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Pope seeks to encourage Colombian reconciliation in forthcoming trip
Catholic Herald - Jun 24, 2017 at 3:37 am Pope Francis will preside over a reconciliation ceremony between Colombian victims and former guerrillas during a September visit aimed at consolidating the peace process to end...
Daily Gospel Reflection for June 24, 2017 - Nativity of St. John the Baptist
CatholicMom.com - Jun 24, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Today is the Nativity of John the Baptist. The man who became “strong in spirit” was once an infant with a name...
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 3:00 am Pope John Paul II
Check out Elias Crim’s Dorothy’s Place podcast
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 24, 2017 at 2:40 am Personalism, common good, Catholic Social Teaching, community building and other dangerous notions! First episode is a chat with Matthew Loftus (of Mere Orthodoxy) and the second...
Had an interesting conversation with Jon Sweeney
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 24, 2017 at 2:37 am …the author of The Saint vs. the Scholar, about the quarrel between St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter Abelard:
About Half of Births are Financed by Medicaid
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 24, 2017 at 2:24 am The bloody-handed GOP “health care” plan will end that, rob the middle class and the poor, and give that money to the super-rich. Guess what happens when people cannot afford a...
The Nativity of John the Baptist
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:05 pm Today, Saturday, June 24, 2017 is the Solemnity of the Birthday of St. John the Baptist. On December 25 we celebrate the big one—the birthday of Jesus, the Word of God made flesh...
12 Promises from the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:04 pm As a small child, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, 1647-1690, preferred prayer and contemplation over childish play, owing perhaps to the extraordinary virtue of her parents. However...
Daily Catholic Quote — from G. K. Chesterton
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.” (G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy) Please share on social media....
Encountering the Word — Mark 1:2-3
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:01 pm “As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the...
Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary always wearing blue?
Aleteia - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm The color has multiple spiritual meanings, each revealing a different attribute of the Mother of God. When viewing Christian art from the past thousand years or so, there is one...
Toxic shock syndrome is back on the rise
Aleteia - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm Lauren Wasser, model and amputee, is trying to raise awareness of the risks of tampons.Can tampons be fatal? Sadly, the answer is yes. And unfortunately, we don’t always know when...
If your life is utterly ordinary, you might well be on the right track
Aleteia - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm Knowing the value of “little things” is an essential part of being a Christian.“Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your...
The symbolism behind Mary’s Immaculate Heart
Aleteia - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm Many are familiar with the image, but what is the meaning behind it all?Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is an ancient custom, tied to a passage from the Gospel of Luke...
Patriotism, and “American First,” and Gaudium et Spes
Aleteia - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm "America First" has a place, and here is where we have seen it before in US history.Along with the customary cluster of cookouts, parades, and fireworks, the 4th of July this year...
Pope Francis meets Leo the Labrador
Aleteia - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: June 24, 2017VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis shakes the paw of Leo, the Labrador Retriever that pinpointed the whereabouts of a four-year-child who survived in a pile...
When maternity leave ends too soon, “co-working” is a genius solution
Aleteia - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm Free babysitting swaps and "care trains" are just some of the many benefits to this new workspace trend. Many of us know that working from home with little kids running around can...
Pope Francis speaks to priests
Aleteia - Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm The priest celebrating Mass is speaking, in a sense, on behalf of the entire material creation. I write these words from the Nuremore Hotel in Monaghan, Ireland, where I am...
Our summer seminarian retreat
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Jun 23, 2017 at 7:11 pm Hello and welcome,
I want to begin this week noting the passing of Cardinal Ivan Dias who had been the prefect of the Pontifical Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and...
California Bans State Employees From Traveling to Four Pro-Life States, But Going to China is OK
LifeNews.com - Jun 23, 2017 at 6:06 pm California yesterday added Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and South Dakota to its growing list of states that public employees cannot travel to on official business. Celebrations...
