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Brisbane priest who has climbed major mountains in Europe scales highest peak in Bulgaria
The Catholic Leader - Jul 13, 2017 at 12:00 am BRISBANE’S mountaineering priest Fr Morgan Batt has reached a new pinnacle after climbing Bulgaria’s highest peak, Musala. As part of a unique mission, Fr Batt claims to be the...
Is there new hope?: An UPDATE on dying baby, Charlie Gard and his parent's fight for more treatment
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Eleven-month-old Charlie Gard was given a death sentence after being born with a rare genetic disorder. His parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, ...
Obama Administration set up Trump Jr. by allowing Russian lawyer in WITHOUT visa
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Justice department documents reveal a Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr., in June of 2016, was admitted to the country by special ...
Russia launching high-tech 'Tower of Babel' into space, including pyramid that will shine over the world
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 13, 2017 at 12:00 am The Russians are about to launch a high-tech Tower of Babel into space, which among other objects will deliver a pyramid into orbit that will shine ...
Why would anyone support McConnell, Ryan, and McCarthy when they are leading the pack of world class lying, traitors?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Republicans have officially become worse than the Democrats they were
sent to stop. Names like Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy ...
What Makes Humans So Special?
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jul 13, 2017 at 12:00 am We often hear the adage that man is nothing more than a different sort of animal. Today, Matt Nelson explains why humans are indeed different and why that difference must be a...
At least Judas got thirty pieces of silver. What did Republicans get for betraying the American people on Obamacare?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Republicans have officially become worse than the Democrats they were sent to stop. Names like Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy belong ...
The deadly epidemic plaguing America: Catholic Bishops call out for prayers
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Amidst a growing epidemic of drug overdose and opioid addiction, Catholic bishops have been speaking out on the need for prayer and solidarity with ...
Pope to beatify Colombian martyrs
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:52 pm Pope Francis will beatify two martyrs during his upcoming apostolic journey to Colombia, according to the Holy See Press Office.
Ecumenical body warns against militarization of EU
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:34 pm The Conference of European Churches, an ecumenical body composed of 115 Orthodox, Old Catholic, and Protestant churches and ecclesial communities, warned against the...
House passes legislation against human trafficking
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:18 pm The House of Representatives passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 (H.R.2200) in a bipartisan voice vote on July...
Brave woman emails her colleagues about taking a “mental health day”
Aleteia - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:01 pm ... and the response from her boss is perfect.With vacation season in full swing many of us are looking forward to spending our precious days off to unwind and focus on family....
Why I dread the question: “So, what are you doing this summer?”
Aleteia - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:01 pm Such a simple question, but here's why it makes me panic ... and what I've learned.If your family is anything like mine, now that school is out, you’ve likely been asked what your...
A sickly college dropout may become the 1st Puerto Rican saint
Aleteia - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Santiago already had in his heart what the Holy Spirit would inspire in Vatican II.A chronically ill college dropout seems an unlikely candidate to...
A beautiful day for a bike ride!
Aleteia - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: July 13, 2017Sister Victoria rides her bike through the forest on her way to the Benedictine Monastery in Dinklage, Germany. Photograph by Ingo Wagner for DPA...
Dramatic confession of an ex-drug addict
Aleteia - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm This personal and gripping story reminds us that "faith is not an idea but an encounter with an event..."I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work...
Earliest mosaic of Jonah found in 5th-century synagogue in Israel
Aleteia - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Mosaics possibly depicting construction of the Tower of Babel were also found.A team of specialists and students from the University of North Carolina discovered the first known...
How to respond when people resist the idea of consecrated virgins
Aleteia - Jul 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm There is growing interest in the Ordo Virginum, but that doesn't mean it is well, or even barely, understood.Dear Katrina, A friend and I need advice in how to defend to our...
Queenslanders raise $13k for Chennai rehab centre started by Brisbane nun
The Catholic Leader - Jul 12, 2017 at 8:00 pm LOYAL supporters of an Australian nun who started a rehabilitation centre in India for children with disabilities have raised nearly $13,000 for a charity funding the centre....
Catholic Channel on Sirius, criterion for sainthood path called “heroic values” not “virtues”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 12, 2017 at 7:52 pm This is from a comment under a post about the new “path” to beatification.
I try to be gracious, really. But sometimes things are too funny not to be shared. I was listening to...