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The heart of London is the home of martyrs
The Catholic Leader - Jan 14, 2018 at 8:00 pm Brisbane photo-journalist Alan Edgecomb writes about his visit to the Tyburn Tree, a place in London where 105 Catholics were martyred during the Reformation. THEY were hanged,...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Jan 14, 2018 at 7:46 pm In Carter v. Fleming, (4th Cir., Jan. 8, 2018), the 4th Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants in an inmate's suit claiming that the Common...
The nuns who witnessed the life and death of Martin Luther King
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 14, 2018 at 6:17 pm Washington D.C., Jan 14, 2018 / 05:17 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- This Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be the first without Sister Mary Antona Ebo, the only black Catholic nun who...
Who cares what libs think? Boldly recover and use great traditional items and vesture of yore.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2018 at 3:54 pm
At the newish blog LAJ, Shawn Tribe has a good post about boldness in regard to some traditional vesture and other items of yore.
In the 60s Paul VI abolished quite a lot of good...
Armenians restore female diaconate
Communio - Jan 14, 2018 at 3:49 pm The female diaconate has been restored with the ordination of Ani-Kristi Manvelian, 24, in Tehran as a deacon for parish life who is not a nun.
It is understood as a “restoring”...
Father William Baer dies unexpectedly
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 14, 2018 at 3:26 pm Funeral arrangements are pending, and more details are forthcoming.
Daily Readings for Monday, January 15, 2018
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 14, 2018 at 2:25 pm Reading 1: 1 Samuel 15:16-23, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 50:23, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 50:8-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 50:16-17, Responsorial ...
Arising from Sleep: Prayer of the Day for Monday, January 15, 2018
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 14, 2018 at 2:25 pm O Master and holy God, who are beyond our understanding: at your word, light came forth out of darkness. In your mercy, you gave us rest through ...
Newest basilica offers TLM
Rorate Coeli - Jan 14, 2018 at 1:52 pm His Excellency Michael Burbidge, bishop of Arlington, Virginia, in the U.S. announced this morning minor basilica status has been approved for the parish of Saint Mary in Old Town...
ASK FATHER: If I confess to watching porn, must I say it was homosexual porn?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2018 at 1:24 pm From a reader…
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Father, recently the catechist at our parish said that, when making our confessions, we ought to mention anything that might aggravate or mitigate the...
Daily Reading for Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 14, 2018 at 1:13 pm Reading 1, First Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51
32 David said to Saul, 'Let no one be discouraged on his account; your servant will go and fight this ...
Thinking about Billy Graham and the Queen: Religion news can be found all over the place
GetReligion - Jan 14, 2018 at 1:00 pm Once upon a time, newspaper editors thought that religion was the kind of narrow, insider subject that could be locked into a weekly journalism ghetto called the "church page."
No...
ACTION ITEM! Petition against removal of historic Cross where Fr. Marquette died
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2018 at 12:44 pm I received this request from TFP. It is a good cause.
Liberals and atheists are now trying to bring down another historical cross. This one is particularly important to our...
Catholic Confraternities Archconfraternities and Associations
Saint's Relic Tours - Jan 14, 2018 at 12:24 pm At this link is a great source for learning about Catholic Confraternities and Associations, which have links for them as well:http://thecatholicreader.blogspot.com/p/normal-0-...
Urgent Message: A Reflection for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Big C Catholics - Jan 14, 2018 at 12:22 pm By Fr. René J. Butler, M.S.Provincial Superior, La Salette Missionaries of North America(Jonah 3:1-10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1-14-20)Over the centuries, well over a hundred...
Homily for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 21, 2018, Year B
Big C Catholics - Jan 14, 2018 at 12:20 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)Nineveh was the oldest and most populous city of the ancient Assyrian Empire. Its ruins are...
ASK FATHER: We want our children to have reverent Masses. Can we go to the SSPX chapel?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2018 at 11:52 am From a reader…
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We are in a desperate situation. We have looked very deeply into the matter, and feel very strongly that the Extraordinary Form of the Mass is the most...
VIDEO Bp. Athanasius Schneider interview about “Amoris laetitia” Controversy
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2018 at 11:16 am His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, gave an interview on French TV about Pope Francis and the Amoris laetitia controversy that is tearing apart of the unity of the Church...
March for Life Plenary Indulgence
Big C Catholics - Jan 14, 2018 at 11:02 am Catholics who participate in the 45th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., January 19, 2018 may be able to receive a plenary indulgence. Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the...
ASK FATHER: Should I tell a noisy penitent that we can hear everything said in the confessional?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2018 at 11:01 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
There is a young lady who regularly takes a very long time in Confession (25-30 minutes, sometimes longer). She is not making a long confession, and it’s...
