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Daily Gospel Reflection for August 1, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 13:54-58
Twenty years ago God decided to call me out of the kitchen and into ministry, and over the course of the next ten years I earned two graduate...
Editorial | Migration and human dignity intersect
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:00 am Since 2011, the United States has experienced an increase in the number of unaccompanied children arriving here, mainly at the U.S.-Mexico border. An average of 6,800 arrived each...
Catholic Charities of St. Louis joins effort to help migrant children
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:00 am Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2
Catholic Charities agencies in St. Louis have joined with a coalition of St. Louis...
Mississippi abortion ruling raises questions of women's health
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 1, 2014 at 4:42 am Jackson, Miss., Aug 1, 2014 / 04:42 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A federal appeals court has drawn criticism for blocking a 2012 Mississippi law requiring abortion doctors to have...
Mississippi abortion ruling raises questions of women's health
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 1, 2014 at 4:42 am Jackson, Miss., Aug 1, 2014 / 03:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A federal appeals court has drawn criticism for blocking a 2012 Mississippi law requiring abortion doctors to have...
Honduran cardinal calls for peace in Gaza
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 1, 2014 at 4:03 am Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, who serves on Pope Francis's Council of Cardinals, has called for a ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel conflict.
The Honduran prelate, who also...
Filming set to begin on Scorsese’s Jesuit epic
Catholic Herald - Aug 1, 2014 at 3:55 am Filming is set to begin on Martin Scorsese’s new film about a Portuguese Jesuit priest who travels to Japan in 1638 to spread Christianity there.
The legendary director of...
California governor visits Mexico, meets with bishops on migration
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 1, 2014 at 3:50 am Governor Jerry Brown of California, joined by Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, traveled to Mexico and met with a group of bishops to discuss the plight of unaccompanied...
Daily Catholic Quote from St. Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori, C.Ss.R.
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 1, 2014 at 3:30 am “How pleasing to Him it will be if you sometimes forget yourself and speak to Him of His own glory, of the miseries of others, especially those who mourn in sorrow; of the souls...
Report: Christians flee Syrian city as Islamic State advances
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 1, 2014 at 3:23 am Christians have fled Al-Hasakah, a city of 190,000 in northeastern Syria, as forces from the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) advanced upon the area, the Assyrian...
Freed Sudanese Christian woman arrives in US
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 1, 2014 at 3:12 am Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman who once faced a death sentence because she refused to renounce her Christian faith, has left Italy in order to reside in New Hampshire.
During...
Caritas president: ceasefire first step to peace in Holy Land
News.va - Aug 1, 2014 at 3:01 am
(Vatican Radio) The president of the Catholic Church’s international aid organization is calling for a permanent ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in...
Leading Russian Orthodox official: world on brink of World War III
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 1, 2014 at 2:52 am A leading official of the Russian Orthodox Church has told a Russian newspaper that he believes the world is on the brink of a third world war.
"The current situation is...
Order that opposes HHS mandate among winners of pro-life award
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 1, 2014 at 2:35 am The Little Sisters of the Poor, a religious community that operates 30 nursing homes in the United States, joined two individuals in receiving the 2014 People of Life Award, an...
Encountering the Word — Zephaniah 2:3
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 1, 2014 at 2:30 am “Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.” (...
When Catholic Academics Abandon the Unborn
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 1, 2014 at 2:10 am
A few weeks ago Lisa Fullam, a featured blogger at dotCommonweal, the blog of the politically liberal magazine Commonweal, posted “Hobby Lobby and Science” in which she clarifies...
Catholic charity to hold day of prayer for peace in Iraq
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 1, 2014 at 2:04 am Baghdad, Iraq, Aug 1, 2014 / 02:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Aid
to the Church in Need has scheduled Aug. 6 as day of prayer for Iraq,
portions of which are now controlled by Islamist...
Anglican Ordination of Women Bishops Ends Reunion Prospects
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 1, 2014 at 2:00 am
It was, of course inevitable, having ordained women to its “priesthood” that the Church of England, mother Church of the Anglican Communion, would in the end ordain women to its...
Starting Life with St. Alphonsus Liguori
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 1, 2014 at 1:34 am Ellyn von Huben has a special connection to St. Alphonsus Liguori: she was born a few doors down from him. Well, from his statue...at his hospital...in Wisconsin. But, as saints...
Amid resignation calls, Minn. archbishop says he will stay
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 1, 2014 at 1:30 am Minneapolis, Minn., Aug 1, 2014 / 01:30 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul-Minneapolis, facing calls for
his resignation amid legal battles over the...
