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NCR on "the Problem with Prof. Peters"
National Catholic Reporter writer Michael Sean Winters takes noted canonist Dr. Edward Peters (and Cardinal Burke) to task today for not getting aboard the whole "let's turn a blind eye toward people...
View ArticleBarbie as the Virgin Mary? Ken as Jesus and Buddha? Guess Who Isn't Depicted?
Saw this over at CruxTwo Argentinian artists, Marianela Perelli and Pool Paolini, produced 33 dolls of various religious figures for a show named “Barbie, The Plastic Religion,” which opens in Buenos...
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Will Embracing Sex Outside of Marriage 'Save the Church?'
Father Longnecker, quoting Greg Kandra, quoting an article on St.LouisToday.com, lists four different reason why some lapsed Catholics say they left off going to Mass,– “My daughter came out to me as...
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Benedict XVI Sighting
Long time readers know my special affection for the man who helped convert me to the One Holy Faith (through his writings, not in person, unfortunately) Pope Benedict XVI, now Pope Emeritus. His...
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A Prayer of Praise for Michaelmas
Today in the Divine Office, for Lauds ("morning prayer"), we praise the Lord with his holy prophet, Daniel. If you don't pray the Liturgy of the Hours, perhaps today - honor of Michaelmas (the Feast of...
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Parrot Prays to Our Lady - Do YOU?
Saw this over at CNA:Which got me thinking, how often must have this guy prayed the Hail Mary to get his parrot to, well, parrot it? Let that be encourage for you. Don't let "Poncho" honor Our Heavenly...
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Bach's Music Exists, ergo Atheism is False
I've been listening to Bach's Cello Suites a lot lately. I've long enjoyed his Brandenburg Concerti (sorry, but as an Italian I just can't bring myself to write "concertos" ... shudder), but haven't...
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The Ten Commandments are the Greatest Affirmation of Love and of Life!
In honor of his all too brief reappearance this weekend here is a great quote from our beloved Pope Emeritus. Is this how you understand the teachings of God and His Church? Remember, Christianity...
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What to Make of Atheists Who Reject the Argument from Beauty for God
Yesterday we took an extended look at the "argument from aesthetic experience," in its simplest form, was expounded in Peter Kreeft's Handbook of Christian Apologetics,There is the music of Johann...
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The Catholic Church Defends the Rights of Children and Authentic Freedom
In a recent interview, one of my favorite Cardinals had some profound words to remind the world of the importance of the family (and yes, I am solely referring to the "traditional" family - how absurd...
View ArticleIs Saint Michael Really Jesus in Disguise and Other Interesting Questions...
Dr. Taylor Marshall, whose blog and institute I highly recommended, recently posted an interesting video on St. Michael the Archangel's battle with Satan, as understood by the great St. Augustine of...
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Safe Sex
Great meme...Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.Maybe teaching this, rather than the sex ed...
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The Death of a Catholic Legend. Pray for his Soul.
I've spent most of the day out and only recently heard the sad news of the death of a man who is no doubt familiar of all my readers - Father Benedict Groeschel. He was a true "star of the New...
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Terminally Ill 29 year old Decides to Commit Suicide. What Will Become of Her...
I just came across a very disturbing story over at People, Terminally Ill 29-Year-Old Woman: Why I'm Choosing to Die on My Own Terms.Long story short, this poor woman (please pray for her) has an...
View ArticleWhat is a "Synod" and Why is it So Much in the News?
If you're Catholic and haven't unplugged from all media, new and old, in the spirit of the Amish (in which case you're not reading this blog post), then you've no doubt heard about the Synod that just...
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Pope Benedict XVI on Communion for Divorced and Remarried Catholics (Synod...
Is anyone else praying that our beloved Pope Emeritus will make a surprise visit to the Synod and put an end to some of the nonsense that has been being spread through the media, especially the main...
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Why Do Some Catholics Choose Sex Over Communion? (Synod on the Family)
Over at the great blog of Msgr. Charles Pope, Musings and Concerns over the Synod, a good question was brought up by the good father, (I paraphrase):Why do some people choose sex over receiving the...
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Read Dante. There are Few Better Uses of Your Limited Time on this Earth.
A commenter on my Google + page remarked, after reading my recent post on the Terminally Ill 29 Year Old Who Have Decided to Commit Suicide, that he has a copy of Dante's Inferno, referenced on the...
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