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Croatia clergy in drink curbs row Drinking wine is a key part of Holy CommunionCroatia’s Catholic priests are seeking compensation after the introduction of a new zero-tolerance drink driving law, a local newspaper says. The priests want $12 million a year to hire chauffeurs as they can no longer drive between churches where they must…

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Heavenly Father, on this day of remembrence we come to you with humble hearts and filled with love for You and our fellow man… Father, all praise and glory are Yours and we wish to exalt Your Holy Name…

I checked one of the links, Catholic RageMonkey. 2 things: 1, I didn’t get it. Please ‘splain to me Lucy. 2, they’ve got quite the list of links there. I hadn’t realized the Church community was so active on the web. Have the American bishops or the Vatican or anybody in authority put out any…

To deny someone the sacrament and say their communion is invalid because of a medical reason is not an acceptable practice. Communion Mom Looks To VaticanBRIELLE, N.J., Aug. 19, 2004 Mom Mad At Church Haley Waldman in her first Holy Communion dress (Photo: CBS/EARLY SHOW)Church doctrine holds that communion wafers must have at least some…

This is a month old, but Newsmax just ran the story so it will likely get mentioned some more… Last summer UNC got in trouble and embarrassed for mistreatment of Christians. They are at it again by telling a Christian group that it cannot be a Christian group. In other words, they have to let…

You may have heard about the seminary in Austria where massive amounts of child pornography was discovered… Well, Bishop Kung who went to investigate it, has shut it down. There was a blackout of commentary while he investigated, so not a whole lot of news until now. Apparently, the staff, administration and students have been…

Before becoming Catholic and relearning what success and achievement are, I was very much into the self-development and Positive Mental Attitude stuff. Still am to a degree, though I find that I now spend a lot of time picking over the materials and re-thinking it to conform to my faith. Anyway, I still get these…

Catholic World News is reporting that Archbp. Burke has removed two priests and suspended Mass at a local parish that has adopted an illegal governing structure. Seems that this parish created a non-profit corporation and is run by a lay board of advisors. Well, not advisors. They are like the board of directors. Apparently this…

Missouri voters approve ban on gay “marriage”…. I still worry that the courts will find a way to circumvent all these amendments and laws and lay a smackdown on what used to be the defining institution of Western society. Didn’t matter the religious beliefs… Marriage used to be seen as the bedrock you built society…