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Pope Francis: ‘Healthcare is not a business’
Catholic Herald - Feb 13, 2017 at 5:19 am A nation’s healthcare system cannot be run simply as a business because human lives are at stake, Pope Francis said.
“If there is a sector in which the ‘throwaway culture’...
An Oregon bill could allow mentally ill patients to be starved
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 13, 2017 at 4:56 am Portland, Ore., Feb 13, 2017 / 04:56 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
An Oregon bill on advanced medical directive rules could allow patients who suffer from dementia or mental illness to be...
Cardinal Nichols leads Catholic criticism of Government’s U-turn on refugees
Catholic Herald - Feb 13, 2017 at 4:41 am Cardinal Vincent Nichols has asked churches to help welcome Syrian refugees, after the Government decided to end its scheme for resettling refugee children.
In a statement, the...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 13, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Feb 13, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Mark 8:11-13
The Pharisees argued with Jesus for a sign from him, to Jesus’ disappointment; sighing from the depths of his spirit he says, “Why does this...
Pope Francis sending bishop to Medjugorje
Catholic Herald - Feb 13, 2017 at 3:16 am Pope Francis is sending a bishop to a Medjugorje, Bosnia, shrine to gain “deeper knowledge” of the pastoral needs of millions of Catholics drawn there by reports of apparitions of...
Trump drops Obama administration's transgender bathroom fight
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 13, 2017 at 3:09 am Washington D.C., Feb 13, 2017 / 03:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- President Donald Trump's administration will stop fighting in court to
implement the Obama administration's transgender...
Wednesday 15 February
Vatican Insider - Feb 13, 2017 at 3:08 am 10 am: The Pope will hold his weekly General Audience in the Paul VI hall. ...
Historic church in Israel reopens two years after arson attack
Catholic Herald - Feb 13, 2017 at 2:58 am One of the most famous Catholic churches in the Holy Land has reopened with a special mass two years after an arson attack blamed on Jewish extremists.
Israeli President Reuven...
Green Light on the Confessional
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 13, 2017 at 2:10 am
Fr. Kenneth Doyle writes one of those syndicated columns in the Catholic press that answers questions about the Church that Catholics pose. Recently, a Minnesota correspondent...
A Trinity of Bad Hygiene
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 13, 2017 at 2:00 am
“Let us continue to abuse one another / With the kiss of Peace.”∼ Geoffrey Hill, “The Triumph of Love,” part XLIV
Few moments are as completely uncomfortable, for me at least,...
Donaeld the Unready is on the air!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 13, 2017 at 1:59 am Nerdalicious tweeting from a medievalist.
The Pope’s preface to a book written by a victim of abuse
Vatican Insider - Feb 13, 2017 at 1:34 am In an unprecedented gesture, Francis writes the preface to the story of a man, who as a boy, was raped for four years by a religious. The book titled “I forgive you, father” is...
The 50 Craziest Things Trump has Done
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 13, 2017 at 1:30 am I’m posting this on Friday, so I assume by Monday, there will be more to add to the list. Here’s the deal: the trap the prolife Christian Trump supporter walked into on November 8...
On Friday, Deacon Steven Greydanus and I discussed…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 13, 2017 at 1:28 am ecclesial nomenclature, Lego Batman, Firefly, and all manner of arcana:
Francis, Bannon, and the Neopelagian Crisis
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 13, 2017 at 1:05 am Bannon is a seducer of the faithful. I’m glad Ethika Politika gets it.
The transgender phenomenon: Three Catholic ethicists widen the debate
The Catholic Leader - Feb 13, 2017 at 12:30 am EVERYBODY in the Blackall parish could rely on Trish Elliott. A faithful Mass-goer, Trish was always there to make the altar flowers pretty or give a friendly pep talk to a...
Coalition targets jihadist who inspired attack on French priest
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 13, 2017 at 12:26 am The coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq targeted a jihadist who inspired the 2016 murder of Father Jacques Hamel while celebrating Mass at his parish in St.-Étienne-du-...
Cardinal: proclaim to young people the beauty of priestly, religious vocations
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 13, 2017 at 12:06 am In an article that appeared on the front page of February 12 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia reflected on the 2018 synod, which will be...
Ad Orientem News – A bishop opines
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 13, 2017 at 12:01 am I had the pleasure of reading column by Bp. Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island. HERE
Keeping our Eyes on the Prize: Jesus
Let us keep our eyes fixed on
Jesus, the leader and...
“No to small resentments: they destroy families and people”
Vatican Insider - Feb 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Brotherhood is endangered by small resentments, jealousy and envy. Thus begins the devastation of families and of people. It is Pope Francis’ admonition expressed this morning,...
