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The Real Root of Extremism - by Vittorio Messori
Rorate Coeli - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:47 pm The Real Root of Extremism
Vittorio Messori
Corriere della Sera
January 14, 2015
I have always appreciated the sincerity of Rabbi Giuseppe Laras (renowned in Italian Judaism not...
Nunc Dimittis
Breviary Hymns - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:46 pm Painting by Aert de Gelder (1645-1727) - Courtesy of WikipediaNunc Dimitttis is a canticle from Luke 2:29-32. It takes it's title from the opening line of the Latin Vulgate...
Pope's Homily in Tacloban
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:26 pm Here is a ZENIT translation of the Spanish-language homily Pope Francis gave Saturday in Tacloban, a city decimated by the 2013 typhoon, Yolanda. * * *
He began in English...
NBC’s ‘A.D.: The Bible Continues’: The Greatest Story Not as Often Told
Catholic Vote - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:08 pm
If there’s one thing that spouses and producing partners Mark Burnett and Roma Downey (bottom row, center) learned during their hands-on promotional efforts for their History...
Welcome for Pope Francis at the University of Santo Tomas
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:00 pm Here are the prepared texts of the speeches and questions addressed to the Pope before his address to youth at the Univeristy of Santo Tomas in Manila. * * *
WELCOME MESSAGE TO...
Pope's Address to Young People
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:00 pm Here is a transcription of the simultaneous translation of the address Pope Francis improvised in Spanish at his meeting today with youth at the University of Santo Tomas in...
Pope Asks Youth to Cry at Injustice, Learn How to Receive Love
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis again left aside his prepared text this morning at Manila’s University of Santo Tomas at a meeting with young people, speaking spontaneously in Spanish to tell the...
Cardinal Tagle: Pope Reduced to Silence by Suffering of Typhoon Victims
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:00 pm Both the Vatican spokesman and the archbishop of Manila suggested the Pope’s visit to Tacloban on Saturday was a highlight of this apostolic trip. Cardinal Antonio Luis Tagle...
Pope's Homily at Mass in Rizal Park, Manila
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 17, 2015 at 6:00 pm Here is the text of the Holy Father's homily during Mass at the "Quirino - Grandstand - Rizal Park" in Manila today. * * *
A child is born to us, a son is given us (Is 9:5). ...
SCOTUS to hear unnatural “marriage” case. It’s time to do reparation, invoke God with powerful prayers.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 17, 2015 at 5:31 pm So, the Supreme Court will finally have to get into same-sex stuff. I don’t want to call it marriage. The best I can do it call it “marriage”. Whatever the civil, legal terms...
Charity worker killed in accident during papal Mass in Philippines
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 17, 2015 at 4:13 pm Details: A 27-year-old Catholic charity worker has been killed after she was hit by a piece of scaffolding during a visit to the Philippines by Pope Francis. Kristel Padasas was...
Managing Your Seeding Addiction: Practical Gardening Series
CatholicMom.com - Jan 17, 2015 at 4:00 pm
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I love seed catalogs, they evoke such hope! I peek at them quickly as they come into the house then set them in a basket next to my reading table. When I...
Called and Consecrated: Reflection for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
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Readings for January 18, 2015: Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
When I was growing up, we were urged to pray for vocations. That meant to pray for more priests...
Homily for January 18, 2015: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 17, 2015 at 11:52 am Photo: from Knights of Columbus This Sunday’s scripture has a very simple theme, surrounding the ways that God calls to us. It may happen as it did with Samuel, while we are...
What Pope Francis learned from homeless girl: 'Cry with the suffering!'
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 17, 2015 at 11:14 am Manila, Philippines, Jan 17, 2015 / 11:14 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis praised Filipino former homeless girl Glyzelle Palomar for
asking why God allows children to suffer,...
On Sunday Filipinos celebrate feast of the Santo Niño with Francis
Vatican Insider - Jan 17, 2015 at 10:56 amCardinal Tagle on Pope's moving meeting with typhoon survivors
News.va - Jan 17, 2015 at 10:50 am (Vatican Radio) At the conclusion of Pope Francis’s dramatic day in the central Filipino cities of Tacloban and Palo, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle joined the head of the Holy See...
U.S. Supreme Court and gay marriage: Baltimore Sun offers a very, very, simplistic report
GetReligion - Jan 17, 2015 at 10:43 am As so often happens here in Beltway land, our nation's principalities and powers -- when dealing with subjects that are both momentous and highly divisive -- strategically drop...
Lombardi: Tacloban most intense moment of Pope's journey
News.va - Jan 17, 2015 at 10:15 am (Vatican Radio) Speaking after today’s intense experience on the Island of Leyte, during which bad weather forced organizers to cut short the Pope’s schedule, Father Federico...
