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Pope Francis sees 'powerful missionary potential' in Philippines

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 15, 2015 at 10:10 pm
Manila, Philippines, Jan 15, 2015 / 09:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Friday repeated his praise for the Philippines’ Christians as he encouraged bishops, clergy, vowed...

Pope Francis urges Filipino leaders to reject corruption

News.va - Jan 15, 2015 at 9:45 pm
(Vatican Radio) At the start of his first full day in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Pope Francis met with President Benigno Aquino, together with other political...

Pope Francis' full homily to Bishops, Priests, Religious and Seminarians in Manila

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 15, 2015 at 9:24 pm
Manila, Philippines, Jan 15, 2015 / 08:24 pm (CNA).- Pope Francis' Homily at Manila's Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral during Holy Mass for Bishops, Priests,...

Pope Francis: Philippines' 500 years of Christianity can inspire more good

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 15, 2015 at 9:06 pm
Manila, Philippines, Jan 15, 2015 / 08:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis praised Philippines Catholics’ strong faith and challenged them to continue to let the Christian...

Comment on St. Norbert College and the Catholic vision of life by Eileen

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 15, 2015 at 8:24 pm
This is the point, Georgia: Ms Steinem advocates the taking of innocent human life through abortion. The fact that it is legal to do so does not make it moral. By inviting a...

How can this seeker manage to find the 'right church' in this day and age?

GetReligion - Jan 15, 2015 at 8:01 pm
KEVIN ASKS: I have been struggling for some time now searching for the right church for myself and family. . . . Please help me sort my understanding of truth and find a place to...

Last Call to Win Books, Prayer Pillowcases, Calendars, and More!

CatholicMom.com - Jan 15, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Many thanks to this week’s sponsors: Catholic Child, Franciscan Media, Peanut Butter and Grace, and Catholic Sistas! This week’s giveaway: a Rafflecopter giveaway Color-Me...

Pope Calls on Filipino Leaders to Reject Corruption, Support Families in Transmitting Values

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 15, 2015 at 7:21 pm
Pope Francis says families must be supported because, "like all God’s gifts," the family can be disfigured, and families are needed to transmit basic human values, which...

Said The Boy with Four Sisters

Creative Minority Report - Jan 15, 2015 at 7:11 pm
My nine year old son was wrestling his seven year old sister (which they always do) and it got a little rough. So I jumped in and I reminded him that he has to be gentle with her...

Watson on Augustine

The Sacred Page - Jan 15, 2015 at 7:08 pm
I am currently reading Francis Watson's recent book, Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013). The book is stimulating and I hope to have the...

So the Pope and some journalists walk into an airplane…

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:52 pm
I am sensing a pattern. The Holy Father takes a trip.  The Holy Father talks to journalists on the plane.  The Holy Father is asked a question about a hot button issue.  The Holy...

How one Catholic group is challenging the media's LGBT narrative

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:32 pm
Washington D.C., Jan 15, 2015 / 05:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Everyone must be free to proclaim their religious beliefs, a Catholic group has said after prominent speakers spurned...

Open Letter to President Obama: Listen in to the Silent Cries of Pain of Babies Killed in Abortion

LifeNews.com - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Dear Mr. President, On November 5, 2014, you spoke in a news conference about the results of the 2014 mid-term elections. In it, you made a curious statement. You said, “So, to...

The Three Wise Men and Their Epic Road Trip

CatholicMom.com - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Road Trip!!! Load up the camels, pack a few months worth of food, and hit the open…sand dunes? The Gospel of Matthew (2:2) tells us that “Magi from the east came to Jerusalem.”...

Prayer Request

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:26 pm
A reader writes: Two people close to me have suddenly died in the span of a few weeks. One of them was in my high school and passed in his sleep shortly before New Years of...

British Columbia court denies Charter rights to pro-lifers on campus

LifeSiteNews - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:24 pm
'This was completely unexpected. Of course, it’s absolutely vital to pro-life groups such as ours that free speech rights be protected because our message is unpopular,' says a...

Pope Urges Filipino Priests to Live Christs Poverty So As to Identify With Poor

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:18 pm
The Pope is exhorting priests and religious of the Philippines to be steadfast in combatting the "deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar the face of Filipino society,"...

Brace yourself

The Curt Jester - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:17 pm
During lunch I noticed the activity in my news reader regarding an interview Pope Francis gave today on the airplane. I had already come to the conclusion that if pope’s never...

Communion with Gornick, McDermott & Karr (and Eliot)

Commonweal - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:15 pm
Many readers have probably experienced a feeling of communion when engaging closely with a work of literature, even if they're not apt to put it that way. Interviewed in the...

Vatican, French imams issue joint declaration condemning Paris attack

The Deacon's Bench - Jan 15, 2015 at 6:09 pm
From AP:  Four leading French imams and the Vatican issued a joint declaration Thursday denouncing the Paris newspaper massacre and warning that the world is a dangerous place...
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