Purgatory inflames hearts with God’s love, Pope says – Vatican City, Jan 12, 2011 / 02:57 pm ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Pope Benedict continued his recent theme of reflecting on women saints during his weekly audience, highlighting
Spanish archbishop defends baptism amid culture of death – Toledo, Spain, Jan 11, 2011 / 08:04 pm ( CNA/Europa Press ).- Archbishop Braulio Rodriguez of Toledo, Spain is defending baptism’s “yes to life” in the face of the
Abp. Chaput on Judge John Roll – Archbishop Chaput writes about slain Catholic Judge John Roll. It’s a beautiful tribute to a good man: In January 2008, at the invitation of Bishop Thomas Olmsted, I
Bad Signs – Today’s Journal Of Doom – If this is true , we are even more screwed than I thought. President Obama said “We don’t have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy, and the French
Feds Tell College “You’re Not Catholic” – This should serve as a warning to every Catholic school in America. The Cardinal Newman Society has this shocking report: Immediately following today’s ruling that a New
Violent Anti-Catholic Thug or Brilliant Artist? – As if there weren’t enough evidence we were failing our kids with our education system, and now this shocking public display of ignorance! The OC Register reports:
Which Story is More Apocalyptic? – You wanna’ be scared. No one and I mean no one will be able to read this post and see this video and remain unmoved. And when I say you’ll be moved I mean you’ll be
Catherine Of Genoa And The Experience Of Purgatory – VATICAN CITY, 12 JAN 2011 (VIS) – During this morning’s general audience, held in the Paul VI Hall in the presence of 9,000 faithful, Benedict XVI focused his catechesis
Egyptian Ambassador Received In The Vatican – VATICAN CITY, 12 JAN 2011 (VIS) – Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. released the following declaration yesterday evening: “This evening Lamia Aly
Papal Audiences for Dec 12 – VATICAN CITY, 12 JAN 2011 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany.
Papal Message For First Anniversary Of Haiti Earthquake – VATICAN CITY, 12 JAN 2011 (VIS) – The Holy Father has written the following Message to mark today’s first anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. The Message was read
Policeman Shoots 4 Christians In Egypt – Less than two weeks after a church bombing in Alexandria left 21 Coptic Christians dead, an off-duty policeman shot four Christians on a train, killing a 71-year-old
Pontifical Acts for Dec 12 – VATICAN CITY, 12 JAN 2011 (VIS) – The Holy Father: – Appointed Archbishop Murilo Sebastiao Ramos Krieger S.C.I. of Florianopolis, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of
Facebook, Friends and Faith – Lisa Hendey: What helps? What hurts? | This weekend, I have the pleasure of speaking at a conference on the topic “Finding Friendship in the Facebook Generation”. My
Film Fun – Arwen Mosher: How do you agree on movies? | Now that Christmas is over and we’re staring down a couple more months of winter, it’s time for Bryan’s and my annual January
Homemade Hot Cocoa – Rachel Balducci: When the Swiss Miss won’t do | All this cold weather has me thinking about two of my favorite things: being warm and chocolate. Enter this homemade hot
May I Have That in Writing? – Lynn Wehner: Thoughts on the handwritten thank you note … | It’s almost three weeks since Christmas. Do you know where your thank you notes are? I used to be so good
Not Said By The Pope – Rebecca Teti: the name “Christian,” not the Christian name | After reading a series of blog posts about the Pope’s calling for an end to odd-ball names, I went looking
Resolutions – Rachel Balducci: Good for what ails ya | For the past few years, I have done the Word Resolution approach for the New Year. Instead of a list of things I want to
The Trouble With Trust – Jake Frost: a strong family requires constancy | Fun times with little kids can head south real fast as bed-time approaches. We were at my brother John’s house with my
Decades-Long Decline in Abortion Rates Comes to a Halt – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The decades long decline in the number of annual abortion rates appears to have stalled, with numbers indicating a spike in
Egypt Recalls Vatican Ambassador after Pope’s Remarks – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Egypt’s foreign ministry has recalled its Vatican ambassador for “consultation” after Pope Benedict’s address to the diplomatic
Vanderbilt Forcing Nurses to Participate in Abortions – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist One of the nation’s top public interest law firms has filed a complaint against Vanderbilt University for forcing all students
Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, Dominican House of Studies – McCrery Architects was recently commissioned to undertake a renovation of Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel which is part of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
Stretching toward God: Do yoga and Catholicism mix? – By Mary DeTurris Poust Today, over at patheos.com , I tackle the subject of yoga — something I love — and how it benefits my Catholic prayer life — something some
Boycotting Planned Parenthood Sponsors WORKS! – Victory: Companies cease support of Planned Parenthood, dropped from boycott list Doug Scott, president of Life Decisions International (LDI), said in an email recently
Individually Sealed Communion Kit – Isn’t it great to be Protestant? (chuckle) You can now take Communion safely with these nice prepackaged crackers and grapejuice. Just pull off the hermetically sealed
Naming a Child – By Ed Peters: The pope on children’s names No, the pope didn’t “rail” against giving un-Christian names to babies, but he did point out, calmly and correctly, that names
#327 – A Peak Inside the Gate – “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.
Authority is a Fearsome Gift – UPDATED – There may be something to Lisa Mladinich’s view that as a nation we have become so suspect of authority that we have lost sight of our responsibility to wield authority
The Madness of the Mainstream Media – If Michael Kelly and Tim Russert were alive today , they would be sickened and appalled to see the shambling madness that has descended upon their profession, most
The only thing worse… – What could possibly be worse than getting a phone call to come to a hospital because your spouse wife, or your son or your daughter has been shot by a madman and may not
Vocation Awareness Week – This is Vocation Awareness Week — one of my favorite weeks of the year, because (as regular readers know) I get to bring out the Nun News Network banner (designed by
A note about The Tablet – My friend Fr. Ray Blake, the p.p. of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, posted this about The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill). Keep in mind this may be hard to substantiate.
Egyptian policeman shoots Christian girls – From Catholic Culture: Policeman shoots 4 Christians in Egypt Less than two weeks after a church bombing in Alexandria left 21 Coptic Christians dead, an off-duty
Miracle attributed to Ven. John Paul II – Andrea Tornielli reports that yesterday the cardinal and bishop members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints voted to accept a miracle attributed to the
What’s in a name? A lot, as it turns out. – Once upon a time a couple liberals got really mad at me when I suggested that a Christian saint’s name might be a good thing for their little stupor mundi, rather than
Abby Johnson reveals details of pro-life turnaround and Catholic conversion – College Station, Texas, Jan 12, 2011 / 06:45 pm ( CNA ).- Despite legal challenges and personal attacks from Planned Parenthood, Abby Johnson has published a new memoir
