Thursday, February 14, 2008

Catholic News-Thursday, February 14, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION The Story Behind St. Valentines Day - Catholic Online 83 Years of Marital Love - Catholic News Service More on St. Valentines Day - Dirk Ploeg, American Chronicle Lucia dos Santos Sainthood Fasttracked - Zenit A John Paul II Catholic Runs for Office - Deal Hudson, Insd Cthlc Cluelessness Crisis, Part 4 - Melinda Selmys, Natl Cath Register TX Keeps Double Murder Sentence of Unborn Twins - LfSt Archbishop Gomez: Clinton is Persona Non Grata - Zenit Vice President Bobby Jindal - Elizabeth Levy, American Thinker Abortion: 61% Surge in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - LfSt Uproar Over "Silent Scream" - California Catholic Daily YouTube Reinstates Pulled Pro-Life Video - Inside Catholic Shameless Catholic Plug of the Day: New Advent The concise Catholic Encyclopedia Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Wednesday, February 13, click here. For Tuesday, February 12, click here. For Monday, February 11, click here. (Biretta Tips: Catholic Report & LifeSite)
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Catholic News-Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION If You Don't Have One, Get Your Own Missal - Fr. Z, WDTPRS Newman On Conversion - Fr. Edward T. Oakes, First Things Vatican to Tighten Rules on Saint Making - Cath Nws Agncy The Queen, Prince, & Primate - Damian Thompson, Hly Smk 7 Reasons Why Abp Shouldn't Get Away - Melanie Phillips, Dly Ml Mass Attendance & Divorce Correlation - John Jalsevac, LfSt Apocalyptic Fooferah - Mark Shea, National Catholic Register The Media of Relativism - Editors, National Catholic Register YouTube Yanks Pro-Life Video - Warner Todd Huston, NwsBstrs Cardinal: Sale of Relics "Unacceptable" - Catholic News Agency Clinton's More Pro-Homosexual Than Obama - John Jalsevac, LfSt Exorcism Revival - Craig Whitlock, Washington Post Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate by Jay Anderson Secular News Item of the Day: John McCain's Relationship with Ultra-Liberal George Soros by Jerome R. Corsi of World Net Daily Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Tuesday, February 12, click here. For Monday, February 11, click here. For Sunday, February 10, click here. (Biretta Tips: National Catholic Register & Lucianne)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Catholic News-Tuesday, February 12, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI AFTERNOON EDITION When Tolerance Trumps Truth - Donald Demarco, Ntl Cth Rgstr Seven Mistakes Movies Make - Tom Hoopes, Inside Catholic De-Christianization of Europe is Reversible - Cath Nws Agncy Young Nuns - PBS's Religion and Ethics Newsweekly What Vocations Shortage? - Russell Shaw, America Turkey's Religious Heritage - Antonio Gaspari, Zenit Who Is In Communion With Whom? - A Simple Sinner, Pr Chrstm Rebrand Lent as Christian Ramadan? - Robert Spencer, Dh Wch Dateless? An Angel to the Rescue - Zenit Support Drops For Muslim Accord - Stephen Adams, Ctzn Lnk 'Removed Cross' Prez of Col. of Wm & Mary Resigns - AP Obama: Most Un-Catholic Candidate - Jean Heimann, Cthlc Fr Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: RORATE CÆLI Catholic orthodoxy never had it so good Secular News Item of the Day: Obama Won't Wear Flag Pin, Honor's Terrorist Che Guevara by Rick Moran of the American Thinker ...NewsBusters chimes in... Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Monday, February 11, click here. For Sunday, February 10, click here. For Friday, February 8, click here. (Biretta Tips: Pro Ecclesia, LifeSite & Lucianne)
Monday, February 11, 2008

Catholic News-Monday, February 11, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION
150th Anniversary of Lourdes - Peter Allen, Telegraph Dawson and the Modern World - Geraldo Russello, Insd Cthlc Powder Keg: Defusing Lebanon - Doreen Raad, Ntl Cth Register Shari'a for the Archbishop? - James Lewis, American Thinker LAT Reports Abortion Clinic Atrocities - Dave Pierre, NwsBstrs Don Eduardo Bonnin RIP - Fr. J, Per Christum Catholic Schools Build Future Church - Dave Hartline, Cath Tms History of Cluelessness, Part 3 - Melinda Selmys, Ntl Cth Register Catholic 'Excellent Awards' - Tito, Custos Fidei Making Financial Adjustments for Lent - Shir Haberman, Scst News Flash: Social Encyclical Coming In March? - Catholic World News Muslims Appeals UN for Cordoba Cathedral - R. Spencer, DhWch Shameless Catholic Plug of the Day: Inside Catholic An excellent online Catholic magazine Secular News Item of the Day: Africa, China's New Frontier by Jon Swain of the Times Online Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Sunday, February 10, click here. For Friday, February 8, click here. For Thursday, February 7, click here. (Biretta Tip: Catholic Report)
Sunday, February 10, 2008

