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The Russian ambassador: great harmony with the Pope on Syria and Ukraine
Vatican Insider - Aug 14, 2017 at 7:22 am The call that Cardinal Pietro Parolin will make to Moscow at the end of the month, where he will meet President Vladimir Putin, “is a very important event, because in the world of...
WLK179: The Value of Things
SQPN - Podcast Network - Aug 14, 2017 at 7:00 am
In this episode I share how my ongoing quest to declutter and to simplify also affects my daily routines and the choices I make in life.
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A Visit to Innsbruck (5): A Marian Miracle Shrine with an Unusual Image of Our Lady
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 14, 2017 at 7:00 am One of the most charming places we visited in Innsbruck is the little parish church of Amras, dedicated to “unserer Lieben Frau Mariä Himmelfahrt,” that is, “the Assumption of our...
Cardinal calls Salvadorans to reflect on true meaning of martyrdom
Franciscan Media - Aug 14, 2017 at 6:42 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The celebrations of the 100th anniversary Blessed Oscar Romero’s birth should be a time to reflect on what it really means to call someone a martyr, said...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Aug 14, 2017 at 6:05 am From SSRN:
Kevin H. Govern, International Humanitarian Law (IHL): Five Key Dynamics Shaping the Global Landscape, Security, and Freedom of Religion and the Way Ahead, (Chapter 4...
Suit Seeks To Protect Eruv In New Jersey Township
The Religion Clause - Aug 14, 2017 at 6:00 am A suit was filed last week in New Jersey federal district court against the Township of Mahwah, NJ, seeking to prevent its use of a zoning ordinance that prohibits signs on...
St Maximilian Kolbe
Communio - Aug 14, 2017 at 6:00 am We liturgically honor one of the 20th century’s greatest saints, Maximilian Kolbe, who points out for the meaning of the “the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.”
“Father...
Magnetic Game Boxes (HABA)
CatholicMom.com - Aug 14, 2017 at 6:00 am HABA is a company that is known for making great products for children including toys, games, blocks, and dolls. Today, I would like to tell you about two magnetic games that are...
Magdala, home of Mary Magdalen, may have been a “sanctuary city”
Aleteia - Aug 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Mexican-Israeli team believe Jews fled here to escape Roman religious persecution.The biblical town associated with Mary Magdalen may have been one of the original “sanctuary...
Why Anglo-Catholics don’t join the Ordinariate
Catholic Herald - Aug 14, 2017 at 5:39 am Last week on this site, Francis Phillips noted the many “traditionally Catholic features” of some High Anglican parishes, and wondered why more Anglo-Catholics (like me) do not...
How to help bring out the best in your millennials
Aleteia - Aug 14, 2017 at 5:00 am A generation labeled entitled and work-averse doesn't have to be that way.I asked college professors their favorite millennial stories and got two very different answers. Story...
FBI raids Catholic Worker house in Des Moines in search of pipeline sabotage evidence
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 14, 2017 at 4:53 am About 30 agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided a Catholic Worker house in Des Moines, Iowa on August 11, in connection with an investigation into sabotage of...
Australian inquiry: priests should face criminal charges for not reporting abuse heard in confession
Catholic Herald - Aug 14, 2017 at 4:48 am Priests who do not inform the police after learning about child abuse in confession should face criminal charges, an Australian inquiry has said. The Royal Commission into...
Guam’s Catholics pray for peace as North Korea threatens
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 14, 2017 at 4:46 am On the overwhelmingly Catholic island of Guam, residents prayed for peace as they faced the threat of a missile attack by North Korea.
Eastern Catholic patriarchs urge international action on genocide of Christians in Middle East
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 14, 2017 at 4:27 am Concluding a meeting in Dimane, Lebanon, the patriarchs of the Eastern churches in communion with Rome have issued a “prophetic appeal” warning agains a “plan of genocide” that...
US bishops condemn ‘abhorrent acts of hatred’ in Charlottesville
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 14, 2017 at 4:10 am The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued two separate statements denouncing the violence surrounding the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, this...
Catholic Guam celebrates Mass amid nuclear threat
Catholic Herald - Aug 14, 2017 at 3:53 am Across Guam — where nearly everyone is Roman Catholic — priests prayed for peace as residents of the U.S. Pacific island territory faced a missile threat from North Korea....
EF Solemn Mass at St Theresa’s Shrine in RI, August 20th
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 14, 2017 at 3:32 am St Theresa’s Shrine in Nasonville, Rhode Island, will hold a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form during their annual feast day on August 20th. Founded on August 23, 1923,...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 14, 2017 - St. Maximilian Kolbe
CatholicMom.com - Aug 14, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27 – St. Maximilian Kolbe
Sometimes I feel like I hear Bible verses over and over again at Mass, and then other times I swear I’m hearing the verse...
Bishops ask for peace after white nationalist rally turns violent
Catholic Herald - Aug 14, 2017 at 3:26 am The Bishop of Richmond, Virginia called for peace following violence in Charlottesville and subsequent events at the University of Virginia that left at least one person dead...
