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7 Dec: St Ambrose of Milan –
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 7, 2011 at 8:05 am Today is the feast of St. Ambrose, who seemed to bring out both the worst and the best in people.
I am happy to have the company of Ambrose in a special way. I have a first class...
Brief history of the Order of Malta
Catholic Hot Dish - Dec 7, 2011 at 8:01 am In 1099, during the siege of Jerusalem in the First Crusade, a lay religious fraternity led by Fra’ Gerard (Fra’ was short for Frater, Latin for “brother”), began ministering to...
St. Ambrose: copycat, rookie, disliked by St. Jerome
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 7, 2011 at 8:00 am St. Ambrose was a titanic figure in the Church in Italy in the 4th century. Here is a post I wrote some time ago about him and another great figure of the patristic era, St....
"Ten Universal Principles" - Review
Brandon Vogt - Dec 7, 2011 at 7:25 am Ten Universal Principles: A Brief Philosophy of the Life Issues
Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
I first discovered Fr. Robert Spitzer through his recent book, New Proofs for the...
On the Feast of St. Ambrose: Recollections (and Revivals) of Things Ambrosian
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 7, 2011 at 7:13 am Today being the feast of St. Ambrose, that great father of the church in Milan, I thought it might be fitting to briefly quote from the biographical section related to him from...
FDA desicion on teen morning after pill overruled
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 7, 2011 at 6:42 am Washington D.C., Dec 7, 2011 / 06:42 pm (EWTN News).-
The Food and Drug Administration planned to announce today that it would allow the morning after pill to be sold to teens...
Saint Ambrose
Communio - Dec 7, 2011 at 6:38 am O God, who made the Bishop Saint Ambrose a teacher of the Catholic faith and a model of apostolic courage, raise up in your Church men after your own heart to govern her with...
Daily Quote from St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 7, 2011 at 6:30 am My Father and I will come and make our home with him. Let your door stand open to receive him, unlock your soul to him, offer him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the...
Producers of anti-Christian film arrested in India
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 7, 2011 at 6:17 am Rome, Italy, Dec 7, 2011 / 06:17 pm (EWTN News).- After widespread protest, authorities in India arrested the director, producer and publicist of an anti-Christian movie that...
Rabbi, Former Jail Chaplain, Settles Paying $2500 Fine For Taking Gift
The Religion Clause - Dec 7, 2011 at 6:10 am In a settlement with the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board on Monday, Rabbi Leib Glanz, former New York City jail chaplain, agreed to a $2500 fine. As reported by the New...
Religious Marriage Without License Is Merely Voidable, and Not Terminated By Religious Divorce Alone
The Religion Clause - Dec 7, 2011 at 6:05 am In Mussa v. Palmer-Mussa, (NC App., Dec. 6, 2011), a North Carolina appeals court held that the marriage of defendant Nikki Palmer-Mussa to Juma Mussa was void because at the time...
Secy. State Clinton Says Religious Objections Do Not Trump LGBT Human Rights
The Religion Clause - Dec 7, 2011 at 6:00 am Speaking yesterday at a United Nations event in Geneva, Switzerland marking International Human Rights Day (full text of remarks), U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...
A Catholic wedding performed without a net
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:57 am Remember the good old days before Vatican II, when people took sacraments seriously and priests treated the liturgy with reverence?
Behold, a Catholic wedding in France from 60...
U.S. bishop heads to Afghanistan for Christmas
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:42 am And he’ll be confirming several U.S. soldiers while he’s there, too.
Details:
Catholic Bishop F. Richard Spencer, who serves as Episcopal Vicar for Europe and Asia of the...
Blessed Marianne Cope recommended for sainthood
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:28 am Details:
A nun who dedicated her life to caring for exiled leprosy patients is a step closer to sainthood after the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints recommended...
Senate praised for exempting military chaplains from same-sex weddings
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:25 am Washington D.C., Dec 7, 2011 / 06:07 am (EWTN News).- The U.S. Senate drew applause from religious liberty advocates after it approved a measure allowing military chaplains to opt...
80-year-old Chicago priest beaten, kicked during robbery
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:02 am Father Daniel Mallette, an 80-year-old priest at St. Margaret of Scotland Church in Chicago, was beaten and kicked during a robbery of the parish's rectory on December 6. He...
Archbishop Dolan on building a culture of vocations
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:01 am In an interview with The Catholic Answer, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York discusses his ideas for building a culture of vocations.
"I always tell my priests that when we...
Military bishop to spend Advent, Christmas in Afghanistan
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:01 am Washington D.C., Dec 7, 2011 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishop F. Richard Spencer of the military archdiocese arrived in northern Afghanistan on Dec. 5 to spend Advent and...
Vatican astronomer discusses earth-like planet
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:00 am Kepler 22-b, the planet whose discovery was announced on December 5, "has conditions � to make life possible," according to an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory.
"We've got a...
