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Church crucial to fighting AIDS; US must keep funding, expert insists
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 1, 2014 at 7:08 am Washington D.C., Dec 1, 2014 / 07:08 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Church's involvement in fighting AIDS is crucial and it must keep
receiving funding from the U.S. for the number of...
Pope Francis was not tough enough with Turkey
Catholic Herald - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:46 am The Pope’s press conference on the way back from Turkey gives us some important insights into what went on behind the scenes of his visit. The speeches are all out in the open, of...
New York parish serving the deaf slated to close
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:38 am Details: The choir members filed up to the altar in robes the color of the red roses of Saint Elizabeth, the patron saint of their beloved church. They arrayed themselves on two...
Benedictine Benedictions
Dominicana - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:30 am This is the first post in a five-part series marking the opening of the Year of Consecrated Life.
Benedictine Learning
In the year 529, St. Benedict laid the foundation for his...
Shakespeare First Folio from Catholic College found in France
Catholic Herald - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:18 am The discovery of a previously unknown copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio has refuelled speculation that the Bard was a Catholic sympathiser, if not a Catholic himself.
The First...
For the record: In a Week of Papal Firsts, "All of us will be up there together, all of us!"
Rorate Coeli - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:13 am Note: before some "apologists of the untenable" claim this must be a translation error, it is not, as you will see - we carefully checked it and retranslated it word by word from...
Pope to Swiss Bishops: Be the Body of Christ, not just another NGO
News.va - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:10 am (Vatican Radio) Straight off the plane from Turkey, Pope Francis resumed his daily activities at the Vatican Monday morning which included a meeting with Swiss bishops who are on...
Pope tells Swiss bishops: lead the flock to the risen Christ
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:04 am Pope Francis received the bishops of Switzerland in audience on December 1 and stated that "without a living faith in the risen Christ, the beautiful churches and monasteries...
Game Review: Costume Quest
CatholicMom.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:00 am
Genre
Role-playing adventure game
Platforms
Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox Live Arcade, OS X, Linux, iOS
Story
It’s Halloween night and fraternal twins, Reynold and Wren, are...
Recent Articles and Book of Interest
The Religion Clause - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Khaled A. Beydoun, Between Muslim and White: The Legal Construction of Arab American Identity, 69 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 29 (2013).
Ayelet Blecher-Prigat, A...
Vatican Press Director Denies Papal Election Details in New Book
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:38 am Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office, countered claims regarding the Conclave and the election of Pope Francis in a recently published book....
Ordinariate launches appeal to buy Torquay Methodist church
Catholic Herald - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:34 am The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is launching an appeal in order to buy a Methodist Church in Torquay, Devon.
If the appeal is successful, the Church will be the...
Daily Reflection — Open Your Heart to the Season of Mercy
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:30 am Have you every thought about Advent as a season of mercy? Advent is that time in which we prepare—watching and waiting—in anticipation of the coming of the Christ Who saves us. He...
The Orthodox guide to surviving Advent
Catholic Herald - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:29 am Christmas isn’t the end of the world, even if it sometimes feels (and looks) like it. There are the fist fights, the weeping fits, the blackouts, the arrests, the heart attacks,...
Pope Francis Writes Consecrated Persons as Brother Also Consecrated to God
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:05 am The Pope begins his beautiful message for the Year of Consecrated Life with his characteristic simplicity and humility, in stating that he sends his message not only by virtue of...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 1, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 8: 5 – 11
As we enter into the holy season of Advent, the Church offers us this wonderful gospel story about the unshakeable faith and humility of a...
Pope urges Muslim leaders to condemn violence
Franciscan Media - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:00 am
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ISTANBUL (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on
political and religious leaders across the Muslim world to condemn
violence done in the name of Islam.
The...
Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch sign joint declaration, lament persecution of Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 1, 2014 at 4:50 am On the evening of November 29, Pope Francis joined Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople at a prayer service in the Church of St. George in Istanbul.
The patriarch...
What Hierarchy Really Means
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 1, 2014 at 4:45 am
What is Pope Francis doing, with his gestures, interviews, and wild synods? To understand this pope, we first need to understand the papacy. To do that, let us consider two...
