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A big papist thank you to my devoted AmP fans for voting me Best Blog by a Man, Funniest Blog (pace Curt Jester), Most Entertaining Blog and Best Catholic News Website (over Zenit, National Catholic Register and CNA!).Also: 2nd place Best Written Blog, Most Informative Blog, People's Choice Blog...
Timothy
Timothy
Or is that "rocketh"?
Donna-Marie
Donna-Marie
rocketh with you....rip michael jackson
Nancy Moss

Nancy Moss I loved your "common ground" story about late term abortions: http://tinyurl.com/nc6g4h

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Whoops! This month snuck up on me...
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Source:New York Daily News.I found this image very powerful. Let's stop and say a prayer for the victims of 9-11 and of all terrorism.... and after that, how about a serious open thread discussion about Archbishop Timothy Dolan as papabili?
Joseph
Joseph
There are enough possible schisms going on in Austria especially Linz to last a life time. Some of the priests in the Linz Diocese are right out belligerent. No bones about it.
All the Austrian Bishops met with Benedict, but, I think they merely said, "thank you" and went their merry way. From what I have been told, the problem is very acute and it looks like the only one to take care of it is Benedict himself with a reinforcement of the Motu Proprio,
Mary
Mary
Papa Benedict: may you live many, many years.
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"No, Harry, I said I wanted pictures of people reflecting, not reflections of people!"[source: Reuters]
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Fascinating, noteworthy news from National Catholic Register's Tim Drake:[Today] at 10:45 Eastern time, the president is hosting a round table at the White House for members of the Catholic press.The National Catholic Register’s publisher, Father Owen Kearns, will be among eight religion...
Joseph
Joseph
OH, yes, these guys will swallow whatever he says: foot and feather. It will be all nice and negotiating words and nuance and all kinds of other nonsense that has absolutely no earthly value . .and afterward we will hear all "glee" .. .at times, we are "stupid is as stupid does".
Laura
Laura
You could always sneak in under the guise of a White House tour, right? I've never been, so am not exactly sure how that would work...
Jennifer
Jennifer
I only became a "fan" of this page because I wanted to write a comment. I'm reading all of the posts on here and it seems to me that each and every person who puts a comment up about someone is judging that person. If I remember correctly, isn't that God's job? You may want to remember scripture...James 4:11-12 ESV /
Do not speak evil against ... Read Moreone another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
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On Tuesday Amy Sullivan claimed in Time Magazine that the Obama family had settled on Camp David (well outside DC):The Obamas have finally ended the speculation about which D.C. church they would join - by picking none of them, Amy Sullivan reports in Time magazine...
Kristin
Kristin
Even when you're Catholic, you still search for a parish that resonates your ideas of the awe and resonance appropriate to God, and opportunities for spiritual development. However, if you're not Catholic, it can take much longer because you try almost any thing except he high churches; less of an automatic process of elimination, especially in the US where almost any one can make their own church up.
Sherry
Sherry
sale on the sacred, pew 12.
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Breaking:Doug Kmiec appointed ambassador to MaltaUpdate:Obama meets with Catholic reportersOn APP:How abortion might be snuck into government health careOutrageous:Offered as "common ground": How a Late-Term Abortion Saved My LifeNoteworthy:Obama meets with Catholic press todayHuh?After six months...
Kathleen
Kathleen
hmm
Bonnie Ziegler

Bonnie Ziegler I am thrilled to have found this on facebook!PAX+

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Another excellent submission of AmP gear in action!Anne of the Under Her Starry Mantle blog explains:Hi Thomas, We finally got to Sydney as planned, my gregorian chant choir, Schola Cantorum was singing down there.The photo has the Sydney Habour Bridge on one side, and if you look very carefully,...
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Tim Drake reports at NCRegister.com:In a recent Rolling Stone magazine interview with Brian Hiatt, U2’s Bono says that the song “Magnificent” is inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary.“All music for me is worship of one kind or another,” says Bono.The song appears on the band’s new album,...
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My father has had some excellent posts of late, which I have been neglectful of mentioning:Tuesday:L'OR and the Loss of ReasonLast Friday:The insordescence of Abp. Milingo demands responseLast Tuesday:Three points on the recent SSPX ordinationsAnd in case folks are wondering, he neversolicitslinks...
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This new technology deserves a great deal of attention...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
That is truly beautiful....
Philip
Philip
How wonderful! I wish we had this in my day...

