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Ondine’s Curse: If this boy falls asleep, he’ll stop breathing
Aleteia - Jul 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm Doctors said he wouldn't live past 6 weeks, but this year he turns 18 years old.Liam enjoys trains and building with Legos, and, if he falls asleep … he’ll die. Liam Derbyshire...
6 Easy ways to make a stranger’s day
Aleteia - Jul 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm It just goes to show how a little humanity can go a long way.Anyone who’s ever worked in retail, or at a call center, or done customer service, knows that there are two kinds of...
Look up! The spiritual reason why churches have domes
Aleteia - Jul 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm This architectural feature was used only for sacred buildings for most of human history.Living in the United States it is easy to associate domes with civic buildings. Our best-...
Egyptian mummy bears tattoo of a Christian saint
Aleteia - Jul 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm CAT scans reveal that the Sudanese woman bore the image of the Archangel Michael on her leg.The mummified remains of an Egyptian woman, discovered in a cemetery near the bank of...
Is it time for a new Land O’Lakes Statement for higher education?
Aleteia - Jul 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm As our college campuses lose track of what "truth" and "free speech" mean, Catholic colleges may need to lead the way to clarity.Fifty years (and one day) after Catholic...
The hand of the shepherd
Aleteia - Jul 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: July 24, 2017Pope Francis blesses a woman as he arrives at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Azerbaijan, the...
Pope reflects on parable of weeds and the wheat
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2017 at 10:46 pm Pope Francis reflect on the parable of the weeds and the wheat (Matthew 13:24-43) during his July 23 Sunday Angelus address (Italian text, video).
Papal appeal for prayer, dialogue amid Jerusalem violence
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2017 at 10:30 pm Following the recitation of the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on July 23, Pope Francis appealed for prayer for peace in Jerusalem, where violence has erupted following the Israeli...
Deaths in smuggler's truck 'completely senseless,' Texas archbishop says
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 23, 2017 at 10:26 pm San Antonio, Texas, Jul 23, 2017 / 09:26 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The deaths of at least nine people due to heat in an alleged immigrant smuggler’s truck parked in San Antonio are an...
Germany: 162,000 Catholics left Church, 537 parishes closed in 2016
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2017 at 10:06 pm 162,093 Catholics left the Church in Germany during 2016—down from 181,925 in 2015, according to statistics released by the bishops’ conference on July 21.
Leading Communist official says Chinese Catholicism should ‘fit into’ socialism
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2017 at 9:14 pm The fourth-ranking member of China’s Communist party said that it is important for “the leadership of the Chinese Catholic Church” to be “firmly in the hands of those who love the...
Interfaith statement encourages Trump to pursue 2-state solution in Holy Land
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2017 at 8:50 pm Thirty-five Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders have signed a statement calling upon President Donald Trump to pursue a two-state solution for peace in the Holy Land.
USCCB: fix Obamacare’s deficiencies, rather than repealing it without a replacement
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 23, 2017 at 8:32 pm The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development urged senators to “oppose any effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without a...
Rite of political election: Why young Catholics need to engage more in Australian politics
The Catholic Leader - Jul 23, 2017 at 7:00 pm IF you ever wondered what happened to those provocative billboards promising men a better sex life, just ask Melbourne seminarian Matthew Restall. In 2008 the then-university...
Blessed Pope Paul VI on St. Charbel Makhlouf
Big C Catholics - Jul 23, 2017 at 6:40 pm [A] hermit of the Lebanese mountain is inscribed in the number of the blessed...a new eminent member of monastic sanctity is enriching, by his example and his intercession, the...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/07/17
Catholic Herald - Jul 23, 2017 at 6:01 pm Jesus Christ “gives us the grace of walking in a new life”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video).
The Vatican is responding individually to priests in...
Liturgy of the Hours
Breviary Hymns - Jul 23, 2017 at 5:57 pm In the following video, Fr Jeremy Driscoll, OSB of Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary explains the Liturgy of the Hours. "Composed of Psalms, canticles, antiphons and prayers, the...
The Devil Hates Latin, CH, 4,5,6
Regina Magazine - Jul 23, 2017 at 5:05 pm By Katharine Galgano (See chapter 1,2,3 Here) CHAPTER 4 Dyson White regarded his wife stoically as she moved among the pots on their rooftop terrace. It was an early spring...
This boy invited Pope Francis on a pilgrimage – and here's how he responded
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 23, 2017 at 4:57 pm Loreto, Italy, Jul 23, 2017 / 03:57 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Nine-year-old Andrea is an Italian boy who joined 130 children last month for a “Pilgrimage of Joy” to the Marian Shrine...
Saint Anne Novena 2017 | Day 8
Big C Catholics - Jul 23, 2017 at 4:52 pm July 24, 2017Saint Anne Novena - Day 8Remember, O Saint Anne, you whose name signifies grace and mercy, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored...