Catholic News-Sunday, February 10, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI AFTERNOON EDITION
Abp Of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, Wants Sharia Law:
by Damian Thompson of Holy Smoke
by Christopher Johnson of the Midwest Conservative Journal
and the rest of the news:
Martino Pushes Mancuso's Heterodoxy - Sandro Magister, Chiesa
Cardinal Mahony Must Resign - Dennis Jarrard, ChristianNewsWire
The Sins and the Fathers - Elizabeth Scalia, InsideCatholic
How Birth Control Works - Patti Armstrong, Catholic Exchange
Homosexual Aim: Abolish The Family - Hilary White, LifeSite
Cursillo Founder Passes Away - Nieves San Martin, Zenit
Blog Entry: Excellent Awards - Tito, Custos Fidei
Shameless Blog Plug of the Day:
by Christina
Secular News Item of the Day:
by Mona Charen of National Review Online
Last Three Catholic News Postings:
For Friday, February 8, click here.
For Thursday, February 7, click here.
For Wednesday, February 6, click here.
(Biretta Tips: LifeSite & Pewsitter)
Friday, February 8, 2008

Catholic News-Friday, February 8, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION Vatican Prepares For Muslim Leaders - Catholic News Agency Catholic Blog 'Excellent Awards' - Tito, Custos Fidei The Conversion Of England - Fr. Richard J. Neuhaus, First Things Super Tuesday Catholic Vote Analysis - Deal Hudson, InsdCthlc The Times They Are A Changin' - Mark Geitzen, Catholic Fire La Sapienza Mess Based On Wikipedia Misquote - Indt Cath Nws Jews & The Vatican: A New Clash - Jeff Israely, TIME Magazine Abp Of Canterbury Wants Sharia Law - Gledhill/Webster, Times Has Archbishop Gone Bonkers? - Ruth Gledhill, Articles Of Faith United State 2008 A.D. Papal Trip Updates: Official Papal Announcement Of Trip - Carol Gatz, Cath Nws Srvc Popemobile Will Hit DC Streets - Washington Post Blog Entry: Fat Tuesday, Pancakes, & Easter Eggs - Tito, Csts Fd Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: A Catholic Mom In Hawaii by Esther Secular News Item of the Day: The Mess In Kosovo by Robert R. Reilly of InsideCatholic Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Thursday, February 7, click here. For Wednesday, February 6, click here. For Tuesday, February 5, click here. (Biretta Tips: Catholic Report & InsideCatholic)
Thursday, February 7, 2008

