Catholic Exchange

To Be Perfect?

CE Editor — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:54 +0000

Lectio: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1) Opening prayer Almighty God, our hope and our strength, without you we falter. Help us to follow Christ and to live according to your will. Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy…

How Exactly Will the HHS Mandate Kill Religious Freedom?

Gail Finke — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:53 +0000

If you’re a religious non-profit and you don’t file a 990 with the IRS, you’re off the hook. The US government says you are allowed to follow your beliefs and refuse to pay for your female employees’ birth control devices…

Don’t Cry for Me, America: Comparing Argentina and the United States

Alejandro Chafuen — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:51 +0000

Many observers have pondered if the United States is following the same troubled path as Argentina. In the 1940s, Argentina’s Juan Domingo Perón used government agencies for political gain and created a popular form of fascism called Perónism. In the…

Never Alone

Tamara Rajakariar — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:39 +0000

I am the eldest child in a family of nine kids – eight girls and one boy. And I’m proud of it. I’ll admit that this was a source of embarrassment during my teenage years, especially in moments when the…

China’s One-Child Policy Gets Worse

Anne Morse — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:36 +0000

Recent reports from the Guangdong province show coercion in China’s infamous one-child policy is once again on the rise. Women in the southern city of Huizhou, which has a population of 4 million, are being targeted for sterilization. Those who…

St. Emily de Vialar

Celine McCoy — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Emily, born in Gaillac, France, in 1797, was the daughter of Baron James de Vialar and Antoinette de Portal. She was educated in Paris, but returned home when she was 15 after the death of her mother. Life with her…

NOW SHOWING AT A BLOG NEAR YOU: THE UP-UP-AND AWAY EDITION

David — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:03:51 +0000

Gee, I wonder what I reviewed for Aleteia this week? Probably some small independent drama about transsexual Muslim immigrants trying to run a health food store in the deep south, right? Sorry, I’m afraid not, although the movie I saw…

Ten Greek Words Every Catholic Should Know

Stephen Beale — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:00:33 +0000

It’s hard to imagine Christianity without Greek. It’s the language of the New Testament and our earliest creeds and doctrines. The very terms we use to describe God—three persons, one in being—have their roots in ancient Greek words and concepts.…

The New School: Homosexual Propaganda and Your Kids

Robert R. Reilly — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:00:20 +0000

The logic works like this: If homosexual acts are moral, as so many now insist, then they should be normative. If they are normative, they should be taught in our schools as a standard. If they are a standard, they…

Reflection on the Beatitudes

CE Editor — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:00:20 +0000

Lectio: Monday, June 17, 2013 Ordinary Time 1) Opening prayer Almighty God, our hope and our strength, without you we falter. Help us to follow Christ and to live according to your will. Who lives and reigns with you and…