CATHOLIC NEWS: Breaking: Miles Jesu learns from the Legion's mistakes, comes clean about their Founder, seeks renewal "in truth"... PLUS 13 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Breaking: Miles Jesu learns from the Legion's mistakes, comes clean about their Founder, seeks renewal "in truth"... PLUS 13 MORE

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Breaking: Miles Jesu learns from the Legion's mistakes, comes clean about their Founder, seeks renewal "in truth"

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 07:24 AM PDT

This is a breaking story. Miles Jesu has communities in the United States in the Archdiocese of Chicago, Diocese of Phoenix, and also operates in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. In England the group operates in the Diocese of Westminster. It is a community of both consecrated men and lay associates ("Vinculum").

12 + 72 = 1

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:03 PM PDT

A friend conducted a thriving Bible study at her parish until a new priest became the pastor. The next Tuesday night at the study's regular meeting she was surprised but delighted to see him in attendance. She asked the priest to pray at the start of the meeting and then took the small group through two chapters of the book of Acts...

For All the Saints: Martha

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:35 AM PDT

I had "Catholic" daughters long before I was a Catholic. By some inspiration, I pushed to name our first child Martha. (Katie preferred Alicia. ) Martha virtually forced the name of our second child by skipping around the living room endlessly singing the song "Marian the Librarian" from "The Music Man" in the weeks before Marian was born.

Spirituality: Feast of Saint Martha

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Today is the Feast day of St. Martha, who is surprisingly also referred to as "St. Martha the Dragonslayer." Curious? Father Steve's homily for Mass today tells the story and provides us with a powerful spiritual lesson. There are some legendary stories of saints that deserve telling and re-telling...

Homosexuality is a disorder, former Vatican prefect emphasizes

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:37 AM PDT

The gay community in Chile is reacting with indignation to recent comments by 83-year-old Cardinal Jorge Medina Estévez, who led the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of...

Shock: Baby Boy Drowns During Baptism Ceremony in Moldova

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:35 AM PDT

A tragic reminder why the Church, in its wisdom, has chosen against full immersion of infants for baptism: A shocking incident occurred in the village of Mihaileny of Rishcansky district of Moldova with a boy named Laurentiu, who was born six weeks ago in the family of 24-year-old Ludmila and Dmitry Gaydeu. ...

An Important Announcement from Ignatius Press

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 04:47 AM PDT

POPE'S NEW BOOK on JESUS to be PUBLISHED by IGNATIUS PRESS Second volume of Jesus of Nazareth to be released in Spring 2011 SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, 2010 - Pope Benedict XVI's second volume of "Jesus of Nazareth"--"From His Transfiguration to His Death and Resurrection"--will be published in English by Ignatius.

What does Heaven Cost? A Meditation on the "Curse" of Affluence

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:50 PM PDT

Heaven costs everything. This is made plain by the parable spoken by the Lord in today's Gospel: The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven...

The Delusion of the Familiar

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:03 PM PDT

I have always been joyously afflicted with wanderlust. In It's a Wonderful Life, when George Bailey tells Uncle Billy that the three most exciting sounds in the world are anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles, something stirs in my marrow. I have always felt the romance of travel...

The disgrace of EWTN's "The World Over"

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:27 AM PDT

Old Catholic Soldier Richard Comerford who has fought the good fight, lo, these many years against the laptop bombardiers, torture shills, and sundry defenders of war crimes for the Greater Good writes: Soldier of Fortune ("SOF") Magazine is considered a bell weather publication by many knuckle draggers such as myself.

Every biblical quotation from Greek and Latin Church Fathers!

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:38 PM PDT

This is going to be great! The BIBLindex is attempting to index 400,000 biblical quotations and references from Greek and Latin patristic writings. This means we'll be able to see search for how verses were cited in an advanced way. A fantastic tool. Here's more detail: The BIBLindex project is managed by the 'Institut des Sources Chretiennes.

Farewell to a Swiss Guard who served three popes: his last interview

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:16 PM PDT

July 28, 2010. Joseph Schmidt died in Rome July 28, 2010. This is his last interview.

Oprah going to Medjugorje?

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 02:36 PM PDT

I had an email today that Oprah may be going to Medjugorje. Okay. Rumor? Fact? Dunno. But… If Oprah converts to Catholicism because of Medjugorje, then I will have to rethink my position.

10 Fun Catholic Facts

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 09:51 AM PDT

10 - We have tons of friends. Not only are there more than 1.16 billion Catholics, but we also have the Angels and Saints. 9 - The Church's system of law, called Canon Law, is the basis of much of the law in the world's Western culture. 8 - Catholics not only read The Bible, but put The Bible together.