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Un-natural Family Planning
April 21, 2008

Un-natural Family Planning

Newsbusters picked up this Washington Post article that essentially states the Catholic Church is responsible for Filipino poverty. The Washington Post's article: described the Church?s influence throughout the article, hinting that it had…
Tongue or Hand?
April 23, 2008

Tongue or Hand?

This interesting article, 'Historical argument favors Communion on the tongue', discusses the historical evidence of receiving the Eucharist on the tongue. However, if you scroll down through some of the comments you'll find…
Heaven on Earth?
May 1, 2008

Heaven on Earth?

So, what do you do when you have a wife, three children and head up an oil company? You build a $2 billion, 27-story home, of course. Two-car garage? Not gonna cut it…
Ember Days Devotional
May 13, 2008

Ember Days

Former (traditional) penitential observances known as "Ember Days" can be found on many traditional Catholic calendars, though sadly not on many diocesan ones. What are the "Ember Days"? They are/were for the special…