I have an ultrasound of William @ 5 months in the womb
(we had lost his older sister, so he was considered an 'at risk' pregnancy). We got to see the development of his kidneys, count his fingers and toes. We found out that he was going to be a 'him'. ;-)
We saw him sucking his thumb. Now, he's 15; wish we could get him to stop! LoL... Read More

Kidding aside, this is absolutely astonishing. In the case of an 'unwanted' pregancy is not some amorphous mass from which a mother can dissociate herself - this puts a 'face' to the unborn person. If the mother sees this, one wonders how she could not love the miracle within her. She is part of God's plan that His creation should continue... If she really could appreciate how important she and her child were... I hope this technology can assist in underscoring the reality...
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Dan Gilgoff, with hisdependable, informative coverage of things religious/political, notes that as the White House prepares to debut its abortion plan, "packing" is becoming a "major issue":As the White House readies its plan for finding "common ground" on reproductive health issues and reducing...
Lisa
Lisa
Doubts About Condoms
Science Questioning Their Efficacy in Halting HIV/AIDS
http://www.zenit.org/article-17492?l=english
Linda
Linda
Every time I've heard the "dialogue/common ground/work together" language used by pro-abortion people, the compromise is always expected by them to be purely on the pro-life side. They never give ground, and when we try to "play nice" they throw it back with comments that we weren't' really seriously opposed to their positions in the first place.
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Sometimes it's simply impossible to keep up on all the news...
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AmericanPapist is impressed that AmP fanpage comments are approaching the same numbers as AmP blog comments. do most of you read the blog too or just stay in facebook? I'm curious....

Mary
Mary
Facebook, then I follow the links to read more
Jeremy
Jeremy
Rss feed more often, fb less often
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An amusing info-parody of Apple's advertisements for the iPhone:Via Paul (and son) at SQPN (
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What the heck is going on with L'Osservatore Romano these days...
Kelley
Kelley
I totally agree with you. We do need to pray for the repose of his soul, but let's not eulogize him.
Adam
Adam
L'OR continues to lose credibility. If it continues in this vein, it will have no more weight than your average American fishwrap.
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And just in time for the feast of Sts...
Joseph
Joseph
I will be interested to see if they do more discovery work at the tomb in the basilica. The tomb is so large they may have to tear the altar down to do the work. Great image . ..on tie feast of Sts Peter and Paul.
Leslie
Leslie
I expect pointy beards to come back into fashion.
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It's a straightforward concept, requiring no elaborate explanation from yours truly.I'm going to pray for John Dingell of Michigan.People who choose Pelosi should probably get some sort of special indulgence.
David
David
In our parish, we are now praying the Miraculous Medal novena each week for pro-abortion politicians.
Ursula
Ursula
Jesus said to pray for the sinner the rightous are already saved
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(okay, so "replacee" isn't a word. I admit it .....
Brenda
Brenda
How many in that 54% were PRACTICING Catholics?
Joseph
Joseph
As for the 54 percent; it's hard to tell . ..we call them Catholic Sometimes. . . . .we as clergy have done a terrible job in educating the Catholic Community . . .we need an entire revamp of our religious education system . . .we closed too many of our elementary schools at the parish level .. .the Sisters went elsewhere.
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I know, I know: this is *so* last week ... but it's also excellent and worth the watch:Explained by AmP reader Andrew:"I'd like to draw your attention to a video that was made of a Corpus Christi procession which I participated in here in Bremerton, WA at Our Lady Star of the Sea...
Bob Connor

Bob Connor A bit of breaking news to the posting you had on June 09 (http://www.americanpapist.com/2009/06/boston-archdiocese-affiliate-health.html) is that Caritas has pulled out of the agreement with Centene (please - no jokes) due to abortion providers being part of the package. Details here: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/

Thoughts?

