CATHOLIC NEWS: The saint's 'wise heart' rejects dependence on transient things, Pope teaches... PLUS 12 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: The saint's 'wise heart' rejects dependence on transient things, Pope teaches... PLUS 12 MORE

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The saint's 'wise heart' rejects dependence on transient things, Pope teaches

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:23 AM PDT

Vatican City, Aug 1, 2010 / 10:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The person who trusts in the Lord and does not give in to a fear of adversity or death shares "a wise heart" with the saints, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday. Remembering the saints' examples of trust in God, the Holy Father taught that any dependence on "passing realities" is "foolishness."

Christians, campaigns and CNN

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:09 AM PDT

As Deacon Greg rightly notes at his site: this is the sort of thing that gives Christianity a bad name. What a stupid, pointless, needlessly hurtful, thoughtless and inflammatory idea. What kills me is that this pastor is personifying the sort of Christian who would scream "persecution" at the drop of a hat...

Anne Rice Shows the Way

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:17 AM PDT

The headlines tell us that author Anne Rice has 'left Christianity'. An article about it is here. It seems that she cannot be 'anti-gay', 'anti-feminist', 'anti-artificial birth control' and 'anti-Democrat'. She doesn't seem to be making a distinction between 'Christianity' and 'Catholicism'.

Lost

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:48 PM PDT

From Salon comes this wrenching story of a young woman struggling to save her brother from his own madness: Like any New Yorker, I was no stranger to homeless people. I passed by them on my way to the shiny glass tower where I worked for a glossy women's magazine: the older lady perched atop a milk crate in the subway station...

Fr. Robert Barron reflects on St. Charles Lwanga..

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:11 AM PDT

... the leader of Ugandan Christians who was martyred in 1886, along with 21 others, for refusing to renounce the Catholic Faith...

Who makes all those vestments?

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 07:08 AM PDT

A California paper visits one of the leading manufacturers of church vestments to find out: It sounds like a New Yorker cartoon the way Mannix Delfino describes a recent Saturday afternoon in her Carson shop. "It was so cute, the entire room was filled with young priests, all of them about to be ordained, all of them trying on new vestments.

From Unbelieving Sheriff to Passionate Preacher

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:14 PM PDT

By JIM GRAVES, REGISTER CORRESPONDENT | Just over a decade ago, an injury forced Jesse Romero to retire early from his job as a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy, a career he loved. It freed him up, however, for full-time work as a lay Catholic evangelist, a career in which he has found even greater rewards. Since making the switch...

Holy Father's August Prayer Intentions

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:00 PM PDT

General Intention The Unemployed and the Homeless. That those who are unemployed, homeless, or in any serious need may find welcome, understanding, and help in overcoming their difficulties. We are praying this month for people in serious need, but especially for the unemployed and the homeless.

"This Is How a Bishop Serves"

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:43 AM PDT

Sure, you've seen the text... but as yesterday's closing O-ration only packed its full punch in the delivery, here's the Dave-vid: The above grab comes thanks to our friends at CatholicTV, which -- lest anyone missed these shores' Ordination of the Year -- has posted the full Mass on-demand: As the afterparty ran even longer than usual...

You Can't Take It With You But You Can Send It On Ahead

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:39 PM PDT

The Gospel for today's Mass contains some very clear instructions about Income that we do well to heed. Most of us think of money, income, and wealth as a great blessing. To be sure money is a necessary part of life. Without it our very life can be in danger for want of food, clothing...

St. Ignatius of Loyla

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:11 AM PDT

From Pope Benedict's Address to the General Congregation of the Society of Jesus in 2008: As the Formula of your Institute says, the Society of Jesus was founded in the first place "for the defence and propagation of the faith". In an age when new geographical horizons were unfolding...

Calm Before the Storm?

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:08 AM PDT

By EDWARD PENTIN, REGISTER CORRESPONDENT | VATICAN CITY — It appears to be the calm before the storm for the Anglican Communion. Amid much debate and controversy, last month the Church of England decided to allow women to become bishops in the next two years. The move greatly upset traditionalist Anglicans...

John the Baptist in Bulgaria?

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:35 AM PDT

Maybe, according to local news reports: Parts of St. John the Baptist's relics might have been discovered during archaeological excavations in Bulgaria's southern Black Sea town of Sozopol, report Bulgarian media. Archaeologists investigating the Sv. Ivan (St...