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Belmont Abbey Takes Next Step in Providing Affordable, Catholic Education
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 17, 2014 at 5:09 am Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C., recently announced the opening of a new student services center. The new center is the next step in a larger plan to provide an affordable...
Burkina Faso Church rules out prelate as head of transitional council
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2014 at 5:02 am The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso has welcomed an agreement on restoring civilian rule after a late-October military takeover, but rejected suggestions the handover of power...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 17, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Nov 17, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 18: 35-43
Isn’t it interesting that when the blind man was made aware of Christ’s presence, his twice requested plea was for mercy? It would have been...
Pope laments violence against refugees
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2014 at 4:55 am Following his November 16 Angelus address, Pope Francis lamented the recent violence against refugees in Rome.
"In these days in Rome there have been very strong tensions between...
Pope Francis: I will go to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families
News.va - Nov 17, 2014 at 4:55 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday confirmed he will be attending the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year.
“I wish to confirm according to the wishes of the...
Pope Francis: the treasures of the Gospel are not to be kept to oneself
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2014 at 4:01 am Reflecting on the parable of the talents (Mt. 25:14-30), which he urged those assembled in St. Peter's Square to read, Pope Francis said in his November 16 Angelus address that...
Manila cardinal welcomes Pope’s visit to the Philippines
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:54 am The Archbishop of Manila has said that the Pope’s visit to the Philippines will be a blessing for everyone “particularly the poor.”
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said: “The pastoral...
Large numbers in Latin America abandoning Catholicism
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:51 am Increasing numbers of Catholics in Latin America are abandoning the Church, according to a new survey.
The research, by the highly respected Pew Research Centre, found that in 30,...
Full text: Pope Francis’s opening address to Humanum conference
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:40 am Dear sisters and brothers,
I warmly greet you. I thank Cardinal Muller for his words with which he introduced our meeting. I would like to begin by sharing with you a reflection...
All human life is sacred, Pope emphasizes in address to doctors
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:32 am Emphasizing that all human life is sacred, Pope Francis addressed the Association of Italian Catholic Doctors and lamented abortion, euthanasia, and immoral reproductive...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:30 am Oftentimes also she led her friends to the cemetery, and said to them, “Remember that we too shall one day be but dust.” Then, when they had reached the charnel- house, she would...
Sic Transit Kabuki Theater – At Long Last, Francis Confirms US PopeTrip
Whispers in the Loggia - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:27 am In his opening talk this morning to an all-star conference on the defense of marriage arranged by the CDF, the Pope said that he was "happy to confirm that, God willing, in...
VIDEO: Figuring out this pontificate
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:11 am Here is a video from Michael Voris, who offers one point of view.
For your thoughtful, thought-filled, discussion.
Think before hitting that “Post” key.
Moderation queue is ON....
Holy See diplomat urges nations to implement weapons treaty
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:02 am Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See's leading diplomat at UN offices in Geneva, urged states that have signed a 1980 weapons treaty to implement it, lest it risk becoming a...
Cardinal O’Malley: ‘If I were founding a Church, I’d love to have women priests’
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2014 at 3:02 am Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston has said that were he to start a church he would “love to have women priests”.
The outspoken remarks came during an interview with 60 Minutes on...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/11/14
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2014 at 2:59 am Italy is facing a “social emergency” after clashes between the local population and immigrants in Rome, Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video).
The Pope...
Pope Francis to accountants: Put people before money
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2014 at 2:46 am Pope Francis has asked accountants to remember that behind every piece of paper that cross their desks there a real human beings.
Addressing 7,000 accountants participating at the...
It's official! Pope Francis announces 2015 visit to US
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 17, 2014 at 2:35 am Vatican City, Nov 17, 2014 / 03:11 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis on Monday officially announced that he will visit the U.S.
in September 2015, including a visit to the World...
It's official! Pope Francis announces 2015 visit to US
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 17, 2014 at 2:11 am Vatican City, Nov 17, 2014 / 01:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Monday officially announced that he will visit the U.S. in September 2015, including a visit to the World...