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Today at 1PM EST I'll be doing a segment on "Faith and New Media" for Fr...
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Friday is offbeat news day at AmP, and this one is perfect because it allows me to draw upon a story reported by US Magazine:Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and his family donated $1 million to a Missouri hospital over the weekend.Brad's bro, Doug, announced the generous contribution to St...
Franco
Franco
good for them. Better to have that million in Catholic hands... if they want to support other causes as well, it's their choice :)
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"FREE INDULGENCE DAY AT THE VATICAN!!!"[source: AP Photo]
Michael
Michael
Likely not the pose he'll strike when Obama shows up.
Gina
Gina
Don't you just love him?
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Back in March I reported that the Legion had announced it was to undergo an apostolic visitation by the Vatican.An open thread on this question which I started earlier this month has some scattered reports, but no definitive information that the visitation - and the reform that it is expected to...
Cory
Cory
true, but given the seriousness of the allegations, you would figure the Vatican would move post-haste.
Franco
Franco
I'm sure the Vatican has thousand of other tasks to complete, as serious and important or more as this particular one.
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From the Archdiocese of Detroit website:"Archbishop Allen Vigneron next week will embark on a pilgrimage to receive a pallium -- a thin, woolen scarf, that symbolizes an archbishop's mission to shepherd God's people...
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I've seen several presentations about this new movie which is coming out on Friday, "The Stoning of Soraya M." It's an incredibly timely film (considering what is going on in Iran), telling the TRUE story about a woman persecuted under Sharia law...
Elisa
Elisa
Ditto!
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Smart move from Family Research Council (background from CNA):And smart not because it scores "political points," but because it challenges Obama and the pro-abortion movement to face the contradictory nature of the two things they are trying to say...
Andrew
Andrew
It's a video that's over a year old, though...
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Just nasty:“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white,” he told an aide, before adding, “Or a rape.”The background:On Jan. 23, 1973, when the Supreme Court struck down laws criminalizing abortion in Roe v. Wade, President Richard M...
Julie
Julie
Margaret Sanger often spoke at KuKlux Klan rallies. There are pictures. She was the one of the greatest proponents of eugenics in our time, next to Hitler.
Nicholas
Nicholas
It was under Nixon that the United Nations Population Fund was started, nuf said.
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Huh?CNS fails to fairly report USCCB's "support D'Arcy" statementInfo:Happy Feast Day to Me!Bioethics: "Badethics" - Obama Plans to Replace Bush’s Bioethics PanelPhoto:"Pint-sized server a surprise at morning Mass" Not pictured above the pope: a crucifix.[source: AP Phot
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Something important happened at the US bishops' combined meeting last week, which we are just hearing about today: "the USCCB expressed their solidarity for Bishop John M. D’Arcy .....
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By which I mean, of course, a happy feast day to my patron saint, Thomas More, also known as "omnium horarum homo" (a man for all seasons, referring to his wide scholarship and knowledge). If you haven't seen the movie about him, A Man For All Seasons (only $8!), see it today...
Bob Connor

Bob Connor Loving the AmP. Looked but could not find the Curt Jester, though? Let's get them on FB, too (or show me where, on FB, they are - educating the ignorant is one of the Spiritual Works of Mercy, after all)...

Bob
Bob
Thanking you... Continue to keep it real (and real entertaining) for us all out here in the trenches. It is appreciated!
Vicki Intrabartolo Ellis

Vicki Intrabartolo Ellis Happy Belated Birthday from one June 17 baby to another!

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AmericanPapist
haha thanks!
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AmericanPapist is a "celebrity judge" in the Catholic Company's "Incredible Priests, Incredible stories" video contest - http://www.incrediblepriests.com/celebrityjudges.html - tell yours about it!

Source: www.incrediblepriests.com
Now a Roman Catholic priest, Father Longenecker, is an American who has spent most of his life living and working in England. Ordained an Anglican priest and married with four children, he and his family entered into the Catholic Church in 1995. ...
Atticus
Atticus
Fr. Dwight's my neighbor. Incredibly blessed to have him 1/4 mile away.
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Priests try to avoid being seen byPapa Razzi.[source: Reuters]
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Dan Gilgoff on the oddity (my description) of a "Major Abortion Rights Site [Launching an] Online 'Common Ground' Forum":"Coinciding with the Obama administration's move to ready a plan for "reducing the need for abortion," a major abortion rights websitehas launched an online forum aimed at...
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Shows you just how thin the argument is:The Brooksville city council recently approved a revised dress code as part of its effort to update existing policies.The revision instructs employees to observe "strict personal hygiene," including the use of deodorant...
Debbie Vandover

Debbie Vandover Happy belated Birthday!

