CATHOLIC NEWS: Holy Goalie: A Two-Pole Tuesday... PLUS 19 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Holy Goalie: A Two-Pole Tuesday... PLUS 19 MORE

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Holy Goalie: A Two-Pole Tuesday

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 05:00 AM PDT

And well, gang, time to rev 'em up.... To make things official, this morning Pope Benedict named: Bishop Thomas Wenski, 59 (above), ordinary of Orlando since 2004, as metropolitan archbishop of Miami; and Bishop Thomas Paprocki, 57, auxiliary of Chicago since 2003...

The Longest 48 Hours of My Life

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 06:58 AM PDT

By Matthew Archbold | My life had always responded to my will and even my whim. The times of my life were dictated by me. During high school I had a great time. I didn't try very hard but I got by. Any girlfriends I'd had I broke it off with them. I never had my heart broken.

And Springfield Makes Two

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:15 PM PDT

In the capital of the Land of Lincoln, it looks like the nation's longest-standing vacancy is set to wrap early tomorrow as well.... From the Springfield Journal-Register : Officials have scheduled a news conference for 10 a.m. Tuesday to make "an announcement of critical importance to Catholics in the diocese,"

On Fetal Pain and the Humanizing of the Abortion Debate

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:15 PM PDT

There was a good article in the Washington Post today By Marc Thiessen entitled Bringing Humanity Back to the Abortion Debate. The article is an op-ed piece reflecting on the recent action of Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska in signing into law the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Obviously the Nebraska law will be challenged by...

A Video Every Catholic Music Leader Needs to Watch

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Can you tell the difference?? from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.

Christians now outnumber Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa by 2 to 1

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:14 AM PDT

A study published on April 15 by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has found that the number of Christians in sub-Saharan Africa grew from seven million in 1900 to 470 million today...

News You Can Lose

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 01:00 PM PDT

I was at prayer the other day and Jeff Greenfield popped into my head. This is the Jeff Greenfield who was a speechwriter for Bobby Kennedy, wrote some fine political books, and was a fairly balanced though liberal political commentator for many years on ABC News. Taking this as an impulse of the Holy Spirit...

California lawyer is voice of the Vatican in U.S. courts

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 02:40 PM PDT

This is a bad time for Jeffrey Lena to have quit caffeine. In Kentucky, the 51-year-old attorney is defending Pope Benedict XVI from a deposition motion in a case involving child abuse by clergy. In a suit pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Lena is arguing that the Vatican cannot be tried for transferring a predatory priest from Ireland to Oregon.

Converted by One Blood Drop of a Martyr: Saint Henry Walpole

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Today the Church commemorates the English martyr Saint Henry Walpole (1558 - 1595). On 1 December 1581 Henry was present in London for Queen Elizabeth's execution of Saint Edmund Campion. When Campion was drawn and quartered, a drop of Campion's blood fell upon the lapel of Henry Walpole. Thereafter, Henry converted to Catholicism...

Brazil's bishops sound alarm about the Amazon

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:08 PM PDT

ROME -- This week Catholic bishops from the Brazilian state of Pará are in Rome for their ad limina meetings with Pope Benedict XVI and the various offices of the Vatican. While here, the Brazilian prelates are desperately struggling to grab the world's attention about what they see as a massive human and environmental crisis in the Amazon.

Benedict XVI in Malta. The Shore That Saves from Shipwreck

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:00 PM PDT

The pope's weeping with victims of sexual abuse. "God rejects no one. And the Church rejects no one. Yet in his great love, God challenges all of us to change and to become more perfect."

Fr. Neil Buchlein and I discuss Medjugorje pros and cons on the Al Kresta Show

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 01:07 PM PDT

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Kick-A** and The Perfect Game: How Kids Are Portrayed in Film Says A Lot About Our Culture

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:03 PM PDT

The 1957 Little League World Series team from Monterrey, Mexico is facing another David and Goliath story this weekend. This time it doesn't happen on a baseball diamond, but at the box office. The Perfect Game is based on the true story of a poor Mexican Little League team's improbable road to baseball immortality.

The Timeline of Abuse

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:30 PM PDT

One of the more oft-heard responses to the recent outbreak of coverage on the abuse scandals in the Church is the following: 'when is the Church going to respond to this and protect children?' This question is entirely sensible. We have heard about these scandals in the past, and yet fresh stories of abuse are appearing on a weekly basis. Moreover...

The Disciples Caught 153 Fish

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:47 AM PDT

The 3 rd Sunday of Easter, John 21:1-19 John 21:11, "So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish." --Many saints and exegetes have wondered; Why does St. John specify that exactly 153 fish were caught? What is the significance of this number? Indeed...

A volcano erupts and our Irish Famine past reappears

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 02:05 PM PDT

Ireland is as cut off from America right now as if air travel never existed. Now the only way here is via boat thanks to the Icelandic volcano and our entire sense of what time represents has to change. Suddenly we are catapulted back to an era where planes no longer whisk us from one continent to another in under six hours.

SAINTS SPEAK: Ambrose, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Teresa of Avila on the Blessed Mother

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:31 AM PDT

Archbishop Sheen: The Stranger Within

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 02:00 AM PDT

Twilight, Vampires, and the Holy Eucharist

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Surely by now, every reader of Canterbury Tales has heard of the incredible success of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer and their film adaptations - Twilight and New Moon so far. I haven't read the books, but I have seen the two movies. Meyer, like Anne Rice, has demonstrated that the topic of vampirism is incredible fascinating...

Evidence of Renewal

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:45 PM PDT

S hock and awe" would be the best description of my response to this recent Associated Press headline: "US Catholic church moving faster on abuse cases." Not because it was news to me, but because it was making news. At a time of great sadness, anger, and confusion — as Europe suffers the unearthing of new scandals and several old ones...