Men's Basketball Blog - The Vatican - Day 9
The day began with an early wake-up call and a light breakfast at our hotel. The 39 members of our group departed at 8:30 a.m. for Vatican City. The most efficient way to get to this small country is via the subway system. After about a twenty-minute ...
LCWR: business as usual despite cloud of Vatican mandate
Meeting here for their annual assembly, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious spent four days conducting the business any large organization requires -- despite the subtext of an ongoing Vatican investigation and orders to reform. The Aug. 12-16 ...
A Roman Holiday
DISCLAIMER: this is a rather rambly post with a lot of photos So I went off on my hols to Roma with my family last week and as I haven't posted on here in 9 months - oops - I decided to share my Italian venture with you lovelies. I wish i could tell you I was involved in a real life reinactent of Au ...
Au Portugal, des 'poètes' vandalisent la Chambre de commerce Luso-Israël à Porto
Un groupe autoproclamé "Certains Poètes" a vandalisé à l'aube du 20 août les installations de la Chambre de commerce Luso-Israël à Porto. Dans un communiqué envoyé à l'agence Lusa, le groupe affirme que "toute institution qui entretient des relations avec l'État d'Israël est complice de l'occupation ...
Planned Parenthood
A declaration that PP is an 'enemy of the Church' would mean that Catholics who work with, advocate for, or support Planned Parenthood, incur automatic excommunication. American Life League Lisa Bourne New campaign asks Pope Francis to declare Planned Parenthood an ‘enemy of the Church’ The Catholic ...
Royal commission: Child abuse victim support groups outraged over Cardinal George Pell’s testimony
Support groups for child sexual abuse victims have expressed their outrage after Cardinal George Pell’s testimony at the royal commission in Melbourne last night. Cardinal Pell appeared at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse via videolink from the Vatican. Saying ...
FrICTION
Coming Soon... VATICAN 3 starring Sylvester Stallone as Pope Francis & Johnny Depp as Reverend Gianfranco Ghirlanda (hopefully straight to DVD)
DPPL 30: Medieval Seapration of Liturgy from Vernacular Piety
The Church lists some reasons for the 7th-to-15th century split in Christian religious practice: 30. The following may be counted among the reasons for the development of this dualism: • the idea that the Liturgy was the competence of clerics since the laity were no more than spectators at the Litur ...
Journalist Foley's parents, after call with pope, call for prayer and action
Journalist Foley's parents, after call with pope, call for prayer and action The parents of James Foley, the American journalist killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq, on Friday called for prayer and support to free the remaining captives held by Islamic State fighters. "We do pray, we beg the i ...
40 Years of Permanent Diaconate in Arundel & Brighton Diocese
Bishop Kieran, Deacons, Family and Friends at Arundel Cathedral On Sunday 10th August, the Feast of St Laurence, Deacon and Martyr, the deacons of the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton with family and friends gathered at Arundel Cathedral with Bishop Kieran for Evening Prayer followed by a celebration i ...
Comment on The Left must confront its unintentional anti-Semitism by dave furioso
you've really not done a very good job here of identifying 'unintentional antisemitism on the left' here. you can't possibly think that people wanting to boycott the products of illegal settlements is somehow racist because of the overzealous actions of others on their side. To do that is simply to ...
Catholic Meditation - Twenty First Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A.
Martin Jumbam Mother Church invites us to celebrate Sunday, August 24, 2014 as the twenty first Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “Listen, Lord, and answer me. Save your servant who trusts in you. I call to you all day long, and have mercy on me, O Lord.” The main t ...
