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Saints of the Old Testament: St. Daniel, prophet
Rorate Coeli - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:50 am While the Roman Church's traditional calendar of saints on this day bestows chief honor upon the holy virgin Praxedes, next in order after St. Praxedes the traditional Roman...
Vatican’s Secretary of State to meet with Putin
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:39 am Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in August.
USCCB: bishop criticizes House Republicans’ budget proposal
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:05 am The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development criticized the House Republicans’ budget proposal, which was approved in a July 19 committee...
Sharing the Word for July 21, 2017
Franciscan Media - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:00 am Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
July 21, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 11:10-12:14
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The Virgin Mary returns triumphant to city ravaged by ISIS!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:00 am A French Catholic organization is ensuring that rebuilt churches in Iraq have statues of the Virgin Mary to adorn them.
Abortion, lies, and corruption. How we are being betrayed by those we elected to end the evils of Obamacare
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:00 am Republicans should take a lesson from the Vatican. If 115 men from
around the world can elect a pope, then 52 Senate Republicans should be
able ...
Many Blessings! Family celebrates 100 children
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:00 am When most people hear about a stereotypical "large Catholic family," they might picture a van that seats six or eight kids. Most wouldn't think of ...
Vatican says report on abuse in Germany shows progress in fight against abuse
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:00 am A member of Pope Francis' commission to protect minors says a new report on the abuse of more than 500 choir boys in Germany points to a current ...
Video captures moment killer quake strikes in Greece
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:00 am A deadly earthquake has struck in the Aegean between Greece and Turkey, shaking people awake in the early morning hours of Friday. Two people are ...
Franciscan Friar on Fire: Fr. Tansi’s Debut Album is Full of Grace
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jul 21, 2017 at 12:00 am Friar Tansi's debut album is a rich, intimate blend of folk, rock, and gospel rooted in discovery of a peace the world couldn’t give. Matthew Becklo offers his thoughts on the...
Sharp decline in Bosnia’s Catholic population
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:52 pm The Catholic population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has fallen to 400,000—down from over 740,000 before the Bosnian War (1992-95).
Russian Orthodox mission rededicated in Jerusalem
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:23 pm The St. Sergius Mission, a Russian Orthodox church complex in Jerusalem, was rededicated on July 18 in the presence of Russian and Israeli officials.
Lessons Learned from Hollywood about the Priesthood and Religious Life
Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:04 pm What could Hollywood teach us about the religious life? It’s easy to get discouraged by how badly movies and television portray the Catholic Church. It was not always the norm,...
A Filipina who promoted the feminine genius before John Paul II did
Aleteia - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm Encarnacion Alzona was the first Filipina to complete her doctoral studies; she was a national scientist, and a pioneering advocate of women’s suffrage. Many accuse Catholicism...
The beautiful Gregorian chant ‘Cibavit eos’
Aleteia - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm We must never forget the wonderful sacred music of the past.“Cibavit eos” is a traditional Catholic hymn written in style of Gregorian chant. It was written anonymously, most...
You won’t believe how old these photos actually are
Aleteia - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm This digital colorist is restoring old photographs to show how they would have looked to us today.If I showed you these photographs without any explanation, you would probably...
Meeting the living God in the New Mexico desert
Aleteia - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm "We had truly stumbled across the most wonderful treasure in the most unlikely place."I remember looking out the airplane window marveling at the huge rock formations that seemed...
A pizza for the pope!
Aleteia - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: July 21, 2017Pope Francis is presented a pizza during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Photograph by...
Whatever happened to the Twelve Apostles?
Aleteia - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm Jesus told his apostles to "go" and that's exactly what they did, taking the Gospel to different parts of the world. Before Jesus ascended into Heaven he said to his apostles, “Go...
Why one religious professor is scared to death of ‘Night of the Living Dead’
Aleteia - Jul 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm For Dr. Kim Paffenroth, what made George Romero’s zombie apocalypse so terrifying was how true to life it was.When George Romero passed away on July 16, the world lost one of its...
