Pope’s call for interfaith day of prayer provokes debate – Rome, Italy, Jan 20, 2011 / 01:01 am ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Pope Benedict XVIs call for world religious leaders to gather in Assisi, Italy to pray for peace has touched
Popes second book on Jesus due out March 15 – Vatican City, Jan 20, 2011 / 07:10 pm ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Barring any problems at the publishers, the second volume of Pope Benedict XVIs two-volume biblical study,
About.com Readers’ Choice Awards – Like what you see on our CCH blogs and on our CatholicsComeHome.org website? Consider making your voice heard in About.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards ! Thanks for
Incendiary Stupidity or Killing Incivility – The following has been redacted for your own safety. The other day I was killing time at Target. I overheard two guys shooting the breeze about the new civility. You
Lack of Gov’t Oversight Led to Abortion Horrors – A grand jury in Pennsylvania is saying that the state failed to perform its job of oversight over abortion clinics. The Blaze reports: A filthy abortion mill where
Monk Nabbed With Nun’s Remains – Weirdest story of the day. Maybe even of the week. A monk was trying to board a flight when baggage checkers opened up his bags and found… Reuters reports: A Cypriot
Obama Praises China’s Human Rights – President Obama today praised the “evolution” in human rights in China. Just minutes later, a blogger in Philadelphia pulled his hair out and banged his head on his
Cardinal Grocholewski, Special Envoy To Manila – VATICAN CITY, 20 JAN 2011 (VIS) – Made public today was a Letter, written in Latin and dated 28 December 2010, in which the Holy Father appoints Cardinal Zenon
Future Pope Secretly Ordained Slovak Seminarians – In an interview with LOsservatore Romano, Cardinal Jozef Tomko discussed his decades of friendship with Pope John Paul II. The two met in 1969, when the future Pontiff
Papal Audiences for Jan 20 – VATICAN CITY, 20 JAN 2011 (VIS) – The Holy Father today received in separate audiences: – Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of
Fun With Weather – Rebecca Teti: | I fear to be any place this cold, but this is, um, cool.
Now if Only I Could Fly – Lynn Wehner: | A loving child’s compliments never get old. This recent exchange with my dear 7-year-old Leah reminded me of that. I fearlessly rescued her favorite
Rise and Shine! – Rachel Balducci: Are you a morning person? | I love waking up early. Sleeping in has always been a challenge for me, and I always opt to get in bed early so I can get
Sick and Tired? – Lisa Hendey: Does your house have the “yuckies”? | I’ve got a sick teenager at my house. As I type this, he’s swaddled in my bed with a wet washcloth on his head,
Stand By Your Man – Danielle Bean: Coffee Talk: Marriage | (Join each day’s Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun:
The Good People Of Tucson – Rebecca Teti: in which I beg to differ with just about everyone | It is terribly sad that it often takes an awful event to illuminate the incredible goodness all around
Time for Some Mom-Bragging – Danielle Bean: Small Successes vol. 97 | It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of
Two Good – Arwen Mosher: Our little guy hits a milestone | Blaise had a birthday today! Back in the fall of 2008, I blogged about Camilla’s second birthday. Blaise was born about
Civil Rights Breakthrough! – Aside from blogging, researching, dance calling, low carb cooking, and watching the odd TV show or DVD, I also–very occasionally–write fiction. And I’ve just published
Cartoon of the Day – Roe v Wade 38th Anniversary – This is the work of political cartoonist Gary McCoy from the St. Louis area. Congrats to him for this poignant cartoon that exposes the ugliness of the abortion industry
Changing the Mood: Two Inaugurals—JFK and Reagan – PAUL WILL BE ON THE PROGRAM THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:00 EASTERN TIME TO DISCUSS THIS PIECE. January 18, 2011 Paul G. Kengor This January 20 marks the anniversary of two
Outrageous Statement of the Day – Apparently our resolve to be more civil in political discourse lasted all of two weeks. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), on the floor of the US House yesterday had this to say:
Today on Kresta – January 20, 2011 – Talking about the “things that matter most” on Jan. 20 4:00 – Changing the Mood: Two Inaugurals—JFK and Reagan Today marks the anniversary of two unforgettable inaugural
Top Islamic scholars suspend talks with Vatican – CWNews.com Egypt’s Al Azhar University, the world’s leading center of Sunni Islamic thought, has suspended talks with the Vatican in protest over the “insulting remarks”
Catholic Bishops Did Not Support Obamacare Repeal Vote – Every major national pro-life organization was on board with the vote by House Republicans to repeal the Obamacare law because they worry about the abortion funding and
