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Farewell to the Alleluia
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 31, 2015 at 9:07 pm Today is Saturday before Septuagesima, and Roseanne Sullivan has an article on Dappled Things about the custom of bidding farewell to the Alleluia on this day: I began thinking...
Aloha: 13 new deacons for Honolulu
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 31, 2015 at 8:52 pm I received the following email from Deacon John Coughlin, Co-Director of Permanent Deacon Formation for the Diocese of Honolulu: This is the first ordination of permanent deacons...
Luxembourg Revises Support of Religious Communities
The Religion Clause - Jan 31, 2015 at 7:00 pm Article 106 of the Luxembourg Constitution provides:The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the State and regulated by the law
Earlier this week, the...
Angelus Address: On the Power of God's Word
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm Here is the translation of the Holy Father's address before and after the recitation of the Angelus today to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square: * * *
Dear brothers...
Pope Francis Announces Visit to Sarajevo in June
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis made a surprise announcement that he intends to visit Sarajevo on Saturday, June 6th. The Holy Father announced his trip to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's...
Bishop urges youth of India to work for tolerance amid increase in violence
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 31, 2015 at 5:03 pm Bellary, India, Jan 31, 2015 / 04:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The head of the Indian Catholic Youth Movement, Bishop Hendry D'Souza of Bellary, has raised his voice about the...
Being Good Without God
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 31, 2015 at 3:51 pm In an essay published last December Peter Hitchens, brother of the late Christopher Hitchens, a renowned atheist, reflected on the importance of religion. In his essay,...
Nominalism and the Liturgy
Making Things Visible - Jan 31, 2015 at 3:24 pm Nominalism and the Liturgy. Great article from the guys at OnePeterFive.
“Who says Catholic Social Teaching requires us to follow the policy prescriptions of the hard left?”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2015 at 3:13 pm I found a really interesting opinion piece at Crisis by Austin Ruse, who runs C-FAM (an organization you should know and support).
I am going to drop you into this piece in medias...
Vatican: We are no longer an Italian enclave, paedophilia and money-laundering are being tackled
Vatican Insider - Jan 31, 2015 at 2:29 pmAuthority over Demons: Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Jan 31, 2015 at 2:00 pm Image: By PublicDomainPictures, SA, Pixabay
Readings for February 1, 2015: Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
I’ve read many term papers in my day. Most of them are no more than a...
The need for native-speaking priests and deacons in New Zealand
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 31, 2015 at 1:45 pm Danny Karetea-Goddard at his ordination in July 2014, from New Zealand Catholic. From Radio New Zealand: At the most recent New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, Bishop Barry...
CW258: Funerals, Beer, and Happy Priests
SQPN - Podcast Network - Jan 31, 2015 at 1:41 pm In this episode: Maria Johnson, Steve Nelson, Jeff Nielsen, Fr. Cory Sticha
Steve’s vacation withdrawal; World Youth Day 2016 fundraising; Maria’s tech issues; Funerals; Louisiana...
Screwtape Revisited
Catholic Vote - Jan 31, 2015 at 1:40 pm Recently, I had a chance to revisit C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters. Doing so permitted me to appreciate once again Lewis’s considerable virtues. It also reminded me of some...
Humanity cannot exist without farmers, says Pope
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 31, 2015 at 1:00 pm Vatican City, Jan 31, 2015 / 12:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told farmers on Saturday that in a world marked by wastefulness and extreme climate change, they have the...
A “theology of housework”: it’s not just women’s work
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 31, 2015 at 12:45 pm Image: Good Housekeeping Magazine cover, 1908 / via Wikipedia Over at Pray Tell, they’ve posted a reflection by Msgr. M. Francis Mannion, from Catholic News Agency, wherein he...
Archbishops Chaput, Gomez confirmed participants in Synod on the Family
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 31, 2015 at 12:32 pm Vatican City, Jan 31, 2015 / 11:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican has confirmed the participation of 48 delegates chosen by bishops' conferences to take part in this year's...
Brick by Brick: Another parish implements Summorum Pontificum. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2015 at 12:12 pm For your Brick by Brick file.
A reader sent me a link to a story in the St. Louis Review (a publication of the Archdiocese of St. Louis) about a parish which as started up a...
Pure Flix Releases Compelling Faith Film ‘Do You Believe?’
CatholicMom.com - Jan 31, 2015 at 12:00 pm Pure Flix, the studio behind 2014’s No. 1 Indie Faith Film God’s Not Dead, will release one of this year’s most provocative films, Do You Believe? in theaters nationwide on March...
MADISON, WI – 2 Feb – CANDLEMAS – Pontifical Mass at the Throne
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2015 at 11:41 am On 2 February – Candlemas – in Madison, WI, His Excellency Most Rev. Bishop Robert C. Morlino (the Extraordinary Ordinary) will celebrate a Pontifical Mass at the Throne.
The Mass...
