New From Ignatius Press: Anglicans and The Roman Catholic Church - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

The ‘Blogging’ Bishop Michael Campbell Welcomes the Vatican’s BlogMeet - A Reluctant Sinner

Doug Kmiec Resigns as Ambassador to Malta - Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

Religion, Reason, and Same-Sex Marriage - Matthew J. Franck, First Things

Angel, Abortion, Sexual Freedom and Subterfuge - Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

Get Ready to Pay Twice if You Want Change - Doctor Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

Tabernacle Destroyed in Spanish Parish - Catholic News Agency

Catholic Obama Apologist Kmiec Resigns as Malta Ambassador - Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com

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AMMAN, Jordan — Christians in Jordan and Syria, the latest Middle East countries to experience violent unrest, are in a quandary.

While they, like their fellow citizens, yearn for greater freedom and democracy, they fear — perhaps more than others — that any major power shift could lead to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and threats to their communities.

Compared to most other Arab countries in the Middle East, Jordan and Syria are relatively secular, and Christians generally feel safe there, as long as they toe the government line.

In a booklet on Middle East Christians, Habib Malik, a professor at Lebanese American University, says they have “lost all sense of what it meant to...READ MORE

Passion of Christ and Mary’s Role - Sister Lisa M. Doty F.d.C.C., Nunspeak

Saving Ethiopia’s “Church Forests” - T. Delene Beeland, The Orthodox Church

How to Hear Women’s Confessions, From an 1897 Manual - Pat McNamara

Petrine Primacy in the New Testament (Part I) - Michael Barber, The Sacred Page

“The Entire Mystery of Christ” - Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Religion: Encouragement Is Not Establishment - R.R. Reno, First Things/On The Square

Attacking the Last Acceptable Prejudice - Michael Coren, MercatorNet

Fairy Tales and Holy Week - Daniel McInerny, High Concepts

Richard Rich Quits as Ambassador to Malta - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

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WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s tax-credit program, which offers dollar-for-dollar reduction in state income tax for donations to tuition organizations that support religious schools.

The court’s 5-4 decision April 4 sets a precedent that could benefit religious schools throughout the country, including Catholic schools.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion that such laws do not violate the Establishment Clause. “When the government declines to impose a tax, there is no such connection between dissenting taxpayer and alleged establishment.”

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops joined the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of...READ MORE

The Purity of Charity: The Way of Silent Love - Jeffrey Steel, De Cura Animarum

Love Sees with New Eyes - Doctor Peter Kreeft, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Sexual Revolution: Defend It, If You Can - Anthony Esolen, Public Discourse

Holy Thursday: The First Concelebrated Mass - Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

Confessions During the Triduum - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Because Christ Didn’t Say “Take Up Your Palms And Follow Me” - Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

British Catholic Bloggers, I Salute You! - Ches, The Sensible Bond

U.S. Castigates Holy See over Family Planning - Lauren Funk, C-FAM

Why It’s OK for the U.S. Govt. to Burn Bibles But...READ MORE

Eucharist and Sacrifice: Denial Resulting from Misunderstanding - Jeffrey Steel, De Cura Animarum

Gentlemen, Dress Your Age - Rich Leonardi, Ten Reasons

Legendary Saints Were Real, Buried Alive, Study Hints - Ker Than, National Geographic News

Blogs Are Read in the Vatican, Monsignor Tighe - Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

Youth Challenged to Create New Renaissance with Social Media - David Kerr, Catholic News Agency

Vatican Blognic: List of 150 Bloggers Invited to Attend in Person - Pontifical Council for Social Communications

A Daily Chronology of Jesus’ Last Week - Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Your Ideal Life - Marge Fenelon

Louisiana Not Forced to Recognize...READ MORE

THE FACE OF GOD

The Rediscovery of the True Face of Jesus

By Paul Badde

Ignatius, 2010

378 pages, $23.95

To order: Ignatius.com

(800) 651-1531

For century upon century, artists have been trying to depict what Jesus might have looked like. Can we get an idea from the Shroud of Turin? Does a true image of the resurrected Jesus exist elsewhere?

That last question is the subject of a page-turning book in the best of investigative religious journalism. In fact, noted German journalist Paul Badde’s book, The Face of God reads like a thriller.

While Badde explores the Treasury in St. Peter’s in Rome and even searches in Spain for clues to Jesus’ physical appearance, he focuses the book...READ MORE

How the Mass Is a Sacrifice, and Why So Many Deny This Doctrine - Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

For Your Lenten Saturday Night at the Movies VI - Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

Secretary of State, “Revert” and Catholic Colonizer George Calvert - Stephanie A. Mann, Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation

God’s Plan, the Only Way to True Freedom: Veritatis Splendor - Father Jeffrey Steel, De Cura Animarum

Catholic Bloggers Guild of America? - Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Catholic

Abby Johnson and the Still Small Voice of God - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Out of the Mouth of Salon.com - Daniel McInerny, High Concepts

Democratic Bioethics and...READ MORE