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Vatican readies Christmas decorations for St. Peter's Square
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:51 pm Workers at the Vatican are preparing the Nativity scene that will be unveiled on Christmas eve in St. Peter's Square, and preparing for the arrival of a gigantic spruce tree that...
Article: Looney Tunes: An Appreciation
Decent Films Guide - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:50 pm It’s hard to believe that many American children venturing into the theaters to see Happy Feet Two will have their first experience of Sylvester and Tweety Bird on the big screen...
Many priests decline appointment as bishops, Vatican prefect discloses
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:34 pm The prefect of the Congregation for Bishops has disclosed that many priests--"more than I could have expected"--decline the opportunity to be ordained bishops.
In an interview...
Many Catholic institutions already offer contraceptive coverage, NPR notes
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:28 pm As Catholic institutions fight against the imposition of a proposed regulation that would require contraceptive coverage in health-care programs, a report from National Public...
False accusation against Irish priest illustrates new development in abuse saga
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:26 pm John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter sees Father Kevin Reynolds--the Irish priest who was falsely identified as a rapist in a television report, and forced an apology from...
Pope to theologians: focus on the Trinity
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:21 pm Christian theologians should help the world to understand the "Trinitarian monotheism shows the true face of God," Pope Benedict XVI said in a December 2 address to the...
Guard against 'brain drain' for international students, Pope urges
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:12 pm Universities should help foreign students to become "architects and protagonists of a more human world," Pope Benedict XVI said on December 2.
The Pope cautioned that young people...
Papal preacher focuses on Christian duty to evangelize
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:06 pm Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the official preacher to the pontifical household, delivered the first in a series of Advent sermons on December 2, with Pope Benedict XVI among those...
Archbishop Nichols responds to critics of his civil unions approach
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:03 pm Rome, Italy, Dec 2, 2011 / 02:03 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster is being accused of defying Vatican guidelines on homosexual civil partnerships. In response...
Belgian Catholics Call for Reform
Commonweal - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:02 pm NCR reports today of a reform initiative launched by 4 Flemish priests the week before Advent. 4 priests–so what? Well, by Dec. 1, 6000 Belgian Catholics had signed on.
Money...
Lake Charles Louisiana Catholic College Students Participate in First National College Conference
Opinionated Catholic - Dec 2, 2011 at 12:44 pm I noticed a interesting article about the first annual first ever National Catholic Collegiate Conference (NCCC) that was held in conjunction with the National Catholic Youth...
Komen Affiliate in Orange County Funds Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Dec 2, 2011 at 12:15 pm The Orange County, California affiliate of the Komen for the Cure breast cancer awareness organization has issued yet another grant for the Planned Parenthood abortion business....
Hollow Ceremony
The Forum - Dec 2, 2011 at 12:02 pm "In this holiday season, we affirm our commitment to each other, as family members, as neighbors, as Americans, regardless of our color, or creed or faith, let us remember that we...
The Argentinean Church was an “accomplice” of the military dictatorship
Vatican Insider - Dec 2, 2011 at 12:02 pmGiftmas is the New Civil Union
Creative Minority Report - Dec 2, 2011 at 12:00 pm Let's just stop all the games and instead of the war on Christmas let's just establish an alternate holiday for them all to celebrate. We'll call it Giftmas. I've seen that word...
Where else will you find The Muppets and The Anchoress in one post?
OSV Daily Take - Dec 2, 2011 at 11:54 am Two short items to get your weekend off to a great start:If you're looking for some family fun this weekend, go see The Muppets. I took my 6-year-old yesterday and she loved it,...
For the record: viewing the current situation
Rorate Coeli - Dec 2, 2011 at 11:46 am We thank a priestly source who first sent this analysis of the current situation in the Holy See-SSPX dialogue, written by Jean-Paul Guénois, of French daily Le Figaro, now...
Secularist Ireland
Lux Occulta - Dec 2, 2011 at 11:34 am Below is an editorial in the current issue of Catholic World Report that is worth considering. Unfortunately it’s gone to print too late to note that the Irish Government has just...
Newt’s ‘oops’ moment: Is Gingrich as Catholic as Pelosi on embryos?
Commonweal - Dec 2, 2011 at 11:14 am Newt Gingrich has been on a tear, boosted, some of us have argued, by unexpected support from Christian conservatives.
But the new GOP frontrunner and Catholic convert may have...
The Apocryphal Gospels as a Source of Imagery
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 2, 2011 at 11:00 am I was recently asked a question about the fact that many icons of the Annunciation portray our lady holding a scarlet or purple thread. This reflects a detail that comes from...
