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Meet the Creole nun who risked her life to teach slaves
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 12, 2017 at 5:04 pm New Orleans, La., Feb 12, 2017 / 04:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Venerable Henriette DeLille, born a “free woman of color” before the Civil War, had all the makings of a life of...
Who God is reveals our Christian life
Communio - Feb 12, 2017 at 4:42 pm As we move toward Lent and therefore to the Paschal Mysteries of Easter, we ought to reflect upon who God is (theologia) and not merely what God does (ecomomia). Both aspects of...
REVIEW: The Nightingale – Wherein Fr. Z suggests good movies
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 12, 2017 at 4:02 pm I’m a fan of Chinese cinema. I’m sort of a fan of French cinema. With the help of Netflix today, to the accompaniment of stir fried pork and vegetables I watched a Chinese-French...
Sharing the Word for February 13, 2017 – Sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Franciscan Media - Feb 12, 2017 at 3:00 pm Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
February 13, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 4:1-15, 25
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Pope Francis: Insulting is a kind of killing
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 2:45 pm VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. In remarks ahead of the traditional prayer of Marian devotion,...
God the Son teaches about adultery (HINT: He disapproves)
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 12, 2017 at 2:01 pm Today in the Ordinary Form, the 6th Ordinary Sunday, the Gospel is from Matthew 5.
First, the Lord says that he did not come to abolish the law and prophets but to fulfill them....
Reflection: The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:38-48
Big C Catholics - Feb 12, 2017 at 1:24 pm Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 19, 2017By Msgr. Bernard BourgeoisLeviticus 19:1-2, 17-18; Psalm 103; 1 Corinthians 3:16-23; Matthew 5:38-48"You have heard that it was...
Why was DeVos fight so bitter? In this case the cultural warfare was totally logical
GetReligion - Feb 12, 2017 at 1:15 pm So how did Betsy DeVos end up being the wicked witch of the Calvinist Midwest?
That's one way of stating the main topic of this past week's "Crossroads" podcast, which was...
Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 19, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - Feb 12, 2017 at 12:45 pm The Sermon on the Mount, Fra Angelico, 1436 - 1443.Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)Yogi Berra once said: “You’ve got to be very...
Trump and the Vatican, a relationship to be built
Vatican Insider - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:41 am "We will see what he does and will judge. Always on the specific…" Twenty days ago, Pope Francis responded this way to Spanish newspaper "El País" on Donald Trump. The Pope showed...
Pope: Christ came to help us fulfil the commandments' substance
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:02 am Vatican City, Feb 12, 2017 / 11:30 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Christ's Sermon on the Mount shows that he wanted to fulfil the law of Moses, not abolish it, Pope Francis said Sunday...
Valentine's Day and Romance
Commonweal - Feb 12, 2017 at 10:58 am Valentine’s Day is Tuesday, and I have something suitably romantic for you.
Being “romantic” or “a romantic” means different things to different people. Most commonly, of course,...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 12, 2017 at 10:41 am Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during your Mass of Sunday Obligation?
Let us know.
I didn’t preach today, since I was the deacon for the Mass and I didn’t...
Article: "On the Formal Correction of Pope Francis"
Rorate Coeli - Feb 12, 2017 at 10:37 am [Editor's note: rumors gave been circulating about a supposed "private" correction of the Pope. These rumors are almost certainly false, and this article had already been written...
Pope: Christ came to help us fulfil the commandments' substance
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 12, 2017 at 10:30 am Vatican City, Feb 12, 2017 / 09:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Christ's Sermon on the Mount shows that he wanted to fulfil the law of Moses, not abolish it, Pope Francis said Sunday...
FOLLOW UP PHOTOS – Septuagesima: Burying the Alleluia for Pre-Lent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 12, 2017 at 10:22 am The other day I posted about burying the Alleluia on Septuagesima Sunday. As Pre-Lent (aka Fore-Lent) begins, in the traditional Roman Rite we sing the Alleluia for the last time...
USCIRF Issues New Report On Vietnam
The Religion Clause - Feb 12, 2017 at 10:14 am Last week the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released a report titled Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Assessing the Country of Particular Concern Designation 10...
Florida Judge Says Refusal To Sell Cake With Anti-Gay Message Is Not Religious Discrimination
The Religion Clause - Feb 12, 2017 at 10:00 am A Florida Administrative Law Judge in a decision last week recommended to the Florida Commission on Human Relations that it find a Longwood, Florida bakery did not violate the...
A funny thing happened when some Women’s Marchers met the Dominican Friars
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 9:59 am “Jesus Christ was recklessly charitable,” a wise friar told me after hundreds of people lined up to use the restroom at a Dominican priory. There were not enough restrooms set...
Pope Francis at Angelus: meditation on fulfilment of the Law
News.va - Feb 12, 2017 at 9:14 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. In remarks ahead of the traditional prayer of Marian devotion...
