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Indian Church shocked over sterilisation-related deaths
Catholic Herald - Nov 13, 2014 at 3:27 am The Church in India has expressed shock over the deaths of more than a dozen young mothers in government-run sterilisation camps in central Chhattisgarh state.
“This is terrible...
'Red flags' in Kenyan vaccine controversy demand answers
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 13, 2014 at 3:15 am Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 13, 2014 / 03:15 pm (EWTN News).- Organizers in charge of a controversial vaccination campaign in Kenya
should be transparent and cooperate with the Kenyan...
Domestic violence increasingly on the Vatican's radar
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 13, 2014 at 3:01 am Rome, Italy, Nov 13, 2014 / 02:01 am (CNA).- A Catholic psychologist who recently met with the Pontifical Council for the Laity says violence between partners is still a massive...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/11/14
Catholic Herald - Nov 13, 2014 at 2:58 am Pope Francis has approved the creation of a washroom for the homeless under the colonnades of St Peter’s Square.
Eighty-four per cent of Latin Americans were raised Catholic but...
Fisher of Men – In Sydney, This Is The Day The George Has Made
Whispers in the Loggia - Nov 13, 2014 at 2:44 am It's been said here before, but bears repeating – this week sees the arrivals of the twin appointees likely to be Francis' most significant English-speaking picks in the course of...
Pope Meets with President Heinz Fischer of Austria
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 13, 2014 at 2:34 am President Heinz Fischer of Austria visited Pope Francis this morning at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. In a communique released by the Holy See Press Office, the discussions...
Pope Francis commissions showers for the homeless under St. Peter’s colonnades
Vatican Insider - Nov 13, 2014 at 2:05 amPope encourages priests in west Africa to dialogue with Muslims
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 13, 2014 at 2:02 am Vatican City, Nov 13, 2014 / 02:02 pm (EWTN News).- In his remarks to the the bishops of four countries in west Africa on
Monday, Pope Francis urged that their priests be able to...
Final Statement of the third Seminar of the "Catholic-Muslim Forum"
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 13, 2014 at 1:52 am The Catholic-Muslim Forum held its third Seminar in Rome from Tuesday, November 11th to Thursday, November 13th, 2014. The theme it took as its main topic for deliberation was "...
Excellent! Here’s a sample of fully prolife thinking
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 13, 2014 at 1:28 am A reader writes: Since you have been calling on Catholics to be pro-life and not just anti-abortion, I thought you might want to know that 23 pro-life organizations filed a brief...
G.K. Chesterton introduces himself
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 13, 2014 at 1:22 am This promises to be a fun series from Chuck Chalberg over at the wonderfully named EpicPew site:
True charity gives people God, not bread alone, cardinal says
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 13, 2014 at 1:20 am Vatican City, Nov 13, 2014 / 02:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Cardinal Robert Sarah has stressed the link between charity and
preaching the Gospel, saying that while the practical needs...
Fusion Breakthrough?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 13, 2014 at 1:14 am A reader sends this along: The news cycle lately does nothing but make me mad or sad. But this … this could be civilization changing, for the better. I have yet to see this...
Chicks on the Right Do a Bang up Job of Illustrating why…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 13, 2014 at 1:05 am …“The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend” should be written a thousand times on all those conservative cafeteria Catholic chalkboards full of “Don’t make the perfect...
Pope's Morning Homily: The Kingdom of God is Hidden in Everyday Holiness
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 13, 2014 at 1:05 am The Kingdom of God is humble seed that grows in greatness by the power of the Holy Spirit. These was the central theme of Pope Francis’ homily today at Casa Santa Marta. As...
True charity gives people God, not bread alone, cardinal says
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 13, 2014 at 1:02 am Vatican City, Nov 13, 2014 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Robert Sarah has stressed the link between charity and preaching the Gospel, saying that while the practical needs...
Francis. He puzzles me sometimes.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 13, 2014 at 12:01 am There are times when I have listened to Pope Francis or have read what he has said, and I am left scratching my head.
I have stated here quite a few times that, sometimes, I have...
The Dual Citizenship of St. Frances
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Nov 13, 2014 at 12:00 am Today the Church commemorates St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint. As Br. Leo Camurati explains, though, her sanctity came...
On Being Authentically Catholic in Today’s World
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 12, 2014 at 11:01 pm I had an interesting encounter during a talk I gave this week to MBA students at an Atlanta public university. We were discussing Advanced Linkedin strategy and I commented...
90-year-old Florida Man Cited for Feeding Homeless
Creative Minority Report - Nov 12, 2014 at 10:59 pm You know how crazy right wing Catholicy guys like me are always warning that Big Government will always seek to crowd out religion. This story would seem to support that case.A 90...
