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The secret love story behind J.R.R. Tolkien’s romantic characters in ‘The Lord of the Rings’
Aleteia - Jul 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Even before the release of 'Beren and Luthien' last month, the author was inspired by another couple's romance. When I first read The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien, I...
Dorothy Day: The model you want
Aleteia - Jul 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Christians who meet beneath the Crucifix can work together and learn from each other, even if they don't always agree.Two men walk through one of the world’s great museums...
Coping as a mother when your child is seriously ill
Aleteia - Jul 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm One mom has discovered four big things that helped her through the toughest times.Ever since I started the Tudo sobre minha mae blog with my friend Camila, we have tried to share...
First chapel in Australia dedicated to PNG martyr Blessed Peter To Rot to be built in Brisbane
The Catholic Leader - Jul 4, 2017 at 10:23 pm PAPUA New Guinea’s first indigenous person raised to beatification in the Church, Blessed Peter To Rot, will have a shrine built in his memory near Brisbane. Located in Marian...
Will we go to the peripheries?
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 4, 2017 at 9:59 pm Orlando, Fla., Jul 4, 2017 / 08:59 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Encountering Christ brings with it the responsibility of reaching out to those on the peripheries, Catholic leaders urged...
Visits to sacred places are booming but it’s “here today, gone tomorrow” tourism
Vatican Insider - Jul 4, 2017 at 9:11 pm Dino Bozonelos, a researcher at California State University in San Marcos, wonders why more than 10,000 tourists stop at the Orthodox Greek Orthodox Monastery of Sant’Antonio in...
AP investigation on Bambino Gesù, “more aimed at profit than on caring”. Hospital threatens legal action
Vatican Insider - Jul 4, 2017 at 8:56 pm Overcrowding and poor hygiene contributed to deadly infection, including one 21-month superbug outbreak in the cancer ward that killed eight children. Reuse of disposable...
Alanna Boudreau’s sweet vocals soothe anxieties
Aleteia - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:00 pm Her album, 'Champion,' is bound to have crossover success.The opening track of Alanna Boudreau’s 2016 album Champion, “O Anxious One,” is a gentle tune which features Alanna...
Book Review: Walking the Road to God by Fr. Lawrence Carney
OnePeterFive - Jul 4, 2017 at 5:59 pm Walking the Road to God: Why I Left Everything Behind and Took to the Streets to Save Souls
Fr. Lawrence Carney
Caritas Press, 2016
210 pages
$5.99 Kindle; $14.95 Paperback...
It’s so hot everything’s melting — literally (PHOTOS)
Aleteia - Jul 4, 2017 at 5:00 pm From cookie dough becoming cookies on car hoods, to melting mailboxes, residents in the Southwest are posting pictures from a dangerous heatwave.“It’s so hot I’m melting.” We’ve...
Charlie Gard will not be transferred to Vatican Hospital
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 4, 2017 at 4:22 pm Vatican City, Jul 4, 2017 / 03:22 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The London hospital where Charlie Gard is living his last days has refused a transfer request from the Pediatric hospital...
Novena to Saint Maria Goretti 2017 | Day 9
Big C Catholics - Jul 4, 2017 at 4:11 pm July 5thYears after Maria's death, when her assailant Alessandro was still in prison, she appeared to him in a dream, and forgave him once more. From that day forward, Alessandro...
Canada ‘no better than Nazi Germany,’ pro-life prisoner of conscience tells court
LifeSiteNews - Jul 4, 2017 at 4:08 pm 'When the law is wrong, we have the obligation to follow our conscience.'
Sharing the Word for July 5, 2017
Franciscan Media - Jul 4, 2017 at 4:00 pm Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
July 05, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Matthew 8:28-34
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In the Sky this Week – July 4, 2017
The Catholic Astronomer - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:58 pm
Venus is the bright morning star in the eastern sky, attended by the Pleiades star cluster, and the bright star Capella to the northeast. The southern sky is adorned with...
Cardinal DiNardo: To be active, we have to learn to be contemplative
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:44 pm Orlando, Fla., Jul 4, 2017 / 02:44 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Contemplation is the most active thing we can do if we want to work for the Lord, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo said in his...
Doctor uses knife to attack pro-life display outside abortion center
LifeSiteNews - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:41 pm After destroying their posters, the two assailants waved the knife at the pro-life activists.
Saints of the Old Testament: Sts. Osee and Aggaeus, prophets
Rorate Coeli - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:38 pm On this day, July 4, the traditional Roman Martyrology heads its roll of saints with two Old Testament prophets:
This Day, the Fourth Day of July
The prophets Osee and Aggaeus....
Health experts: ‘Transgender’ men will bear children within next decade
LifeSiteNews - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:03 pm Womb transplants for men will 'revolutionize reproduction,' researchers are claiming.
Follow-Up on a Beautiful New Church in Indiana
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:00 pm Last March, we published a brief article about St Pius X parish in Granger, Indiana, a beautiful new building which was officially dedicated on the feast of the Annunciation by...
