CATHOLIC NEWS: Chicago archdiocese opens canonization cause for first African-American priest... PLUS 15 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Chicago archdiocese opens canonization cause for first African-American priest... PLUS 15 MORE

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Chicago archdiocese opens canonization cause for first African-American priest

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:08 AM PST

Fr. Augustus Tolton, a man born into slavery who became the first American diocesan priest of African descent, is now being considered for canonization.

Urban Legend, Global Saint

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:28 AM PST

Today's the feast of St Katharine Drexel, the River City banking heiress who shocked the high society of her day by devoting her massive inheritance to the education and evangelization of African- and Native Americans, founding the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. On a cursory look back...

A Prayer to Be Freed From the Seven Deadly Sins

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:31 AM PST

Perfect for Lenten penance and reflection: O Jesus, meek Savior and Prince of Peace, implant in me the virtues of gentleness and patience. Let me curb the fury of anger and restrain all resentment and impatience so as to overcome evil with good, attain your peace, and rejoice in Your love. O Jesus, Model of humility...

We've Lost The Capitol

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 07:22 AM PST

By Jimmy Akin | It's always dramatic when, in a war, the capitol city falls. Jerusalem before Romans. Rome before barbarians. Constantinople before Turks. Richmond before Yankees. Paris before the Germans. Berlin before the Allies. Kabul. .. Baghdad. .. and countless others.

The Sixth Commandment

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:03 PM PST

Our culture pretty much winks at adultery these days. It winks sort of like Maurice Chevalier, lecherously ogling "girls, girls, girls" in some old musical number. Adultery is sold as a charming but lovable fault, as with that adorable rascal Bill Clinton. Or else it is sold as exciting and sexy, as with Brangelina.

The Keillor memorandum

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:27 AM PST

The celebrated humorist and radio host is scheduled to speak at a Catholic gathering next month -- and it's raising a few eyebrows: The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) has invited Garrison Keillor, a pro-abortion, pro-gay "marriage" Episcopalian, as a keynote speaker at the group's annual convention. Keillor...

Q & A with Msgr. Guido Marini, papal liturgist

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:40 PM PST

Monsignor Guido Marini, Benedict XVI's Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, is one of those Vatican figures who normally operate in the shadows. He's the guy who organizes the Masses and other liturgical events over which the pope presides, so he generally attracts notice only when he happens to be standing near his boss when the TV cameras light up.

Video of Archbishop Chaput

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:20 AM PST

I mentioned this great speech in a post yesterday. Here is the video.

The Rock of Moses Foretells the Eucharistic Table of Christ

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 06:13 AM PST

Saint John Chrysostom teaches us that the rock which Moses struck foreshadows the table that Christ "touches" at the Last Supper. From the table of Christ pours forth life for the People of God: From the Catecheses by Saint John Chrysostom (Cat. 3, 24-27: SC 50, 165-167) Christ and Moses What distinguished the first Moses? Moses...

You, sir, are 0-for-5. Or 6. Or 8. Or more

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:37 AM PST

I know it is beneath this illustrious blog to stoop to fisking letters-to-the-editor, but, truth be told, it has never really stopped us. More accurately, it has never stopped me. Besides, I'm always fascinated by letters, articles, or books ( The Da Vinci Code, anyone?) that don't get anything right...

Critical Keys for Catholic Catechesis: Discipline and Content

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 06:44 AM PST

Almost no one in the Church would claim today that we have done a good job of handing on the faith to our children. Depending on how we reckon it we have lost two or three generations to an ignorance and inability to articulate the faith. Even the most basic teachings are unknown to the young. A...

Archbishop Chaput says Catholic medical workers should face hostility with courage

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:24 PM PST

Houston, Texas, Mar 2, 2010 / 04:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Charles Chaput delivered an address to health care professionals in Houston on Tuesday, inciting them to "have courage" and "speak up" in defending their Catholic faith within the workplace, especially as governments encroach on the rights of religious believers.

Stop putting sand in the holy water fonts!

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:51 PM PST

Why… why… why would these dopey liturgists and priests remove a tool of spiritual warfare precisely duing the season of Lent when we need it the most?

A priest showed the way

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:21 AM PST

She thought she might get off with a few Hail Marys. Instead, she got three years in prison. The 27-year-old New Jersey woman who cried rape and put away an innocent man had no idea what coming clean would cost her when she stepped into a confessional a year ago and told her priest everything.

Dawn Eden, Unhooked

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:05 PM PST

By Tom Hoopes | Dawn Eden has a fascinating take on where modern youth are — and where they are headed. I recently wrote a story for OSV about the alarming "hookup culture" developing on college campuses, and spoke with Dawn Eden about the phenomenon. That interview, in full, follows. What's so different about this phenomenon than the 1970s?

Margaret Sanger Interview with Mike Wallace

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 09:13 AM PST

What would many people today be more upset about: Margaret Sanger's views or the tobacco company sponsorship? With thanks to Connor for the video link.