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Episode 181 Shownotes
Catholic Underground - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm This Week, Fr. Chris, Joshua and Fr. Ryan discussed
The New Missal is a cause for thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving is also a cause for thanksgiving.
Pakistan is mulling a ban on the...
Man Carries Cross 630 Miles to Priest-hero's Hometown
Franciscan Media - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm GALLUP, N.M. (CNS)—For some, Father Emil Kapaun may be a footnote in a
conflict many have come to know as the "Forgotten War," but for John
Moore of Gallup, the Korean War...
Advent: A Season of Surprises
Franciscan Media - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm During an Advent session at Mater Dolorosa Parish in San Francisco, one lady stoutly maintained
SQPN’s New Tintin Podcast is a Hit
SQPN - Podcast Network - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm On the occasion of the European premiere of the Peter Jackson/Steven Spielberg movie ‘The Adventures of Tintin’, SQPN launched a new podcast about Tintin. The show is already...
The Aftermass
Commonweal - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm Now that wasn’t so bad, was it?
Or was it?
The choir processed in with the pastor and our fine troupe of alter servers. The congregation was a bit sparse, which I attribute to...
In Sorrow and Thanksgiving
Commonweal - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm My friend and colleague, Mark McKenna, has penned an extraordinarily powerful piece reflecting on sexual abuse in the football program, at Penn State and, by implication, in the...
Advent Awakening
Commonweal - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm Alfred Delp, S.J., was executed by the Nazis short months before the regime’s downfall. The Provincial of the English Jesuits has a moving personal reflection on his brother in...
Come Now, Savior of the Nations
Commonweal - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm In the musical tradition of Lutheran Leipzig, Advent was a season in which musical offerings were restricted. Hence Bach has only a few Cantatas for Advent. His Cantata, “Nun komm...
Tough talk and hard thinking
Commonweal - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm Lest we forget that war with Iran still hovers on the horizon, here is an essay in Salon arguing that the same people and similar arguments that led to Iraq are still on mission–...
Three Cheers for Christmas Commercialism - Ann Rice and I Agree
Opinionated Catholic - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:22 pm I guess I am totally where Anne Rice is on this subject as she says in her book Called Out of Darkness... Even Christmas shopping was part of this festive and holy time of year....
History Repeats Itself With a Community of Catholic Brothers in Texas ( Hermits )
Opinionated Catholic - Nov 27, 2011 at 4:22 pm I have often pontificated on this blog that in the urge to get more Catholic men in the Priesthood we are ignoring having people explore a Vocation to being a Brother.This is one...
Moderate Islamists Win In Morocco; Promise No Religious State
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm As reported by Voice of America, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) has apparently won the largest number of Parliamentary seats in Fridays elections in...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm In Neal v. Campbell, (9th Cir., Nov. 23, 2011), the 9th Circuit upheld a California district court's finding of qualified immunity based on the failure to show a substantial...
300 In Maldives Protest UN Human Rights Commissioner's Speech
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm AP reported that yesterday in the Maldives, 300 people demonstrated against UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay who had just concluded a visit to the country. The...
Court Quashes Rabbi's Subpoenas Seeking Identity Of Anonymous Bloggers
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm In 2008, a New York appeals court in Tendler v. Bais Knesses of New Hempstead, Inc., held that Rabbi Mordechai Tendler was entitled to recover damages against the synagogue that...
Court Says It May Decide Pastor's Employment Dispute With Church
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm In Errgong-Weider v. United Congregational Church of Norwalk, 2011 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2765 (CT Super., Oct. 25, 2011), a Connecticut trial court refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a...
Restriction on Sex Offender Infringes Free Exercise Rights
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm In United States v. Lantz, (6th Cir., Nov. 22, 2011), the 6th Circuit vacated, in part on religious freedom grounds, one of the special terms of supervised release imposed on...
School Prior Approval Policy For Handouts Upheld Over Objections of Religious Group
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm In Taylor v. Roswell Independent School District, (D NM, Nov. 23, 2011), a New Mexico federal magistrate judge dismissed 1st Amendment and equal protection claims brought by high...
FFRF Says Sheriff's Ad Violates Establishment Clause
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm On Tuesday, the Freedom from Religion Foundation announced that it had sent a letter (full text) to the Onslow County, North Carolina Board of Commissioners complaining about an...
Some Defendants Dismissed From Suit On Hosting Religious Services At Homeless Shelter
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm In Caractor v. City of New York Department of Homeless Services, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134623 (SD NY, Nov. 22, 2011), plaintiff, a bishop in the Discovered Being Ministry, sought...
