Where Was Jesus When He Was Dead ( Ancient Holy Saturday Homily )

This is a wonderful ancient Holy Saturday Homily that is still read in the Liturgy of the Hours on this date. Something strange is happening...

What's The Connection Between Steubenville Catholic Youth Conferences and The Steubenville Rape Case ?

Not much  I have to think even after reading  My Steubenville - It was a base for the teen evangelical movement, where I saw fundamentalis...

Can Business Corporations Practice Religion ? Religious Liberty Holy Week Reading

Two articles that answer in the affirmative that for profit business can practice religion and thus have standing in court as to exercise th...

Full Text of Pope Francis 2013 Chrism Mass ( Holy Week )

As soon as I find a good photo gallery of the Mass I will try to update this entry with that link.  In the mean time here i s the full text ...

Piers Morgan Treatment of Ryan T. Anderson In Same Sex Marriage Debate Still Causing Waves

Piers Morgan caused a lot of controversy in his treatment of Ryan Anderson on a show dealing with Same Sex Marriage. It was duly noted by a ...

Will The New Big East Have A Visible Catholic Influence

That is what  Our Sunday Visitor looks at in this article New Big East conference has distinctive Catholic feel

A New Orleans Catholic Tradition - The Nine Church Good Friday Walk

This is a wonderful New Orleans Good Friday Tradition that is talked about here. See Share in His Journey: 9 Churches Walk

More Studies Show Shroud of Turin Is From First Century

Its kinda of interesting how the science has gone as to this in my lifetime. From some studies saying it was from a much later time period t...

2013 Way of the Cross Meditations For the Colosseum Prepard By Lebanese Youth Released By Vatican

The text and nice art work is here .

Today's "D'oh Journalist Moment - Anglican Ordinariate Just A a Catholic Scheme to Get More Priests

Get Religion takes on a face palm of an article from the Huff Post. See I nvincible ignorance on the Anglican Ordinariate

Louisiana Filmed Movie " The Pardon " - True Story About Murder , Execution , Child Trafficking , & Religious Conversion

The Pardon A very important movie filmed is coming out this week . That is The Pardon. There a lot of themes in this movie. First of co...

Pope Francis Speaks of Two Kinds of Poverty & Did Not Speak French - Address to Diplomatic Corps

I got very early to see Pope Francis speak to the Diplomatic Corp this morning  since it was a key address. Vatican Radio got a the English ...

The International Down Syndrome Coalition World Down Syndrome Day Video - March 21 2013

Related-The 2012 Video that gave support to parents and parents that have learned they will have a down's kids was one of the best I h...

Boomark This Page- Pope Francis Past Spanish Homiles & Writings Being Translated Into English ( Update )

One reason Cardinal Ratzinger was a popular choice for Pope was that many of his writings were read on an international basis and in differe...

Pope Francis - Not Shy In Talking About the Devil

Robert Royal has an interesting observation of what we have heard in the first Papal speeches and homilies. See the The Devil and Pope Franc...

5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules For Economic Liberty & Casket Making Louisiana Monks

In a case that has got quite a bit of national attention the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the trial court's determinati...

Justice Scalia Questions Texan's Latin And How to Say Voir Dire In Texas

I still am getting chuckle out this today .See Texan-Latin at the U.S. Supreme Court

Reasons Why For Profit Business and Corporations Can Exercise Religion

One of the big issues with the HHS Contraception mandate cases that will have to be resolved is does business and in particular profit makin...

Images & Links From Today's New Orleans St Joseph Altars Day Tradition

Its the Feast of St Joseph which is a rather big day in the Catholic Church. See the special Litany of St. Joseph here .   It is also a rath...

Beaucoup Links and Images From Pope Francis Inauguration Mass

Think I am going to use this pic for my new blog header pic Lot of links and a photo gallery Via the The  Big Puplit .

In Today's Mass Reading Missing From Many Non Catholic Bibles - Anatomy of a Sin & Susannah

This is the Susanna story found in Daniel. Msgr Pope has a great post on this today The Anatomy of a Sin as set forth in a lesser known Bibl...

Pope Francis Experience Against Slavery AKA Human Trafficking & the USA Relationship

Regardless of the American administration or the current occupant of the Chair of St Peter one area of major cooperation between the USA an...

Homily Of Pope Francis - INAUGURATION OF THE PETRINE MINISTRY MASS

Today was the big day !!! Rocco Palmo has the homily from his inauguration of my Petrine ministry Mass .

