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Grace is Dark Matter
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:05 am The history of the Catholic Church is simply chockablock with people like Br. Rick Bunch, quietly and humbly laboring on behalf of the poorest and most defenseless people in the...
Sure, I know you rank Oingo Boingo Right Ahead of Bach and the Beatles
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:03 am …BUT DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE ON THE GONG SHOW?
Think of this as your first penitential suffering of Advent.
Pat Archbold on the Power of Allusion
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 2, 2011 at 1:01 am I’m late to this party, but I just want to say Bravo! to Pat Archbold for illustrating how allusion works in biblical literature (which turn out to be how allusion works in all...
When Marital Sex Is a Sin
Feminine Genius - Dec 2, 2011 at 12:30 am In a recent column, David O’Brien, the associate director of religious education for lay ministry in the Archdiocese of Mobile, Ala., recounts the story of Agnes and Jake, devout...
St Luke's in Pinner to install solar panels on church roof
Diocese of Westminster - Dec 2, 2011 at 12:00 am Parishoners at St Luke's Catholic Church, Pinner have applied to Harrow Council to install 40 solar ...
Vatican council calls for universal access to AIDS treatments
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 1, 2011 at 11:46 pm Vatican City, Dec 2, 2011 / 12:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- To mark World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers appealed for universal access to life-...
'Putin's third empire'
The Forum - Dec 1, 2011 at 11:10 pm I thought this piece on Vladimir Putin's irrepressible global ambitions was pretty accurate, and alarming. Yet another reason for good results in November, 2012. From The Guardian...
Can the Church Ban Capital Punishment?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 1, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Today Crisis is offering a symposium on capital punishment. For Archbishop Charles Chaput’s view, see this essay. For news about recent Vatican statements on the issue, see this...
Mary’s Last Words
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 1, 2011 at 11:03 pm The Spousal Meaning of Mary’s Last Words Mary’s command to the servants at Cana – “Do whatever he tells you” (Jn. 2:5) – represents her last recorded words in the Bible. And they...
Meet New Contributing Writer – Jeff Cavins
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 1, 2011 at 11:02 pm Randy and I are very happy to welcome Jeff Cavins as the newest contributing writer for The Integrated Catholic Life. His first article at ICL, Don’t Discount God in Advent,...
Advent… Strawberries with Cream… and Giving the Perfect Gift
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 1, 2011 at 11:01 pm Tubby and Jimmy went up on a hill where wild strawberries grew. They took two coffee cans, poked holes in the side, made a handle and off they went to gather strawberries. Tubby...
Cohabitation and Marriage: Not Equal Alternatives
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2011 at 11:00 pm By Father John Flynn, LC
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Israelis and Palestinians: Win Together or Lose Together
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2011 at 11:00 pm ROME, DEC. 2, 2011 (Zenit.org).- According to Claudette Habesch, the Caritas general-secretary in Jerusalem, the problems of the Holy Land are political and land-related, not...
Sex isn't Evil
Making Things Visible - Dec 1, 2011 at 10:13 pm If I may ad a caveat to the bit on repentance at the end. I recommend confession, it is the sacrament of healing. It is the covenantal manner in which Jesus touches us with his...
Ron Paul on "Serial Hypocrisy"
Making Things Visible - Dec 1, 2011 at 10:01 pm No wonder they won't let Ron Paul speak at any of the debates, clearly he has a lot to say. I am not a Libertarian but, it seems to me that Mr. Paul may be the most genuine...
Secret, Closed-Door Vatican Smackdown?
Jimmy Akin.org - Dec 1, 2011 at 9:02 pm Back on November 10, well-respected Vaticanista Sandro Magister reported:
Precisely when the G20 summit in Cannes was coming to its weak and uncertain conclusion, on that same...
Catholic Girls Get All The Good Topics
Creative Minority Report - Dec 1, 2011 at 8:22 pm As a male non-clergy blogger in the Catholic world, I wish to lodge a discrimination complaint. Well, not really discrimination per se, but more of a whine about the unfair...
On adhesion to the Second Vatican Council
Communio - Dec 1, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Fernando Ocáriz, 67, is the Vicar General of Opus Dei. He's a trained theologian in area of Dogmatics but he's also trained in physics. In 1986 he was appointed a consultor to...
