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Scott's Catholicism Blog June 2007 Archive

By Scott P. Richert, About.com Guide to Catholicism

Selling Your Soul for an iPhone?

Friday June 29, 2007
Let me admit it up front: At 6 P.M. today, I hope to walk through the door of my local AT&T store and walk out a few minutes later with ... Read More

Pope To Restore Traditional Latin Mass

Thursday June 28, 2007
The Press Office of the Holy See announced on Thursday, June 28, 2007, that Pope Benedict XVI will issue, within a few days, a motu proprio restoring the Traditional Latin ... Read More

How Are Popes Elected?

Wednesday June 27, 2007
While Pope Benedict XVI was elected only a little over two years ago, his thoughts have turned to his successor--or, at least, to how his successor will be elected. ... Read More

Will Tony Blair Swim the Tiber?

Tuesday June 26, 2007
On Saturday, June 23, outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair met privately with Pope Benedict XVI. According to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), the meeting was a routine one ... Read More

The Ten Commandments . . . of Driving?

Wednesday June 20, 2007
Is your automobile an occasion of sin? The Catholic Church's Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People thinks it could be. On June 19, ... Read More

Christians Caught in Gaza Crossfire

Tuesday June 19, 2007
On Sunday, during his Angelus message, Pope Benedict XVI invoked the memory of St. Francis of Assisi, a great man of peace. As fighting continued between Palestinian Muslim factions ... Read More

The Month of the Sacred Heart

Saturday June 16, 2007
Each month of the Church calendar is dedicated to an important truth of the Faith, and June is the month that celebrates the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Feast ... Read More

Living a Sacramental Life

Thursday June 14, 2007
As summer begins and our thoughts turn to vacation, it's easy to lose sight of the importance of the sacraments in our lives. We might still make it to ... Read More

St. Anthony the Wonder-Worker

Wednesday June 13, 2007
St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is June 13, is sometimes referred to as a thaumaturgus, a medieval Latin word which comes from the Greek. In modern English, ... Read More

The Need for Eucharistic Adoration

Tuesday June 12, 2007
As Catholics, we believe that, at the Mass, the bread and wine offered by the priest becomes the Body and Body of Jesus Christ, which we receive in Holy Communion. ... Read More

Corpus Christi, Observed

Sunday June 10, 2007
In the United States, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi is observed on Sunday, June 10, 2007, but throughout much of the world (particularly in Europe), the celebration took place on ... Read More

President Bush Meets With Pope Benedict

Sunday June 10, 2007
On Saturday, June 9, U.S. President George W. Bush made his first visit to the Vatican since Pope Benedict XVI was elected pope. High on the agenda for the ... Read More

St. Ephrem: Praying Through Song

Saturday June 9, 2007
June 9 is the feast day of Saint Ephrem the Syrian. Born around 306, Saint Ephrem lived through some of the most tumultuous times in the early Church. ... Read More

A Muslim Friend Remembers Martyred Iraqi Priest

Thursday June 7, 2007
Adnam Mokrani, a professor of Islamic Studies in the Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture, Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, knew Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni, the Iraqi priest slain ... Read More

Priest and Five Boys Kidnapped in Baghdad

Thursday June 7, 2007
Just three days after the martyrdom of Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni and his three subdeacons, another Chaldean Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Baghdad, according to AsiaNews. Fr. ... Read More

Stem-Cell Breakthrough Could End Debate

Wednesday June 6, 2007
An exciting new scientific breakthrough could allow researchers to create stem-cell lines that function like embryonic stem cells--and to do it all from adult cells. As the L.A. Times ... Read More

Prophetic Words From Martyred Iraqi Priest

Tuesday June 5, 2007
On Chiesa Online, Sandro Magister, the top reporter in Italy on the Catholic Church, discussed "The Last Mass of Father Ragheed, a Martyr of the Chaldean Church." Father Ragheed, ... Read More

Priest and Three Deacons Martyred in Iraq

Monday June 4, 2007
On Sunday, June 3, Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni and three sub-deacons were brutally murdered outside the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul, Iraq, after celebrating Mass. As AsiaNews ... Read More

Trinity Sunday

Sunday June 3, 2007
The Sunday after Pentecost Sunday celebrates the Holy Trinity, three Persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--in one God. With Christ's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension into Heaven, our salvation was accomplished. ... Read More

A Catholic King of England?

Friday June 1, 2007
The British Liberal Democrat Party has called for an end to centuries-old laws barring those who are Catholic, or who are married to a Catholic, from ascending to the throne ... Read More
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