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Army chaplain anointed 11 of 13 killed at Fort Hood

2009-11-06T22:33:27Z

Two months into his new posting as an on-call chaplain at the United States' largest Army base, Father Ed McCabe had the longest day of his military chaplaincy. Father McCabe was 10 minutes into a weekly chaplain staff meeting at Fort Hood when the clergy got word of the shooting spree taking place at the base.

Death of a False Prophet

2009-11-07T11:44:42Z

From the October 16, 2009, edition of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle (MT): Elizabeth Clare Prophet, longtime spiritual leader of the controversial Church Universal and Triumphant, died Thursday evening at her apartment in Bozeman. She was 70. She suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease and died with her daughter, Moira...

Jesus vs Terminator

2009-10-30T04:36:25Z

What would happen if Hollywood got hold of salvation history? The following video is meant to be funny and it is. But consider that it unwittingly makes a very important point. You see, Hollywood loves the happy ending and notions like the cross are quite foreign there. Hence, in this clip the Terminator, (Arnold!) won't...

Pope John Paul II's "guardian angel"

2009-11-06T22:10:30Z

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece—an obituary, actually—about Camillo Cibin, who was a bodyguard for six popes, organized security during the Second Vatican Council, and saved the life of John Paul II: For almost 60 years, Camillo Cibin was the silent shadow of six popes...

Abortion Doc: Am I Killing? Yes I Am!

2009-11-06T19:04:10Z

Most disturbing vid of the day. Ordained minister/late term abortionist/admitted killer. But mind you, he's doing it for the children.

TIME's Amy Sullivan on Archbishop Burke and Cardinal O'Malley

2009-11-06T21:17:53Z

Once again, TIME's Amy Sullivan delivers the message of the Catholic Left. You may recall the last time she declared that abortion funding in the health care bill was a "myth." That "myth" is causing a real ruckus at the present moment.

On Health Care, Drawing the Line... One More Time

2009-11-06T20:03:12Z

With the House of Representatives looking to vote on a health-care reform plan as soon as tomorrow, yet with the church's standard on a package still unmet, the three US bishops charged with leading the body's response sent an "urgent message" to all 435 Congresspeople earlier today with renewed calls for a ban on abortion funding and support for conscience protections...

Spanish cloistered nuns see surge in vocations

2009-11-05T18:51:00Z

A 43 year-old prioresses has revolutionized an old Poor Clares convent in Spain, turning it onto a magnet for dozens of young professional women.

Planned Parenthood Clinic Closes on Last Day of 40 Days for Life

2009-11-06T22:17:37Z

A Healthcare Problem Washington May Have Missed

2009-11-06T19:04:19Z

With more than 620 Catholic hospitals serving the public around the United States, hundreds of Catholic medical clinics and shelters, and even a few Catholic-affiliated medical schools, Catholics have a keen interest in healthcare reform. That interest isn't new. It's rooted in experience...

Make cookies in 90 seconds with your waffle iron

2009-11-06T19:01:01Z

We don't have a waffle iron. It's one of those small appliances that's only good for one thing, and we don't eat that one thing often enough to warrant owning one. But if we could use it to make cookies? Maybe we'd reconsider. We saw this tip at Fine Cooking and were immediately intrigued. Crispy, chewy...

Man shows up alive at his own funeral

2009-11-06T18:57:55Z

A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said. As is customary in Brazil, the funeral was held the following day...

Beato? Sì. Subito? No

2009-11-06T20:18:25Z

The other day, a reader note asked about rumors that Pope John Paul II was to be beatified early next year, around the fifth anniversary of his death. As the traditional investigatory report on the candidate's life had only recently been completed, the requisite miracle had yet to be presented (let alone examined and approved)...

Pope Engineers TO Church

2009-11-06T16:59:21Z

Almost three years after Archbishop Thomas Collins took the helm of Canada's largest local church, this morning Pope Benedict named the cardinal-in-waiting's first two auxiliaries for the nearly 2 million-member Toronto archdiocese. Canada's first Asian prelate, Bishop-elect Vincent Nguyen, 43, left his native Vietnam at 18, was ordained in 1998...

Benedict's ongoing battle against secularism

2009-11-06T15:34:27Z

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 Vatican Council (1962-65); and new structures to allow Anglicans to become.

George Washington and Catholics

2009-11-05T11:20:28Z

America has been blessed by God in many ways but I suspect no blessing has been greater than His granting us George Washington to lead us in our struggle for independence and to be our first President. Catholics have perhaps more reason than other Americans to keep the memory of Washington alive in our hearts.

Suspect in Fort Hood shooting, a Muslim, asked Army to discharge him, aunt said

2009-11-06T22:12:00Z

He prayed every day at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, a devout Muslim who, despite asking to be discharged from the U.S. Army, was on the eve of his first deployment to war. Yesterday, authorities said Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, a 39-year-old Arlington-born psychiatrist, shot and killed...

