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      • Debunking the "Fruits of Medjugorje" Arguments
        09/30/09
        Mathew [sic] 7:16 "You will know them by their fruits"

        First of all, I find serious fault with the ongoing apologetic "fruits" argument concerning the hoax in Bosnia. This is the same old canard that Medjugorje enthusiasts have been throwing around for decades now when

      • Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for October
        09/30/09
        From the Vatican Information Service (VIS):

        VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2009 (VIS) – Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for October is: "That Sunday may be lived as the day on which Christians gather to celebrate the risen Lord, participating in the Eucharist".

        His

      • So Much for The Culture of Life in Congress
        09/30/09
        Sen. Orin Hatch’s (R-UT) amendment to Sen. Backus’ "Health Care" bill was voted down in the Senate Finance Committee.

        The amendment would have prohibited federal funding of abortion in a way that is more lasting than the "Hyde Amendment" (which has to be renewed ea

      • Holy Father Encourages Use of New Media
        09/30/09
        It seems they're finally Getting It? Maybe...

        From Zenit:

        VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has chosen to dedicate World Communications Day 2010 to the theme "The priest and pastoral ministry in a digital world: new media at the service of the W

      • CCHD Defunds Group Which Violate Catholic Teaching
        09/28/09
        From Catholic News Agency

        Washington D.C., Sep 27, 2009 / 05:04 pm (CNA).- A watchdog group which discovered that the Catholic Campaign for Human Development has given grants to groups which support abortion and same-sex “marriage” has said it is pleased that the campaign has taken st

      • Bishop Puts Foot Down on Medugorje
        09/28/09
        Finally, some sanity.

        The Bishop of Mostar has issued a series of restrictions on Medjugorje, I am afraid it has been translated by machine, the original can be found here, on the diocesan website, it is dated September 2009.

        The Bishop needs our prayers, I am sure he is going

      • For Once, A Balanced Treatment of the Extraordinary Form
        09/28/09
        Hat tip to Fr. Z's blog for highlighting this well-written, and for once, balanced story about the Extraordinary Form in Seattle.

        Published in the Seattle Intelligencer on Saturday last.

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        Saturday, September 26, 2009
        Last updated 1:59 p.m. PT
        Dominus vob

      • The Ant and the Grasshopper
        09/28/09
        This sent from a friend and fellow rosary group member....quite appropos for the current societal trends...

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        OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

        The grasshopper thinks the

      • In Doubt About Obamacide? Follow the Money
        09/23/09
        You think the AARP is in it to help protect you? Think again. This is why I'm NOT a member and never will be:

        This week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it was investigating Humana for providing “misleading” information regarding the Administration’s p

      • St. Pio of Pietrelcina
        09/23/09

        St. Pio of Pietrelcina

        Today is the feast of Padre Pio.

        In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John Paul II canonized Padre Pio of Pietrelcina on June 16, 2002. It was the 45th canonization ceremony in Pope John Paul's pontificate. More than 300,000 p

      • Experiencing the Extraordinary Form
        09/21/09
        This young lady, obviously a product of what passed as catechesis in the heady days of the post-Council rush to change everything, Gets It.

        From The Kansas City Star (via kansascity.com):

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        I cover my head when I worship. I am not a Muslim woman but a Roman Catholic

      • On The Churching of Women
        09/21/09
        From the Catholic Encyclopaedia:
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        The Churching of Women is a blessing given by the Church to mothers after recovery from childbirth. Only a Catholic woman who has given birth to a child in legitimate wedlock, provided she has not allowed the child to be baptized outside the Cathol

      • Tough-Love Catholicism in Sauk City
        09/21/09
        We need more priests like this, and fewer of the hippy-dippy Fr. Feelgood 'presiders' we've been suffering through for many years. God bless Bishop Morlino and these men.

        From the Wisconsin State Journal:

        SAUK CITY —At a recent Mass at St. Aloysius Catholic Ch

      • Commentary on Archbishop Weakland
        09/20/09
        It should be no surprise that the moonbat left wing of the Church idolizes folks like the former Arcbishop of Milwaukee, Rembert Weakland, who, more than any other churchman, was responsible for the disarray of our faith here in the US. From his participation in Vatican II to his resignation in disg

      • An Uplifting Story
        09/18/09
        From the faithful National Catholic Register, not that rag out of KC that purports to call itself "Catholic".