Stay Calm Pope Francis Has Not Halted The Reform of the Reform Of the Liturgy ( New Liturgical Movement )

A Evangelical at Houston Baptist University wrote a nice article a few years ago called  The Threefold Witness of the Church - The Catholic ...

Is The Holy See Really In An " Unholy Alliance " With Iran Against Women

Robert John Araujo, SJ has some experience this affairs has a response to a New York Times editorial. See The Grey Lady’s “Unholy Alliance”

Cdl. Bergoglio's Now Pope Francis Hard Hitting 2013 Lenten Letter to His Flock ( Translated )

This is a pretty good letter and pretty darn good writing. See Cdl. Bergoglio's Lenten Letter, 2013  When Ratzinger was elected  those t...

Pope Francis Already On Front Cover of Next Time Magazine ( PIC )

That was pretty quick. Good timing I guess .

Pope Francis' First Address 'Urbi et Orbi'' With L' Osservatore Romano Front Page

Brothers and sisters, good evening! You know that it was the duty of the Conclave to give Rome a Bishop. It seems that my brother Cardinals...

There Is A Difference Between Hypocrisy and A Moral Failing ( Samuel Johnson Quote )

At the top of my pet peeves list is how people to easily throw out the word hypocrite. In a Christian context it seems in most cases the wor...

The Folly of Creating Faux Parks To Drive Out Paroled Sex Offenders Out of Town

In Louisiana if one has a "truck stop" that meets certain requirements one can have whole rooms of video poker machines. When vide...

Gay Tea Party Activist On Why He Opposes Same Sex Marriage

Doug Mainwaring ,co-founder of the National Capital Tea Party Patriots,  has a interesting and very personal post up at  I'm Gay and I O...

Papal Estate Castel Gandolfo - Refuge For Popes and Also For World War II Refuges and Jews

A very good post at First Thoughts. See Castel Gandolfo: Home of Popes, Refuge for Jews

More Religious & Legal Reasons Why Corporations ( Money - Makers) Should Have Religious Liberty Legal Rights

The HHS Contraception mandate cases are going through the court system with the predictable mix of losses and wins in the various circuits. ...

From Rome Cardinal Dolan Blogs On A Few Major Misconceptions of the Papacy

See   A few “bloopers”

An Increasing Frustration On How Murder of Gay Mississippi Politico Is Being Covered

Rod Dreher lends voice to that today at WaPo: Mississippi Is Always Burning . Related is this Get Religion piece Can the press cover traditi...

Garry Willis Thinks Coptic , Eastern Orthodox, Anglican & Other Protestant Priests Are Balderdash Too

He makes that very clear here in an interview about his new book Garry Wills on Priests, Popes, Secrecy, and the Internet .  That also means...

How Artificial Contraception Affected Views of the Celibate Priesthood

Excellent thoughts by Father Longenecker today . See his post Contraception and Celibacy which I have to say I have little to disagree with....

Baptist Faith Critical To Researcher That Might Have Cured Mississippi Child of HIV.

The Baptist Press has the Faith angle to a story that has got media exposure worldwide. See  Doctor in baby's HIV cure is rooted in fai...

Mother Teresa Supporters Respond To New Critics of Her Saintliness

In the midst of all the conclave talk one academic study from Canada has slightly gone under the radar. That is a study attacking the Saint...

Minnesota Anti Bullying Bill Most Overbroad And 1st Amendment Crushing In Some Time

The mind boggles a the amount of amendments this things needs. See Minnesota Bill to Ban K-12 Speech That Denies Fellow Students a “Support...

Italian Law & Religion Scholar Annicchino On Why Italy's Media Is Giving U.S.A Cardinals So Much Press

I have really noted how the Italians press is giving some Americans Cardinals a more serious look as the Pope "Sweepstakes " conti...

New Study Show Protestant High Schools Produce Better Citizens By Huge Percentages

Catholic schools as well as other might really want to look at this data .

When Pundits Talk About Reform of the Church What They Leave Out

Father Robert John Araujo, SJ talks about what pundits mean when they talk reform of the CHurch and what they are leaving out at Reform—leg...

The Mormons " Tweaking " Their Scriptures Is Creating A Lot of Buzz

This is rather big and interesting news. From the Salt  Lake Newspaper see New Mormon scriptures tweak race, polygamy references -Scholars l...

100 University of Dallas Students Honor Pope Benedict In Unique Way As He Leaves Vatican

This is awesome. T he Dallas newspaper has the story here .

Post Pope Benedict - Vatican Releases Four Sede Vacante Stamps ( PICS ) ( Updated )

Here are the four Sede Vacante stamps released by the Vatican today.  They become very valuable if they are postmarked on the first day the ...