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Russian Orthodox support for Muslim protest against Muhammad caricatures
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:41 am Hundreds of thousands of Muslims took to the streets in Grozny, the capital city of the Chechen Republic in Russia, to protest the publication of caricatures of Muhammad by the...
March for Life set for Washington return
Catholic Herald - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:34 am The March for Life, described by one regular participant as “the biggest human rights rally in the world”, returns to Washington DC on Thursday.
The 42nd rally on the National...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Ambrose (regarding St. Agnes of Rome)
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:30 am “And my task begins favorably, that since today is the birthday of a virgin, I have to speak of virgins, and the treatise has its beginning from this discourse. It is the birthday...
Portsmouth bishop launches radical evangelisation drive
Catholic Herald - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:15 am Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth is radically shaking up the structure of his diocese to put more focus on evangelisation.
The bishop announced last week that pastoral councils...
New cardinal profile: Archbishop John Dew
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:06 am Fourth on the list of new cardinals announced by Pope Francis on January 4 is Archbishop John Dew, 66, of Wellington, New Zealand's capital. The prelate's three predecessors were...
Pope Francis blesses two lambs on the Feast of St. Agnes
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:05 am Vatican City, Jan 21, 2015 / 03:05 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis observed the feast of St. Agnes with the time-honored
custom of the blessing of lambs, whose wool will be used...
Conference to take Oakland cathedral as model for church architecture
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:02 am Melbourne, Australia, Jan 21, 2015 / 02:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An upcoming symposium at Australian Catholic University aims to study the relationship of liturgy and architecture...
Bolivian president: ‘Pope will visit South America in July’
Catholic Herald - Jan 21, 2015 at 2:52 am Bolivian President Evo Morales told his people they must start preparing for a visit from Pope Francis in July.
“In July, the Pope is going to visit,” Morales said, according to...
Prophecy and Prediction: Best Left to the Professionals
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 21, 2015 at 2:10 am
Some words spring up as the fashion “du jour” and linger longer than others. There are annoyances like the overwrought “awesome” and now the incessant “iconic” which betray a...
The Latest Debate Over Catholic Social Thought
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 21, 2015 at 2:00 am
Pope Francis’ statements about economics (and related questions, such as environmentalism and “fracking”) have caused much consternation among conservative Catholics in the...
Full text of Pope Francis' In-Flight Press Conference
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:54 am The following is a translation provided by Catholic News Agency of the Holy Father's press conference with journalists on his return flight from Manila on Monday. * * *
Pope...
Encountering the Word — Ephesians 6:10-12
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:30 am A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the...
'The Apology' – Men speak up about abortion
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:25 am Washington D.C., Jan 21, 2015 / 12:25 am (CNA).- A pro-life organization is aiming to highlight how men are affected by abortion – and offer hope for healing and renewal – through...
Pope Presented With Lambs on Feast of St. Agnes
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:23 am This morning, Pope Francis was presented with two lambs that had been blessed earlier in the morning for today's feast of St. Agnes. The presentation took place in the atrium of...
Clay Christensen on Religious Liberty
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:18 am I agree and disagree with this. He is perfectly right that, in the words of Chesterton, when you get rid of the Big Laws, you don’t get freedom and you don’t even get anarchy....
Big families bring hope – not poverty, says Pope
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:18 am Vatican City, Jan 21, 2015 / 01:18 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis has rejected the "simplistic" belief that large families
are among the causes of poverty, stressing that...
Msgr. Charles Mangan writes…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:12 am I thought that you and your readers may like to know about an article that I recently wrote that has now been published into a pamphlet. It is “Our Lady, Catholics and...
Pope Francis: Rigidity is the sign of a weak heart
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:05 am Missed this when he said it, but it’s still true, whether we are talking about Reactionaries or Bronze Age Savages in Islam. What the world takes for strength is typically a sign...
Inside the Army’s Hidden Treasure Warehouse
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 21, 2015 at 1:02 am No. Really. There is such a place.
St. Agnes and the Weight of Sacrifice
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jan 21, 2015 at 12:00 am The memory of St. Agnes’ witness endured and decades after her death, and it was because she heroically chose torture and death rather than renounce the faith. What can we learn...