Pennsylvania Governor Upset by Lack of Abortion Oversight – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, who is pro-life, is upset by the lack of state oversight concerning the abortion practitioner recently charged with 8 counts of murder
President Hu Denies China Has Forced Abortion Policy – Members of Congress today met with China President Hu Jintao one day after the foreign leader tried to duck questions yesterday from the press on the nation’s poor human
Pope personally endorses French March for Life – by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman FRANCE, January 20, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI has sent a message of endorsement to the organizers of the French March for
Today’s blog posts – by The Editors Record-breaking March for life crowd in Washington State – Daniel McConchie Why the female left hates Palin: WSJ editor says ‘abortion’ – Peter Smith
Witness in Christian therapist case threatened – by Hilary White LONDON, January 20, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian psychotherapist who was to appear before a professional conduct panel today has asked that the
“ObamaNet” to Require ID Card for all Internet Users – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The country’s leading pro-family organization is warning citizens that White House cyber security and Commerce Secretary Gary
“Repeal and Replace” Gets Underway – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Now that the newly elected members of the U.S. House have voted to repeal ObamaCare, lawmakers will now focus on fulfilling the
Abortionist Charged with Murdering Newborns with Scissors – Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist An abortionist whose practice catered to poor minorities has been charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths
MTV’s Racy New Show Could be Considered Child Porn – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Media watchdogs are warning parents that a new MTV show, Skins, which features teen actors as young as 15 in extremely explicit
Better Late than Never – My apologies to the alert reader (Rev. David Akerman) who sent this news item in back last Lent, but better late than never: There is only a fragment left of the 19th
First Usus Antiquior Mass Offered by Spanish Bishop – This 15th of January H.E. The Most Rev. Manuel Ureña Pastor, Archbishop of Saragossa, celebrated a solemn requiem in the usus antiquior in the parish church of Epila in
St. Sebastian – Today in both forms of the Roman calendar, we commemorate St. Sebastian, the third century martyr. Here is what the Roman Martyrology says: Also at Rome, ad Catacumbas ,
BIG NEWS! George Weigel to Speak to our Group in Rome! – George Weigel, the biographer of Pope John Paul II, has agree to speak to our pilgrimage in Rome. We will arrive in Rome to share in the historical event of the
Was Jesus Nice? – People often criticize us if we speak the truth or step on someone’s toes — usually if we are honest about sin or bad conduct. Jesus was loving and kind. He would never
#469 – Our Lady of Good Aid – “Stories from the Heart” is a daily radio program which features Catholic inspirational stories. The stories are uplifting, bringing the heart and soul closer to God. Each show is around 14 minutes.
A Golden Voice with a Word in Season – Every time I talk to Pat Gohn speak , I find myself marveling at the resonance of her lovely alto. She has one of those voices that belongs behind a microphone or a
Gosnell; Baby Feet Kick the Nation – If your stomach and your psyche can stand it, read the grand jury report on this fiendish abortionist, Kermit Gosnell . I have been afraid to write about this woman -
New “Gloria” for New Roman Missal – Having long begged my musician sons to please try to compose a singable, non-bombast-filled-nor-sickly-sweet-nor-plodding “Gloria” to replace the two (just two) versions
The Burdened Do Not Shrug – A little fun. Because I am missing Rome desperately, particularly as I look out my window and gaze upon the silvery sky that promises more snow tonight, I reposted my
Bishop Curry Announces the 10 Year Review of – WASHINGTON (January 20, 2011)—Bishops and Catholic university presidents across the United States will engage in conversations over the next year as a first step in the
Developments with wheat, celiac – I have written about hosts and wheat and celiac (here and here, etc.). For the consecration to be valid, the hosts must be made from wheat flour. Not wheat… not
After Ivory Coast talks fail, military action among disquieting options – Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Jan 20, 2011 / 03:16 am ( CNA ).- The failure of mediation in an electoral dispute in Ivory Coast could result in military action.
