CATHOLIC NEWS: Half a million pilgrims join the pope for a Mass in Fatima... PLUS 9 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Half a million pilgrims join the pope for a Mass in Fatima... PLUS 9 MORE

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Half a million pilgrims join the pope for a Mass in Fatima

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:53 AM PDT

May 13, 2010. Half a million pilgrims join the pope for a Mass in Fatima.

Homily of Pope Benedict XVI in Fatima (Full Text)

Posted: 13 May 2010 04:00 AM PDT

From the Vatican's website: HOLY MASS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Esplanade of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima Thursday, 13 May 2010 Dear Pilgrims, "Their descendants shall be renowned among the nations […], they are a people whom the Lord has blessed" (Is 61:9). So the first reading of this Eucharist began...

More convenient for everyone

Posted: 13 May 2010 04:11 AM PDT

The apostle John was on the Mount called Olivet when the Lord appeared to him. Jesus said, "John, where are the other disciples? I have something important to tell you all and then I'm going to ascend to my Father." John replied, "Lord, today was not a good day for them.

Today's "spontaneous" = tomorrow's repetitious

Posted: 13 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT

When I was an Evangelical Christian, we would often engage in "spontaneous" prayer in which each person would simply pray as "the Spirit led them." We were against rote prayers, feeling that they were "traditions of men" and broke the Lord's command against vain and repetitious prayer (Matthew 6:7).

Pope lauds 'maternity of God' as counter-sign to egoism

Posted: 13 May 2010 07:33 AM PDT

Fatima, Portugal In the teeth of a world inclined to sacrifice unity "on the altar of base egoisms of nation, race, ideology, the group and the individual," Pope Benedict XVI today proposed Fatima as a counter-sign of the "wondrous maternity of God."

Live from Indy... Well, Close Enough

Posted: 13 May 2010 07:37 AM PDT

Here below, courtesy of the Lafayette diocese, this afternoon's Cathedral presser introducing Bishop-elect Tim Doherty: According to the freshly-retired Bishop William Higi, the most likely date for the ordination/installation is July 15th. Among other reasons...

"May the Church Be Renewed By Priests Who Are Holy"

Posted: 12 May 2010 02:03 PM PDT

Tonight, shortly after arriving in Fatima, as the Vatican's Year of the Priest winds into its home-stretch, Pope Benedict consecrated and entrusted the global presbyterate to the protection of the Madonna of the Cova. Here below, the Vatican Radio translation of the pontiff's prayer: Immaculate Mother, in this place of grace...

What you see versus what you think you see

Posted: 12 May 2010 02:44 PM PDT

There are some fascinating optical illusions that play upon the mind's tendency to impose things like motion on certain combinations of colors and shapes which are not, in fact, really moving. Look at the picture above, for example. Nothing in it is moving, but your eyes see it undulating and pulsating, don't they?

Bill Gates' Foundation Funding Male Contraception Research

Posted: 12 May 2010 01:40 PM PDT

The reason why women have contraception and men don't is because men didn't want the side-effects or the responsibility - including the fact that women died while being experimented on. So, male researchers stopped experimenting on men and switched to women. Now...

Another Reason I Love Pope Benedict

Posted: 12 May 2010 11:03 AM PDT

By Mark Shea | is that he shares my non-emotive relationship with our Lady. Don't get me wrong. I don't have a problem with people (like f'rinstance John Paul) who have an intensely emotional relationship with Mary. My attitude to the readers of Spirit Daily and those who are deeply enthused about Marian apparitions is "de gustibus".