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Faculty Concerns Mount for Notre Dame’s Catholic Curriculum
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 23, 2015 at 4:09 am Several faculty members expressed their concern to the National Catholic Register that theology courses at Notre Dame would not be given priority during the review.
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A Sermon by Cardinal Burke: On the Marriage of the Virgin Mary with St Joseph
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 23, 2015 at 4:06 am January 23rd is the traditional day of the feast called “The Espousal of the Virgin Mary with St Joseph.” Although never on the general Calendar, it was kept by many religious...
Archbishop: striving for Christian unity is not merely ‘an option’ for Catholics
Catholic Herald - Jan 23, 2015 at 4:04 am If you are not working for Christian unity “there is something missing” from your life as a Catholic, Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham has said.
The archbishop was...
Campus ‘Party Scene’ Encourages Sexual Assault, Studies Suggest
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 23, 2015 at 3:47 am The typical college "campus culture"—which often features underage drinking, illicit drug use, and widespread promiscuity—bears a significant connection to rising rates of sexual...
Leading Iraqi Christian calls on Muslims to confront 'culture of hatred'
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 23, 2015 at 3:25 am Baghdad, Iraq, Jan 23, 2015 / 04:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon has encouraged Iraqi Muslims to
confront violent extremists, stressing the need to...
For Pope Francis, faith is a criterion in investigating a marriage's validity
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 23, 2015 at 3:16 am Vatican City, Jan 23, 2015 / 03:16 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In investigating the validity of a marriage, ecclesial judges should
consider whether the decision to marry was made in the...
Celebrate the Genius of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 4
Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Jan 23, 2015 at 3:05 am Bloomsbury Studies on Thomas Aquinas is on pre-pub for 18% off through February 2.
IN his book, On Aquinas, Herbert McCabe tells the story of a propitious meeting between St....
Leading Iraqi Christian calls on Muslims to confront 'culture of hatred'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 23, 2015 at 3:04 am Baghdad, Iraq, Jan 23, 2015 / 02:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon has encouraged Iraqi Muslims to confront violent extremists, stressing the need to...
Thousands sign petition calling for Richard III to have a Catholic burial
Catholic Herald - Jan 23, 2015 at 3:01 am Three thousand people have signed a petition calling for Richard III to be given a Catholic burial.
The petition, addressed to Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of...
Cause of Focolare’s founder to open in Italy
Catholic Herald - Jan 23, 2015 at 2:52 am The Cause of the founder of the Focolare movement, Chiara Lubich, is due to open officially on Tuesday in the cathedral of the Italian Diocese of Frascati, which includes the town...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/01/15
Catholic Herald - Jan 23, 2015 at 2:30 am The Pope offered his support to the estimated half a million people who took part in the March for Life in Washington DC yesterday.
The Catholic Church cannot “celebrate” the...
Pope Francis Shocks Liberals on Same-Sex “Marriage”
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 23, 2015 at 2:10 am
In his trip to the Philippines, Pope Francis once again defended marriage, and he again edged closer to a firm, unequivocal papal statement against same-sex “marriage.” As...
Assuming the Worst
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 23, 2015 at 2:00 am
Sometimes it pays to assume the worst. Jews who assumed the worst about the Nazis in the early days of Hitler’s rule fled Germany to safe havens and survived. Most of those who...
Confessor of St. Faustina Kowalska Saved Jewish People in Vilnius
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 23, 2015 at 1:54 am Divine Mercy Picture is one of the most famous pictures of Jesus in the world. This picture was revealed to Sister Faustina Kowalska, at the time when her confessor and spiritual...
Ayn Rand: Worst. Aunt. Ever.
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 23, 2015 at 1:40 am So in 1949, Ayn Rand’s unfortunate niece writes her to ask for a little loan to buy a dress. Rand, being Rand, replies by writing Atlas Shrugged in miniature, in a toothache-...
Learning to Behold
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 23, 2015 at 1:38 am Tony Esolen on the art of watching old movies.
Encountering the Word — Luke 6:45
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 23, 2015 at 1:30 am A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture “The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the...
Pope Francis completes new Vatican office to tackle clergy abuse
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 23, 2015 at 1:30 am Vatican City, Jan 23, 2015 / 02:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis completed the membership of the new Vatican body with
responsibility for dealing with clerical sex abuse on...
Pope's Morning Homily: 'God Never Tires of Forgiving Us'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 23, 2015 at 1:16 am In his homily as Casa Santa Marta this morning, Pope Francis said that the Sacrament of Confession is not like going to the dry cleaners to remove a stain, but an encounter with...
Who Would Jesus Torture?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 23, 2015 at 1:06 am Guy tries to wrap his mind around this:
Sixty-eight percent of white evangelicals believe “torture of suspected terrorists” can be “often” or “somewhat” justified. This is in line...
