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When Is a Compromise Not a Compromise?
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:00 +0200
President Barack Obama has just announced his "compromise" on the contraceptive mandate that requires religious organizations to provide insurance that offers free contraception to all of their female workers.
As...
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The Contraception Mandate: A Defining Moment
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:44:00 +0200
Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of words have been spilled over the past few weeks regarding the Obama administration's attempt to force religious organizations to provide female employees with...
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Sometimes, 40 Days Is Not Enough
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0200
In the traditional Roman Catholic calendar (the calendar still used in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, also known as the Traditional Latin Mass), the three Sundays before Lent were...
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Ramping Up for Lent
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:30:00 +0200
Because the date of Easter changes every year (see When Is Easter?), the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period of penance and preparation before Easter, changes also. (See When Is...
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Novena of the Week: To the Holy Family
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0200
February is the Month of the Holy Family, so what better way to mark the month than with a Novena to the Holy Family? This novena is also particularly appropriate...
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The Lush of the Irish
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0200
So there I was, at a free (!) beer tasting at the Olympic Tavern in Rockford, Illinois, and all I could think about was poor old Saint Patrick. I suppose...
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Why Is Good Friday Called Good?
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0200
Ash Wednesday is still a little less than three weeks away, and Good Friday is exactly nine, but readers are already asking a question that arises every Lent: Why is...
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Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:30:00 +0200
February 11 is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which celebrates the first appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette Soubirous. Over the course of five...
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February: The Month of the Holy Family
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0200
In January, the Catholic Church celebrated the Month of the Holy Name of Jesus; and in February, we turn to the entire Holy Family--Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
In sending His...
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When Does Lent End? It Depends
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:30:00 +0200
Whenever I discuss Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, as I have recently, I know the next question that readers will ask. With thoughts of Lent firmly planted in their heads,...
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