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Little Flowers and Blue Knights celebrate Advent with feast of St. Lucy
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:02 pm Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker
Advent brings to mind those opportunities of celebrating in joyful...
SLU Students for Life surpasses goal for endowment that helps pregnant, parenting students
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:02 pm St. Louis University's Students for Life organization recently announced that it has raised more than $192,000 for the Virginia D. Murphy Endowment for Pregnant and Parenting...
MAN OF THE HOUSE | Jesus is the light in our darkness
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:02 pm Mike Eisenbath
More often than I like, I wake up, glance at the clock radio on my nightstand and see that it's about 2 or 3 in the morning....
Archdiocesan briefs
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:02 pm CatholicSTL250 concluding Mass
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Church filled with song, music on Dec. 12 feast
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:02 pm Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @stlreviewscribe
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At about 4:30 a.m. Dec. 12, just a...
CYC announces soccer, volleyball champs
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:02 pm The Catholic Youth Apostolate's Catholic Youth Council (CYC) sports program has announced the winning teams and final scores of the 2014 archdiocesan soccer and volleyball...
Editorial | Keeping Christ in Christmas -- we can do it!
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:02 pm Regardless of how hard they try, secularists can't keep Christ out of Christmas.
There's the "happy holidays" and "season's greetings" substitutes for "Merry Christmas." There's...
Pope's Address to German Lutheran Delegation
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm This morning, Pope Francis received in audience a Delegation of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church. Here is a translation of the Pope’s address to those present.
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Pope Praises US-Cuba Step Forward
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm The work of an ambassador is a work of small steps, of little things, but which always seeks to make peace, bringing the hearts of peoples closer, and sowing fraternity among the...
Pope on Ecumenism: Despite What's Unresolved, Let's Focus on Next Steps
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis says that despite open questions in ecumenical dialogue, Christians should not resign themselves to a lack of unity and should instead "concentrate on the next step...
Bishops Denounce New Texas Family Detention Center
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio Elizondo of Seattle, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, decried the opening of a 2,400-bed detention center in...
Pope's Morning Homily: God Saves Us In Worst Moments
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis says even when we do not understand the difficulties of life, we must realize that God, our loving father, has a plan and is there to save his children. During his...
Pope's Address to Children of Italian Catholic Action
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here below is Pope Francis' address to a delegation of children of Italian Catholic Action (I.C.A.) in the Vatican this morning: * * *
Dear children of I.C.A.,
Welcome! I am...
Pope Gives Children 5 Tips to 'Walk Well' in Catholic Action
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm The Pope has given children five suggestions on how to be strong and active Catholics. Addressing a delegation of children of Italian Catholic Action (I.C.A.) in the Vatican...
Happy Birthday, Pope Francis!
The Busy Catholic - Dec 17, 2014 at 5:38 pm Seminarians surprise 78-year-old with cake
Pope Francis blows out candles in St. Peter's Square Dec. 17. Photo: ANSA / L'Osservatore Romano
Pilgrims wished the Holy Father a happy...
TV Host Who Skipped Chemo to Save Her Unborn Baby Dies 100 Days After Giving Birth
LifeNews.com - Dec 17, 2014 at 5:28 pm Tragically, a woman from China died earlier this week after refusing chemotherapy for womb cancer to protect her unborn baby.
According to the World Cancer Research Fund, womb...
Basilica partnership brings affordable housing to north side
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 17, 2014 at 5:19 pm Where Broadway Avenue bends in north Minneapolis from its straight westerly direction to head northwest, a new apartment building — West Broadway Crescent — matches the curve in...
The President and Who We are as a People
Catholic Vote - Dec 17, 2014 at 5:07 pm The always excellent Andrew Ferguson has a good piece at the Weekly Standard commenting on President Obama’s habit of using the expression “who we are as a people.” As is usual...
Aim Higher Foundation helps families access Catholic education
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 17, 2014 at 5:04 pm For stay-at-home mom Hilda Torres and her husband, Jose Castro, making ends meet has been difficult for their family of five.
“We can do anything. We could be heroes…”
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 17, 2014 at 5:02 pm This is guaranteed to make you gasp, squeal, swoon, and maybe even feel a lump in your throat. People are awesome. And a little bit nuts. But mostly awesome. Crank up the volume...