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Vocations Discernment Group: Year for Consecrated Life
Diocese of Westminster - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:05 am Pope Francis has declared that 2015 will be a year dedicated to the celebration and promotion of consecrated life in the Church.
This “Year of Consecrated Life” actually begins on...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 28, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 21:29-33
This Gospel gives me comfort and hope and a little foreshadowing of what is to come. On Sunday, Advent begins and truly the Kingdom of God will be...
Pope urges Europe to nurture religious roots, sow peace in its borders
Franciscan Media - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:00 am The project of European unity and cooperation, ensuring peace on the continent and helping others find peace as well, requires a real commitment to dialogue and respect for others...
Priestly Celibacy and the Demise of Marriage
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:55 am
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus used to call it “the parish paper,” a gentle barb at the pretensions of the self-described “paper of record,” but also, I think, a subtle pastoral hand...
The Recovery of Human Nature
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:50 am
Like other living things, human beings have a distinct nature as beings of a particular kind. We have conditions we try to bring about, conditions that help us thrive, and...
Advent: Time of Waiting in Joy
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:45 am --
Roman Rite
1st Sunday of Advent - Year B - November 30, 2014
Is 63, 16-17.19; 64.2 to 7; Ps 80; 1 Cor 1, 3-9; Mk 13, 33-37
Ambrosian Rite
3rd Sunday of Advent - The...
A New CD of Sacred Music - "Lux in Tenebris: Holy Week at Mater Dei"
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:33 am The choirs of Mater Dei Catholic Church in Irving Texas, have recorded and released their first album of sacred music: “Lux in Tenebris: Holy Week at Mater Dei”, a collection of...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/11/14
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:28 am The Brazilian bishops have created a commission to study the ordination of married men as priests, with Francis’s blessing.
Australian Catholic education officials have urged...
Parish priest in the Holy Land: ‘we want Christians from abroad to stay in our homes’
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:17 am There are just three all-Christian villages left in the Holy Land. Apart from Taybeh (population 2,000) in the West Bank famed for its beer, in upper Galilee there are Fassuta (...
Ave Maria Hits ‘Milestone’ in Creation of New Nursing Program
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:11 am The Florida Board of Nursing recently approved the new nursing program beginning at Ave Maria University. Classes will reportedly begin soon for those interested in the new major...
Polish priest abducted by rebels in Central African Republic is released
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:06 am Fr Mateusz Dziedzic, a Polish priest who was abducted by rebels in the Central African Republic last month, has been freed along with 15 other hostages.
In a statement the...
Spotlight on ecumenical and interfaith relations in Turkey
News.va - Nov 28, 2014 at 4:01 am (Vatican Radio) Catholic-Orthodox relations and dialogue with the Muslim world are the two main issues under the spotlight as Pope Francis travels to the Turkish capital of Ankara...
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Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Francis
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 28, 2014 at 3:30 am “The Church begins there in the heart of the Father, who had this idea . . . of love. So this love story began; a story that has gone on for so long, and is not yet ended. We, the...
Pope Francis praises Turkey for taking in refugees
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2014 at 3:30 am Pope Francis praised the way Turkey has taken in refugees from Iraq and Syria during his flight to the country this morning.
The Pope touched down at Ankara airport at 11am UK...
Solemn Mass for the Immaculate Conception in Singapore
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 28, 2014 at 3:27 am From the Extraordinary Form community in Singapore: His Grace the Most Rev. William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore, will do us the great honour of being present at Mass on the...
Archbishop: many people today do not know the basic facts of Jesus’s life
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2014 at 3:16 am Many people remain unaware today of the basic facts of the life of Jesus Christ, Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham said on Sunday, adding that the story “needs and deserves...
Pope Speaks to Journalists Before Landing in Turkey
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 28, 2014 at 3:00 am Pope Francis briefly spoke to journalists prior to landing at the Turkish capital of Ankara. According to Vatican Radio, the Pope greeted and thanked them for their “company...
Real Madrid drops cross from club crest after Abu Dhabi deal
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2014 at 2:38 am Top Spanish football team Real Madrid has removed the cross from the top of its club crest, apparently in order to avoid offending Muslims.
A crown with a tiny cross on top of it...
Pope Makes First Stop at Mausoleum of Atatürk in Turkey
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 28, 2014 at 2:16 am In his first stop on his Apostolic Visit to Turkey, Pope Francis visited the famed Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Upon his arrival, the Pope was welcomed by...
