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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — It was standing room only at St. Monica’s Church for the March 5 funeral of parishioners Jean and Scott Adam. Jean and Scott, ages 66 and 70 respectively, were taken hostage Feb. 19 by pirates off the coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean. They were found shot to death Feb. 22 after their hijacked 58-foot yacht Quest was boarded by U.S. forces who had tried to rescue them.

Also killed were two friends traveling with them, Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle of Seattle. The four were the first Americans killed by Somali pirates since hijackings of boats off the coast of East Africa began several years ago.

According to friends back home, they died engaging in their two...READ MORE

The Truth About Love - Sarah Delaney, Catholic News Service

Manic Mortifications - Ellen Wilson Fielding, InsideCatholic

Vatican Bank Head: Economy Needs Good Priests - Edwards Pentin, National Catholic Register

For Your Lenten Night at The Movies III - Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

A Prophet for Our Times - William Saunders, The Catholic Thing

Curmudgeonry - Charles Culbreth, The Chant Café

Death Struggles Return - Steve Weatherbe, The Daily Register

Cardinal Reappoints Jim McDonough as Chancellor - Boston Catholic Insider

Reporting on Humanae Vitae, Fr. John C. Ford, SJ & Dr. Germain Grisez - Father Robert J. Araujo S.J., Mirror of Justice

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Did Christ Hunger and Thirst as God, or Only as Man? - Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

For Stuff My Abba Macarius Says - Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

“Virgin” or “Young Woman”?  Isa 7:14 - Peter S. Williamson, Speaking of Scripture

Different Methods of Stations of the Cross, Indulgences - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayers Really Say?

The Annunciation and the First Tabernacle - Sister Lisa Marie Doty F.d.C.C., NunSpeak

The Good Samaritan:  Part One - Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

New English Missal to have Fine Illustrations - Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Not Smart Enough - Joseph Knippenberg, First Things/First Thoughts

Carmelite...READ MORE

The Abbot Who Believed that Guilt and Fear were Essential for Spiritual Growth - Spiritual Life, Catholic Herald

Visit the Prisoner - John Zmirak, InsideCatholic

Making History: 41 Year-Old Ukrainian Greek-Catholic (Major-Archbishop) Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk - Father Athanasius D. McVay Ph.D. H.E.D., Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae

Half of Anglican Congregation Follow ‘Amazed’ Vicar to Ordinariate - Paddy Cooper, South London Press

Yoga Stations of the Cross Tonight! - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Study:  Going To Church Makes You A Fatty - LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

About the Footnotes in Most Bibles - Eric Sammons, The Divine Life

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Among the still fully-to-be-appreciated gifts of Pope John Paul II’s teaching legacy is undoubtedly his “theology of the body.” The Pope’s highly creative and original insights, expressed in the addresses he gave at 129 Wednesday general audiences from 1979-84, provided biblical, anthropological and moral foundations for a Catholic understanding of sex.

While several authors have sought to apply the theology to contemporary situations, it is fair to say that the radical significance of these insights has only begun to be tapped and applied. The fact that otherwise serious people, for example, can actually believe that two men or two women can constitute a marriage is just one example of how...READ MORE

The Pearl of York: Saint Margaret Clitherow, Today is the Anniversary of Her Execution - Stephanie A. Mann, Supremacy and Survival The English Reformation

“Suddenly, I Was Surrounded by Life” - Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Pope John Paul II Wanted Confession During Mass - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Was Jesus a Political Activist? - Kathryn Jean Lopez, Jesus of Nazareth Book Blog

Speaking in Tongues or is It Hogwash?  The Cynic Confronts Charismata: Glossolalia - Danica, Catholic Phoenix

Bored to Death: We Live in Days of Distraction - R.J. Snell, Public Discourse

The Church’s “Sex Problem” - Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

U.S. State Department Lies about...READ MORE

Latest Buzz on the Summorum Pontificum ‘Clarification’ - Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

How Much Ruin is in a Nation?: The Spain of Philip IV - Christopher S. Johnson, First Things/On The Square

From the Question Box: “Scandals and the Church” - Pat McNamara

Libyan Enlisted to Aid the Advance of Christianity! - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Do Beautiful Churches Produce Vocations? - Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

You Want Beauty? Find It in the Liturgy. - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

For Your Lenten Friday Night at The Movies II - Allison Salerno, Why I Am Catholic

How Catholic Is Of Gods and Men? Part 3 - Steven D. Greydanus, National...READ MORE