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Pro-Life Campaigners Appeal to EU Court Over Vetoed Initiative
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm The organisers of the largest petition in European history which called for an end to European funding of research that destroys human embryos have taken their case to the General...
Archpriest Emeritus of St. Peter's Basilica Dies
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm Cardinal Francesco Marchisano has died at the age of 85. The long-serving prelate passed away at around 10 a.m. Sunday in Urbe, northern Italy.
His funeral will be this...
Pope's 2015 Philadelphia Visit Still to Be Confirmed
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm Despite reports to the contrary, Pope Francis' 2015 visit to Philadelphia has not yet been confirmed. Responding to journalists' inquiries about the possible participation of...
Pope's Telegram on Death of Cardinal Marchisano
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm Below is the telegram Pope Francis sent today expressing his condolences on the death of Cardinal Francesco Marchisano, archpriest emeritus of St. Peter's basilica. ***
Your...
Pope Surprises on Private Visit to Caserta
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis has met privately with Evangelical pastor and friend Rev. Giovanni Traettino in Caserta, southern Italy. After the private visit this morning with the friend he’s...
Communique From Family of Italian Jesuit Who Disappeared in Syria a Year Ago
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm The family of Fr. Paolo Dell'Oglio, the Italian Jesuit priest of whom there has been no news for a year following his disappearance in the Syrian city of Raqqa, today issued the...
Pope Gives New Interview Marking 500 Days of Pontificate
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm In a new interview, given to mark the first 500 days of his pontificate, Pope Francis has reminisced about his youth, discussed immigration and gives a ten point plan for...
British Government Accused of Laying Foundation for Rise of Extremism in Iraq
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm The UK head of a Catholic charity has hit out at the British Government for helping “to lay the foundations” for the rise of extremists in Iraq who have flushed out the last...
Vatican Official on Visit to California Says Latin Church Must Support Eastern Churches Facing Violence
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm In a visit to the U.S., the prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches called the immigration into the East resulting from the current Middle Eastern conflict a pastoral...
Till Death Do Them Part?
Commonweal - Jul 27, 2014 at 6:43 pm Those who are opposed to Cardinal Walter Kasper's proposal that some divorced and remarried Catholics be allowed to receive the Eucharist might want to reconsider whether the...
Blessed Titus Brandsma
Communio - Jul 27, 2014 at 6:40 pm The Church’s liturgical calendar has a rather interesting friar, priest philosopher and martyr who is honored today: Titus Brandsma, O.Carm., the Dutch Carmelite friar opposed to...
MS-13 gang recruiting among illegals flooding across the border
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 27, 2014 at 6:34 pm From Fox:
Border agents say violent MS-13 recruiting at Arizona facility for new Central American arrivals
MS-13 members are infiltrating a federal facility for Central American...
Magnae Deus Potentiae
Breviary Hymns - Jul 27, 2014 at 6:30 pm O Sovereign Lord of Nature's MightMagnae Deus Potentiae is attributed to St. Gregory the Great (540-604). In 1632, in accordance with revisions made to the hymns of the Divine...
The High Cost of Frugal Living
Rorate Coeli - Jul 27, 2014 at 5:29 pm "The Pope, Square Feet, and Demagoguery"*
Mario Tosatti
Senior Religious Correspondent for La Stampa
Let’s face it: if there is a king, the court cannot be suppressed. Even if he...
US must adapt foreign policy to solve migrant crisis, says bishop
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 27, 2014 at 5:11 pm Washington D.C., Jul 27, 2014 / 04:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The head of the U.S. bishops’ international justice and peace committee implored Secretary of State John Kerry to...
The Ordinariate: A Gift to be Shared from Benedict XVI - An Upcoming Talk in Portland, Oregon
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 27, 2014 at 5:00 pm On August 5th, at 7:30 PM, Holy Rosary Church in Portland, Oregon, 375 NE Clackamas St., (known to many for its use of the Dominican Rite for important feasts), will be hosting a...
Eden and The Temple Part I
Making Things Visible - Jul 27, 2014 at 5:00 pm Aristotle once said “what is last in intention, is first in execution.” It is clear from the creation narrative that God never brings His ideas into existence, without the...
Will IRS monitor content of sermons? Do they now?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 27, 2014 at 3:00 pm From Life News:
IRS Strikes Deal With Atheist Group to Monitor Content of Sermons
The next time your pastor delivers a pro-life sermon or urges the congregation to stand up for...
My View For Awhile: 77 square mile edition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 27, 2014 at 2:06 pm The zoo like boarding process is underway.
And so I settle in for a few (hopefully) boring hours to my connecting flight.
I am reading American Sniper on this leg.
It was a...
Old vs. New: Reflection for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Jul 27, 2014 at 2:00 pm Readings for July 27, 2014: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Liberal” and “conservative.” The definitions of these terms are seldom stated. Usually they are just presumed. Often...
