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Pope celebrates Mass for children at Santa Marta
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:41 am Details from Vatican Radio: Actions speak louder than words, particularly in transmitting the faith to children and young people today, the so-called ‘digital natives’. If we...
Vatican astronomer receives Sagan Medal
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:40 am The American Astronomical Society has awarded Brother Guy Consolmagno its Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science.
The Jesuit, who received...
New Sydney archbishop hopes for seminaries ‘teeming with new life’
Catholic Herald - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 am The new Archbishop of Sydney has said that by the time of his retirement he wants a Church filled with vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
In his homily at St Mary’s...
Ave Maria Univ. Hopes New Science Programs Will ‘Bear Witness to the Truth’
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 am Dr. Michael Dauphinais, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Ave Maria University, spoke with The Cardinal Newman Society in a recent interview about the six...
Democracy and rights in Burma? Not without religious freedom
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:28 am Washington D.C., Nov 14, 2014 / 05:28 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. must make religious freedom a top priority with Burma if there is hope for the southeast Asian country to make...
Like Lebanon, could Syria establish a fragile peace through power-sharing?
Catholic Herald - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:26 am If there is ever to be peace in Syria – and one day, surely there will be – what would a peaceful Syria look like? A recent interview with the Papal Nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop...
Pro-life? Then keep immigrant families together, bishops implore
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:01 am Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2014 / 05:49 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
In the wake of the mid-term elections last week, the U.S. Bishops urged Congress and President Obama to work together on...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 14, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 17: 26-37
In today’s Gospel Jesus speaks of His second coming. He reminds us of the time of Noah and Lot, when people were eating and drinking, unconcerned...
Franciscans, Dominicans take center stage in new exhibit
Franciscan Media - Nov 14, 2014 at 5:00 am NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) -- A Nashville museum's groundbreaking exhibit of Italian art created between 1250 and 1550 explores the significant role of the Dominicans and Franciscans...
Bathrooms of St. Peter's soon to include showers for homeless
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:59 am Vatican City, Nov 14, 2014 / 04:59 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After hearing from a homeless man that a bath is more urgently need than
food in Rome, the Vatican's papal almoner...
Pope at Santa Marta: Walking in truth and love
News.va - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:55 am
(Vatican Radio) Actions speak louder than words, particularly in transmitting the faith to children and young people today, the so-called ‘digital natives’. If we want to help...
Pro-life? Then keep immigrant families together, bishops implore
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:49 am Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2014 / 03:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In the wake of the mid-term elections last week, the U.S. Bishops urged Congress and President Obama to work together on...
Report: US bishops elect delegates to next synod
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:47 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has reportedly selected its four delegates to the October 2015 Synod of Bishops on the family.
According to Crux, Father Thomas...
Middle East Christians appeal for Pope’s help in freeing archbishops
Catholic Herald - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:40 am Middle Eastern Christian leaders have appealed to the Pope to help find two bishops who were kidnapped in Syria last year.
Pope Francis met leaders of the Eastern churches in Rome...
Waiting: A Concept Applied to the Divorced and Remarried
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:40 am
The concept of waiting is central to Christianity, but only a few have devoted much thought to it, most notably the French philosopher Simone Weil. In the famous Gospel parable,...
St. Michael’s College Features Alumnus Senator Who Opposes Church Teaching
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:40 am St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt., recently featured an interview with U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy in its alumni magazine and on its website, despite Leahy’s record of...
Will British Appeals Court Defend Rights of Unborn?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:35 am
I begin with two questions. Here is a statement by a person whose name is familiar to Catholics as that of a dedicated pro-abortionist, Ann Furedi, chief executive of the British...
CDF official affirms teaching on absolution, Communion for divorced and remarried
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:35 am In a letter written three days after the conclusion of the recent Synod of Bishops, the secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith affirmed St. John Paul II's...
Example – not words – transmit faith to youth, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:13 am Vatican City, Nov 14, 2014 / 04:13 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Addressing the children who filled the chapel at the Santa Marta
residence on Nov. 14, Pope Francis said that – in an age...
Seal of confession is absolute, even after penitent dies, officials say
Catholic Herald - Nov 14, 2014 at 4:06 am The secrecy of a confession is maintained so seriously and completely by the Catholic Church that a priest would be excommunicated for revealing the contents of a confession when...
