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Church in Jordan Tries to Protect Youth From Lure of Extremism
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:00 pm For years now, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been a haven for refugees from Iraq. However, a critical limit is in view as the country is also forced to accommodate a huge,...
Hold on to Hope: Leader of Irish Bishops Sends New Year Message
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here is the New Year message from Archbishop Eamon Martin, archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
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“Hold on to Hope” - New Year 2015 message
The bells ringing...
Bells to Ring in St. Peter's After New Year's Day Angelus
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:00 pm Bells will ring in St. Peter's Square following the New Year's Day Mass on Thursday. This may seem normal. However, the novelty here is that the bells will be streamed live not...
Pope Makes Private Visit to Sistine Chapel
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis made a private visit to the Sistine Chapel on Christmas Day. The Holy Father visited the chapel alone to not only enjoy the new lighting recently installed, but...
Pope Names New Bishop for Boac, Philippines
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop for the Diocese of Boac in the Philippines. Today, the Vatican announced that the Holy Father has named Father Marcelino Antonio Maralit...
Top 10 Recipes of 2014
The Catholic Foodie - Dec 30, 2014 at 5:44 pm
2014 has been a big year for The Catholic Foodie. In addition to welcoming over 250,000 unique visitors to CatholicFoodie.com, 2014 has also seen:
the first Food Meets Faith...
The Religious and Secular Significance of the Nativity Scene
Thomas More Society - Dec 30, 2014 at 5:26 pm By Tom Brejcha, Thomas More Society President and Chief Counsel
Sounds of Sawanee acappella choir carols by the nativity – Georgia State Capitol 2014
This year we co-sponsored...
How does your Jesuit college sell itself?
Commonweal - Dec 30, 2014 at 5:00 pm Autumn Jones’s current piece on Jesuit colleges at the Atlantic (“Teaching God in Jesuit Universities”) bears a hompage teaser that poses the perhaps inevitable question: “Can...
Did Jesus deliberately misquote the Old Testament?
The Sacred Page - Dec 30, 2014 at 4:51 pm This is the second post in a few days in which I'm "exploring our matrix"--that is, interacting with a blog post by James McGrath.
In a post, "Was Jesus Wrong on Purpose?," James...
Recent Cases Prove Babies Born to Brain-Dead Pregnant Women Can Survive
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 4:32 pm In previous articles, LifeNews has covered stories of babies who’ve survived after their mothers were declared “brain dead.”
One such story involved a mother who was only eight...
Affirmations from down under
Homeschool Goodies - Dec 30, 2014 at 4:27 pm According to the Australian version of International Business Times, here are five reasons to homeschool: 1. Homeschooling attends to children’s needs on a personal level 2....
1-Pound Premature Baby Survives as He Was Kept Alive in a Freezer Bag
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 4:13 pm On December 22, 2013, Ellis Rogers’ life was saved after nurses placed him in a freezer bag to protect him from hypothermia. His parents, Emma and Matthew Rogers were concerned...
Activists Propose “Death Doulas” to Push Elderly and Disabled Into Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 3:39 pm The Hippocratic Oath is one of the last remaining impediments to the complete deprofessionalization of medicine.
Doctors don’t take it much anymore, but the people still embrace...
Study suggests faith influences opinion about space exploration
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 30, 2014 at 3:32 pm WASHINGTON — How people value space exploration may just depend on someone’s particular faith.
Freddy Porter of Raleigh N.C., plays with a toy space shuttle in the Rocket...
German bishops’ report: Sacraments should be OK for divorced, remarried
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 30, 2014 at 3:21 pm OXFORD, England — Germany’s Catholic bishops have published a report detailing their views on marriage and family; it suggests most bishops now believe sacraments should be...
St. Patrick Center names Laurie Phillips as CEO
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Dec 30, 2014 at 3:18 pm By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | Twitter: @jenniferbrinker
The St. Patrick Center Board of Directors has announced it has hired...
Planned Parenthood Hires Abortion Doc Who Sang Hymns to Jesus During Abortions
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 3:02 pm Planned Parenthood abortionist Timothy Liveright, a former abortionist at Planned Parenthood of Delaware, has been hired by a new Planned Parenthood affiliate to do abortions....
Tomorrow: Retreat
Quartermaster of the Barque - Dec 30, 2014 at 2:48 pm I am beginning the new year by taking a retreat/pilgrimage. Please pray for me. I’ll be aboard a plane when 2014 passes into memory.
I don’t know yet if I’ll be blogging while...
And the Patron for 2015 is...
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Dec 30, 2014 at 2:39 pm Thank you all for your votes. I had a couple of "write-in" votes for St. Joseph and St. Drogo as well as some tweet votes since some of you couldn't access the poll widget. After...
Turn, turn, turn: What is Buddhism’s appeal for contemporary Americans?
GetReligion - Dec 30, 2014 at 2:30 pm
DANIEL ASKS:
What aspects attract the many religious Americans that convert to Buddhism?
THE RELIGION GUY RESPONDS:
Before discussing what “attracts” let’s consider how “many”...
