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Bank of Korea releases designs for commemorative Papal visit coins (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 29, 2014 at 8:04 am To view the video click here.
The Vatican’s media machine is broken
Catholic Herald - Jul 29, 2014 at 8:03 am Cardinal George Pell, chief reformer in Pope Francis’s governance of the Church, announced this month a new commission to advise the Holy Father on the entire media operations of...
Eden And the Temple Part III
Making Things Visible - Jul 29, 2014 at 8:00 am The Hebrew word Sheba is roughly translated as seven. Seven is a holy number and in Hebrew tradition it means to swear an oath. God revealed the entire cosmos and particularly...
One year later... still no news about kidnapped priest (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 29, 2014 at 7:59 am To view the video click here.
Rabbi David Saperstein, nominated as new U.S Ambassador for international religious freedom (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 29, 2014 at 7:57 am To view the video click here.
Lovers and labels in coverage of same-sex marriage ruling (updated)
GetReligion - Jul 29, 2014 at 7:47 am Update: Yikes! One of the drawbacks of media-criticism-on-the-go is the possibility of writing a post that, in retrospect, makes you sound really stupid. Such is the case with...
Saints Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany
Communio - Jul 29, 2014 at 7:46 am On the Universal liturgical calendar of the Church today’s feast is for Saint Martha of Bethany. Yet, on the Benedictine liturgical calendar the Church honors the three of Bethany...
Dates for Pope's trip to Sri Lanka and Philippines confirmed
EWTN - Vatican News - Jul 29, 2014 at 7:07 am Vatican City, Jul 29, 2014 / 07:07 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Holy See Press Office confirmed today that Pope Francis will be
traveling to Sri Lanka Jan. 12-15 and to Philippines...
Court Says Ground Zero Cross Can Stay, Atheists Weep and Gnash Teeth
Creative Minority Report - Jul 29, 2014 at 7:01 am I don't think the atheists really had a prayer with this lawsuit. The atheist group, American Atheists, pretended to be so horrified by the sight of a cross at the 9-11 museum...
Fifty thousand ministrants in pilgrimage to Rome
News.va - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:55 am Vatican City, 29 July 2014 (VIS) – From 4 to 8 August, more than fifty thousand ministrants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will make a pilgrimage to Rome, a trip organised...
Iraqi Christians brave heat to demand help from United Nations
Catholic Herald - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:53 am Iraqi Christian refugees braved temperatures as high as 50ºC (122ºF) to demand that the United Nations intervene to protect them from persecution by Islamist militants.
Sahar...
Former ‘guardian’ of Vatican artworks dies at 85
Catholic Herald - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:36 am Once the “guardian” of the early Christian catacombs of Rome and the Vatican’s priceless artworks by Michelangelo, Raphael and other masters, Italian Cardinal Francesco Marchisano...
Words, Words, Words
Dominicana - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:30 am A couple of weeks ago, I went with a few brothers to the first installment of the Metropolitan Opera’s Summer Recital Series. Gathered around the SummerStage venue in Central Park...
Report: jihadists destroy St. George's mausoleum in Mosul
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:21 am The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the jihadist group that took over Mosul in June and subsequently expelled Christians from the city, has destroyed the mausoleum of St....
This is just about as Meta as it gets
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:20 am So I’m fond of impressionists, and particularly fond of Jim Meskimen, who you may remember from this
Anyway, some time back I wrote him about something or other and wound up on...
Mike Flynn on Stupid Atheist Tricks
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:20 am I had never noticed this particular contradiction in the atheist arsenal of argument-padding in the struggle against You Know Who. But now that he names it, I find myself going...
Pope Denounces Usury as “Inhuman”
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:20 am Whaddaya know. Turns out it’s still a sin. That’s more Traditional than most of us bargain for. I love this guy so much!
For a related perspective from Distributists…
Stop blaming the powerless
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:20 am Memes like this:
…are calculated to gin up anger against the most powerless people in a triad consisting of our rich and powerful Ruling Class, neglected troops, and powerless...
I keep hearing complaints about Common Core Math
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:20 am Makes perfect sense to me!
2nd Circuit: Cross At Ground Zero Can Stay In Museum
The Religion Clause - Jul 29, 2014 at 6:15 am In American Atheists, Inc. v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, (2d Cir., July 28, 2014), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge by American Atheists...
