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What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 11, 2011 at 11:00 am In the Star Tribune, ultra-liberal newspaper of my native place, there is an article about wywmwmnyprysts.
It is too long and dull for you, so here are some bits. Let’s have a...
"We Offer Him Back to God With Gratitude": For Foley, the Knights Tribute
Whispers in the Loggia - Dec 11, 2011 at 10:34 am 11am Eastern -- Upon news of this morning's death of Cardinal John Foley, the following statement has been released by his successor as head of the Equestrian Order of the Holy...
NYT Says Strong Al Nour Showing In Egypt Stems From More Than Religious Concerns
The Religion Clause - Dec 11, 2011 at 10:16 am Today's New York Times carries an interesting analysis of why Egypt's conservative Muslim Salifist Al Nour Party was so successful in the first round of Parliamentary elections:...
Angelus: “Do not let yourselves be distracted by the bright lights”
Vatican Insider - Dec 11, 2011 at 10:12 amMaria’s Service Project
CatholicMom.com - Dec 11, 2011 at 10:11 am
“Not more service hours…can we babysit or pick up some trash? Do we have to visit a nursing home or what?” These are the statements so many teens make when faced with service...
Changes to the C of E
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 11, 2011 at 10:00 am
From The Weekly Standard:
The End of Canterbury
Will the sun set on the Anglican communion?
BY JOSEPH BOTTUM
The archbishop of Canterbury is going to resign next year. At least...
WDTPRS POLL: Did you see Rose vestments on “Gaudete” Sunday?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 11, 2011 at 8:23 am Here is a little poll for your 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Please choose an answer and add a comment in the combox.
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the...
The "Voice" Goes Home -- Cardinal Foley Dies at 76
Whispers in the Loggia - Dec 11, 2011 at 8:14 am A friend to many and the global church's "Dean" of Catholic communications, the great and beloved John Cardinal Foley went peacefully to his reward overnight here in Philadelphia...
Stave by Stave: The great Fr. Perrone writes his first Mass!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 11, 2011 at 7:58 am Here is one for your “brick by brick” file.
My friend, the distinguished Church musician Fr. Eduard Perrone, pastor at Assumption Grotto in Detroit, has written a Mass, to be used...
What the modern world could learn about compassion from monks
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 11, 2011 at 7:53 am
A British writer just back from a monastic retreat shares some insight into welfare and charity that he learned from the world of monks:
It occurred to me while on my retreat...
Leadership of Pope St. Damasus I remembered Dec. 11
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 11, 2011 at 7:10 am Denver, Colo., Dec 11, 2011 / 07:13 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Dec. 11, both Roman Catholics and Eastern Catholics commemorate Pope St. Damasus I, who led the Church through a...
Daily Quote from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 11, 2011 at 6:30 am “Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents....
Leadership of Pope St. Damasus I remembered Dec. 11
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 11, 2011 at 6:13 am Denver, Colo., Dec 11, 2011 / 07:13 am (CNA).- On Dec. 11, both Roman Catholics and Eastern Catholics commemorate Pope St. Damasus I, who led the Church through a critical part of...
US religious freedom commission prepares to shut down
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 11, 2011 at 6:03 am Washington D.C., Dec 11, 2011 / 06:03 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The chairman of a federal commission that promotes religious freedom warned that if Congress does not reauthorize the...
Saints in storage: inside Pittsburgh’s warehouses for used religious items
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 11, 2011 at 5:52 am
Another sign of the times, from Pittsburgh: warehouses for used tabernacles, statues and religious items:
As a seminarian, the Rev. Joseph McCaffrey knelt before a tabernacle in...
The U.S. closes the commission that monitors religious freedom in the world
Vatican Insider - Dec 11, 2011 at 5:34 amQUAERITUR: What is a “stable group”? How big? How small?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 11, 2011 at 5:00 am From a reader:
Saw your most recent quaeriter ["quaeritur" is a verb, btw.] and noted the use of “stable group.” We are struggling with our diocese over the definition of that...
Campos: Cornerstone blessing and First Mass in new Seminary Chapel
Rorate Coeli - Dec 11, 2011 at 3:43 am Bishop Fernando Rifan, Apostolic Administrator of the A.A.Saint John Mary Vianney, in Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, blessed the cornerstone of the new Seminary Chapel on the...