Excellent Award for Blogs

Esther who writes the 'A Catholic Mom from Hawaii' blog has kindly awarded this blog the above award. Thank you Esther.
The rules: By accepting this Excellent Blog Award, you have to award it to 10 more people whose blogs you find Excellent Award worthy. You can give it to as many people as you want but please award at least 10. Thank you out there for having such great blogs and being such great friends! You deserve this! Feel free to award people who have already been awarded.
And with that nice preface is the following 20 Excellent Award blog winners from CVSTOS FIDEI:
1. Catholic Report by Dave Hartline. Excellent daily source of current news about Catholicism with insightful and charitable commentary.
2. The Cafeteria Is Closed by Gerald Augustinus. A medley of articles reposted by Gerald pointing out the disparities of those that practice their faith and those that don't.
3. The Curt Jester by Jeff Miller. Punditry, prayer, parody, polemics, puns from a Papist perspective. Good clean fun at our expense.
4. Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate by Jay Anderson. Political analysis from a Catholic perspective. Excellent insight and great unveiling of the rampant Noam Chomskyism from Cafeteria Catholics. I just love converts. Pretty long name for a blog that I wish he would shorten, but one of the ones I read daily. [note: When I write 'Noam Chomskyism' & 'Cafeteria Catholics' I am refelecting my opinion, not Jay's]
5. Holy Smoke by Damian Thompson. A hard hitting Catholic journalist from London's top newspaper, the Telegraph. Exposing England's spineless prelates and shining the light on dynamic orthodoxy.
6. What Does The Prayer Really Say? (WDTPRS) by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (Fr. Z). A devout priest explaining difficult doctrine in simple terms as well as offering analysis of Papal, clerical, & lay documents to unveil what is really being said. Another way to describe this fine blog is it's the New Liturgical Movement(see the next # 4), but on steroids.
7. Per Christum, a group blog. Simple blog with extraordinary postings on Catholic topics and current events. A Simple Sinner is on of my favorite posters.
8. Off The Record, a group blog. Diogenes is my favorite poster on this blog. His incisive postings on the Spirit of Vatican II crowd makes me laugh at the ridiculousness of it all as well as sad for those that are being left astray because of this.
9. Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! by Fr. Philip Powell. Wow. That's my reaction when I read his postings. Fr. Powell posts his most insightful and excellent homilies as well as the occasional request for books - he is a mendicant friar after all (correct me if I'm wrong here please).
10. Roman Catholic Vocations by Brad Watkins. Awesome postings on everything concerning Holy Orders. From monks to nuns and friars, oh my!
The Next Ten Excellent Blogs (I'm a voracious reader so I couldn't just rank only ten):
1. Recapturing our Catholic Patrimony (RCP), a group blog. This wonderful couple, PJP & Sarah, (and their two friends) post about their life, saints, and great analysis of pre-Vatican II documents in order to show all Catholics the rich patrimony of our Catholic faith.
2. A Catholic Mom in Hawaii by Esther. Great devotionals, local insights, and observations of life in Hawaii from a Catholic mother. Well written and beautifully ornate graphics make this a pleasant read at the end of the day.
3. Catholic Fire by Jean M. Heimann. Daily postings of Catholic facts and wonderful analysis of pop culture. You like facts, go here.
4. New Liturgical Movement/Novus Motus Liturgicus, by Shawn Tribe and others. Analysis of liturgy and liturgical developments from around the world. This stuff is mostly over my head, but I can honestly say that each posting that I read makes me appreciate the Mass ever more.
5. The Dawn Patrol by Dawn Eden. Wonderful insight on the Pro-Life movement as well as the daily happenings of what Dawn is doing. Please pray for her recovery.
6. Thoughts of a Regular Guy by Paul. It's like Jay's blog at Pro Ecclesia, but older. OK, enough with the jokes, a bit more broader in scope with less political analysis.
7. The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen, a group blog. They say it best, "The Car Crash of Blogs. You Don't Want To, But You Just Can't Help But Look". Warning, if you enjoy reading Fr. McBrian's articles or appreciate liturgical dancing be prepared to be Catholicized by these fine, upstanding Catholic bloggers. Or at least get the last rites.
8. L.A. Catholic by Quintero. The Cardinal Mahony resignation/retirement/death watch. Or how to avoid the abomination that is the LA Cathedral. Or how to appreciate the depravity of Los Angeles worst churches and priests. Or ... you get the picture.
9. American Papist by Thomas Peters. Excellent analysis and reporting from the Catholic world. This guy should be an editor for National Catholic Register, or better yet, the National Catholic Reporter so they will stop pushing the Spirit of Vatican II agenda.
10. RORATE CÆLI by New Catholic and others. Want to know what's going on with orthodoxy in Catholicism, well this is the blog for you.
And that my fellow readers is that. I want to post the next ten excellent blogs, but I'm getting weary.