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        Emma Watson Meets Her Pope

        Posted by Tim Drake

        Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:24 AM

        This time around, she almost missed seeing t

      • Do We Avoid the Cross?
        09/18/09
        The sign we give at the celebration of Mass most probably really illustrates the real attitude most of us have to the Cross, it hangs about behind us, loons over our shoulder but is mainly ignored.

        Something very profound is being said when crucifix, altar, tabernacle and priest are seper

      • Ordination of the New Bishops by the Holy Father.
        09/17/09

      • Pope Benedict on Priests
        09/17/09
        From the Catholic News Agency (CNA): Priests cannot be replaced by the laity, Pope Benedict explains.

        Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sep 17, 2009 / 10:27 am (CNA).- In an audience this morning with bishops visiting from Brazil, Pope Benedict XVI advised them on how to respond to the lack of prie

      • Teacher Who Suppprted Disciplined Nun Dismissed
        09/16/09
        From the Cincinnati Inquirer. Comments in BLACK.

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        Teacher ousted for support of nun

        By Dan Horn • dhorn@enquirer.com • September 14, 2009

        A volunteer religious education teacher was dismissed this weekend for publicly voicing support for Sister Loui

      • And...Some Practical Advice...
        09/16/09
        The information for this comes from crime experts and convicted burglars in North Carolina, Oregon, California, and Kentucky. Here’s what a burglar won’t tell you:

        1. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets, painting your shutters, or delivering your

      • Always Playing the Race Card?
        09/16/09
        Michael Sean Winters, the Catholic writer who never even heard of Patrick Madrid, continues to embarrass himself and the Jesuit magazine (America, but that's an embarrassment enough) he writes for.

        Using quite faulty logic he decides that the protests against the Obama administration

      • He Should Be Ashamed of Himself...
        09/16/09
        Jimmy Carter ought to be ashamed of himself. But he probably isn't since, as the poster child of incompetence and disloyalty, he's made a mockery of whatever good he may have accomplished elsewhere in his post-presidential years. That he should have been hauled up on charges of treason fo

      • Thought for Today
        09/16/09
        As we toil through our day today, please ponder in your heart the unnumbered multitude of souls who endure unimaginable torments in the bowels of Purgatory. Consider then, if you will, that those souls, upon release, will fly to Eternal Bliss in the Beatific Vision with a tremendous debt of gratitud

      • Prayer Request
        09/14/09
        For a dear friend from Fordham and colleague at the radio station while I was there...got this via my Facebook link this morning:

        "Asking for some prayers for mom. She is in ICU and battling pneumonia. The next few days are critical for her."

        Please remember this inte

      • Rationalization
        09/14/09
        If you can play down the murder of innocent human life, there is little else you cannot rationalize. At the heart of all great acts of inhumanity to man during the last century, there lay this very sentiment.

      • 9/11. Never Forget.
        09/11/09

        (c) 2001 The Record, (Bergen County, NJ).

      • Government Departments Remember 9/11. How?
        09/11/09
        All over the country, people remembered the Sept. 11 attacks in their own various ways - visiting memorial sites, attending ceremonies, reflecting on their own experience, watching the television coverage.

        But at the Department of Health and Human Services, Sept. 11 is another way to reme

      • Ember Days
        09/11/09
        Call to Prayer and Fasting

        This year, the Autumn Ember days are on September 16, 17, and 19th. They follow the Feast of the Holy Cross (Sept. 14), the anniversary that the motu proprio took effect. Let all traditional Catholics unite to observe the traditional Ember fast on these three da

      • One Last Kennedy Comment
        09/09/09
        A couple weeks post-the-societal-glow over the instant "canonization" of Senator Kennedy (remember him?), people are still wondering and chewing on the apparent contradictions and hypocrisy displayed not only by some members of the Bostonian hierarchy versus the very public snubbing of the

      • On the Other Hand...McBrien Strikes Again
        09/09/09
        Father Z's always intense insight:

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        In many places where perpetual, or even frequent, Eucharistic Adoration has been made available, there have been great benefits.

