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When East Meets West

Franciscan Media - Dec 7, 2011 at 5:00 am
When Metropolitan John of Pergamon met with Blessed John Paul II on June 28, 1998, he said, “As Your Holiness has aptly put it some years ago, East and West are the two lungs by...

Catholics who attend Mass frequently among the happiest Europeans

Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2011 at 4:58 am
Examining various studies, including the European Values Survey, two professors at the University of Navarre have found "a significant effect of belonging to a religion on ...

Morning-after pill: FDA may drop age restriction, permit over-the-counter sales

Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2011 at 4:57 am
The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to permit the morning-after pill to be sold to any person over the counter. Currently, pharmacists are permitted to give...

Pakistan: Christian laborer jailed following blasphemy accusation

Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2011 at 4:53 am
The life of Khurram Masih, a 25-year-old uneducated Christian laborer, is in danger after he was accused of committing blasphemy. Asked by Muslim coworkers in a village near...

Knights of Columbus honored with street name in Rome

EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 7, 2011 at 3:29 am
Rome, Italy, Dec 7, 2011 / 03:29 pm (EWTN News).- The Knights of Columbus now have a street to call their own in the Eternal City after Largo Cavalieri di Colombo was inaugurated...

Report challenges Jesuit universities’ 'sexual diversity' conference

Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:13 am
Washington D.C., Dec 7, 2011 / 03:13 am (CNA).- A new report by the Cardinal Newman Society says a conference series hosted by two Jesuit universities appears to question and even...

Pope reflects on Jesus' relationship with 'the childlike'

EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:06 am
Vatican City, Dec 7, 2011 / 02:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims at today's general audience that through prayer Jesus calls the "childlike" into a loving...

Eastern Catholic bishops discuss legacy of persecution

EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:55 am
Denver, Colo., Dec 7, 2011 / 02:46 am (EWTN News).- During November, a month in which Pope Benedict XVI called for greater awareness of Eastern Catholicism, two Byzantine-rite...

A reader asks about voting as a moral act

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:09 am
…and I reply here. Let me know what you think.

Yup

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:07 am
The sensible Ramesh Ponnuru tries to flag the Newt Gingrich Crazy Train down before it plunges off the trestle. Hopefully, this mania is, like most manias, only temporary and his...

What I Love About Blogs…

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:05 am
…is that they give a voice to all the quiet beautiful stories that, like dark matter, make up most of the universe of human experience, but never get noticed in the media because...

Seventy Years Ago…

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:03 am
God rest the souls of all those lost that day through Christ our Lord. Amen!

“The real danger…

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:01 am
…is the possibility of churches being sued under the Equality Act for refusing to host civil partnerships.” Which is, of course, the entire point. This is all about crushing...

New translation is opportunity to grow in faith, stress Catholic leaders

EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 7, 2011 at 12:45 am
Washington D.C., Dec 7, 2011 / 12:49 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A panel of liturgical experts recently noted that the early weeks of using the new English translation of the Roman...

Archbishop of Westminster on BBC Radio 2's 'Pause for Thought'

Diocese of Westminster - Dec 7, 2011 at 12:00 am
Archbishop Vincnet Nichols discusses Christmas, Advent and music with presenter Chris Evans

Archbishop of Westminster on BBC Radio 2's 'Pause for Thought'

Diocese of Westminster - Dec 7, 2011 at 12:00 am
Archbishop Vincnet Nichols discusses Christmas, Advent and music with presenter Chris Evans

Welwyn Garden City sends Christmas Cards to prisoners of conscience

Diocese of Westminster - Dec 7, 2011 at 12:00 am
On the weekend of 10-11 December the Justice and Peace group in Welwyn Garden City will send nearly...

Two new Canons Installed at Westminster Cathedral

Diocese of Westminster - Dec 7, 2011 at 12:00 am
Rev Anthony Dwyer and Rev Paschal Ryan were installed as Canons of Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday ...

New translation is opportunity to grow in faith, stress Catholic leaders

Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:49 pm
Washington D.C., Dec 7, 2011 / 12:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A panel of liturgical experts recently noted that the early weeks of using the new English translation of the Roman...

How should I pray when someone asks for my prayers?

Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Ask a Carmelite Sister… Dear Sister, When someone asks me to pray for them – to be honest with you – I am not sure how to follow through on my answer which is always “yes, of...
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