February 2011
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Catholics and Waterboarding →
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A Nation and its Demons →
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Iraqi Church building hospital and university in... →
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Interview with St. John Bosco →
It’s his feast day today
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Vatican astronomer coming via livestream to you →
“The first swallow from the cup of the natural sciences makes atheists - but at...”
– Werner Heisenberg, Nuclear Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner (via becket)
January 2011
“The Eucharist sounds like hyperbole. But that’s what love does, it gives to...”
– Fr. Benedict Groeschel CFR (via iam3rd)
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Meditation on the Beatitudes →
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Mommy Wars, Schommy Wars →
“There are no Mommy Wars. We’re in this together. With God’s grace, the best moms — at home, at work, and all the places in between — will win”
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Conservatives latch onto prison reform →
More good news on the pro-life and social justice front. “Lock em up and throw away the key” doesn’t mesh with Catholic social teaching, especially in regards to minor offenses.
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TimeLapse, March for LIFE 2011 →
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John Allen on a diocese's money woes in Europe,... →
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Pope Benedict: Jesus' Beatitudes free man from... →
“The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine.”
– Abraham Lincoln (via klarita)
“The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most...”
– Pope John Paul II (via my-crazy-catholic-life)
U.S. Catholic Church & Marriage →
becket:
Click on the above link to see the USCCB’s website evangelizing marriage, called For Your Marriage.
It’s a great website with some insightful articles and statistics and explanations of how the Church views marriage and just what couples are being invited into. This is exactly the type of resource that we need a lot more of. The sad fact is that in our crazy culture so many people...
An interview with the priest whose story inspired... →
topraisetoblesstopreach:
The Wall Street Journal: Much of the film portrays a skeptical Colin O’Donoghue having a crisis of faith. Did you have a similar struggle with doubt?
That part is actually fictionalized. I would say this. The first few weeks in Rome, I was very skeptical about what I was seeing in terms of the manifestations. Were they really real or was it a placebo effect or what...
“Let us invoke the Holy Spirit, the eternal youth of the Church: may he make each...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, Jan. 2010. (via becket)
To Praise, To Bless, To Preach: Not Jesus or Mary;... →
topraisetoblesstopreach:
Not Jesus or Mary; not Mary or Jesus. Neither Jesus without Mary; nor Mary without Jesus. Neither only Jesus, but also Mary; not only Mary, but also Jesus. Always Jesus and Mary; always Mary and Jesus. To Mary by Jesus: Behold, your mother! (Jn 19:27). To Jesus by Mary: Do whatever he…
ksquote4theday:
We cannot bring to the world the Good News which is Christ himself in person if we ourselves are not deeply united with Christ, if we do not know Him profoundly, personally, if we do not live on His words. - Pope Benedict XVI
Praise the Lord, O my soul.: A Franciscan... →
oh-allie:
May God bless you with discomfort At easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, So that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger At injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, So that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace.
May God bless you…
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Transubstantiation: From Stumbling Block to... →
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The Creed: "Begotten, Not Made" →
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Pope calls attention to St. Joan of Arc in latest... →
“We must not forget that the more we love God and are constant in prayer, the...”
– Pope Benedict XVI (via thecatholicgirl)
Shane Claiborne on a New Way to Pray →
jrduboc:
These guys have an interesting vision of the Liturgy, actually very close to what has always been taught in the Catholic Church. Very interesting to see our protestant brothers, through genuine prayer, rediscovering the spiritual treasures of the Church.
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Handout for Talk "St. Peter: The First Pope"
The pope is easily the most well known figure of the Catholic world. His quotations and thoughts are consistently front page news in our newspapers, and millions of people flock to see him when he travels. It is a far cry from beginnings of the Church, when accepting the office of the papacy meant almost certain death in the face of constant Roman persecution (many of the popes were martyred). ...
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Former American Idol Singer says brothers with... →
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For almost 130 years, nuns have cared for lambs... →
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More Anglicans Cross the Tiber →
The Apologetic Substitute →
Some really interesting thoughts in this article. I really agree with a lot of it. I think I really kindled my faith with many of the “apologetics” that the article cites. After a while though, I saw that it did lead to Pharisee-ism, and wasn’t holistic enough in its approach to the Christian life. The Church has a blue print for good formation of the Christian person when it...
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Swiss Guards Celebrate 505 Years of Service →
I had no idea that they were the world’s longest standing army
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Incorruptible — Why the Devil Uses Abortion to... →
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5 Cardinals, 39 Bishops, 10,000 faithful pack... →
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Southern Sudan votes 99%+ for Independence →
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Lack of Drug Supply Making it Harder to Kill... →
The move in Italy to block the manufacture of the drug was spearheaded by a group of Italian lay Catholics. More good news on the pro life front!
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”
– St. Francis de Sales
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Young people lauded for pro-life efforts as shrine... →
They want us to be like this, look like that. But...
catholicwoman:
-EWTN coverage at the March for Life Mass in DC
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Pope consistently pays homage to important women... →
I noticed this a while back as well
