Catholic

Catholic is used to describe all of the churches in union with the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. This would include the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the various Eastern Churches (such as the Byzantine , the Melkite and Coptic).

Catholic also refers to all things related to the Catholic Church, from baptized believers to doctrines, beliefs and customs. Catholics understand creation to be sacramental in nature. It points humanity toward God, and through it God is able to touch humanity. That is why catholics have sacraments, holy water, rosaries, crucifixes, and statues. This principle explains the catholic devotion to saints, the emphasis on community and communal prayer, and catholic charity and social outreach .

Catholics can be found all throughout the blogosphere, writing movie reviews, book reviews, humor & news,  opinions & entertainment, as well as about technology, family life, and more.

The teachings of the Catholic Church are readily available in The Catechism of the Catholic Church .

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Catholic”

• Irish Catholic abuse inquiry: the archbishops

  
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  Four former Archbishops of Dublin are criticised in the report for covering up child abuse complaints against priests.
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• Catholic Churches Raise Funds To Battle Gay Marriage

  
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  A tip from Hamptons Dictionary author Miles Jaffe led us to this report in the National Catholic Reporter : Gathering money from 50 U.S. dioceses, the Portland, Maine, diocese contributed more than $550,000 to the campaign to rejecte Maine’s law extending civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples, according ...
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• Irelands Roman Catholic archbishops covered up abuse to protect churchs reputation

  
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  Senior clergy colluded with police to cover up four decades of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests, a report found.
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• The Problem With the Pope

  
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  It is time to admit that the gay community has a gigantic Pope problem. Under the leadership of Benedict XVI, the Vatican has become an implacable foe of liberalism, modernity and basic rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Rome has eagerly jumped with both feet into America’s culture wars and is ...
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• The Problem With the Pope

  
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  It is time to admit that the gay community has a gigantic Pope problem. Under the leadership of Benedict XVI, the Vatican has become an implacable foe of liberalism, modernity and basic rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Rome has eagerly jumped with both feet into America’s culture wars and is ...
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• Sex abuse report shames Irish Catholic Church

  
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  The Catholic Church in Ireland covered up widespread allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests for four decades, a damning official report released on Thursday said. Four archbishops routinely protected abusers and failed to enforce the law, the three-year investigation into the Dublin Archdiocese, the ...
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• Commission Finds Church Covered Up Child Abuse

  
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  The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse committed by priests because bishops wanted to protect the church’s reputation at the expense of victims, an expert commission reported Thursday after a three-year probe into previously secret church records.
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• Pope ‘Whipped Himself In Remorse For Sins’ Reveals Nun

  
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  Yeah, that sounds like and healthy.. Pope ‘Whipped Himself In Remorse For Sins’ Reveals Nun POPE John Paul II regularly whipped himself in a sign of “remorse for his sins”, a nun has disclosed. Pope John Paul, who died four years ago at 84, is being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church – ...
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• Abuse scandal: Catholic Church slammed in Irish report for ‘obsessive’ cover-ups

  
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  THE Roman Catholic archdiocese of Dublin “obsessively” covered up widespread sexual abuse of children by priests until the mid-1990s in a misuse of the Church’s central role in Irish society, an official report said today. The government-commissioned inquiry into abuse in the Irish capital from 1975 to 2004, ...
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• Catholic Church in Ireland given immunity for child sexual abuse cover-up, report says

  
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  Authorities allowed senior clergy to cover up widespread child sexual abuse among priests in Dublin, a damning report reveals.
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• Church Covered Up Child Abuse in Ireland, Panel Finds

  
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  The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of priests’ sexual abuse of children because its bishops were determined to protect the church’s reputation at the expense of victims, an expert commission reported.
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• Is Conversion the Answer?

  
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  Rod Dreher makes several salient points about converts to Rome and Orthodoxy: Yes, but in my personal experience, the Catholic Church in America has only a facade of unity. Every Catholic parish I’ve been a part of has been basically Protestant, insofar as most of the people seemed to believe that they had a ...
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• 50 U.S. Catholic Dioceses Contributed To Maine Marriage Battle

  
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  Anyone who doesnt believe that the Roman Catholic Church has become a leader in anti-gay discrimination and supporter of intertwining religion and the civil laws need only read this article at the National Catholic Reporter that looks at Catholic contributions for the effort to deprive Maine residents of ...
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• Thanks Be To God...A Thanksgiving Hymn

  
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  The Mighty Ohio River Overlook Indiana For the fruits of His creation Thanks be to God For the gifts to every nations, Thanks be to God For the ploughing, sowing reaping Silent growth while men are sleeping Future needs in earths safe keeping Thanks be to God Flying the Colors Bella Vista AR In the just ...
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• Student Sponsor Partners and NYC Private Schools

  
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  Student Sponsor Partners (SSP), founded in 1986 by NYC investment banker Peter Flanigan, provides at-risk NYC high school students a quality, non-public high school education, through the financial support and one-to-one guidance of a four-year Sponsor/mentor.In addition to paying a significant portion of students’ ...
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• Satanic Church Part Two: Confessions of Catholic Priests

  
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  Why, in the God’s name, is the Church allowed to operate?From Ireland to Australia, New Zealand to Canada, United States to Argentina, Catholic Priests Have Left Trails of Child Rape, Sexual Perversion, Physical and Mental AbuseThe Catholic priests sex abuse cases have occurred in every country where the satanic ...
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• Irish await report on Dublin priests’ child abuse (AP)

  
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  AP – The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland faced another day of recriminations Thursday as the government prepared to publish an investigation into why child abuse by Dublin priests went unchecked for decades. Original post:  (AP)"> (AP)">Irish await report on Dublin priests’ child abuse (AP)
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• Bulgarian scientists say aliens ‘already exist on earth’

  
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  London, Nov 27 (ANI): Bulgarian scientists have claimed that aliens exist and they are already among us on earth.The research team from country’s Space Research Institute have said that they are already in contact with extraterrestrial life and are working on deciphering a complex set of symbols sent to them.They ...
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• CATHOLIC GUILT

  
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  Sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Ireland has been covered up for decades and all in the name of defending the Church. Four Archbishops, including Cardinal Desmond Connell, will be named over their mishandling of hundreds of allegations, including not reporting crimes to the police. The senior clerics ...
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• The Ultimate Song of Thanksgiving

  
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