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 and America Parallels - Will the Irish Demand Accountability?

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 150
  In the wake of the sex abuse scandal that exploded in the USA back in 2002, other than Cardinal Law few if any bishops and others involved in the cover up of sexual abuse by priest suffered any real consequences. Other than lame, insincere apologies, NO ONE was punished. For those who have forgotten the magnitude of ...
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• Less of a Catholic: Why Rep. Kennedy is wrong

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  News broke this week that Thomas Tobin, the Catho lic bishop of Providence, RI, had in 2007 asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to refrain from receiving Communion because of the congressmans support for legalized abortion. The ensuing howls of protest almost universally missed the point. Some Catholic writers charged that ...
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• Orthodox and Catholics Intend to Develop Unified Strategy in Building Dialogue with the EU

  
  Voices from Russia — Authority: 142
  Last Tuesday, in Brussels, the first working meeting between the heads of mission of the Orthodox churches in the EU and Fr Peter Mazurkiewicz, the General Secretary of the Commission of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (COMECE) took place. “Both parties noted the importance of the historical moment ...
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• Daily Bible Readings Saturday November 28 2009 34th Week in Ordinary Time

  
  A Catholic Site — Authority: 130
  November 28 2009 Saturday Thirty Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day – St. James of the Marche About the sources used . The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the USA, but are from sources free from copyright. They are here to present the ...
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• Thomas Loarie to Discuss Life Science Field on The Catholic Business Hour

  
  Catholic Business Journal — Authority: 118
  On Saturday morning, November 28, Thomas M. Loarie, Chairman and CEO of Mercador MedSystems, Inc., and a career life science executive with more than 30 years experience growing multi-national medical technology companies, will discuss his faith and the life science field on The Catholic Business Hour radio show with ...
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• "Mass Instruction"

  
  Spiritual Woman — Authority: 126
  For anyone interested in liturgical reform, the changes that took place during Vatican II, and the current debate over liturgy, this article is a must read: Mass Instruction: an interview with Father Robert Taft, S.J.
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• “Catholic Democrats” … “Sycophantic Toadies”… take your pick

  
  What Does The Prayer Really Say? — Authority: 657
  ust how deeply sycophantic are the political toadies of the group Catholic Democrats ? They are worked up about the interchange between Bp. Tobin of Providence and pro-abortion Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI).  The group Catholic Democrats want abortion as part of health care and therefore they can’t stand ...
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• Why Did the Vatican Remain Quiet About Sex Abuse of Minors?

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 150
  The fall out from the report on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Ireland continues to unfold and now the Belfast Telegraph is asking the critical question of why the Vatican remained silent and allowed sexual abuse continue to run rampant. I for one have long believed that the highest levels of the Roman Catholic ...
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• Civil Partnership Bill News Roundup

  
  Maman Poulet — Authority: 467
  The Second Stage Debate for the Civil Partnership Bill will take place on December 3rd at 6.45pm and is scheduled to take two hours.  There will be Committee and Report stages scheduled at a later date.  (This is where the opposition and sometimes government propose amendments to the Bill.) Thursday night means a ...
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• Catholic Officials Cover Up Child Sexual Abuse in Connecticut

  
  Truth Wins Out Blog — Authority: 549
  Reported by AP via Edge yesterday: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport has acknowledged in court papers that it documented 32 accusations of sexual abuse of children by priests associated with a parish here over 40 years. The diocese made the admission last week in contesting a lawsuit filed by the estate of ...
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• Patriarch Kirill Opposed the Decision of the Strasbourg Court to Ban Crucifixes from Italian schools

  
  Voices from Russia — Authority: 142
  Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev (1946- ) of Moscow and all the Russias Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev of Moscow and all the Russias expressed his solidarity with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in regards to his opposition to a recent court ban on the display of crucifixes in Italian schools. “The Christian ...
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• Odds and ends for 11/27

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 437
  Down in the desert: Dubai, whose potential sovereign-debt default is in today’s news, is messed up, economically and in other ways. Zero Hedge’s Marla Singer, who has spent time there, offers a pretty readable summary . Key takeaway: Dubai’s travails say a lot less about the pitfalls of capitalism than meets ...
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• Derelict and Delinquent

  
  The Pensive Quill — Authority: 410
  The men of god have been making the news headlines again. Not for helping the poor, visiting the imprisoned, tending to the sick or anything decent like that. No, for the men of god it is the same old, same old: guided by the holy sperm they are back in the public spotlight for raping the nation’s children.Reports ...
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• [RC] Irish Church Child Molestation Coverup on “Astonishing Scale”

  
  Stand Firm — Authority: 146
  Hundreds of crimes were not reported while police treated clergy as above the law, investigators said. The report examined the handling of only a representative sample of allegations of child abuse by 320 children against 46 priests in Dublin between 1975 and 2004. Fear of the public anger that would have followed ...
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• Spanish RC Church to deny communion to pro-abortion pols

  
  FaithWorld — Authority: 639
  The Spanish Catholic Church will deny communion to members of parliament who have voted in favour of a bill to make abortion more readily available, the spokesman of Spain’s Bishops’ Conference said on Friday. “This is a warning to Catholics, that they can’t vote in favour of this and that they won’t be ...
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• Report: Irish Catholic Church Kept Child Abuse Secret

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 711
  According to a newly released report commissioned by the Irish government, the Archdiocese of Dublin and other Catholic authorities in Ireland kept hundreds of complaints concerning the sexual abuse of children by members of the Catholic clergy in Dublin covered up—for nearly 30 years.  —KA CNN: Archbishop ...
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• Catholic Church Has Zero ‘Moral Authority’ To Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

  
  Truth Wins Out Blog — Authority: 549
  Next time a Roman Catholic cleric tries to degrade loving same-sex relationships, stop him mid-sentence and say: “The Roman Catholic Church has no moral authority to oppose loving gay relationships.” Keep repeating this until the hypocrite walks away, head bowed in shame. As far as I know, there has ...
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• Will You Keep Advent Well?

  
  LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH — Authority: 137
  Today is black Friday and millions of people are out at the mall doing their "holiday" shopping. Some are picking out their "holiday" trees (if they arent up already). Some real early birds had their outside decorations up weeks ago. (Ive seen them!) So my question today is "Will you keep advent?" The word advent ...
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• Catholic Q&A: Part 2

  
  phat catholic apologetics — Authority: 414
  H ere is a recent batch of questions that I answered in the "Catholicism" category at WikiAnswers. Also see Part 1 . What is the idol of gold that the Israelites created? You may be referring to the golden calf that the Jews created once they began to doubt that Moses would ever come down from Mt. Sinai. You ...
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  Bildungblog — Authority: 451
  Cardinal Desmond Connell Relocated to Mental Reservation
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