Lynne Flatley
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*WARNING: HOSTILEINTRUDERDETECTED!!!* DEPLOYING WRIST-MOUNTED RADAR GUIDANCE. MISSILES ARMED. AWAITING FIRING SOLUTION....3, 2, 1....[source: Reuters]
Michael
Michael
Missiles (or is it "Missals") Away!
Mrs.
Mrs.
I got a fright! - Rene
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From Jack Smith at the Catholic Key blog:"From Catholic News Service. It's in the client area, so no public link...
Franco
Franco
Yet another "great" move from Fr. Lombardi....
Adam
Adam
The Vatican isn't exactly your run-of-the-mill workplace, is it?
Karen
Karen
As much as the Vatican seems to be trying to keep apace of developments in cyberspace, they're taking a rather backward view of FB - as do many wokplaces, as mentioned above. How sad. It is such a valuable communication tool.
AmericanPapist
This photo is unbelievable. It was taken at 11:30 in the morning....... practice?
Nicholas
Nicholas
Either that, or there is some seriously bad pollution there. ;-)
Jennifer
Jennifer
wow they must have been freaking out..
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AmericanPapist happy to see the active commenting and "thumbs-upping" of AmP stories. :)

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Oh Cameron: Cameron Diaz has said in an interview in the July issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine, which comes out tomorrow, that “We don't need any more kids...
Angie
Angie
to plagiarize Homer Simpson: "Hollywood stars... is there anything they don't know?"
Emelyn
Emelyn
I cringed when she said that.
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I should probably have saved this story for a "Friday off-beat" news item, but I figured some of us could use a Tuesday diversion.Reuters Life! (honestly, I have trouble trusting news sources with exclamation points in their name) ... anyway, Reuters Life...
Greta
Greta
The problem with reading things like this is that those of us who do not breast feed are left with a feeling of guilt.
Donna-Marie
Donna-Marie
don't be feeling guilty. i can list many breastfeeders whose children said no to college! :)
Bob Sewvello

Bob Sewvello How did you know what the priest's side of the confessional is like?

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Forwarded by a friend, made me smile on a Monday:A guy goes into the confessional box. He notices on one side a fully equipped bar with Guinness on tap. On the other wall is a dazzling array of the finest Cuban cigars...
Julie
Julie
Hey! you go girl. I can't keep up with you. Thanks for sharing all theses special things....good and bad. It's nic eto be up to dte. God bless you, Laura
Warren
Warren
It gave me a good laugh on a bad day! Thank's!
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Connecticut is becoming a flash-point for government oppression of Catholic institutional autonomy.I reported extensively on the events which have led to this situation when theybeganto unfold in early March of this year.Bishop Lori is not taking this most recent - and most serious - attack lying...
Mary
Mary
Stop this everybody and support Bishop Lori!
Julie
Julie
Connecticut has nothing else to do but harass Catholics. I agree...what about Rev. Wright. I think this state seems to be very selective as to whom they go after. Will pray for this Bishop. This is ridiculous!
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In competition with AmP, the Vatican decided to allow banner advertisements.[source: Reuters]
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Two great things happening in New Jersey soon (details on the other one here):The Sacred H.E.A.R.T. convention will take place on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist parish in Orange...
Julie
Julie
Good for them!!
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From the Editor-in-Chief:"The journal is an endeavor which attempts most of all to be Catholic, in both senses of the word: faithful to the authoritative teaching of the Magisterium of the Holy Catholic Church, and applying that faith universally, to everything written...
Julie
Julie
Great idea.
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Even popes have been known to indulge in a virtual high-five.[source: Reuters]
Joseph
Joseph
No offense; comment related more to my already having read or seen the comments on CNA or the Register Blog.
It gets to me before you. You're on my bookmark, so, there has to be some good in the blog . ..he said with a smile.

again, no offense - blessings young man from a very old priest.
Julie
Julie
What a great soul he is and also up to date with the youths of today. God bless him.
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