June 2011
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Irish “Catholics” and How it Reflects ALL Catholics Worldwide
“Many outside of Ireland still believe that Ireland is a bastion of traditional Catholicism,” Archbishop Martin said. “They are surprised to discover that there are parishes in Dublin where the presence at Sunday Mass is some five percent of the Catholic population and, in some cases, even below two percent. On any particular Sunday about 18 percent of the Catholic population in the Archdiocese of Dublin attends Mass.”
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The “Hook-Up” Culture on Catholic Campuses: A Review of the Literature
Findings revealed that for both females and males, church attendance was negatively related to some forms of hooking-up behaviors (the more frequent the church attendance, the less frequent the hooking-up behavior), but religious feeling was only significant in reducing hooking-up behavior for males. For females, the emotional attachment to religion had little impact on their decision to participate in hooking-up behaviors.
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Balthasar Devotee Cardinal Scola Appointed Archbishop of Milan
Cardinal Angelo Scola, 69, has served as Patriarch of Venice since 2002. (CNS file photo from Catholic Press Photo)
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Planks in our Eyes
“Blessed the one who, like one unwise, does not judge his neighbor, but as understanding and spiritual has struggled to throw the plank out of his own eye.” – St. Ephrem of Syria
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The Road to Gay Marriage, and the Decline of Real Marriage
“The Catholic Church, arguably the only institution with the authority and reach to derail same-sex marriage, *seemed to shrink from the fight.* As the marriage bill hurtled toward a vote, the head of the church in New York, *Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, left town* to lead a meeting of bishops in Seattle. He did not travel to Albany or deliver a major speech in the final days of the session. And when he did issue a strongly worded critique of the legislation — he called it “immoral” and an “ominous threat” — it was over the phone to an Albany-area radio show.
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