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Anthony Visco's Sacred Art Summer School in Florence, June 22nd to July 10th
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 27, 2015 at 10:30 am In a juxtaposition between old and new, I heard of Anthony Visco’s summer school in Florence when I was invited to like the page on Facebook. So, via blog posting, I happily pass...
Mother Arrested After Workers at Recycling Plant Find Body of Dead Newborn Baby
LifeNews.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 10:14 am Despite the fact that safe haven laws exist allowing mothers or parents to surrender a newborn to authorities instead of killing or abandoning the baby, the numbers of news...
One of the Real Non-Negotiables for the Anti-Abortion-but-Not-Prolife Sect
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 27, 2015 at 10:02 am For Catholics, commitment to the dignity of human life is a core value. Full stop. The emphasis is always on saving life (even guilty human life) wherever possible. So the...
Another triumph for peace in our day
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:47 am Huge progress has been made in the Vatican in the cause of peace! In the wake of the planting of the peace tree (HERE) and the peace match (HERE), a bold new policy initiative...
Francis: “Let us pray to God every day for the grace to understand his will”
Vatican Insider - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:41 amKansas Gov. Sam Brownback: I Will Sign Bill Banning Dismemberment Abortions
LifeNews.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:40 am Pro-life Gov. Sam Brownback, with a backdrop of 40 pro-life legislators at Kansans for Life’s annual Rally for Life, said he was anxious to sign the newly proposed “Unborn Child...
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Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:29 am What good am I if I’m like all the restIf I just turn away, when I see how you’re dressedIf I shut myself off so I can’t hear you cryWhat good am I?What good am I if I know and...
How did ‘ad orientem’ worship go in the Diocese of Lincoln?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:16 am Do you remember that in the Diocese of Lincoln, Bishop Conley decided to celebrated Holy Mass ad orientem versus during Advent? HERE
The blog Corpus Christi Watershed has a...
UPDATE on SF parish banning altar girls: “A lot of the people who are upset are not parishioners”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:16 am A follow-up on this story from last week, from SF Gate: The Rev. Joseph Illo, pastor at Star of the Sea Church since August, said he believes there is an “intrinsic connection”...
Do Mormons now officially have local 'pastors,' simply because Romney once said he had been a 'pastor'?
GetReligion - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:10 am
Mitt Romney is in the news again, which means it's time for people to argue about whether the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is, well, you know, normal and safe and...
Text Messages Prove Woman Took Drugs to Cause Abortion at 28 Weeks, Threw Baby in Dumpster
LifeNews.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:08 am Purvi Patel was arrested last July after she took abortion pills to end her 28-30 weeks pregnancy. Patel later admitted to police that she had placed the newborn in a dumpster...
Reports: Pope Francis meets transgender man at the Vatican
Catholic Herald - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:00 am Pope Francis has held a private audience with a transgender man, according to reports in Spanish newspaper.
Hoy reported that Diego Neria Lejárraga wrote a letter to the Pope in...
St. Robert Bellarmine on One Wife and a Large Family
Rorate Coeli - Jan 27, 2015 at 9:00 am While reading St. Robert Bellarmine’s superb Commentary on the Book of Psalms, I came across a passage that struck me as worthwhile to share with readers. The Society of Jesus has...
Report: Pope Francis met with transgendered man at Vatican
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 27, 2015 at 8:44 am From The Washington Post: There are reports in Spanish publications that Pope Francis has accepted a transgender person into the Vatican — and embraced him — after the man who...
Kids on a Snow Day
Creative Minority Report - Jan 27, 2015 at 8:43 am Kids are very happy on snow days. But couple of funny things about them. One. I'm shoveling the driveway at 8 a.m. this morning. It's still snowing mind you but I'm a little...
“May parishes become islands of mercy in the midst of the sea of indifference”
Vatican Insider - Jan 27, 2015 at 8:42 amTime-Lapse Video Allows Couple to See Their Baby Three Days After Conception
LifeNews.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 8:37 am In May 2014, Laura and Richard Lawrence welcomed their daughter, Matilda, into the world. However, before they met her, they were able to see her through EmbryoScope technology,...
