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• New papal decree clarifies role of deacons and result of defections on marriage

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 478
  Denver, Colo., Dec 15, 2009 / 05:16 pm ( CNA ) .- This morning the Vatican published a Motu Proprio from Pope Benedict called “Omnium in Mentem”  and dated October 26. According to J.D. Flynn, a canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of Denver, the new document clarifies the nature of a deacon’s orders and the impact ...
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• D.C. same-sex ‘marriage’ bill fails to protect religious freedom, archdiocese states

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 478
  Washington D.C., Dec 15, 2009 / 07:40 pm ( CNA ) .- The City Council of Washington D.C. voted today to legalize same-sex “marriage,” causing the Archdiocese of Washington to state that it failed to “balance the Council’s interest in redefining marriage with the need to protect religious freedom.” The ...
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• ‘Honey, I think the tree’s leaning again…’

  
  http://fratres.wordpress.com — Authority: 464
  We’re on it… During his Angelus audience on December 19, 2004, Pope John Paul II discussed the rich symbolism of the Christmas season, concentrating on the meaning of the Christmas tree that was then on display in St. Peter’s Square. The Christmas tree, John Paul said, is “an ancient ...
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• Lochaber man’s daughter to be Australia’s first saint

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 487
  Mary Mackillop, who died in 1909, was the daughter of Alexander MacKillop of Roy Bridge, north east of Fort William, behind the Nevis range.He left for Australia in 1838 on the emigrant ship Brilliant, married a Flora MacDonald within a couple of years and having eight children with her, the first of whom was Mary, ...
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• Fate of Five Bishops Hangs in the Balance

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 443
  The Irish Independent is reporting that five Cathol ic Bishops may face removal/forced resignation in the wake of the latest expose of the Churchs near complete moral rot in Ireland. Unfortunately, even if the Nazi Pope forces these resignations, it does nothing to address the fact that Pope Benedict XVI and ...
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• San Antonio — Anglicanorum Coetibus Symposium 12.12.09 8:00am PST/Webcast

  
  http://fratres.wordpress.com — Authority: 464
  ‘And with thy spirit…’ 12/12/2009 8:00am PST - December 12th meeting on Anglicanorum coetibus From the site: Join us for an informational meeting to learn more about the Holy Father’s recent Apostolic Constitution regarding the establishment of Personal Ordinariates throughout the world. ...
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• Pray for our soon-to-be postulant!

  
  In the Shadow of His Wings — Authority: 109
      That’s right…our aspirant, Ane Kirstine, (whom you can find out more about by visiting her blog: Quantitative Metathesis ) has been accepted to enter the postulancy which means she will be officially entering the monastery in January! Currently she is home (in Washington State) with her parents and ...
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• Morning Catholic News for December 11, 2009 A.D.

  
  CVSTOS FIDEI — Authority: 123
  CVSTOS FIDEI FRIDAY EDITION Morning Edition : A Tale of Two Popes - Joanna Bogle, InsideCatholic 500 Years Ago The Virgin Mary Was Taken Away from Christians - D. Hartline, TAC MO Cth Conf Laments McCaskills Broken Promise on Abortion Funding - TCKB Bishops Disappointed by Senate Vote to Kill ...
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• Blessed Martin Lumbreras Sanchez Perez Peralta and Melchiorre Sanchez, December 11

  
  The Black Cordelias — Authority: 131
  Blessed Martin Lumbreras Sanchez Perez Peralta and Melchiorre Sanchez, Augustinian Priests and Martyrs + Nagasaki, Japan, December 11, 1632 Spanish Blessed Martin of St. Nicholas Lumbreras Peralta, professed priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, was Martyred with his brother Melchior of Saint Augustine ...
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• Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize

  
  FITSNews — Authority: 587
  U.S. President Barack Obama accepted perhaps the most controversially-awarded Nobel peace prize in history on Thursday at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. “It is now, today, we have the opportunity to support President Obama’s ideas,” said Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland. “This year’s prize is a call ...
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• Reagan Confidante and First U.S Ambassador to the Holy See Passes Away

  
  Opinionated Catholic — Authority: 444
  Here is the brief mention of it at our Embassys web site . A Nice BIO of him here .
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• More Reflections on John Paul IIs Canonization: The Cult of Personality

  
  Bilgrimage — Authority: 128
  I’m grateful to the many good readers who logged in yesterday to respond to my reflections about the movement to canonize John Paul II subito . In particular, I’m struck by the number of you who noted something to which I hadn’t given any attention in my statement of dissent—the personality cult that JPII ...
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• Blessed Aloysius Liguda, December 9

  
  The Black Cordelias — Authority: 131
  Blessed ALOYSIUS LIGUDA, SVD – Priest 1898, Winow- December 9, 1942, Dachau Educator and Spiritual Director Not much is known about the death of Fr. Aloysius Liguda. According to eye-witnesses he was drowned along with nine other prisoners on December 9, 1942, in the concentration camp at Dachau. But his Calvary ...
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• The Canonization of John Paul II: I Dissent

  
  Bilgrimage — Authority: 128
  Vatican journalist Andrea Torniello has recently reported that the cause for the beatification of John Paul II has advanced. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints has cleared the way for the previous pope to be declared “blessed,” the initial step on the path to sainthood. Since reading this ...
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• Christmas ‘midnight’ mass to be held earlier: Vatican

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Rome, Dec 8 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict XVI will hold this year’s Christmas Eve midnight mass at St Peter’s basilica two hours earlier, the Vatican has announced.“This is in order not to tire His Holiness,” said the Vatican’s Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations, quoted by Italian media Monday. It is the ...
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• Pope Benedict XVI cautions against dangers of Marxist liberation theology

  
  Catholic Business Journal — Authority: 122
  Vatican City, Dec 7, 2009 / 11:42 am ( CNA ) .- In a meeting with a group of Brazilian bishops on Saturday, the Holy Father warned of the dangers of Marxist liberation theology and noted its grave consequences for ecclesial communities. During the ad limina visit, the Pope recalled that “last August marked 25 years ...
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• NEWS: Pope Benedict XVI: Health Worries

  
  Religion Compass Exchanges — Authority: 413
  The recent news that the Vatican’s traditional Midnight Mass is to have a temporal change, has raised concerns that Pope Benedict XVI may be suffering with poor health. The revised schedule for Christmas Eve will see the pope finish taking mass at midnight, rather than just beginning the service then. The Vatican ...
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• The Answer to Afghanistan

  
  Vox Nova — Authority: 502
  “Never again war!. No, never again war, which destroys the lives of innocent people, teaches how to kill, throws into upheaval even the lives of those who do the killing and leaves behind a trail of resentment and hatred, thus making it all the more difficult to find a just solution of the very problems [...]
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• Blessed Adolph Kolping, December 4

  
  The Black Cordelias — Authority: 131
  Blessed Adolph Kolping, Priest, Founder Kerpen (Cologne), December 8, 1813 – Cologne, December 4, 1865 Adolph Kolping, cobbler, became a priest and a true father of workers artisans formed a work, Kolpingwerk, spread throughout the world with hundreds of thousands of members. Born in 1813 in Kerpen (near Cologne) ...
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• Swiss Vote Betrays Enlightenment Ideals

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 137
  By Juan Cole This campaign poster was banned for being racist, but apparently the goal of the poster, now that is all right. Swissinfo surveys the headlines in Switzerland Monday morning and finds that the press there universally condemned and expressed dismay at Sunday’s vote. Editors expressed ...
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