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Another Progressive Academic Gets Scripture Wrong
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 14, 2017 at 4:35 am
Scholarship, like cooking, is as much a function of what one leaves out as much as what one puts in. Luke Timothy Johnson’s recent Commonweal essay on Scripture and trans-sexual...
Can Trumpian Populism Restore the Culture?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 14, 2017 at 4:30 am
Like all good Catholics, I hope very much that President Donald Trump follows through on his promises to pro-life Americans. It looks as though he will follow through in...
Attacks show Venezuelan government relations with Catholics deteriorating
Catholic Herald - Mar 14, 2017 at 4:30 am A series of attacks and confrontations against Catholics in Venezuela has marked a renewed deterioration of relations between the Church and the national government. Some Church...
Is the death penalty a form of psychological torture? This author says yes
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 14, 2017 at 4:20 am Washington D.C., Mar 14, 2017 / 03:20 am (CNA).- Recent “botched executions” resulting in painful deaths for inmates have stirred controversy over the use of the death penalty....
Pope Francis victim of fake news after reports claim he changed Ten Commandments
Catholic Herald - Mar 14, 2017 at 4:15 am Pope Francis didn’t say that God had told him to revise the Ten Commandments as claimed in a widely shared story. Francis never made the purported comments and has not changed or...
Pope: conversion doesn’t come from a fairy, but by doing good
Vatican Insider - Mar 14, 2017 at 3:34 am The only true conversion is that which manifests itself not with words but with "concrete things". It is reached by avoiding evil, learning to do good, and allowing yourself to be...
Daily Gospel Reflection for March 14, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Mar 14, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12
I looked up what “phylacteries” means. They are little leather boxes, each containing strips of parchment inscribed with quotations from the Hebrew...
Banning Turkish political rallies only plays into President Erdoğan’s hands
Catholic Herald - Mar 14, 2017 at 3:24 am Pity the poor Turks. Last month, Emmanuel Macron, a candidate in the French presidential election, visited London where he held a rally attended by some of the many French...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/03/17
Catholic Herald - Mar 14, 2017 at 3:22 am The Catholic Church is “the only thing that’s left trying to help people” in South Sudan, reports CNA.
Bishop Eamonn Casey has died aged 89.
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope...
Yesterday, Sherry Antonetti and I had a jolly time…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 14, 2017 at 2:52 am …talking about the Resurrection:
Expansion
Quartermaster of the Barque - Mar 14, 2017 at 2:25 am We are now a household of eight. Suddenly there are multiple coffee drinkers. As such, behold:
The Bialetti Moka Express 12-cup stovetop espresso machine. Still made in Italy....
A reader has a question about Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 14, 2017 at 2:24 am He writes: how would you define the doctrine of Extra Eccelsiam Nulla Salus and what that means for non-Catholics or those who have left the Church? I respond this way: Just...
The Prolife Movement has, in large measure, mutated into a heresy
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 14, 2017 at 2:16 am Time was when being prolife meant “protection of human life from conception to natural death”. But the prolife movement, in large measure, chose to throw its lot in with a...
Fr. Stanley Rother, first US born martyr…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 14, 2017 at 2:10 am …to be beatified this September. A great hero and a great man. You can read his story–and the story of his martyrdom–here.
Associate Case Officer – Professional Standards Office
The Catholic Leader - Mar 14, 2017 at 1:57 am The Professional Standards Office (Queensland) assists Church Authorities across Queensland in preventing and managing incidents of abuse and misconduct by Church Personnel. The...
Campus Minister – St Patrick’s College Mackey
The Catholic Leader - Mar 14, 2017 at 1:41 am Fixed Term Time – 20 hours per week The Campus Minister will be employed to work with both students and staff in a spiritual / pastoral ministry. Times are negotiable, however,...
The backwards European date system
Quartermaster of the Barque - Mar 14, 2017 at 1:39 am …is not superior to the “American” date system (month day), because, inter alia, “Pi Day” is not possible.
Leadership Positions – Catholic Education, Diocese of Cairns
The Catholic Leader - Mar 14, 2017 at 1:39 am Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Catholic School leaders for the Leadership Position of Principal at the following schools within the Cairns...
Parish desecrated in Argentina
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 14, 2017 at 1:30 am Two men entered an Argentine parish’s perpetual adoration chapel on March 10, smashed through protective glass with a mallet, and stole a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament,...
Mexico's bishops launch 'the migrant is a gift' campaign on social media
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 14, 2017 at 1:08 am Mexico City, Mexico, Mar 14, 2017 / 12:08 am (CNA/Europa Press).- The Mexican Bishops have launched a #elmigranteesundon (the migrant is a gift) campaign on social media to show...
