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”

• Goa blast case team’s investigative skills under cloud

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Panaji, Nov 21 (IANS) The chief of the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the Diwali-eve blast in Goa has come under a cloud with a court picking holes in his crime investigation skills in a 2000 blast in Vasco allegedly carried out by Islamic militant outfit Deendar Anjuman (DA).District and Sessions judge ...
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• CNN: Online churches draw believers and critics

  
  What Does The Prayer Really Say? — Authority: 671
  Catholics have a very immediate and personal experience of sacraments.  We know we have to be there. But there are different kinds of presence, aren’t there.  A person can be present at, say, Holy Mass, and yet have his mind a thousand miles any.  A person might with great longing desire to be present at Holy ...
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• The Manhatten Project

  
  Southern Illinois Catholic — Authority: 152
  Actually, its called "The Manhatten Declaration." Abp. Timothy Dolan is working with some evangelical leaders to prepare call to action (!) for Catholics and evangelicals. The article asks whether this newer generation is up for the (apparently old in the media eyes) agenda. From US News blog:A whos who of ...
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• Stephanie Block on Alinsky Organizing and the CCHD

  
  LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH — Authority: 433
  Stephanie Block has been tracking CCHD for the past 25 years and has done some of the most comprehensive research about the group available. It isnt enough to just get rid of a few bad apples when almost the whole barrel is rotten! Sample Stephanies corpus to see why its so important to defund the Alinsky networks ...
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• Daily Bible Readings Saturday November 21 2009 Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

  
  A Catholic Site — Authority: 130
  November 21 2009 Saturday Thirty Third Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day – Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 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. ...
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• Shocker: Progressive Catholic charity supports anti-Catholic agenda

  
  The Other McCain — Authority: 753
  As a Protestant, I try to avoid meddling in intra-Catholic feuds, but the American Life League issued a press release today that shocked me: As thousands of Catholic parishes across the country prepare for the annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development collection Nov. 22, shocking new developments have launched ...
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• Nov 18 – Homily – Fr John Joseph: Those who cause us to suffer are actually our great benefactors..

  
  AirMaria.com — Authority: 510
  Homily #091118m ( 13min) Play - With great courage the mother from the book of Maccabees witnessed before her very eyes the brutal torture and death of her seven sons.  Martyrs such as these accept the suffering, pain, and hardship as from the hand of God for the conversion of those who cause them to suffer.  ...
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• “Word to Life” - November 20, 2009

  
  Ordo Praedicatorum — Authority: 121
  Click below to hear this week’s edition of “Word to Life.” Joining me on the program today to discuss the readings for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., parochial vicar of the Church of St. Joseph in New York City, and Fr. Sean Connor, pastor of St. Ann’s Church in ...
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• “Word to Life” – November 20, 2009

  
  CSVF Blog — Authority: 116
  Click below to hear this week’s edition of “Word to Life.” Joining me on the program today to discuss the readings for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., parochial vicar of the Church of St. Joseph in New York City, and Fr. Sean Connor, pastor of St. Ann’s Church in ...
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• Vatican no fan of ‘deviant’ Twilight

  
  Useless Place Blog — Authority: 133
  The Vatican has spoken out against the new Twilight movie that is sweeping the globe, slamming it as a deviant moral vacuum. Twilight Saga: New Moon, starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, has had sensational box office takings since opening in France and Spain ahead of its US release on Friday. Monsignor ...
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• This is a good synopsis of Harry Reids Trojan Horse

  
  Lead Us Not into Temptation — Authority: 136
  White House on a A Collision Course with Catholic Bishops At the White House on Thursday, health reform director Nancy Ann DeParle praised Reids effort to find a compromise on abortion. "It was carefully worked through by the leader, who cares a lot about making sure this maintains the status quo on abortion ...
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• friar consent

  
  Frank Murphy dot com — Authority: 128
  There was a high-level showbiz lunch meeting at Aubreys today as Fr. Michael Woods and I started planning a "roast" of Fr. Ragan Schriver . The comedic tribute will take place at All Saints Catholic Church after the last Mass on December 6. Fr. Ragan has been appointed pastor of Holy Family Catholic Church ...
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• Some Funny Jokes

  
  Best Of Joanne — Authority: 126
  Jesus and St Peter are playing golf. Jesus is using his cosmic powers to move the ball hither and tither,up over trees to return in boomerang-type arcs and so on. St Peter finally gets fed up and says,”Are you going to  play the game or are you just going to mess around?” Jesus is hanging on the cross at ...
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• Muslim fury over 2012 doomsday movie culminates in students torching DVDs

  
  The Freethinker — Authority: 502
  IF YOU thought the Muslim world would be grateful that the Kaaba in Mecca is spared from destruction in Roland Emmerich’s latest doomsday movie, 2012 , think again. A bunch of witless Muslims who go by the name of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) have condemned the apocalyptic offering as “blasphemous” ...
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• Justifying Discrimination in the Name of Religious Freedom is Not a Good Idea

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 764
  photo: bastique via Flickr Evangelicals like Chuck Colson, Roman Catholics like Archbishop Donald Wuerl, and the other religious leaders who signed the “ Manhattan Declaration ” don’t seem to understand that justifying discrimination in the name of religious freedom is not a good idea. For example, Wuerl and ...
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• Christian leaders declare war on gay marriage, abortion

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  At least we finally have it in writing… A group of religious leaders representing various denominations released a 4,700 word manifesto today called the Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience , which formally declares their opposition to gay marriage and abortion, among other things.. The document ...
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• Christian leaders declare war on gay marriage, abortion

  
  Inside, Looking Out — Authority: 124
  At least we finally have it in writing… A group of religious leaders representing various denominations released a 4,700 word manifesto today called the Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience , which formally declares their opposition to gay marriage and abortion, among other things.. The document ...
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• Harsh Immigration Provision in Senate Health Care Bill Denounced by Catholic Bishops

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 764
  St. Augustine of Hippo from the former Dominican priory church at Hawkesyard (photo by Lawrence OP) Everyone’s talking about the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and their imposition into the legislative debate over health care, particularly abortion. The bishops sent a letter to Senators denouncing their ...
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• Bishops slam unacceptable health care bill

  
  CNN Political Ticker — Authority: 846
  Bishops slam unacceptable health care bill . Washington (CNN)– The US Conference of Catholic Bishops sent a strongly worded letter to members of the US Senate Friday, terming the abortion language in the Senate Democrats health care bill "completely unacceptable." "The new Senate bill is an enormous ...
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• PODCAzT 94: PART II - 40 years ago… Paul VI on the eve of the Novus Ordo

  
  What Does The Prayer Really Say? — Authority: 671
  Based on your response to PODC AzT 93 , and my own desire to drill more deeply into the issue, we welcome back as our guest Pope Paul VI (+1978). In the last PODC AzT we explored Paul’s General Audience of 26 November 1969, a few days befo re the Novus Ordo Missae went into force.  This time we turn the ...
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