Catholic News-Thursday, February 7, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION Season Of Lent - Repent & Rejoice! - Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester ...everything you wanted to know about Lent from Jimmy Akin... What Do You Call Us (Catholics)? - Todd Aglialoro, InsideCatholic Praying For Conversion Of Jews - Damian Thompson, Holy Smoke ...Fr. Z's excellent analysis of the Jewish conversion prayer... Conceiving Parenthood - Jason Byassee, First Things Bp Lori Covers Up Priests Homosexual Scandal - Diogenes, OTR How Did Starvation Become Mercy - A Simple Sinner, Per Christum What I Need From McCain - Paul, Thoughts Of A Regular Guy Scandalous Annual LA Religious Education Congress - Cal Cath Dly The Cluelessness Crisis, Part 3 - Melinda Selmys, Nat'l Cath Register Blog Entry: Fat Tuesday, Pancakes, & Easter Eggs - Tito, Csts Fd Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: The Curt Jester by Jeff Miller Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Wednesday, February 6, click here. For Tuesday, February 5, click here. For Monday, February 4, click here. (Biretta Tips: National Catholic Register & Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate)
Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Catholic News-Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION These 40 Days: Guide For Lent - National Catholic Register Five Muslims At The Vatican - Sandro Magister, Chiesa Baptist Cured Of Cancer, Prayed To Potential Saint - CNS Shroud Dating May Have Been Inaccurate - Hilary White, LifeSite The Tale Of 2 Churches - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, NC Rgstr Father Fights For Life Of Disabled Child - John Jalsevac, LfSt Dr Dobson: 'I Cannot, & Will Not, Vote For McCain' - CtznLnk ...Huckabee running for Vice President?... Fat Tuesday, Pancakes, & Easter Eggs - Tito, Custos Fidei Will History Vindicate Archbishop Burke - Colleen Campbell, SLPD Padding The Case For The New Atheism - Mark Shea, InsdCthlc No More Veils, Blindness, Or Darkness - California Catholic Daily Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: RealClearReligion by Genevieve Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Tuesday, February 5, click here. For Monday, February 4, click here. For Sunday, February 3, click here. (Biretta Tips: Catholic Report, InsideCatholic, LifeSite, & PewSitter.com)
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Fat Tuesday, Pancakes, and those Easter Eggs

I did a little research on Fat Tuesday and came away with some very interesting and cool facts about this aspect of our faith concerning Fat Tuesday, Lent, Easter Eggs, and much more... Seven Fun Catholic Facts: 1. Why is it called Fat Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday)? Originally during Lent Christians abstained from eating eggs and fat for 40 days (in addition from abstaining from meat on Ash Wednesday and Friday’s). So leading up to Ash Wednesday Christians would eat all of their stored supplies of eggs & fat so that they wouldn’t spoil as well as to get a last taste before fasting. Hence, ‘Fat Tuesday’. Or in French ‘Mardi Gras’. 2. Why is the time leading up to Lent called ‘Carnival’ in Latin America, southern Europe, and the Spanish and French speaking world? Despite what you may think of the meaning of ‘Carnival’, it is derived from Latin meaning “taking away of flesh” or “carne levare”. Or as it later became, ‘Carnival’. 3. What about here in the United States? Why don’t we celebrate or call it ‘Carnival’? In northern Europe, the United Kingdom, the U.S., parts of Canada, and the rest of the English speaking world it is called ‘Shrovetide’. The English term "shrovetide" (from "to shrive", or hear confessions) is sufficiently explained by a sentence in the Anglo-Saxon "Ecclesiastical Institutes" translated from Theodulphus by Abbot Aelfric about 1000 A.D.: "In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then my hear by his deeds what he is to do [in the way of penance]". 4. Want to know how or why pancakes were invented? The English custom of eating pancakes was undoubtedly suggested by the need of using up the eggs and fat which were, originally at least, prohibited articles of diet during the forty days of Lent. 5. This brings us to Easter Eggs… The same prohibition (from eggs) is, of course, mainly responsible for the association of eggs with the Easter festival at the other end of Lent. Hence those Easter eggs we like to color and have Easter egg hunts with. 6. Is it really forty days, I counted more than 40 days on the liturgical calendar? Yes. For Catholics it is exactly forty days starting on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday after you eliminate all the Sundays. Remember, Sunday is a day of rest from work as well as from fasting, but many Christians still like to keep fasting on Sunday. 7. And finally, the final fun fact of the day… …40 days represents a tithe of the year - rounding up, it is a little more than 10% of 365 (or 366!) days for the year. In a special way, we are offering a tithe of our year during this season. (Biretta Tips: New Advent & Per Christum)

Catholic News-Tuesday, February 5, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION Unborn Twins Saves Mothers Life - John Connolly, LifeSite Super Fat Tuesday - Hugh J. McNichol, PewSitter Super Tuesday Picks - Charlie Spiering, Nat'l Catholic Register Lent Begins Today For Some - A Simple Sinner, Per Christum A Rich Market For Russian Icons - Peter Finn, Washington Post Why USCCB Harry Forbes Must Be Replaced - John Jalsevac, LfSt McCain Endorsed By 'GOP For Choice' - Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia 66 Aborted Babies Left Alive To Die - Beezy Marsh, Daily Mail Why Feminists Should Convert - Mike Adams, Townhall Was Hitler An Atheist - Vox Day, WorldNetDaily Anglican Clown Mass 2008 - Mary Jordan, Washington Post Beware Of Freedom To Marry Week - Kim Trobee, CitizenLink Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: The Dawn Patrol by Dawn Eden Secular News Item of the Day: Rampant Islamic Jew-Hatred In Europe by Andrew G. Bostom of American Thinker Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Monday, February 4, click here. For Sunday, February 3, click here. For Saturday, February 2, click here. (Biretta Tips: National Catholic Register & LifeSite)
Monday, February 4, 2008