        But, Father Richard McBrien of Notre Shame is against Eucharist Adoration.

        In his la

      • Update on Reform of the Reform
        09/09/09
        From the National Catholic Register (NOT the dissident National Catholic Reporter):

        ‘Reform of the Reform’ Update
        Posted by Edward Pentin
        Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:02 AM

        The Congregation for Divine Worship is declining to comment further on reports that t

      • Female Servers in the Extraordinary Form?
        09/09/09
        From Zenit:

        ROME, SEPT. 8, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.

        Q: Is there any definitive answer available [no] regarding the use of female servers at celebrations of the extraordi

      • Let's Play "What's the Headline?"
        09/08/09
        Welcome ladies and gentleman to the newest online game show sweeping the nation called "What's the Headline?" where viewers at home read four quotes from celebrities, notables, and politicians and see which one the mainstream media deems worthy of being called a scandal, appear above

      • Heresy, 500 Years Later
        09/08/09
        Is there something about the late summer heat and humidity that makes it difficult to keep denominational lines straight?

        This weekend, while an excommunicated priest was denouncing the Vatican, an article in the Catholic press discussed "the slide of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

      • Enviro-cult takes over Catholic School?
        09/08/09
        The cult of enviornmentalism is being preached at St. Mary’s Resurrection Elementary School in Jersey City, New Jersey.

        In the Fox Report below, you’ll see Catholic school children start their day by pledging “allegiance to the earth and all Her sacred hearts”, an allusion to th

      • One Last Comment
        09/08/09
        From "Off The Record" by Diogenes:

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        Good morning, class. Today we’re going to see how well you understand what you read.

        Please read carefully through the blog post in which Cardinal O’Malley justifies his participation in the canonization funeral of Ted Ke

      • The Passing of A Real Hero
        09/06/09
        The Passing of a Real Hero
        Human Life International e-Newsletter
        Volume 04, Number 28 | Friday, September 4, 2009

        Today the pro-life movement mourns the loss of Mr. Robert Schindler, Sr., the father of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, whose fight for life captured the heart of t

      • So...How's that Hope and Change Working for You?
        09/04/09
        We reap what we sow.

        Never a doubt about that.

        To whit: See This

      • Uh-Oh. Not ALL Bishops Have Imbibed the Kool-Aid
        09/04/09
        The Kansas City Bishops wrote an important statement concerning universal health care that bucks the conventional wisdom concerning the USCCB and ObamaCare:

        The right of every individual to access health care does not necessarily suppose an obligation on the part of the government to

      • And This is the Dedication to "Rules for Radicals"
        09/02/09
        And we wonder why the current occupant of the White House seems so...I don't know...creepy?

        His spiritual mentor and leading light of the "community organizer" movement, Saul Alinsky, wrote this dedication to his book "Rules for Radicals".



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      • Think The Lie is Over? Think Again.
        09/02/09
        My feeling? Throw out the envelope in the box you received. Why give them ANYTHING?

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        The social activism of the Catholic clergy might appear to laypeople to have peaked in the 1970s, but that would be a mistaken view. It has merely gone mainstream, with funds still pouring in to

      • Roots of CHD
        09/02/09
        Many American Catholics know of the Campaign for Human Development (CHD), which the national conference of Catholic bishops initiated in 1969. It is the longest-running social experiment in American Catholic history. It is the primary example of Catholic social action in the United States.
      • Donate to the Campaign for Human Development? Think Again.
        09/02/09
        In 1968, the United States was in a socio-political state of flux. American Catholics, in particular, were bemused and dismayed at how their highly-respected clergy could seemingly change overnight. Not only that, but many Catholics were living in what were known as ‘changing neighbourhoods’ w

      • Holy Father's Intentions for September
        09/01/09
        VATICAN CITY, 1 SEP 2009 (VIS) – Pope Benedict XVI’s general prayer intention for September is: "That the word of God may be better known, welcomed and lived as the source of freedom and joy".

        His mission intention is: "That Christians in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, w

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