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Eamon Duffy on Francis
Commonweal - Feb 7, 2015 at 4:52 pm In the new issue of the New York Review of Books, church historian and sometime Commonweal contributor Eamon Duffy has an excellent review-essay on three books about Pope Francis.
The Feast of St Romuald
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 7, 2015 at 4:10 pm The incorrupt body of St Romuald was transferred to the church of St Blaise in the Italian city of Fabriano on February 7, 1481; his feast was assigned to the anniversary of the...
A Permanent Holy Synod and Expanded Council of Cardinals for the Catholic Church?
Rorate Coeli - Feb 7, 2015 at 3:49 pm The Servizio Informazione Religiosa (SIR) published an interview last Friday with Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, the President of the Greek Episcopal Conference, that made its ad...
Hello Lent! Hello Apps!
Snoring Scholar - Feb 7, 2015 at 2:30 pm What would Lent be without apps?
Wait, don’t answer that. I think I have a very dim memory…
In any event, given the chance to write about appy things, I totally take it. I put...
Preach It! Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Feb 7, 2015 at 2:00 pm Image via pixabay
Readings for February 8, 2015: Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Bible is not just for Churches and Synagogues. Portions of it are read as literature, even in...
ISIS Threatens to Vaccinate Hostages
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 7, 2015 at 1:59 pm Eye of the Tiber continues to demonstrate why it St. Blog’s Most Trusted Source for News.
Also: Nation’s Catholics Demand Better Catechesis to Better Understand What Teachings to...
Is priestly celibacy the cause of clerical sex abuse? Not likely, victim says
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 7, 2015 at 1:47 pm Vatican City, Feb 7, 2015 / 12:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- One survivor of priestly sexual abuse says that despite a common perception that clerical celibacy can lead to sex abuse of...
Child abuse: Commission to study issue of bishop accountability
Vatican Insider - Feb 7, 2015 at 1:24 pmCW259: Hipsters, Bobbleheads, and Saints
SQPN - Podcast Network - Feb 7, 2015 at 1:23 pm In this episode: Maria Johnson, Steve Nelson, Jeff Nielsen, Fr. Cory Sticha
Fr. Cory’s great train adventure; Hipster Catholics to follow on Twitter; Pope Francis and Mother...
So This Happened
Saint Louis Catholic - Feb 7, 2015 at 12:44 pm Kansas City is strange. In a good way.
Society has a dire need for the 'female soul' – Pope Francis speaks to women
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 7, 2015 at 12:40 pm Vatican City, Feb 7, 2015 / 12:51 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Francis has advocated for the widespread participation of women in all levels of the Church and society, saying that...
Colorado House Committee Defeats Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Feb 7, 2015 at 12:02 pm Today, Colorado lawmakers defeated a bill that would legalize assisted suicide. A coalition of disability rights groups, faith-based organizations and the pro-life group Colorado...
The Church of Vatican II: Seminary founded by Saint John Eudes shuts down in France
Rorate Coeli - Feb 7, 2015 at 12:01 pm The great Saint John Eudes had no greater concern during his long and fruitful life than the formation of priests: very few did as much as he did to implement with intense zeal...
Society's dire need for the 'female soul' – Pope Francis speaks to women
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 7, 2015 at 11:51 am Vatican City, Feb 7, 2015 / 10:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has advocated for the widespread participation of women in all levels of the Church and society, saying that...
Candlemas at Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJ
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 7, 2015 at 11:24 am The Most Reverend Dennis J. Sullivan, Bishop of Camden, honored us with his presence at Candlemas this year. The bishop blessed the candles and led the procession. A solemn...
Receiving divorced and/or remarried catechumens into the Church properly
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 7, 2015 at 11:21 am I recently obtained a blurb from a mailing of a diocese to priests which had a great summary of how to handle the cases of catechumens who are in apparently invalid marriage...
Vatican Commission for protection of minors to study issue of accountability
News.va - Feb 7, 2015 at 11:08 am (Vatican Radio) Making the Church a safe place for children and vulnerable adults means having proper protection procedures in place, making sure they are implemented and holding...
Pete Vere on the Utter Blasphemous Folly of Christian Torture Apologetics
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 7, 2015 at 10:57 am He finds a piece by an atheist ex-Christian excoriating Christian torture apologetics which reads, in part:
“The first half of December 2014 was painful to many moderate American...
ACTION ITEM: Good books, info about Crusades, Inquisition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 7, 2015 at 10:23 am Lies and black legends are constantly retold about both the Crusades and the Inquisition. Recently, the First Gay President – in a spectacular display of tactless disregard for...