Catholic News-Monday, February 4, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION
Pope: The Three Non-Negotiables - New Catholic, Rorate Caeli
Ash Wednesday Already? - Stephen Mirarchi, Natl Cath Rgstr
Slavery, Christianity, And Islam - Robert Spencer, First Things
Pro-Life Video: Demographic Winter
Evangelicals Turn To Monasticism - Molly Worthen, Boston Globe
Support For Bp After Muslim Threats - J. Wynne-Jones, Tlgrph
Shameless Catholic Mag Plug of the Day:
Last Three Catholic News Postings:
For Sunday, February 3, click here.
For Saturday, February 2, click here.
For Friday, February 1, click here
Sunday, February 3, 2008

Catholic News-Sunday, February 3, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI EVENING EDITION The Vatican National Anthem, yes they really have one. Looking Forward With Joy To Lent - Argent, By The Tiber Lenten Ideas 2008 - Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire Beatitudes Vs. Diabolicals - Fr. Philip Powell, Domine Fr Nichols Plan, Revive Catholic England - D. Thompson, Hly Smk George Weigel's Newest Book - Catholic News Agency Notre Dame's Fr. Richard McBrien's Claptrap - Fr. Z, WDTPRS Restored Preparation - David G. Bonagura Jr., Inside Catholic Finding Chastity In A Romance Language - Dawn Eden, Dwn Ptrl American Papist Super Tuesday Comments - Thomas Peters, AmP The Unorthodox Patriarch - Charlotte Allen, Wall Street Journal A Peaceful Religion? - Fr. D. Longenecker, Standing On My Head Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: Standing on my Head by Fr. Dwight Longenecker England Entering the Islamic Dark Ages: Retreat from Science by Thomas Lifson of American Thinker and Dhimmitude by Clarice Feldman of American Thinker Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Saturday, February 2, click here. For Friday, February 1, click here. For Thursday, January 31, click here. (Biretta Tip: Per Christum)
Saturday, February 2, 2008

Catholic News-Saturdary, February 2, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI AFTERNOON EDITION Hanoi Yields To Pope - AsiaNews State Of The US Church - Gerald Augustinus, TCIC Challenges & Graces Of Conversion - Chris Findley, Cath Exchng Relentless Attack On Planned Parenthood - Cal Catholic Daily The End Of The Christian Presence In Istanbul - Joshua Trevino Last Patriarch End Game? - James Kushiner, Mere Comments USSCB John Forbes At It Again - Connolly/Jalsevac, LifeSite Pope Prefers Fanta Over Beer - Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester ...for more of the Pope's favorite drink click here... Am Idol Pro-Lifer To Sing Natl Anthem At Super Bowl - LfNws US Court: Homosexual Exposure OK For Children - WrldNtDly English Bishop Receiving Muslim Death Threats - BBC News Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: Per Christum Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Friday, February 1, click here. For Thursday, January 31, click here. For Wednesday, January 30, click here. (Biretta Tips: Lucianne & PewSitter.com)
Friday, February 1, 2008

Catholic News-Friday, February 1, 2008 AD

CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION Paved With The Skulls Of Bishops - Fr. R. Neuhaus, 1st Things Dateline Nairobi, Kenya - Sandro Magister, Chiesa Sacreligious Puppet Mass In Baton Rouge - Jeff Miller, Crt Jstr Time To Rethink Communion In The Hand - Cindy Wooden, CNS Legionaries Of Christ Maciel Dies - Elizabeth Hamilton, Courant Abortionist Convicted Of Manslaughter - Peter Smith, LifeSite Pro-Life Hero: Wesley J. Smith - Devon Williams, CitizenLink ...his blog Secondhand Smoke here... Great March For Life Photographs - LifeSiteNews Choose Life Movies? They're 'Fictions' - Tim Graham, NwsBstrs Angels & Demons Movie - Leon Grey, American Chronicle Hard-Core Porno Isn't "Free Speech" - Matt Barber, Twnhll Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: Ten Reasons by Rich Leonardi Last Three Catholic News Postings: For Thursday, January 31, click here. For Wednesday, January 30, click here. For Tuesday, January 29, click here. (Biretta Tips: National Catholic Register & PewSitter.com)

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