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Hurricane Irma’s destruction in Caribbean hits close to home for Brisbane cathedral pastor

The Catholic Leader - Sep 13, 2017 at 1:30 am
AS Hurricane Irma carved a path of devastation through the Caribbean, one Brisbane priest was keeping a close vigil. Newly-appointed St Stephen’s Cathedral dean Fr Peter Brannelly...

Count on it: Mother Angelica will always be with EWTN, says CEO

EWTN - US Latest News - Sep 13, 2017 at 1:19 am
Worcester, Mass., Sep 13, 2017 / 01:19 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Fans of Mother Angelica should know that her influence will not wane at EWTN, where she will always have a place, said...

For the first time, the papal nuncio to Italy is not Italian

EWTN - World Catholic News - Sep 13, 2017 at 1:08 am
Rome, Italy, Sep 13, 2017 / 01:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- For the first time ever, a non-Italian will serve as apostolic nuncio, or papal ambassador, to Italy. On Sept. 12, Pope...

For the first time, the papal nuncio to Italy is not Italian

Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 13, 2017 at 1:08 am
Rome, Italy, Sep 13, 2017 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For the first time ever, a non-Italian will serve as apostolic nuncio, or papal ambassador, to Italy. On Sept. 12, Pope...

Teresa The Poet

Dominicana - Sep 13, 2017 at 1:00 am
Many have heard Teresa of Avila’s prayer “Let nothing disturb you… God alone suffices,” which she scribbled on a small bookmark of hers during prayer. I recently discovered,...

Sunday Soundbite for September 17, 2017

Franciscan Media - Sep 13, 2017 at 12:30 am
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A September 17, 2017 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SSB24thSunOrdA.mp3   Today’s Gospel story is a favorite...

Sharing the Word for September 13, 2017

Franciscan Media - Sep 13, 2017 at 12:00 am
Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom September 13, 2017 Daily Reading from the USCCB: Colossians 3:1-11 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SW_090711_I.mp3  ...

Why Does God Exist?

Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Sep 13, 2017 at 12:00 am
Most of us know the Catechism answer to the question, why did God make you? To know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven....

The BIG ONE is coming to California, and officials think it will be worse than predicted

Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 13, 2017 at 12:00 am
This year, California went from due to overdue for the Big One. That's the name residents have for a massive quake that scientists predict will ...

Former hostage, Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil meets Pope Francis

Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 13, 2017 at 12:00 am
Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil has been released from terrorist captivity and has been flown to the Vatican. Yesterday he was able to meet with Pope Francis.

Supreme Court could consider landmark religious liberty case this term

Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 13, 2017 at 12:00 am
A Colorado baker's fight to maintain his freedom of expression could be the most influential religious freedom decisions of the US Supreme Court in ...

That's no ruler! Nun goes viral, clearing brush with a CHAINSAW in Irma aftermath

Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 13, 2017 at 12:00 am
A viral video of a nun going to work on a fallen tree with a chainsaw is raising brows online. But why should it? Nuns are among the hardest working ...

A “Strong Catholic” Adrift

Integrated Catholic Life - Sep 12, 2017 at 11:04 pm
One of the things I most enjoy during visits with my family in Southern California, is visiting the little beach town nearby.  Main Street lies between Pacific Coast Highway and...

Yes, you can trust the Church

Aleteia - Sep 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm
The world thinks we accept Church teaching the way some people stand for the national anthem at the beginning of a baseball game, but they miss the point.But why didn’t he want to...

What you need to know about the Orthodox-Catholic split and hopes for reunification

Aleteia - Sep 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm
When, why and how did it happen? And when will it come to an end?In 1054, Pope Leo IX of Rome and Patriarch Michael I Kiroularious of Constantinople excommunicated each other....

Try not to cry watching these circus performers help refugee children be kids again

Aleteia - Sep 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm
Life is never too dark to laugh and have fun.Puppet shows, folk dances, pizza decorating — these performers know how to keep kids entertained, but they are out on an important...

… and her unborn child

Aleteia - Sep 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm
Photo of the Day: September 13, 2017Almost 3,000 names of the men, women, and children killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993, are inscribed on parapet...

Meet the youngest person to start a religious order

Aleteia - Sep 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm
St. Clelia Barbieri started the community at age 21, and her voice is still audibly heard while the community prays.Born in 1847 in a small village near Bologna, Italy, Clelia...

The forgotten original colors of Ancient Greece

Aleteia - Sep 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm
The sober solemnity of the statues we see in museums today has little to do with how they originally looked.Accustomed as we are to contemplating the whiteness of the marble...

Countering the Reformation with images of women, painted by women

Aleteia - Sep 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm
The art world produced its first celebrated female painters here, commissioned and supported by the Church.On the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, this series of...
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