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New Bioethics Degree Enhances Catholic Identity at University of Mary, Says President
Catholic Education Daily - Aug 4, 2014 at 5:06 am Monsignor James Shea, president of the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., told The Cardinal Newman Society about the great impact the University's newly announced Master of...
Of the residences of bishops
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 4, 2014 at 5:00 am CNN has posted what an only be called a cheap shot at American bishops.
This is yellow journalism.
The story, HERE, is about the “lavish” residences of some bishops.
The piece...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 4, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Aug 4, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 14:22-36
The first people called to follow Jesus are four Jewish fishermen. (Mt 4, 18-22). Now Jesus calls a tax collector,a sinner, a man who is unclean...
Cardinal Clancy dead at 90
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2014 at 4:56 am Cardinal Edward Clancy, who served as Archbishop of Sydney from 1983 until 2001, died at a nursing home on August 3.
The Little Sisters of the Poor cared for him for the past...
French cardinal visits Iraq's persecuted Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2014 at 4:45 am Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon, joined by two other French bishops, made a four-day trip to Iraq to meet with some of the nation's persecuted Christians.
"I will recite the...
Canadian bishops' conference commemorates World War I anniversary
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2014 at 4:32 am The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement marking the centenary of Canada's entry into the World War I.
"The horrors of war should never...
The Danger of Chasing After Ever New Spiritual Experiences
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 4, 2014 at 4:31 am Recent books and movies like "Eat, Pray, Love" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" encourage us to flee the daily and mundane in search of new and increasingly extreme experiences. Fr....
Pope commemorates St. Peter Faber's feast
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2014 at 4:23 am Pope Francis celebrated the feast of St. Peter Faber on August 1 by inviting a group of young Jesuit priests to join him for Mass, according to a brief Vatican Radio report.
In ...
Central African prelate hopeful about ceasefire
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2014 at 4:09 am The Central African Republic's leading prelate has expressed cautious optimism that a recent truce between Séléka and anti-Balaka forces will lead to peace.
The Islamist Séléka...
Patriarch: Gaza a �factory of desperate people'
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2014 at 3:50 am The blockade of the Gaza Strip, in force since 2007, has made the region a "factory of desperate people" and "extremists ready for anything," according to the Latin Patriarch of...
Does the Church still adhere at all to the principle of a ‘just war’?
Catholic Herald - Aug 4, 2014 at 3:34 am Today is the anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1. Now that 100 years have lapsed, all that seems evident is the unimaginable carnage and the sense that it should have been...
Pope reflects on Christ feeding the multitude
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2014 at 3:32 am During his Sunday Angelus address in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis reflected on the Gospel from the Mass of the day (Mt. 14:13-21) and said that the passage offers "three...
Daily Catholic Quote from St. John Vianney
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 4, 2014 at 3:30 am “Here is a rule for everyday life: Do not do anything which you cannot offer to God.” (St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney, Cure d’Ars) August 4 is the Memorial of St. John Mary...
Strong USCCB support for Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2014 at 3:04 am Three bishops who chair committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have offered their "strong support" for the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014....
Encountering the Word — Luke 6:38
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 4, 2014 at 2:30 am “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete...
Politics as a Form of Public Education
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 4, 2014 at 2:15 am
As we head into another election season, we’ll see the customary television sound bites, vague bloviating speeches by politicians far and wide, politicians pandering to different...
To Courts, Abortion is the Über-Recht
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 4, 2014 at 2:10 am
On July 29, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a 2-1 ruling, declaring H.B. 1390, a 2012 act of the Mississippi legislature, unconstitutional.
According to its title...
Australia mourns Cardinal Clancy, former Sydney archbishop
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 4, 2014 at 2:07 am Sydney, Australia, Aug 4, 2014 / 02:07 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Church in Australia is mourning the loss of Cardinal Edward Clancy,
the Archbishop of Sydney from 1983 to 2001, who...
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 4, 2014 at 2:00 am
Pa was a wild man. He uprooted wife and children—moving them away from comfort and plenty, community and family—to brave a perilous journey to an unknown, desolate and dangerous...
Why Make Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PG-13?
Creative Minority Report - Aug 4, 2014 at 1:37 am My nine year old son is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle nut. If he doesn't have a basketball in is and he has a styrofoam ninja sword.And now he's seen a number of commercials for...
