CATHOLIC NEWS: Demonstrating God's Existence Through Desire... PLUS 15 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Demonstrating God's Existence Through Desire... PLUS 15 MORE

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Demonstrating God's Existence Through Desire

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:54 AM PDT

All of us face many trials and difficulties in this world that serve to remind us that we are really in a foreign land, far from home. The world can bewilder us, and beguile us, disappoint us and demand of us. But what if our dissatisfaction with this world was not merely a selfishness, or a...

Archbishop Chaput: Liturgical renewal should create martyrs' love for the Mass

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:58 PM PDT

Christian witness is intended to prepare for and to live the "cosmic liturgy" in which all mankind adores God, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput declared in a lecture on Thursday evening. Noting the cultural obstacles to liturgical understanding, he said the renewed liturgy should create Christians who would die rather than not celebrate Mass.

Ave Maria University Receives Accreditation

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:55 AM PDT

By Tim Drake | The Commission Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced today that Ave Maria University (AMU) has officially been awarded "accredited membership" status and is now an accredited member of the COC. "We have been looking forward to this day for many years," said Tom Monaghan, Founder and Chancellor.

Fr. Barron On The Reform and Renewal of Theology

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:52 AM PDT

When lightning strikes (twice), a photographer is ready

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 08:37 AM PDT

Sometimes, a photographer goes out in search of a good photo--and, because of unforeseen circumstances, he comes back with a great photo, one that gets displayed all over the world. And so it was last night as Tribune photographer Chris Sweda headed to the John Hancock Center skydeck to snap a few shots of the official debut of the Trump Tower spire--and a super.

When a priest can't finish mass

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:52 AM PDT

File this under "Really Interesting Stuff Most Catholics Don't Know." It doesn't happen often, but every now and then a priest is unable to complete the holy sacrifice of the mass. What then? Zenit, citing a theology manual from the 1930s...

Fr. Roger Ebert

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Well, that was what his mother had hoped and prayed for. It didn't quite work out that way. The celebrated film critic -- now suffering from a ravenous form of cancer that has taken away much of his jaw -- remembers his Catholic upbringing, the loss of his faith, and the vocation that wasn't.

Manute Bol: Tall tower of faith

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:17 AM PDT

Time for a trip into the tmatt folder of guilt. If you dig around on the Washington Post site you can find the following weblog post that quotes a U.S. Senate tribute by Sen. Sam Brownback to the late Manute Bol of Sudan, who, at 7-foot-7, with a fingertip-to-fingertip wingspan of 8-feet-6...

Mary Anne Marks, Harvard '10 -..

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:57 PM PDT

This is really charming, and comes our way thanks to reader Jenny, whose son graduated from Harvard University (motto: Veritas ) last month, with this young woman, Mary Anne Marks. Ms. Marks, a classics and English joint concentrator hailing from Queens, NY...

Coming soon to a doorbell near you: Mormon missionaries

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Here's yesterday's "Catholic Answers Live" radio show in which I discuss some general principles for Catholics who want to evangelize Mormons, especially their missionaries who will, sooner or later, show up on your doorstep, ready to talk religion. Be ready for them! Also, as an aside...

Bishops and Ugly Babies

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:28 AM PDT

By Matthew Warner | Never call a man's baby ugly. This is among the best advice I've ever received. It was a few years ago. I was working as an electrical engineer at a large company and was on the usual project - underfunded, undermanned and behind schedule. And it was especially bad for my task in particular. Long story short...

Listening to victims a 'model for ministry,' bishop says

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:21 AM PDT

Philadelphia Listening to sexual abuse victims can be an "opportunity to recalibrate" the whole of a bishop's ministry, Bishop Blase Cupich of Rapid City said today, because it's a powerful reminder that "there are voices out there which the leadership doesn't usually hear."

Atheists Don't Have No Songs -- Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:24 AM PDT

Much thanks to Mike Aquilina for pointing out this good natured and clever song. I laughed out loud but, then, Steve Martin usually has that effect on me.

Pope to go to Birmingham Oratory

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:23 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Birmingham Oratory during his trip to Britain, it emerged today. While he is there he will visit Cardinal John Henry Newman's rooms. There had been some doubt about whether the Pope would visit the Oratory because of controversies within the Birmingham Oratory community...

The First "Court" of Believers and Atheists Will Open in Paris

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT

It was called for by pope Ratzinger, by the name of "court of the gentiles." It will be inaugurated by his minister for culture, Archbishop Ravasi. It will be a place for dialogue with those far from God, the first act of a wider project of new evangelization.

Blessed Newman: The Prayers

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Three months from this week, years in the making, the highly-anticipated papal visit to the UK will see its climax with the beatification of John Henry Newman, the venerable convert, academic, apologist and cleric, who was elevated to the College of Cardinals a decade before his death in 1890 at age 89.