Wednesday, January 5, 2011: News Roundup
Posted By Lisa Graas on January 5, 2011
Morning news roundup. With all due respect to the other great Catholic news sites, I like to start by reading Catholic Edition, The Pulp.it and the Catholic Herald ‘Must Reads’.
See the calendar of saints for today, January 5, 2011 at Patron Saints Index.
My friend Stuart is a new convert from the Anglican Church in Britain. He has several stories on his blog today that might be of interest. He can help keep readers up to date on the problems of secularization and growth of Islam in Britain. Catholic bloggers, please add him to your blogrolls and give him a generous ‘Welcome Home’, if you haven’t done so already.
Vatican: Great news for all of us fans of Pope John Paul II! Beatification possible in 2011 (CNA)
Pakistan: For news on Asia Bibi, the assassination of the governor of Punjab and comments from Archbishop Saldanha of Pakistan, read this story at NCRegister: Gunned down for defending Christians
Life Issues: Pregnancy centers under attack /
Mexico: Archdiocese of Mexico City denounces city officials’ intolerance — this is an important story regarding secularization and religious freedom
Australia: Cardinal Pell ‘blasts’ Catholic pro-abort politicians — Yay, Cardinal Pell!
Sudan: Interview with Catholic Relief Services adviser in Sudan
Israel: Israel boycotts UN anti-Israel propaganda billed as a racism conference
Father Z has an interview with Raymond Cardinal Burke posted on his blog. This is not to be missed.
This article from an Episcopalian at midwest conservative journal addressing Alberto Cutié is generating a lot of interest.
Updates to come, as I am able.
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Thanks! Welcome Home Stuart. I already had his blog and have been following it. It’s excellent!
Thanks Lisa and thanks Stacy, for your welcome home, and it REALLY is like coming home, I follow your blog too!
I thank God with all of my heart and with every fibre of my being ALL of the day that HE has brought me home.
I love the Catholic Church more and more very day I learn and there is SO much to learn
and you guys help me all the way.
I will go thru the (I think its called) Rite of Election on the Easter Vigil at Bristol Cathedral and I can’t wait!
The young priest is going to be my sponser and he is wonderful and such an inspiration to me!
I bursting with it all….
I am bursting too, and dub your comment to be the BEST COMMENT EVER at LisaGraas.com
Wow, I wrote in a such flurry of excitement and wished I’d checked the garammar now
In seriousness, thank you Lisa, you’ve been a big part of all of this from before you know, in the days when I was still a silent ‘lurker’ here!
I have lurkers???? COOL!!
Yes, you have many lurkers, and when annual de-lurking day comes, you should ask for them to say hi!
Leila, you sneaky lurker.
Leila, I demand that you welcome Stuart home!!! Darnit!
Stuart!!! You are amazing! I love you, brother and WELCOME HOME!!!!!!! It just gets better from here, I promise!!
That’s more like it.
By the way, Stuart, my friend Leila is a treasure. She’s done far more for me in my spiritual life than you would even believe if I tried to tell you. We all need each other to strengthen us on the journey. I hope for all Catholics that they all have someone who can help them along that way.
Yay thank you! And it just gets better,,,wow…hard to imagine that at the moment….
Welcome Home, Stuart!! What a blessing for us to welcome another brother Home. †
Thanks Lynnette!
Awesome and welcome home Stuart!! I am sure the angels rejoice with Glory to God in the highest each time another child returns home to bask in the light of God’s everlasting love, mercy and grace~
Ditto. What Erica said.
Amen
Wow the vision of angels rejoicing fills my soul with gladness Erica, thank you.
I actually FEEL different somehow. Almost like a new person, with a new hope, it’s weird
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