Operation Rescue trashes Nancy Pelosi's office

2009-11-06T15:23:46Z

The above is a shot of the wild scene outside Nancy Pelosi's office yesterday afternoon, as described in The Hill last night... Conservative protesters chanting "Kill that bill!" stormed the Capitol on Thursday as Republicans launched a last-ditch effort against the Democrats' healthcare bill.

Are We Beyond the Conflict of Science and Faith?

2009-11-05T23:00:00Z

When I was a physics major in college, my father happened to be a professor of Medieval Philosophy at the same institution. One day, after lecturing on Dante and the Music of the Spheres, he happened across my physics professor, Jim Lang: "Jim, can you hear the music of the spheres?" Lang: "Hear it? Hear it? Bill...

The deer hunter priest

2009-11-06T11:24:04Z

A lot of priests have a hobby. But here's one that's a little out of the ordinary: When Christopher Wenthe was an electrical engineer and single, living in the Twin Cities, he had lots of time to hunt and...

Natural Law is Not New

2009-11-06T18:40:17Z

The Natural Law Tradition of the Catholic Church is often criticised by some Protestants and more often by secularists. Some think of it as merely an invention of the scholastic period. Others (esp. some of the Protestants) think we should limit our discourse to the Scriptures alone. But Catholicism has always seen God's revelation in...

Arrest made in slaying of religious sister at New Mexico convent

2009-11-06T03:46:00Z

The FBI has made an arrest in the slaying of a religious sister who was found dead in St. Berard's Convent in Navajo, New Mexico.

Rodé: "Feminism" Drove Visitation

2009-11-05T19:14:21Z

Following up on his Tuesday clarification concerning the Apostolic Visitation of US womens' communities, the Vatican's Religious Czar amplified his thought-process on the evaluation yesterday in an interview with Vatican Radio. Shown above greeting sisters of a more traditional stripe on a March visit to an Italian seminary specializing in the "extraordinary form" of the Roman rite,

I Could Watch This A Million Times

2009-11-04T22:10:05Z

The Return from Iraq - Free videos are just a click away So many emotions go through this little girl's face in a moment. We've all probably seen it before but it's worth watching. HT Viral Footage.

Chinese Catholics shaken by 'underground' bishop's choice to join Patriotic Association

2009-11-04T19:02:31Z

The decision by Bishop Francis An Shuxin to join the government-back Patriotic Association, after years of leadership in the 'underground' Church, has dismayed and divided the faithful in...

Catholic support crucial to repeal of Maine same-sex 'marriage' law

2009-11-04T18:09:00Z

In midterm elections on Tuesday the voters of Maine repealed a law that legalized same-sex "marriage." Scott Fish, Communications Director of Stand for Marriage Maine, told CNA that Catholic support was "very crucial" to the outcome.

Nun Defiant Following Rebuke, but Stops Abortion Escorting

2009-11-06T14:56:56Z

Sr. Donna Quinn has reportedly ceased serving as an abortion escort at an Illinois abortion facility after receiving a reprimand from her Dominican community. But according to statements published in the...

Even Babies Have "Accents," Crying Study Finds

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Newborn babies start learning language in the womb—and are born with accent-like intonations, a new study of crying babies says.

A Man's Guide to Dry Cleaning

2009-11-06T03:27:49Z

Image from Millie Motts Why should a man care about dry cleaning? When your expensive clothing is damaged or lost, what can you do? I'm sure many of you reading this have been burned when it comes to having a garment come back missing buttons, torn, or in the worst case scenario-doesn't come back at all.

Christ is our Sign of Favor

2009-11-06T05:00:58Z

Matthew 24:23-24 Then if any one says to you, ‘Lo, here is the Christ!' or ‘There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

A Holy Interruption

2009-11-06T05:01:37Z

I like the idea that Rachael, my youngest daughter, attends a Christian college just twenty five minutes from our home. At nineteen years of age, she has her independence but still gets home quite often to do her laundry or just to hang out with the family. Last Saturday afternoon, as she studied for an anatomy test at the kitchen table...

Friday Litany: Litany of St. Joseph

2009-11-06T13:14:27Z

This litany reminds me of how St. Joseph models not only fatherhood for us, but also life as a faithful believer. As my own father steadily sinks while in palliative care, it seemed timely to pray or reflect upon this litany, approved by Pope St. Pius X (1903-14). Litany of Saint Joseph In Honor of the Foster Father of Jesus Lord...

Because I Can Always Come Back

2009-11-06T11:54:44Z

In "The Death of a Hired Man," one of my favorite poems, Robert Frost famously wrote, "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, / they have to take you in." You can bet Frost wasn't thinking of the Catholic Church, but he could have been. We are all prodigals, and a loving parent is always waiting at the door.

Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

2009-11-06T11:47:42Z

Readings for Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time [1] [2] Readings from the Jerusalem Bible Readings and Commentary: [3] Reading 1: Romans 15:14-21 I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge...