Could Jesus Speak in Tongues? - Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

On Leadership & Virtue: Alexandre Havard - Zoe Romanowsky, Crisis Magazine

Thomist Education - John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

Theology on Tap: 30 Years of Young Adult Fellowship & Beer - Michelle Martin, Our Sunday Visitor

The Ins & Outs of Opening a Door for a Woman - The McKay’s, The Art of Manliness

Canada’s New House Speaker is a Pro-Life Catholic - Deborah Gyapong, The Catholic Sun

Pro-Abort Martino Resigns from University of Notre Dame Board - Paul Zummo

. . .Lisa Grass: Martino gave $25,000 to pro-abort group. . .

. . .Patrick Archbold comments here. . .

Hungary’s Constitution is a Fine Example...READ MORE

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Catholic Charities branches of three Illinois dioceses have filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois in order to continue operating according to Catholic principles — by providing foster care and adoption services only to married couples or non-cohabitating singles.

The suit was filed June 7 in response to the state’s new civil-union law — formally called the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act — which was passed last December by the lame duck, Democrat-controlled state Legislature along a party-line vote and took effect June 1. That law threatens to prohibit agencies such as Catholic Charities from performing foster care and adoption services with...READ MORE

Freedom and Relationships - Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

. . .Dr. Stacy Transancos: freedom is not dependence on government. . .

Quiet Time: Come Away for a Time - Jake Frost, Catholic Lane

New Mass Translation Critics Would’ve Condemned King James Bible - Father Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald

. . .Father John Zuhlsdorf comments here. . .

Quaeritur: Why Don’t Priests Use the Apostolic Pardon for the Dying? - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Questions & Answers with the Mad Monarchist - MadMonarchist, The Mad Monarchist

Four Anathemas Regarding the Papacy - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Hospice & Kevorkian v. Catholic Teaching - Bioethics...READ MORE

ROME (CNA/EWTN News) — English Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor describes Ireland as “a country I love very much,” but also as a nation that needs the prayers of Catholics around the globe as it struggles to recover from the abuse scandals in the local Church.

The former Archbishop of Westminster is part of the team that has just completed an audit of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

“I think it also needs our prayers, as well for a country which I love very much and for the Church in Ireland, which in the past has done so much for the Catholic Church all over the world with regards to missionaries and everything else,” he told Vatican Radio June 7.

The apostolic visitation of the Irish...READ MORE

We should not speak ill of the dead, we are told. Whenever any of us shuffle off this mortal coil, as Shakespeare so evocatively put it, we should strive to remember the deceased as they might wish and pray that they find the same forgiveness and peace that we ourselves desire.

So, too, with Jack Kevorkian, who died June 3 of natural causes at the ripe age of 83. But not speaking ill does not mean avoiding the truth. Nor does recounting facts constitute a casting of aspersion. Moreover, Kevorkian was a proud atheist who frequently stated — and acted on — his intention to force society to tack into the wind of his own dark desires.

Kevorkian’s real purposes in mounting his assisted-suicide...READ MORE

WASHINGTON — A panel discussion at the Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference and Strategy Briefing discussed Catholic action in defense of life and marriage ahead of the 2012 presidential election.

Speakers urged Catholics to take leadership roles on these issues and to participate in the political process.

“Many Catholics are frustrated by what they perceive as a lack of intensity in Catholic leaders about the issue of abortion and same-sex ‘marriage,’” panelist Deal
Hudson, president of Catholic Advocate, told attendees. “Some faithful Catholics become confused about the priority they give to life and marriage when they see so much energy being spent on other issues like immigration...READ MORE

VATICAN CITY — (CNA/EWTN News) — Pope Benedict said on June 8 that he hopes his visit to Croatia this past weekend “will bear abundant fruit for Croatian families, the entire nation and throughout Europe.”

The Pope said at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square that the June 4-5 visit was characterized by what he called “an intense spirit of faith.” In his review of the trip, he said that he primarily wanted to highlight his message to families delivered at the first annual Croatian National Family Day.

In an era of divorce and separation, the Pope said that “the fidelity of spouses has become in itself a significant sign of the love of Christ.” He described this witness as...READ MORE

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: What They Are & How to Use Them - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

A 40-Something Cardinal? - George Weigel, Crisis Magazine

Canonization Cause Opened for First U.S. Opus Dei Priest - Eric Sammons, The Divine Life

Revitalizing the Faith of Our Teens - Katie Peterson, The Integrated Catholic Life™

The Pope Has Turned the Book of Common Prayer Into a Catholic Liturgy - William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Moral Absolutes & the Humpty Dumpty Fallacy - Matthew O’Brien & Robert C. Koons, Public Discourse

Safer Chemical Abortions? Evidence Undercuts Claims of the safety of RU486 - Brendan Malone, MercatorNet

No Mainline Protestants in GOP field? - Sarah Pulliam...READ MORE