John Cardinal Foley: Funeral Mass Text
Archbishop Timothy Dolan delivered the homily at the funeral Mass for John Cardinal Foley. Please say a quick prayer for His Eminence:Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that the soul of Thy servant John...
View ArticleUrbi et Orbi- 2005
In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...
View ArticleUrbi et Orbi- 2006
In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...
View ArticleUrbi et Orbi- 2007
In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...
View ArticleUrbi et Orbi- 2008
In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...
View ArticleUrbi et Orbi- 2009
In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...
View ArticleUrbi et Orbi- 2010
In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...
View ArticleUrbi et Orbi- 2011
In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...
View ArticleNew U.S. Ordinariate
The new Anglican Ordinariate for the U.S. has been established (January 1), given an ordinary, and named! Fr. Jeffrey Steenson will serve as the first ordinary of the U.S. Anglican ordinariate which is...
View ArticleSusan G. Komen for the Cure ceasing funding of Planned Parenthood
Yeah, you heard that right! Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer organization that has long been a difficult case for Catholics (whether to donate or not), has pulled its funding to Planned...
View ArticleGetting the New Translation Right
If you read the National Catholic Reporter long enough, your I.Q. will drop a point or two. Read it too often and you'll soon become legally stupid.I came across one comment that just sent me in a fit....
View ArticleOur Catholic Yearbook
Well, it's that time of year again! The Annuario Pontificio has been released. Like last year, I thought I would go over some of the more interesting data, and I've highlighted some of the very...
View ArticleNew CDF Website!
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Doctrina Fidei) has a new website, which seems easily accessible. The address is http://www.doctrinafidei.va/This makes the job of people like me (those...
View Article"Archbishop" Rowan Williams Stepping Down. And the Resignation of Pope...
"Archbishop" of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, will be stepping down from this position at the end of the year.Dr. Williams has presided over a very turbulent time for the Anglican Communion, with his...
View ArticleNew Vatican Widget... from the Vatican!
UPDATE: ShipofSaintPeter now has the widget! Look over to your right, and click away for up-to-date information, straight from the Vatican!The Vatican has created a new widget in celebration of the...
View ArticleRite for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb
Finally, there exists a rite for the blessing of a child in the womb!The blessing originated when then-Bishop Joseph Kurtz of Knoxville, Tennessee (currently archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky) asked...
View ArticleI'm Baaack... Well, Sort Of.
It's been a while seen I've last posted (April 27). I've since gotten married, finished my undergrad, found/bought a house, and I am now preparing to enter law school. As you can see, I've been a wee...
View ArticleIs the Catholic Church the Whore of Babylon? Part 1 of 5
It's one of the most common ideas among Fundamentalists, that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon (Revelation 17-18) and the Pope is the Antichrist. The "arguments" and "evidence" used in...
View ArticleIs the Catholic Church the Whore of Babylon? Part 2 of 5
In the last post, I (hopefully) cleared up the definition of what/who the antichrist is. I also (hopefully) showed how it doesn't make much sense that the Pope could be the antichrist, at least...
View ArticleIs the Catholic Church the Whore of Babylon? Part 3 of 5
In the last post, we looked at the first four commonly cited verses that are used as "evidence" that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and the Pope is the antichrist (and why that "evidence"...
View ArticlePope Benedict XVI Abdicating
Read the full text of Pope Benedict's letter here. Only the Holy Father could wake me up early this morning, and only the Holy Father could get this busy law student to actually post something since...
View ArticleWhat Does this Abdication Theologically Teach Us?
There is something very important hidden in the big news today. While a lot of people will be talking about the fact of Pope Benedict XVI abdicating, and while a lot of people will be talking about why...
View ArticleHabemus Papam!
Cardinal Protodeacon Jean-Louis Tauran announced today:Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam! Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Jorge Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem...
View Article5 Reasons Protestants Should Care Who the Pope Is
A very close friend of mine was in a conversation recently with a Protestant friend. Her friend insisted that she has no reason to care who was elected Pope, as "[she's] Protestant and it doesn't...
View ArticleThe Assumption of Mary
The word "assumption" is vitally important, and it must be contrasted with the word "ascension." The former is an act done to someone, whereas the latter is an act done by one's own power. Mary was...
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