urn: uuid:12684567902447977243Kevin Knight2009-07-06T18:49:14Z urn: uuid: bc1db53a7c8db27a2009-07-06T00:00:00Z||CNS latest top stories urn: uuid: cdc0598a8ca0d7972009-07-06T16:44:50Z||Catholic World News Briefs (CatholicCulture.org)Vatican Radio is selling commercial spots for the first time ever. The first advertisements will be for Enel, an Italian utility... urn: uuid: b05159fa3b5f439e2009-07-06T16:39:00Z||CNA Daily NewsThe secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues, warned last week that "modern society has become allergic to the concepts of duty and the spirit of sacrifice," two notions that have always "belonged to the common heritage of all the great religions" and that are necessary as well for all priests. urn: uuid: c467835a4e46d9d92009-07-06T15:38:55ZTerry MattinglyThe Iran story has faded from the headlines in recent weeks, in large part because the Obama White House has not worked to keep it in the headlines, perhaps knowing that "America" and "Satan" are terms that tend to flow together in the minds of millions of Iranians. This may make conservatives mad and liberals angry, but there you go. urn: uuid:757ac51d784868d32009-07-06T12:40:28ZWhispers in the LoggiaIn prep for tomorrow's release of B16's first major contribution to the church's "social magisterium," the Mothership's Don Clemmer has posted a useful primer of background on (and links to) the long line of texts that form the meat-and-potatoes of Catholic social teaching... urn: uuid:4bbd36ce3b0df7232009-07-06T14:45:47Z||Livescience.comAfter one of the longest sunspot droughts in modern times, solar activity picked up quickly over the weekend. urn: uuid:9d4bbe3e41d2a3b52009-07-05T23:00:00Z||The Catholic ThingPresident Obama sincerely believes he and a legion of functionaries can efficiently direct America from the White House, which over several presidencies has come ever more to resemble Mount Olympus. He's not Zeus, but Mr. Obama is POTUS, a godlike acronym if ever there was one, and with Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid... urn: uuid: c2e5cd86ec0bcb422009-07-06T10:08:52ZDeacon Greg KandraAfter many months of delay, Pope Benedict's third encyclical arrives tomorrow. And at least one observer is asking: "Will anybody care?" In the days leading up to this week's scheduled release of Pope Benedict XVI's latest encyclical, there's been a quickening of speculation about what it will say. We know the name: Caritas in Veritate ("Charity in Truth"). urn: uuid:4f83e49322298e662009-07-06T15:29:23Z||Mollie||GetReligionAssociated Press reporter Allen Breed is back with another religion-fueled story on Gov. Mark Sanford, leading candidate for South Carolina's worst husband. You sort of know the story's not going to be so hot when it begins as follows: Each Sunday afternoon in May, Gov. urn: uuid:1bc689af7c3843042009-07-06T13:07:59Z||Faith & Reason: Top Stories & Community FeedThe surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited digitally. urn: uuid:24892729b498caa62009-07-05T17:30:45Z||suburbanbanshee||Aliens in This WorldSt. Joseph's Church in Newark, New Jersey has its own set of artificial catacombs, filled with wax images of Early Christian martyrs. Fr. Mateo Amoros, the assistant pastor back in the 1930's, apparently decided that what was missing from his church's basement was underground tunnels, like in the old country. So he made some. urn: uuid: d94425e5795f53642009-07-05T06:00:00ZSandro MagisterOn the eve of the visit of the president of the United States to the pope, Cardinal Cottier, for many years the official theologian of the pontifical court, writes an enthusiastic commentary about him. Obama responds with a very friendly interview. urn: uuid:6d3f83bacaf72e9a2009-07-06T06:24:02Z||Michael Novak||First Things: On the SquareEditor's Note: In 1995, Michael Novak wrote a lecture on the subject of "Caritas and Economics." The original text is reprinted here in the hopes that it will shed further light on the widespread reflection on caritas and economics about to be requested by Benedict XVI's upcoming encyclical In one of the two greatest lines of world poetry... urn: uuid:55a6cd750d7971c92009-07-06T06:33:18Z||Vincenzo||SANCTE PATERSwissmiss wrote: "Numerous cathedrals and basilicas, specifically those at San Petronio, Bologna, Paris and Rome, were designed during the 17th and 18th centuries, to be used for this "secular" function. St. Alex says, please place your answer in the form of a question in the combox... urn: uuid:55f8178bd3e5d5762009-07-06T03:30:20ZRobert MoynihanTaking the Scapular A walk in the park and a visit to a special church. A special report from the Rome-based news magazine Inside the Vatican... urn: uuid: b7153f4a3f50c5242009-07-05T16:43:00Z||CNA Daily NewsPope Benedict XVI dedicated his reflections before today's Angelus prayer to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Recalling that the first Sunday of July was in the past dedicated to the devotion of the Most Precious Blood of Christ, he spoke of the Blood of Christ as a "source of hope in a world torn apart by violence and hatred." urn: uuid:9e51b8371afc04ca2009-07-05T14:00:00Z||HowStuffWorks Daily FeedNatural disasters can happen with little to no warning. What causes these events, and what happens when people are trapped? urn: uuid:82b91047888a57562009-07-05T17:17:02Z||suburbanbanshee||Aliens in This WorldHistory Channel has a reputation for digging out weird anti-Catholic or anti-Christian myths, but I want to give it credit where credit is due. I just saw a very interesting story on the engineering show Boneyards about the reclaiming and reusing of the old Anaconda copper mines in Butte, Montana. urn: uuid:60189a20c4087dda2009-07-05T07:14:48ZJohn AllenIt's become customary for popes to write letters on the occasion of a G8 summit, which are formally addressed to the head of whichever government is hosting the event. This time around, Benedict XVI has all the more reason to write the G8 given that the upcoming July 8-10 G8 summit is taking place in the Abruzzo region of Italy, about 75 miles northeast of Rome... urn: uuid:25f3a58dac33b3a52009-07-05T19:53:46ZElizabeth ScaliaThe era of the endless campaign -which could only exist in a world where histrionic hype and style mean more than history and substance- we now devolve into the era of the endless-but-danceable dirge. Tom Elia writes of American Celebrity Culture Writ Large: ABC, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC will cover Michael Jackson's memorial service live. urn: uuid: ca5792923e1fcae12009-07-05T16:00:32Z||www.google.comPope Benedict XVI has not escaped the economic downturn, with donations hit by the global financial storm, official figures showed Saturday.