by Tim Drake
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:59 PM
In a recent Rolling Stone magazine interview with Brian Hiatt, U2’s Bono says that the song “Magnificent” is inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary.
“All music for me is worship of one kind or another,” says Bono.
The song appears on the band’s new album, “No Line on the Horizon.”
“Magnificent was inspired by the Magnificat, a passage from the... READ MORE
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Filed under blessed virgin mary, bono, magnificat, mary, u2
by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:51 PM
Blessed Frances Xavier Seelos
The Baltimore Sun reports that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is initiating an investigation of a possible miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos.
Blessed Francis Seelos, a 19th-century Redemptorist priest who was born in Germany in 1819 and was ordained a priest in Baltimore in 1844 a year after he came to the... READ MORE
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Filed under miracles
by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:27 PM
(Reuters)
President Barack Obama implicitly endorsed the entire homosexual agenda in the remarks he made yesterday commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots by homosexual activists in New York.
Here is Obama’s blanket endorsement of homosexual rights, delivered near the conclusion of his comments:
We must continue to do our part to... READ MORE
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Filed under barack obama, homosexuality, marriage
by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:24 AM
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta at his archdiocese's 2007 Eucharistic Congress. (CNS)
Catholic bloggers Sherry Weddell and Rocco Palmo have drawn attention to the vitality of the Church in Atlanta.
According to Weddell, who is co-director of the St. Catherine of Siena Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo.:
Atlanta: One of the healthiest dioceses I’ve ever worked in where the diocesan staff are openly disciples (yes, I am implying... READ MORE
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Filed under archdiocese of atlanta, eucharistic adoration
by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:57 AM
In this video posted by the Vatican at its YouTube site, Pope Benedict XVI links two Church events — the closing yesterday of the Year of St. Paul and the current Year for Priests that began June 19.
In his ministry, the Pope said, St. Paul “represents a magnificent model to be imitated ... in love for Christ, in zeal for announcing the... READ MORE
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Filed under benedict xvi, year for priests, year of st. paul
by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 29, 2009 2:02 PM
Michael Jackson in 1999. (CNS/Reuters)
The Catholic News Service blog spotted this article Michael Jackson wrote for Beliefnet about his upbringing as a Jehovah’s Witness and his spiritual beliefs as an adult.
In the article, entitled “My Childhood, My Sabbath, My Freedom,” Jackson wrote:
When people see the television appearances I made when I was a little boy—8 or 9 years old... READ MORE
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Filed under michael jackson
by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 29, 2009 1:40 PM
This YouTube video about Catholic applications available for the iPhone needs little explanation.
But with iPhone interest spiking again with this month’s release of a new iPhone model, the YouTube spoof of Apple’s real iPhone ads is very timely. (H/t to Patrick Madrid’s blog, where we spotted the video.)
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Filed under iphone
by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 29, 2009 1:03 PM
Damian Thompson, blogs editor of the Telegraph newspaper, suggests that Catholics who view the Church from a primarily political perspective are going to be uncomfortable with Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Love in Truth).
That goes for both those who are on the political left and on the political right,... READ MORE
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Filed under benedict xvi, caritas in veritate
by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 29, 2009 10:24 AM
A roughly cut marble sarcophagus, believed to be the tomb of St. Paul, is seen through an opening under the altar of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. (CNS)
Pope Benedict XVI announced yesterday that scientific tests indicate that St. Paul is indeed buried in a sarcophagus beneath the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
Go here to read an article by Associated Press about this confirmation of what has been held to be true for nearly 2,000 years by Catholic tradition.
At a ceremony... READ MORE
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Filed under st. paul
by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 29, 2009 9:06 AM
At the direction of Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, Caritas Christi Health Care has withdrawn from a proposed joint venture through which it could have been involved in abortion services.
Caritas Christi is the network of six Catholic hospitals that are affiliated with the Archdiocese of Boston. On July 1, it was scheduled to acquire 49%... READ MORE
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Filed under cardinal o'malley, caritas christi
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