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QUAERITUR: Mixing Latin and English in the Ordinary Form
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:43 am From a reader:
Last Sunday I attended a Mass where the priest used one Latin phrase during an English-language Novus Ordo: he sang “Mysterium Fidei” after the Consecration. Is...
For the "Mother of Hope," A Papal Homage
Whispers in the Loggia - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:42 am Since 2005, the rendering of the tilma featuring our first Mexican Pope -- at least, as he's regarded by many to Points South -- has become a mainstay of the annual celebrations...
FDA weighs selling abortion pill off the shelf
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:29 am The mind boggles:
The federal government is grappling with the explosive question of whether to let anyone of any age buy the controversial morning-after pill Plan B directly off...
Atheists Crucify Skeleton Santa
Creative Minority Report - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:21 am An atheist group in Virginia crucified a skeletal Santa as a way of showing...well I'm not really sure what they were saying to be honest.The Loudon Times of Virginia reports:It’s...
Have Cloud, Will Travel
Catholic Tech Talk - Articles - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:20 am The past two weekends my wife and I traveled to visit family. I’m a fan of traveling, but I’ve never been a fan of packing. In addition to clothes and toiletries, now we have to...
Huffington Post Ignores Planned Parenthood’s Racist Roots
LifeNews.com - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:06 am Looks like Huffington Post Black Voices (via black women’s online mag, Clutch) is voicing its bizarre support, once again, for more black abortions in “Dr. King Supported Margaret...
At the front of the line
Commonweal - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:00 am My godmother has died, my uncle’s wife, at the age of 96, the last member of their generation, my parents’ generation. We–brothers and sisters and cousins–are now next in line. In...
Bishop Duca's Dream of Catholic Charities in Diocese of Shreveport Has Coming Out Party
Opinionated Catholic - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:00 am Bishop Duca's dream of bringing Catholic Charities to the little ole Diocese of Shreveport has it's one year anniversary and it's official coming out party. See Catholic Charities...
The Ordinary Form of the Bishop of Albenga-Imperia
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 6, 2011 at 11:00 am From the Spanish blog, Acción Litúrgica, come the following photos which show a Mass celebrated by Bishop Mario Oliveri, the bishop of Albenga-Imperia (Italy) for the Cofradía de...
PRAYER REQUEST
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 6, 2011 at 10:57 am May I ask your prayers for something? I need some “speed healing” of an injury on the brink, the day, of some important travel. Thanks!
Grace builds on nature.
Miracle Victory of Battle Of New Orleans Highlighted - Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Opinionated Catholic - Dec 6, 2011 at 10:38 am A very nice article that highlights a promise that has been kept for 197 years in New Orleans. That is dealing with the National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor and the Mass...
Planned Parenthood, NARAL Oppose Sex-Selection Abortion Ban
LifeNews.com - Dec 6, 2011 at 10:37 am As members of Congress hold a hearing today on legislation that would ban sex-selection abortions and abortions done if the unborn child is of a specific race, leading pro-...
ACOG Preventing Doctors From Objecting to Abortions
LifeNews.com - Dec 6, 2011 at 10:06 am The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ABOG) are restricting opportunities for healthcare...
The case against Bishop Finn
Commonweal - Dec 6, 2011 at 9:59 am Reuters has a thorough — and chilling — tick-tock on the case of Father Shawn Ratigan, the Kansas City-St. Joseph priest accused of possessing child pornography, and on what...
Strong response needed from Pope on child abuse in Irish Catholic Church
Vatican Insider - Dec 6, 2011 at 9:57 amVatican newspaper addresses traditionalist concerns
Jimmy Akin.org - Dec 6, 2011 at 9:52 am In an unusual move, the Vatican newspaper has published an essay responding directly to concerns raised by the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX).
The piece, titled “On...
Feast of Saint Nicholas
Rome of the West - Dec 6, 2011 at 9:52 am
Statue of Saint Nicholas of Myra, at Saint Nicholas Church, in Pocahontas, Illinois. Photo taken in April.Born on the Ides of March, ca. 270-276, and died on December 6th 343,...
Feminists Join Pro-Lifers Warning of Cloning Exploiting Women
LifeNews.com - Dec 6, 2011 at 9:46 am There is a dirty little secret behind cloning to obtain stem cells that no supporter ever wants to talk about. If they do even acknowledge the secret it is quickly dismissed as a...
Congress Must Ban Sex-Selection and Race-Based Abortions
LifeNews.com - Dec 6, 2011 at 9:14 am Nearly nine out of ten Americans oppose abortion for reasons of sex selection, but such acts of gender violence are neither illegal nor uncommon in our country. Permissive...
