In 2000, Pope John Paul II promulgated the third edition of the Roman Missal, the text which explains the ritual for the Mass. In 2007 the Congregation for Divine Worship issued a document with specific guidelines on how the Missal ought to be translated into English. Fast forwarded to November 17, 2009, when United States [...]
The Eagles picked up their second road win of the year Saturday as they travelled down to College Park, Md. and defeated the Maryland Terrapins 19-17. It was an appropriate ending to the ‘09 season as the Eagles closed it out with Montel Harris trampling defenders and Luke Kuechly performing his automatic tackling machine duties [...]
BC alum and Connecticut state senator Sam Saligiuri ’88 has decided to drop his U.S. Senate bid and run for congress instead. According to a statement released by his campaign, Caligiuri is withdrawing from the race because he believes the other candidates are “in a better position than I am to defeat Senator [Chris] Dodd.” [...]
In the past few months, we have seen and heard more and more of our President’s Healthcare Reform Bill. Regardless of one’s political affiliation, not many of us know what this bill actually implies. The whole healthcare dispute has concentrated on President Obama being too broad and how aggressively he is pushing for the bill [...]
The United States government lags behind the rest of the world’s relaxed punishments for junior offenders. The United Nations is championing a movement towards relaxed justice towards these minor and has gotten all members, except for Somalia and the United States, to sign a treaty forbidding the lifelong imprisonment of delinquents under the age of [...]
How many Papal names can you list? Test your knowledge here! Then post the number of Popes you guessed correctly on the comment box below this post.
Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, a Democrat representing the 1st congressional district of Rhode Island, claimed this week that Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Rhode Island asked him not to receive communion because of his stance on abortion rights. Kennedy, in a recent telephone interview with The Providence Journal, said that Bishop Tobin “instructed me not [...]
Everyone should make an appearance on the top floor of McElroy on Friday, December 4th! The Observer’s own Dennis Carr, aka the Eagles’ Nest Piano Kid, has organized a 9.4 hour music marathon as a “Beat Cancer” Fundraiser for Uplifting Athletes. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to UpliftingAthletes.org. The event begins at [...]
Since 1919, we as a nation have been honoring our veterans who have risked their lives to protect us during wartime. President Woodrow Wilson first declared November 11, 1919 to be Armistice Day in honor of World War I. Today, we celebrate Veterans Day to honor the 25 million veterans that have served our country. [...]
The UGBC and the Student Programs Office sponsored the Political Awareness Debate between the College Republicans and the College Democrats this week. The presidents of the respective clubs, Michael Reer and Rachel Lamorte, participated in the heated debate. The discussion covered several timely issues, including the environment, the war in Afghanistan, education, and healthcare. The [...]
