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President Trump Will Grill British Prime Minister Teresa May Over Refusal to Help Charlie Gard
LifeNews.com - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:47 am President Donald Trump will grill British Prime Minister Theresa May in a private meeting tomorrow over her refusal to help Charlie Gard. May offered her sympathies to Charlie and...
Catholics urged to make serving Lord the foundation of their lives
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:47 am COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory urged the thousands attending the 2017 Eucharistic Congress to make serving the Lord the foundation of their lives as...
Saint Maria Goretti
Regina Magazine - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:42 am July 6 Today is the feast day of Saint Maria Goretti. Ora pro nobis. Mary (Maria, Marietta) Goretti was born in 1890 at Corinaldo, a village some thirty miles from Ancona, the...
The Altar of Chastity
Dominicana - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:30 am Ancient worship must have been something like a combination of slaughterhouse and barbecue. Animals to be sacrificed were brought in, ritually killed, and roasted on altars. Often...
Pope’s pediatric hospital is fixing past problems, says cardinal overseer
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:22 am While there had been problems and complaints in the past, the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital was working resolve them, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican...
What’s inside this week’s magazine?
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:18 am Cover story… Catholics could be branded “extremists” under the British government’s sweeping new counter-terror strategy, says Dennis Sewell More comment… Mgr Keith Barltrop...
‘Sodomy is the glue’ that binds the LGBT movement
LifeSiteNews - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:17 am The 'pride' culture trivializes humanity ... and God.
Charlie Gard: Doing the right thing for the right reasons
Aleteia - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:12 am The staff of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in England lays out the particulars in a comprehensive wayIn March of 2017, Aleteia ran a piece entitled When a baby’s diagnosis is grim...
Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who headed Vatican press office 22 years, dies
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:01 am VATICAN CITY — Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who spent 22 years as director of the Vatican press office, died July 5 at age 80.
No details were available immediately, but his death was...
How to make sure you’re buying real olive oil
Aleteia - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:00 am Learn how to read the label correctly to avoid falling victim to a scam. The highest grade of olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, is one of the freshest and healthiest oils around...
The Washington Post lauds, but never pauses to question, a faith-based 'movement' on the left
GetReligion - Jul 6, 2017 at 8:00 am There's little doubt the Rev. Dr. William Barber II has a following that extends well beyond the confines of the Greeleaf Christian Church, a Disciples of Christ congregation in...
Following Solitude
CatholicMom.com - Jul 6, 2017 at 7:30 am
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For those of us called to an anchoritic life, the silence of solitude teaches interior repose and perseverance in prayer, turning towards...
Don’t despair of Catholic primary schools — I know one that’s found a great way to get children to pray
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 7:14 am I have written here before about “St Gemma Galgani’s”. This is the pseudonymous, but otherwise very real, Catholic primary school our 5-year-old daughter attends in the southern...
In the US South, the Church is in 'growth mode'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 6, 2017 at 7:11 am Charleston, S.C., Jul 6, 2017 / 06:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Church growth and expansion was the topic when leading bishops of the Catholic Church’s Atlanta province met recently in...
In the US South, the Church is in 'growth mode'
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 6, 2017 at 7:11 am Charleston, S.C., Jul 6, 2017 / 07:11 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Church growth and expansion was the topic when leading bishops of the
Catholic Church's Atlanta province met recently in...
He was an opium addict who couldn’t receive the sacraments. But he’s a martyr and a saint
Aleteia - Jul 6, 2017 at 7:00 am St. Mark Ji Tianxiang couldn't stay sober, but he could keep showing up.St. Mark Ji Tianxiang was an opium addict. Not had been an opium addict. He was an opium addict at the time...
A New Cocktail to Toast Summorum Pontificum
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 6, 2017 at 7:00 am Dr Michael Foley, the author of Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour, has come up with a new concoction especially to celebrate tomorrow’s tenth...
Austrian bishop quits Pax Christi leadership, citing anti-Semitism
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:22 am An Austrian Catholic bishop has resigned from his post as chairman of the international peace-activist group, Pax Christ, saying that he saw anti-Semitism in the group’s policies.
Papal blessing for new Argentine broadcaster
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:17 am Pope Francis has sent a message of support to a new Argentine Catholic radio station, which began broadcasting this week.
Pope sees ‘culture of encounter’ as path to peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:14 am In a video message to a meeting of young people in Jerusalem, Pope Francis said that personall encounters are the first vital steps toward building a culture of peace.
