On the Power of Emperors and Popes (Primary Sources in Political Thought)
Godzdogz (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Since the Vatican announced that an Apostolic Constitution would be forthcoming from Pope Benedict XVI that would allow Anglicans to enter corporately into full communion with the Catholic Church, while maintaining some of their legitimate liturgical rites and traditions, there have been many reactions, some positive and others decidedly less so. In particular, a number of commentators in the secular...
Sustainability, Equity, Development (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
(Pope Benedict XVI at Auschwitz) Once a Catholic priest, author James Carroll's faith in authority was broken by the Vietnam War. He left the church and began a rigorous study of the history of the relationship between Christianity and Judaism, distinguishing an extraordinary story that deepens the understanding of the forces that made the seeming incomprehensible Holocaust comprehensible. (Constantine)...
Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | yesterday
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against drug-taking in sport on Saturday. The pope said the Catholic Church believed sport could be a force for good, particularly among young people, but warned against harmful aspects such as doping. "Sport has great educational potential, especially for the young ... and when it is practised with enthusiasm and a strong ethical aspect it becomes the place for healthy...
Ten Reasons (Free subscription) | yesterday
With Advent and the beginning of the next liturgical year coming at the end of the month, I bought a used copy of An Introduction to the Liturgical Year , written by Inos Biffi and (gorgeously) illustrated by Franco Vignazia. Much like their delightful An Illustrated Catechism , this book is a visual and textual feast. Biffi is one of the Pope Benedict's favorite theologians who frequently "ghostwrites"...
ProudToBeCanadian Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Twenty years ago on Nov. 9, a captive people of a divided continent literally with their hands dismantled the Berlin Wall. This wall represented not merely the totalitarian tyranny of Soviet Communism, but the eternal ugliness and evil of that inherent disposition in man to deny the freedom of another to live his life as he wishes. A whole generation has come of age since then with insufficient memory,...
Ten Reasons (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a terrific primer for National Review Online, Fr. Thomas Williams, L.C., explains that from a Catholic perspective, the problems with socialized medicine and ObamaCare aren't limited to abortion, rationing/euthanasia, and the violation of conscience. Here's an excerpt: This uncritical approach certainly doesn’t describe all the bishops, and probably not even the majority. If the bills are...
BizzyBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Budapest, Hungary: Nov 4, 2009 / 10:01 pm On October 31, the Church beatified Bishop Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi, a victim of the Communist persecution of the Catholic Church in Hungary. The beatification was scheduled shortly after Pope Benedict approved a decree verifying the martyrdom of the bishop, who died in 1951. Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of [...]
Faith and Family Live! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tom and April Hoopes: User's Guide to Sunday | (In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.) Nov. 8 is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, Cycle I). Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to make a pastoral visit to Brescia, Italy, today. Veterans Day Nov. 11 …
War On You (Free subscription) | yesterday
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-27692-LA-County-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Truth-be-told-Henry-Kissinger-is-not-an-advisor-to-Pope-Benedict-XVI I’d like to examine an issue which needs to be addressed. As a lifelong Catholic, I respect the teaching of the Church and the authority of it’s leader the Pope, who serves as the Vicar of Christ. This does not mean we blindly go along with...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Deborah Solomon, New York Times As the archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, you are known as the leader of a conservative — and even ultraright — movement that was founded last year in a break from the Episcopal Church. Do you plan to convert to Catholicism now that Pope Benedict has opened [...]
Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pope John Paul II Vatican City, Nov 6, 2009 / 02:02 pm ( CNA ).- The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, denied reports this week claiming that Pope John Paul II will be beatified in April 2010. According to Vatican Radio, the cardinal said, “No, the news about the beatification next spring is not based on any concrete decision.” Several phases in the late Pope’s...
Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
National Catholic Reporter All Things Catholic by John L Allen Jr on Nov. 06, 2009 Much has been made lately of Pope Benedict XVI's apparent lenience for "cafeteria Catholicism" on the right. Two developments have fed the perception: talks between the Vatican and the Society of St. Pius X, the "Lefebvrites," who broke with Rome in protest of liberalizing currents after the Second...
The Curt Jester (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Every once and a while I want to read a novel that is explicitly Catholic in it's telling and plot and that it is not subtle, but hit you over the head Catholicism. A novel that puts itself in the Culture of Death and tells of the story of Catholics dealing with it. The novel Fatherless is very much in this camp. Though unlike many Christian novels with a message it is quite well written with interesting...
Valle Adurni (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Society of the Holy Cross, I understand, has long had at its heart the notion of union with Rome as being an essential part of Catholic Unity, and hence it is not surprising that we saw many signs of euphoria from its members when Pope Benedict heard the appeal of the TAC. Now, however, it might be that the Holy Father has called the bluff of some. Now that the time is fast approaching when the...
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