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Guadalupe visionary St. Juan Diego honored Dec. 9
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 4, 2011 at 7:19 am Denver, Colo., Dec 4, 2011 / 08:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Dec. 9, Roman Catholics celebrate St. Juan Diego, the indigenous Mexican Catholic convert whose encounter with the...
How to welcome Catholics home at Christmas
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 4, 2011 at 7:11 am
From OSV and Eric Sammons comes this insightful primer on how to keep people in the pews who return over the holidays:
As practicing Catholics, what can we and our parishes do...
Daily Quote from St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 4, 2011 at 6:30 am “Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.” (St...
Vatican's Gaudi exhibition proves popular
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 4, 2011 at 6:22 am Vatican City, Dec 4, 2011 / 06:22 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
An exhibition exploring the art, science and spirituality of Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia Basilica is proving to be a...
Cardinal O'Brien helps launch Scotland for Marriage campaign
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 4, 2011 at 1:08 am Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Dec 4, 2011 / 01:08 pm (EWTN News).-
"Scotland for Marriage" was unveiled on the Feast of St. Andrew, the country's patron, at a rally outside the...
The Catholic Witness of St. John the Baptist
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 3, 2011 at 11:02 pm As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the...
Egyptian Elections Lead To Debate Among Islamists Over Role of Shariah
The Religion Clause - Dec 3, 2011 at 8:27 pm In the first round of Egyptian elections for the lower house of parliament held this week, two Islamic parties were the winners. As reported by CNN, the relatively moderate Muslim...
Plenty of reasons to love Mass
Catholic Hot Dish - Dec 3, 2011 at 7:51 pm The spirit is alive in today’s Catholic Church. Here’s another great blog of reasons to love going to Mass. This is just one a a double handful of good bullet points:
Beliefs –...
“Pastoral” vs. “doctrinal”?
Commonweal - Dec 3, 2011 at 7:32 pm Ever since it was urged by Pope John XXIII that the Second Vatican Council would attempt to meet the needs of the day “by more fully explaining the validity of her doctrinethan by...
Delaware Catholic Orders and School Settle Sex Abuse Cases
The Religion Clause - Dec 3, 2011 at 7:18 pm The Wilmington (DE) News-Journal reported yesterday that 14 Delaware men have settled for $7 million their suits charging sex abuse as children by two employees of a Catholic...
ACLU Charges FBI With Illegally Collecting Information On Political and Religious Beliefs
The Religion Clause - Dec 3, 2011 at 6:49 pm In a press release issued Thursday, the ACLU charged that the FBI has been using its community outreach programs-- including its mosque outreach program-- to gather information...
New Mass Translation Outside Mass; Bad Confession Advice; Customer Responsibility; Responsibility for Others' Sins
Jimmy Akin.org - Dec 3, 2011 at 6:11 pm So the new Mass Translation has gone into effect! (Woo-hoo!) But there are still questions about it that need to be asked.
For example: If you're in a *different* liturgy (not the...
New Mass Translation Outside Mass; Bad Confession Advice; Customer Responsibility; Responsibility for Others' Sins
Jimmy Akin.org - Dec 3, 2011 at 6:11 pm So the new Mass Translation has gone into effect! (Woo-hoo!) But there are still questions about it that need to be asked.
For example: If you're in a *different* liturgy (not the...
WDTPRS POLL: Holding hands during the Our Father – your preference.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 3, 2011 at 5:00 pm There is a lot of discussion about holding hands during the Our Father.
I am curious about your preferences.
Please chose your best answer and give your reasons or explanations in...
Court drops seat belt charges against Pope Benedict
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 3, 2011 at 4:36 pm Freiburg, Germany, Dec 3, 2011 / 05:36 pm (CNA).- In a case that brought amusement to the Vatican, a German court decided to throw out charges against Pope Benedict for not...
Peter Kreeft on liberals: “A Catholic cannot be today what is called a liberal about abortion.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 3, 2011 at 4:23 pm From the Wisconsin State Journal we have a tale of the visit and speech given by Dr. Peter Kreeft at the Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Madison, where the H.E. Most Rev. Robert...
Divinum Officium Advent Update
Rorate Coeli - Dec 3, 2011 at 3:24 pm Dear Friends of the Divine Office:
We at the Divinum Officium Project would like to thank everyone for their continued support and prayer for the success of this project.
As we...
What’s so funny??
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm Turns out, YouTube is good for more than just cat videos. Someone has discovered it also contains a lot of clips of people yucking it up.
Below, compiled entirely from bits on...
Holiday Books, no religion please
Commonweal - Dec 3, 2011 at 2:41 pm For the umpteenth straight year, the New York Times’s massive “Holiday Books” edition of the Sunday Book Review gives no attention to books about religion. This makes perfect...
