44 am In your charity, please remember to pray for the repose of the soul of His Eminence John Patrick Card. Foley, who died on 11 December at the age of 76.
Eternal rest grant unto him...
Drones, Drones Everywhere!
Commonweal - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:42 am The discussion below on Iran’s capture of an American drone wandered, raising the spectacle of drones in American skies. Well, no sooner do we conjure a conspiracy theory than it...
Planned Parenthood: All About Abortion, All the Time
LifeNews.com - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:40 am The next time you hear a pro-abortion Planned Parenthood supporter claim that Planned Parenthood is about so much more than abortions, and that their true aim is to provide women’...
Shaw: Why do you expect so little from Christmas?
OSV Daily Take - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:38 am By Russell ShawThe problem many of us have with Christmas isn’t that we expect too much of it but that we expect much too little. My Christmas wish for all of us, myself included...
Bishops issue pastoral letter on immigration reform
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:27 am State bishops ask Catholics to welcome immigrants, back comprehensive reform
MADISON — Wisconsin's Roman Catholic bishops are asking Catholics and others to reach out to...
I Tried to Take My Life to Erase the Pain of My Abortion
LifeNews.com - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:20 am What does it feel like to hurt yourself … on purpose? What is it like when the switch clicks in your brain and the hand raises, then lowers, the blade over your own skin? Does it...
Nun involved in abortion decision “no longer excommunicated”
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:20 am From a news brief buried in a CNS report over the weekend:
A Mercy sister who was automatically excommunicated because of her role on the ethics committee that allowed an abortion...
Estas son las Mañanitas...de los obispos hispanos
USCCB Media Blog - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:17 am Los obispos hispanos/latinos de Estados Unidos nos saludaron temprano hoy, día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, con su propia versión muy especial de las mañanitas: una carta abierta a...
Vimeo vs. YouTube
Catholic Tech Talk - Articles - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:07 am I am seeing more and more of a Catholic presence online through video sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo. Pastor’s are posting vlogs (video blogs), youth groups are recording...
Estas son las Mañanitas...of the Hispanic Bishops
USCCB Media Blog - Dec 12, 2011 at 9:02 am The Hispanic/Latino Bishops of the United States greeted us early today, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with their own very special version of the "Mañanitas," a letter to...
