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German Bishops Support Kasper’s Proposals on Remarried Catholics
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:35 am
St John the Baptist gave his life in the defense of marriage. The German bishops, by coming out in favor of Cardinal Kasper’s proposals on divorced and remarried Catholics, took...
Cameron disagrees with Pope Francis on ‘right to offend’
Catholic Herald - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:34 am David Cameron has contradicted Pope Francis’s comments following the Charlie Hebdo massacre.
Commenting on the terror attacks in Paris, Pope Francis told journalists on the plane...
Is Scholasticism Making a Comeback?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:30 am
“Truth is the self-manifestation and state of evidence of real things. Consequently, truth is something secondary, following from something else. Truth does not exist for itself...
Ontario Catholic Schools Required to Adopt Curriculum Encouraging Sexual Immorality
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:30 am Catholic schools in Ontario, Canada, will be unable to opt out of a mandatory sexual education curriculum that will allegedly encourage immoral sexual activity and teachings...
New Eparchy in Ethiopia, Metropolitan Church of Eritrea
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:21 am The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis erected the eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie, Ethiopia, with territory from the metropolitan archieparchy of Addis Ababa, making it a...
Spiritual Formation Should Be Highest Priority in College Search
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:20 am With the rising tuition costs in recent years, many people have forgotten that a Catholic college education’s true pay-off is in its spiritual impact and formation, argued Tom...
Full text of Pope's in-flight interview from Manila to Rome
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:20 am Aboard the papal plane, Jan 19, 2015 / 05:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Speaking to journalists aboard the Jan. 19 flight from Manila to Rome
concluding his Asian pilgrimage, Pope...
Moving encounter with Pope Francis: Testimony of Filipino street children
News.va - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:10 am
(Vatican Radio) One of the most moving encounters of the Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to the Philippines was during the Meeting with Youth at the University of Santo Tomas on...
Boston College to Host Same-Sex Marriage Advocate George Takei
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:02 am Boston College’s Robsham Theater recently featured George Takei, an actor and same-sex marriage advocate, according to The Heights. The article made no mention of whether Catholic...
President Evo Morales Says Pope Will Travel to Bolivia
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:01 am South America awaits with excitement the arrival of Pope Francis, the first Latin American Pontiff in history. And it seems that 2015 will be the year in which the desire of...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 19, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 2:18-22
One Friday afternoon, years ago, I was awaiting my turn at my favorite Italian deli. A deacon from my parish and his wife were waiting as well. We...
Tears often are only correct response to suffering, pope tells youths
Franciscan Media - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:00 am
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- The realities of life described by young
people, especially the tearful question of a 12-year-old girl about why
God allows suffering, led Pope...
Pope's Address to Young People at Manila's University of Santo Tomas
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:56 am On Sunday, the Pope improvised an address to youth, speaking in Spanish to the hundreds of thousands gathered at Manila’s University of Santo Tomas. The meeting, which was a...
Univ. of Mary President Praises New Director of Campus Ministry
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:52 am The University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., recently chose Dr. Peter Huff as its new director of campus ministry, the University officially announced. Dr. Huff will also assume a...
Wyoming Catholic College Expands, Plans for New Campus
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:50 am Wyoming Catholic College recently relocated part of its campus to occupy an historic space in downtown Lander, according to local news outlet County 10.
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�Largest event in the history of the popes': at least 6 million attend papal Mass in Manila
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:49 am An estimated six to seven million people attended Sunday Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at Rizal Park in Manila on January 18.
"If this is true, and we think it is, this is the...
Pope meets the father of woman killed at Tacloban Mass
Catholic Herald - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:38 am Pope Francis has met the father of the young woman who died at Saturday’s Mass in Tacloban.
Kristel Padasas, a 27-year-old volunteer, was fatally injured when scaffolding by the...
Pope Francis sends telegrams to Heads of State as he flies from Manila to Rome
News.va - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:35 am (Vatican Radio) As is customary on a papal journey, Pope Francis has sent telegrams to the Head of State of every country his plane flies over during his flight from Manila to...
Pope addresses question: �Why do children suffer?'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:17 am After listening to questions from youth, one of whom spoke about life as a street child, Pope Francis departed from his prepared text and spoke about the suffering of children...
Chaldean Patriarch: Christians and Muslims Must Fight Against Fundamentalism
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:16 am The Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon, Louis Raphael I Sako, called on Muslims and Christians to join together against extremism and fundamentalism. The Patriarch gave his address...
