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Blessed Marianne Cope and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha will be canonized in October
On Saturday, December 19, 2011, the Holy See announced His
Holiness Pope Benedict XVI had approved the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints’ findings that miracles attributed to seven blesseds were authentic.
This clears the path for their canonization and thus the recognition of these
men and women as saints of the universal Church.
Of course, while the creation of new sa...
Opinion
Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate evokes bitter memories of past persecution.
The Obama administration's recent decision to require Catholic institutions to provide contraceptives through their health care plans has been met with firm resistance from Catholic leaders, and incredulity even from the president’s own supporters, who warn that the administration is walking into a political minefield.
"One of Barack Obama’s gre...
We need to trust that God is present in history. We are not calling all the shots.
“We do not
need a generic, indefinite god but rather the living, true God who unfolds the
horizon of men’s future into a prospect of firm, well-founded hope, a home rich
in eternity that enables us to face the present courageously in all its
aspects.”
— Pope Benedict XVI, To University Students of Rome. (December 15,
2011, Lȁ...
Analysis
Also: SNAP Troubles
2012 looks to shape up as
another big year for stories about the Catholic Church abuse narrative.
As things appear now, jury
selection for the high-profile trial of priests in Philadelphia will begin on
February 21, 2012, and the trial will begin in March. Some observers believe
the trial may run as long as four months.
To recap: Five current and
former Church emp...
Analysis
Catholic interest in the Enneagram persists.
The Enneagram is a nine-sided figure that looks like a
theorem straight from Euclid’s Elements.
Instead of teaching basic mathematical facts, however, the Enneagram purports
to teach a path to enlightenment, a path that Church leaders find worrisome.
In 2000, the US Con...