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Haitian welder turned amputee soccer star: 'It's the best life'

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 10, 2015 at 3:32 pm

Vatican City, Jan 10, 2015 / 02:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After losing a leg during Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake, Wilfrid Macena became a prosthetic technician and founded an...

Catholic Social Teaching: Returning to First Principles

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 10, 2015 at 2:23 pm

Catholic social teaching can often be misinterpreted and therefore we need to return to its first principles, says Anthony Esolen, author of a recent book on the subject. “...

The Baptism of Christ as the Epiphany of the Trinity

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 10, 2015 at 2:14 pm

Roman Rite - Baptism of the Lord - Year B - January 11, 2015 Is 55.1 to 11; PS Is 12; 1 John 5, 1-9; Mc 1, 7-11. Ambrosian Rite Is 55: 4-7; Ps 28; Eph 2.13 to 22; Mc 1, 7-...

Reflection for the Baptism of the Lord

CatholicMom.com - Jan 10, 2015 at 2:00 pm

Readings for January 11, 2015: The Baptism of the Lord At first glance, the scene makes little sense. John’s strident call to repentance provokes an overwhelming response. ...

“The Wile E. Coyote of contemporary liberal Catholicism”

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 10, 2015 at 1:59 pm

You all must go to First Things and read Robbie George’s response to the loony tunes attack made on him by Fishwrap’s (aka National Schismatic Reporter) Michael Sean Winters (...

Observations about remarks by Cardinal-Elect John A. Dew

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 10, 2015 at 1:09 pm

Cardinal-Elect John A. DewArchbp. of Wellington My good friend Fr. Gerald Murray has some observations and questions concerning remarks made by Most Reverend John A. Dew, the...

Comment on St. Norbert College and the Catholic vision of life by fred

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 10, 2015 at 12:16 pm

Thank you and God bless you Bishop Ricken for defending God’s laws. It seems that so many have gone against God’s teachings today. It is particularly difficult to understand...

Beyond Words with Mark Hart for January 11, 2015

CatholicMom.com - Jan 10, 2015 at 12:00 pm

Mark Hart discusses the scriptures for Sunday’s Mass and helps us to celebrate the Liturgy of the Word. Watch this video on YouTube. Video Link

A “miracle” for a priest who was told he’d never walk again

The Deacon's Bench - Jan 10, 2015 at 11:46 am

Two summers ago, I had the good fortune of meeting Fr. John Murray, who invited me to speak at a retreat on preaching at the San Alfonso Retreat House on the Jersey Shore. It was...

The “3 c’s” of Baptism: A Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

The Deacon's Bench - Jan 10, 2015 at 11:17 am

From the vault, part of my homily for this weekend, marking the Baptism of the Lord, in 2013: At home, I have a little green book that someone gave me as an ordination gift: it’s...

Card. Gracias says extremism distorts sense of religion, God ‎

News.va - Jan 10, 2015 at 11:14 am

‎“Once more, extremism distorts the sense of religion and uses God to motivate a terrible crime,” Indian ‎Cardinal Oswald Gracias said. Expressing disgust over the Jan. 7 attack...

In praise of altar girls

The Deacon's Bench - Jan 10, 2015 at 10:57 am

As you may have heard, Cardinal Raymond Burke is not a fan of female altar servers: It seems clear that many men are not being drawn into a deeper liturgical spirituality; today...

Saint Gregory Society of New Haven marks 29th anniversary of first Traditional Mass

New Liturgical Movement - Jan 10, 2015 at 10:45 am

It's hard to believe. This past weekend marked the 29th anniversary of the first Traditional Mass celebrated in New Haven, CT under the auspices of the St. Gregory Society of New...

Comment on St. Norbert College and the Catholic vision of life by Pro_aris_et_focis

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 10, 2015 at 10:35 am

That’s great to hear of your pride in your alma mater – there is much good to say about St. Norbert College as an institution of higher learning. Just need some clarification on...

Vatican post contradicts Church teaching: why has it not been removed?

LifeSiteNews - Jan 10, 2015 at 10:18 am

Who is running the Vatican website and to what purpose? Is this anti-Catholic unapproved report not going to influence the final meeting of the XIV Ordinary Assembly of the Synod...

Why are 'Christian movies' so bad? Talking about Jolie, Zamperini, 'Unbroken' and wisdom from Robert Duvall

GetReligion - Jan 10, 2015 at 10:08 am

It's a question I have puzzled over throughout my career as a journalist and as a mass-media professor: Why are "Christian movies" so bad? Yes, there need to be quotes around the...

Inside the Confessional

Quartermaster of the Barque - Jan 10, 2015 at 10:01 am

A worthy reminder of the great gift to the Church we have in our priests, who pour out God’s mercy every time they grant absolution. And, an excellent response to the common...

Discussing Saints with Colleen Carroll Campbell {My Sisters the Saints Book Club}

CatholicMom.com - Jan 10, 2015 at 10:00 am

Welcome to the My Sisters the Saints Book Club! We’re reading My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir, by Colleen Carroll Campbell. Today, as a preliminary welcome to this...

Pope to baptize 33 infants to commemorate Jesus' Baptism

News.va - Jan 10, 2015 at 9:50 am

Pope Francis will observe a papal tradition on Sunday, the feast of the Baptism of Lord, baptizing 33 infants during a Mass amid the splendor of Michelangelo’s ‎frescos in the...

Pope Francis: People Must Be at The Center of the Church’s Activity in Haiti