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Vietnamese bishop joyful to lead, evangelize new flock
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 4, 2014 at 1:02 am My Tho, Vietnam, Aug 4, 2014 / 01:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The newly appointed Bishop of My Tho, Peter Nguyen Van Kham, has voiced
enthusiasm for evangelizing and forming the...
4 August: Dominic and Jean
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 4, 2014 at 12:33 am According to the traditional Roman calendar, today is the feast of St. Dominic. Happy feast to all Dominicans and Dominics. I have his first class relic.
I am pleased to have a...
ASK FATHER: Parish priest doesn’t guard Eucharist from profanation. What to do?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 4, 2014 at 12:01 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
Dear Father, I serve regularly at a large shrine which attracts vast numbers of non Catholics. Several of us have to be ‘on guard’ on Sundays to ensure...
A Constellation of Saints
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 3, 2014 at 11:02 pm There are as many saints as there are stars in the sky… The night sky in its magnificent beauty has beckoned to me ever since I was a small child. At night, especially on a summer...
"The Guns of August Still Rumble" - I
Rorate Coeli - Aug 3, 2014 at 11:00 pm Memorial Tablet at the Cathedral of Marseille, France
Today is the 100th anniversary of the entrance of the Britain and her Empire as a belligerent power in the general European...
Pro-Abortion Politicians Find Models of Unborn Babies
LifeNews.com - Aug 3, 2014 at 10:17 pm LifeNews recently shared a story on Facebook that was published in July of 2013 called “Abortion Advocates Go Nuts Over Pro-Lifers Distributing Fetal Models.”
The story was about...
A reminder: Gregorian Institute of Canada colloquium August 22-23
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:38 pm Various publications in the past few years attest to a growing interest in the office of Compline, including Kenneth Peterson’s Prayer as Night Falls: Experiencing Compline and...
August 4, a special day for the Curé d'Ars and the Pastor-Pope
Rorate Coeli - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:18 pm
[In the famous image above, Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, on August 4, 1901, exactly 113 years ago and precisely 2 years before his election, in a trip from...
Vatican to Hold Thursday Briefing on Pope's Visit to South Korea
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm Anyone wanting to learn more about the Pope's upcoming trip to South Korea will be able to later this week. The Vatican announced there will be a press conference in the Holy...
Pope to Young Scouts: Be Actors, Not Spectators in Your Lives
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis has told thousands of young people in France that they are actors in their lives, not spectators. Today, the Holy Father sent a message to the Scouts of Europe on...
Pope Sends Condolences at Death of Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis has sent his condolences for the death of Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy, to the Apostolic Administrator of Sydney, Msgr. Peter Comensoli...
Jesuit Pope Marks Feast of Jesuit Saint Peter Favre
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis on Saturday celebrated the feast of St. Peter Favre, the first follower of the founder of the Society of Jesus. St. Peter was the first of St. Ignatius' followers,...
Pope's Message to Gathering of European Scouts
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm Here is a translation of Pope Francis' message to a gathering of European young people, the Guides and Scouts of Europe. * * *
To the Guides and Scouts of Europe gathered at...
More Towns Seized in Northwest Iraq
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm On Sunday evening, ISIS seized more towns in the north west of Iraq. Following prolonged fighting between ISIS and Peshmerga – Kurdish soldiers – ISIS fighters took control of ...
Bishop for UK Military: WWI Is Part of Every Family DNA
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm The bishop of the UK armed forces, Richard Moth, celebrated a Requiem Mass in the Cathedral Church of St. Michael & St. George, Aldershot, on Sunday for all who died in the...
A wonderful vocations tool: novena to St. John Vianney
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 3, 2014 at 6:28 pm Once again, my parish is in the midst of a great tradition, offering the annual novena to St. John Vianney —patron saint of parish priests—and praying for vocations to the parish...
Congressman rips administration's silence on 'genocide' in Iraq
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 3, 2014 at 5:34 pm Washington D.C., Aug 3, 2014 / 04:34 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians are facing genocide in Iraq while the U.S. government and the United Nations are silent, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va...
AFRICA/LIBYA - "Even if only one Christian remains I will stay here", says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli
News.va - Aug 3, 2014 at 5:00 pm Tripoli - "The Christian community in Libya is now reduced to a minimum but I intend to stay here even if only one Christian remains", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo...
Provide for the needs of the poor, Pope exhorts
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 3, 2014 at 3:29 pm Vatican City, Aug 3, 2014 / 02:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At Sunday's Angelus address at the Vatican, Pope Francis called on those receiving his message to care first for the poor,...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 3, 2014 at 3:00 pm Good points… good points from the sermon you heard for your Sunday obligation Mass…. Let us know what they are!
Today, 8th Sunday after Pentecost, I spoke of the Lord’s parable of...
