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So You Want to Be a Byzantine? A Guide for Romans (Part Two)
CatholicMom.com - Nov 12, 2014 at 6:00 am This is a series dedicated to the Roman Catholic who finds him or herself curious about becoming a Byzantine Catholic. In part one of this series, I recommended a great book and a...
Pope expresses �deep spiritual closeness' to persecuted Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 12, 2014 at 5:56 am At the conclusion of his November 12 general audience, Pope Francis expressed his "deep spiritual closeness to Christian communities that are harshly persecuted with an absurd...
Pope Francis – Do you have what it takes to be a good priest?
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 12, 2014 at 5:56 am Vatican City, Nov 12, 2014 / 04:56 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- In his weekly general audience Pope Francis spoke on the qualities needed to be a true minister of God, saying...
Pope Francis encourages clergy to be kind, humble
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 12, 2014 at 5:47 am Pope Francis devoted his November 12 general audience to the qualities of bishops, priests, and deacons discussed by St. Paul in his Letters to Saints Timothy and Titus.
According...
Food, blankets and hope – nuns risk lives to serve Syrian refugees
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 12, 2014 at 5:27 am Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 12, 2014 / 04:27 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Near the Lebanon-Syria border, two religious sisters are among the staff members at a refugee service center working to...
How one bishop sees marriage as key to 'culture of encounter'
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 12, 2014 at 5:15 am Baltimore, Md., Nov 12, 2014 / 05:15 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
With marriage in crisis in the modern world, the faithful have a duty to work for its restoration, promoting the 'culture...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 12, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Nov 12, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 17:11-19
In today’s reading, ten lepers ask Jesus to heal them. Of the ten, only one returned to thank and glorify Him. The one that returned was a Samaritan...
Church offers prayers, Mexicans express outrage for missing students
Franciscan Media - Nov 12, 2014 at 5:00 am
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City
offered prayers during Mass Nov. 9 for Mexico's 43 missing teacher
trainees, who authorities allege were...
Hunger Games and World War: some things are worth fighting for
Catholic Herald - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:58 am You wouldn’t be alone if you assumed that a blockbuster fantasy aimed at teens and young adults would surely present rather a simplified, black and white picture of moral issues...
Archbishop Forte loses election for Italian bishops' position
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:52 am By a vote of 140-60, Bishop Mario Meini of Fiesole has defeated Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto in an election for the vice presidency of the Italian Episcopal Conference,...
Our Lady provides common ground for Catholics and Muslims
Catholic Herald - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:45 am I often feel hopeless when I read about the persecution of Christians. The global situation is grim. A recent report by Aid to the Church in Need explains that the most pernicious...
Ireland reopens Vatican embassy
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:42 am Pope Francis on November 11 received Ireland's new ambassador to the Holy See, ending a three-year hiatus in which the ambassador was based in Ireland.
In November 2011 the Irish...
Agree to disagree: How young Catholics pose a unique challenge for the Church
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:30 am Baltimore, Md., Nov 12, 2014 / 04:56 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
While a failure to understand doctrine is present in many segments of the Catholic population, young adults are...
NY farm owners pay fine for saying no to lesbian wedding
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:29 am The owners of an Albany-area farm and wedding venue have paid a $13,000 fine levied by the state's Division of Human Rights after they declined to host a lesbian wedding.
Robert...
Pope: bishops and priests must listen humbly and learn
News.va - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:20 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis today urged bishops, priests and deacons always to be humble and to recognize that their ministry is an unmerited gift of God’s mercy.
Speaking at...
Irish Ambassador to Holy See: Developing long standing relations
News.va - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:20 am (Vatican Radio) “It was a very special day for me being the representative of Ireland here at the Holy See”, says Ambassador Emma Madigan, who presented her credentials to Pope...
Bishop encourage president to act on immigration reform
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:13 am Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson encouraged President Barack Obama to take executive action on immigration reform.
"The preference would be to have a bipartisan solution, and a ...
Is this building a… ?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 12, 2014 at 4:00 am At Church Pop there is a quiz.
Here is a sample.
Quick… is this building a:
Modernist Church … or a… Communist Building?
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USCCB meeting: bishops approve translations, elect committee chairmen
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 12, 2014 at 3:56 am In a meeting marked by little disagreement, the bishops of the United States approved, by large margins, a revised translation of Order of the Dedication of a Church and an Altar...
Agree to disagree: How young Catholics pose a unique challenge for the Church
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 12, 2014 at 3:56 am Baltimore, Md., Nov 12, 2014 / 02:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- While a failure to understand doctrine is present in many segments of the Catholic population, young adults are...
