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Daily Quote from Pope Benedict XVI
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 5, 2011 at 6:30 am “Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for itself and for the world. The whole spiritual organism of the...
Christian woman killed after refusing to marry Islamic man
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 5, 2011 at 6:15 am Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec 5, 2011 / 06:15 pm (EWTN News).- An 18-year-old Christian woman in Pakistan was reportedly killed after being kidnapped by a Muslim man who tried to force...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Dec 5, 2011 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
John William Tobin, Should Discrimination in Victoria's Religious Schools Be Protected? Using the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act to Achieve...
Tweet, tweet: cardinals making themselves heard in digital media
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 5, 2011 at 5:39 am
A few of them are savvy about digital media and aren’t shy about using it.
From AFP:
As the Vatican’s top culture man, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi breaks off from his rounds at...
Egypt: missionary predicts disenchantment with Islamist rule
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2011 at 5:06 am An Italian missionary in Cairo predicts that Egyptians, in time, will become disenchanted with Islamist rule. According to provisional election results, the Muslim Brotherhood...
Peruvian provincial: governor's accusation of homosexuality is defamatory
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2011 at 5:06 am Peru's Dominican provincial has condemned as "defamatory" a statement by César Álvarez Aguilar, the president of the Anchash region, that Dominicans who operate a radio station in...
Prelate pleads for justice for Bhopal victims
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2011 at 5:05 am Twenty-seven years after a leak from a pesticide plant left 15,000 dead in Bhopal, India, survivors sat on railroad tracks in protest, demanding additional compensation from Dow...
Vatican spokesman highlight Church's efforts on behalf of African children
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2011 at 5:04 am In his weekly editorial, the director of the Holy See Press Office emphasized the Church's concern for children, especially in Africa.
Quoting Pope Benedict's post-synodal...
Archbishop Wenski: Obama administration 'running roughshod' over conscience rights
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2011 at 5:03 am The Obama administration is "running roughshod over conscience protection provisions long part of the law," and Catholic supporters of health-reform legislation were "played by...
Violence against Iraqi Christians following imam's sermon
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2011 at 5:02 am Following an imam's sermon--described as "vitriolic" by AsiaNews--Islamist protestors destroyed dozens of liquor stores and other property owned by Christians in Zakho, a city of...
Cardinal: failure to address climate change is 'moral apartheid'
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2011 at 5:01 am As the Durban Climate Change Conference reached its midway point, the president of the Church's confederation of relief and development agencies compared current environmental...
Holy See voices 'great concern' over Syria
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2011 at 4:59 am A leading Holy See diplomat, addressing a meeting of the Human Rights Council, expressed "great concern" over violence in Syria.
"The delegation of the Holy See follows with great...
After ABC interview, Gingrich insists life starts at conception
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 5, 2011 at 3:20 am Washington D.C., Dec 5, 2011 / 03:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
After drawing criticism for suggesting that human life begins at implantation, Republican presidential candidate Newt...
Happy Day of the Ninja!
Jimmy Akin.org - Dec 5, 2011 at 2:01 am LEARN MORE.
And then there's this cold open from Sheep in the Big City (does anyone remember that show but me?)
Teaching Catholic girls to become good Muslims
Rorate Coeli - Dec 5, 2011 at 1:45 am Sometime in October of this year, students of the College of Saint-Pierre (a Catholic school in the Diocese of Luçon, located in the commune of Les Essarts in the Vendée) visited...
Why I Will No More Vote for Gingrich than Obama
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 5, 2011 at 1:20 am In which I detail my reasons for not trusting this perfidious man (and, undoubtedly, prove again to some people that I hate God, America, babies and puppies for failing to get on...
I’m in Los Alamos till Wednesday
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 5, 2011 at 1:15 am …and flying home on Thursday. The plane leaves at 7:15, so I’m up at 5 AM. Therefore, I’ve cleverly pre-posted some stuff to launch while I slumber.
Here’s the scoop on where I’...
The People’s Democratic National Security State of Heaven
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 5, 2011 at 1:07 am …humiliating weak old women with strip searches to keep you in line, peons safe!
In other national security news, America is now safe from yet another seven year old boy defending...
Prayer Requests and Praise Reports
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 5, 2011 at 1:05 am In 2009 a reader wrote:
Please pray for my friend Don, who had diabetes for years before it was diagnosed. Consequently his body has been severely damaged. He’s lost the sight...
