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Armenian Apostolic Church: canonization of 1.5 million genocide victims
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:24 am On April 23, the Armenian Apostolic Church is canonizing all of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, a century after it began.
Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russian and Francois...
Inside this week’s Catholic Herald magazine
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:08 am Here is a handy guide to the brilliant articles, arguments and reviews to be found within the covers of this week’s Catholic Herald.
Our cover story…
Historian Dominic Selwood...
French prime minister: 178 Catholic churches under police protection
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:04 am After a planned terrorist attack on two French churches was averted, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced that "specific protection" is being provided to 178 Catholic places of...
What happens when beautiful street art meets a Rome ghetto?
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:02 am Rome, Italy, Apr 23, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA).- Street artists from 10 countries around the globe gathered in Rome and put their talents to use in creating an outdoor art exhibit...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 23, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 6:44-51
Optional Memorial of Saint George, Martyr
Optional Memorial of Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr
Today I often wonder how many people understand the...
Once the march of secularisation has passed the Church will be there to pick up the pieces
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am Cardinal Francis George OMI of Chicago died last week after a long battle against cancer. Reading the obituaries I was interested to learn that he had been thought of as “the...
Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am The Gospel and Letters of St John describe, in the most profound way, lives that are lived in communion with Christ, our Risen Lord.
The image of the Good Shepherd has its roots...
Now we owe even more to the Italians
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am Over the centuries, Italy’s image has fluctuated in northern Europe. Italians have been associated with dancing masters, fencing tutors, glass makers, opera divas and tenors – and...
Book review: Where Christianity still burns bright in Britain
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am Religion in Britain
by Grace Davie
Wiley, £21.99
The sociology of religion is alien territory to most of us, but in that rarified discipline Grace Davie is well known on account...
Why Poland’s culture is healthier than Britain’s
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am Until I arrived in Kraków, I don’t think I realised the extent to which I felt I needed to be reminded of the strength of John Paul II. I had been wondering where to go for a few...
What Catholic England would look like today
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am The 19-year-old King Henry VIII took to the field arrayed in cloth of gold and blue velvet, all spangled with golden hearts and K’s for his 25-year-old wife, Katherine of Aragon,...
Film preview: The films that will be creating a buzz this summer
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am We’re only in April, and the sun is already shining ridiculously brightly. A perfect time, then, to consider the films that will send us scurrying to the cool dark of the...
Leading the doubters back home
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 am The 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Benedict XVI fell this year in the Easter season, suitable enough for Joseph Ratzinger, who was born on Holy Saturday morning in 1927...
Marriage march in DC expects diverse, wide-ranging support
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:53 am Washington D.C., Apr 23, 2015 / 03:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- People from a variety of faiths and backgrounds will unite in Washington, D.C., April 25 to uphold marriage as the union...
Marriage march in DC expects diverse, wide-ranging support
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:53 am Washington D.C., Apr 23, 2015 / 04:53 am (EWTN News/CNA).- People from a variety of faiths and backgrounds will unite in
Washington, D.C., April 25 to uphold marriage as the union...
25-year high for women's religious vocations in England, Wales
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:41 am The number of women entering religious life in England and Wales rose from seven in 2004 to 45 in 2014, the highest number in 25 years.
Eighteen of the 45 entered cloistered ...
Notre Dame’s Father Jenkins Joins with Divisive Journalist for Conference on Polarization
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:38 am The University of Notre Dame has invited divisive journalist Michael Sean Winters to serve on a panel with Notre Dame President Father John Jenkins, C.S.C., speaking about—of all...
Bliss: 102-year-old woman watches film of herself as jazz dancer in the 1930s
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:29 am This is working its way around social media. It’s irresistible—and beautiful. People are amazing. You cannot not smile. Keep a Kleenex handy.
Southeastern Europe's bishops discuss pastoral care of families
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:28 am In preparation for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the family, the presidents of the bishops' conferences of southeastern Europe met in Bucharest from April 17 to 21 to discuss...
Irish court: 30-year delay in bringing abuse suit is �inexcusable'
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:13 am The second-highest court in Ireland has unanimously dismissed an abuse suit against the Religious Sisters of Charity.
The woman who filed suit alleged that beginning in 1977, at...
