Obama's courting of Catholic press...
Ahead of his July 10 visit with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, President Barack Obama met this morning with seven reporters and publishers of the Catholic press, and with a religion writer for the Washington Post. The president made brief remarks, and then each participant was allowed one question. The encounter lasted 46 minutes...
Obama meets the (Catholic) press…
The current president has cited the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin before, most recently in his speech at Notre Dame: "He was a kind and good and wise man," Barack Obama said then of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. "A saintly man." And the "Common Ground" approach of Chicago's Bernardin and Chicago's Obama have great resonances.
How Archbishop Carlson saved Loome...
Pope accepts resignation of Uruguayan bishop accused of sexual misconduct...
The enchanting gardens in the shadow of St Peter's...
Absolution at Gettysburg, 1863...
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A key to reading Benedict's social encyclical...
Also: the Vatican on Galileo, a hidden treasure in Rome, and more Italians have a wonderful phrase, chiave di lettura, which literally means a "key to reading." It refers to some core idea, or perspective, that can help make sense of a complex mass of material.
Four women, fired by Irish Catholic group for being pro-life, vindicated by Vatican intervention...
President Promises Robust Conscience Protection...
In a 41-minute meeting in the White House's Roosevelt Room, eight members of the Catholic Press met with President Obama this morning. In addition to Father Owen Kearns, editor in chief and publisher of the Register, those attending were representatives from America, Avvenire/Vatican Radio, Catholic News Service, Catholic Digest...
The Truth Behind Secret Recipes in Coke, KFC, Etc...
Bishop: disobedience is harming the Church...
Doomed Air France plane hit sea intact: investigators...
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A Up Some peril and action. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)A Star Trek Sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
B Drag Me to Hell Sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images and language. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
B- The Taking of Pelham 123 Violence and pervasive language. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C+ Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Mild humor and peril. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C+ The Proposal Sexual content, nudity and language. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C Night at the Museum Mild action and brief language. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Intense sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C My Sister's Keeper Mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language and brief teen drinking. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C Terminator Salvation Intense sci-fi violence and action, and language. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C Angels & Demons Sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C- Imagine That Some mild language and brief questionable behavior. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
C- Land of the Lost Crude and sexual content, language, and a drug reference. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
D+ My Life In Ruins Sexual content. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
F Year One Crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
F The Hangover Pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material. (See details at USCCB and PIO.)
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A Phone Call that Changed My Life...
I got to know Karl Keating in early 1987, back when he was still practicing law full-time and dabbling in apologetics part-time. "Catholic Answers" was, in those days, simply a part-time tract and newsletter apostolate Karl had operated for a few years from his home, writing new materials in his spare time.
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JPII Cause Moves Forward...
The latest on John Paul II's beatification process: According to Andrea Tornielli, Vatican correspondent for Il Giornale, a meeting of theologian consultors was held yesterday morning at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. It was the second such meeting to examine the "positio " — documents on the testimony of the cause.
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