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Pope at Santa Marta: Depression and hope

News.va - Nov 27, 2014 at 5:10 am
(Vatican Radio) Reality can be ugly, but despite the suffering, corruption and indifference in today’s world as Christians we must hold our heads high in hope said Pope Francis at...

Islamic State destroys convent in Mosul

EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 27, 2014 at 5:10 am
Mosul, Iraq, Nov 27, 2014 / 06:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Local media are reporting that on Monday, Islamic State militants blew up a convent and St. George's parish in Mosul, an...

Islamic State destroys convent in Mosul

Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 27, 2014 at 5:02 am
Mosul, Iraq, Nov 27, 2014 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Local media are reporting that on Monday, Islamic State militants blew up a convent and St. George's parish in Mosul, an...

Daily Gospel Reflection for November 27, 2014

CatholicMom.com - Nov 27, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 21: 20-28 Between Revelation’s reading today speaking of the end of the world, and Jesus talking about horrors to befall Jerusalem, things can look pretty...

After grand jury report, archbishop urges Ferguson, 'Choose peace!'

Franciscan Media - Nov 27, 2014 at 5:00 am
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis urged residents of Ferguson, "Choose peace!" He made the comment in a statement Nov. 24 following the issuance of a grand jury decision...

Pope Francis: 'We Must Have the Courage for a Fearless Pastoral Ministry'

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 27, 2014 at 4:52 am
Addressing the International Pastoral Congress on the World’s Big Cities, Pope Francis called on bishops to give a “concrete mercy and tenderness” in their pastoral ministry....

Increase in holiness by making time for your children, says bishop

Catholic Herald - Nov 27, 2014 at 4:28 am
The Bishop of Shrewsbury has suggested practical ways of treading the path to holiness, including making time for our children and for prayer even when we feel exhausted. In a...

Here is Benedict’s Evangelii Gaudium: will Francis take it to heart?

Catholic Herald - Nov 27, 2014 at 4:02 am
Last week, I wrote about the questions Cardinal Francis George, supposedly “America’s Ratzinger” would like to ask the Holy Father, beginning with whether he fully grasps that, in...

Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Francis of Assisi

Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 27, 2014 at 3:30 am
“O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive;...

Pope Francis to encourage Turkey's tiny Catholic community

News.va - Nov 27, 2014 at 3:30 am
(Vatican Radio) Breaking another record for papal trips, Pope Francis on Friday sets off on his second international journey this week, travelling to the Turkish cities of Ankara...

After John, now Luke: James MacMillan to unveil new Passion piece

Catholic Herald - Nov 27, 2014 at 3:30 am
Composer James MacMillan will conduct his new St Luke Passion at its UK premiere in Birmingham next week. The hour-long piece was co-commissioned for the 40th anniversary of the...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/11/14

Catholic Herald - Nov 27, 2014 at 3:13 am
Cardinal John Tong Hon has urged both protesters and police in Hong Kong “to respect the rule of law and to adopt attitudes of self-restraint“. The new Archbishop of Chicago...

Catholic teenager who met the Pope arrested in Hong Kong

Catholic Herald - Nov 27, 2014 at 2:51 am
A Catholic youth who took a selfie with Pope Francis has been arrested in Hong Kong. Giovanni Pang met the Pontiff when he visited South Korea in August. On Tuesday night he was...

The Commercialization of Thanksgiving—and So Much Else

Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 27, 2014 at 2:10 am
Thanksgiving is rapidly competing with Christmas as a candidate holiday for the next cultural war. We know, of course, that December 25 is the holiday that dare not speak its...

Obamacare Architect Says Abortion a Social Good

Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 27, 2014 at 2:00 am
Over the last three weeks, MIT professor and Affordable Care Act (ACA) architect Jonathan Gruber has gone from being an academic, known mostly in policy circles, to the face of...

Don’t Shop on Thanksgiving

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 27, 2014 at 1:59 am
Chintzy retailers who treat their employees like garbage and pay them poverty wages lie to you and tell you that you are harming their employees livelihood by not rushing out to...

Beautiful Story

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 27, 2014 at 1:54 am
How a Magazine Article Convinced a Former Ballet Dancer to Teach People with Down Syndrome

Encountering the Word — Hebrews 13:1-2

Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 27, 2014 at 1:30 am
  A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.  (Hebrews 13...

One of Those Nights

Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 27, 2014 at 1:22 am
In which Facebook reminds me again-- and I pray I remember this time-- that it is nearly impossible to disagree with someone on the Internet about philosophical questions without...

1500 YEAR OLD BIBLE CONFIRMS JESUS NOT CRUCIFIED–VATICAN IN AWE

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 27, 2014 at 1:15 am
Welp. Looks like it’s time for me to pack it in on the whole “Catholic” thing. Why would somebody go to the trouble of writing a headline in all caps on the internet if it weren’...
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