• How Should Christians Pray? Thoughts on Cardinal Dolan's Prayer at the Republican Convention

    Updated: 2012-08-31 11:38:01
    Religion Spirituality Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum How Should Christians Pray Thoughts on Cardinal Dolan's Prayer at the Republican Convention By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide August 31, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About election 2012 the trinity religious freedom barack obama The 2012 Republican National Convention came to a close on August 30 with a benediction delivered by Timothy Cardinal Dolan , the cardinal-archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York and , by virtue of his position , perhaps the best-known and most powerful bishop in the United States . Cardinal Dolan had been approached by the planners of the Republican

  • Celebrate Labor Day With Saint Joseph the Worker

    Updated: 2012-08-31 08:30:24
    Religion Spirituality Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Celebrate Labor Day With Saint Joseph the Worker By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide August 31, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About saint joseph pius xii john xxiii anticommunism catholic prayers For many years , Labor Day has been seen simply as the final weekend of summer , signaling the end of vacations and cookouts and the start of school . But as Robert Longley , About.com's Guide to US Government Info reminds us there's a reason why Labor Day bears that name : It was meant as a celebration of American . workers In Europe , such celebrations usually take place on May Day , May 1,

  • Novena of the Week: To St. Peter Claver

    Updated: 2012-08-31 08:00:18
    : . Religion Spirituality Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Novena of the Week : To St . Peter Claver By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide August 31, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About saint peter claver the jesuits mission work novenas catholic prayers September 9 is the Feast of St . Peter Claver , one of the great missionary saints of modern times , whose life deserves to be better known than it is today . Born in Catalonia in 1581, Saint Peter studied at the University of Barcelona and entered the Jesuits at age 20. He spent 40 years working among the slaves in Cartagena , Colombia , where he fought for humane treatment and converted as

  • POLL: Cardinal Dolan's Big Mistake?

    Updated: 2012-08-24 15:58:24
    : Religion Spirituality Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum POLL : Cardinal Dolan's Big Mistake By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide August 24, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About barack obama abortion stem-cell research election 2012 religious freedom In 2008, during the last U.S . presidential campaign , the Alfred E . Smith Memorial Foundation invited then Democratic nominee Barack Obama to attend its annual Alfred E . Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner a charity fundraiser in New York City . Senator Obama accepted the invitation , as did his Republican counterpart , Sen . John McCain . In this , both men were acknowledging and taking part in a

  • Novena of the Week: To Saint Gregory, Pope and Confessor

    Updated: 2012-08-24 08:00:00
    : , Religion Spirituality Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Novena of the Week : To Saint Gregory , Pope and Confessor By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide August 24, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About gregory the great benedict xvi the latin mass gregorian chant novenas Many Catholics claim that the Catholic Church is in the midst of an unprecedented . crisis But those who know the history of the Church find it harder to make such a sweeping claim . Over two millennia , times of peace and unity have been few and far . between Pope Gregory I known to the ages as Gregory the Great , lived during a time of political and ecclesiastical turmoil .

  • Novena of the Week: To Saint Monica for Mothers

    Updated: 2012-08-17 08:00:28
    : Religion Spirituality Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Novena of the Week : To Saint Monica for Mothers By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide August 17, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About saint monica saint augustine doctors of the church novenas catholic prayers Across the United States , children are preparing to return to school , and mothers are enduring the final stresses and strains of the summer . On August 27, we will celebrate the feast of one mother who knew years of worry and anxiety for her son . Saint Monica put all of that worry into prayer , and her prayers were answered : Her son , Augustine , became a saint and a doctor of

  • The Assumption of Mary: The Greatest Marian Feast

    Updated: 2012-08-15 08:00:23
    : Religion Spirituality Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum The Assumption of Mary : The Greatest Marian Feast By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide August 15, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About the assumption the virgin mary holy days of obligation papal infallibility catholic feasts On August 15, we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary also known as the Dormition among Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox a Holy Day of Obligation for all . Catholics On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII , exercising papal infallibility declared that it is a dogma of the Church that the Immaculate Mother of God , the ever Virgin Mary , having completed

  • Did Mary Die?

    Updated: 2012-08-14 08:00:55
    Religion Spirituality Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Did Mary Die By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide August 14, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About the assumption the virgin mary pius xii icons Every August , as our celebration of the Assumption of Mary approaches , readers ask the same question : Did Mary die before she was assumed into Heaven In my discussions of the Assumption here on the About.com Catholicism GuideSite , I have often stated that The Assumption reflects the honor that Christ accorded to His Mother , an honor so great that He did not allow her body to suffer decay after her death . In response , one reader has accused

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