Category: Church
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Intentions for February
For the month of February, the Holy Father asks our prayers for the following intentions: ScholarsGeneral: For all scholars and intellectuals, that by means of sincere search for the truth they may arrive at an understanding of the one true God. The Church’s Missionary IdentityMissionary: That the Church, aware of its own missionary identity, may…
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Austin’s New Bishop
Rocco can knock out the words faster and with a nicer flare than I can, so I’m going to throw you over to him to read the skinny on our new bishop. Bishop Vasquez is the fifth bishop of Austin, three of whom were priests of Galveston(/Houston), of which two of them were Auxiliary Bishop…
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Intentions for January
For the month of January, the Holy Father asks our prayers for the following intentions: Young people and Social Communications MediaGeneral: That young people may learn to use modern means of social communication for their personal growth and to better prepare themselves to serve society. Christian UnityMissionary: That every believer in Christ may be conscious…
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Can’t Keep a Good Pope Down
Forget Timex… Pope Benedict XVI can take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’. Tonight, during the Midnight Mass (held at 10 p.m.) at St. Peter’s Basilica, a reportedly-disturbed woman jumped over the retaining wall and hurdled herself toward the Holy Father. Security held her, but the scuffle unded up taking both Pope Benedict XVI and…
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for December
His general intention is “That children may be respected and loved and never be the victims of exploitation in its various forms.” His mission intention is “That at Christmas the peoples of the earth may recognize in the Word Incarnate the light which illuminates every man and that the Nations may open their doors to…
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Catholic Politics
This is just a quick response to a story that I heard last week on NPR regarding how political and activist the Catholic Bishops were with the health care bill and the Stupak Amendment. Many Americans have an extremely hard time understanding, or at least accepting, the role that the United States Bishops played in…