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Pope Francis Stops Car to Bless Disabled Woman
LifeNews.com - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:33 am Pope Francis has drawn accolades during his first year as the leader of the Catholic Church for his heartfelt desire to support and affirm the dignity of disabled people. In a...
5 Keys to Having Fun While Getting a Lot Done This Summer
CatholicMom.com - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:30 am There’s nothing wrong with creating a summer filled with rejuvenation, few commitments, and lots of hanging out. But, it you are like me, you looked forward to some less hectic...
Meriam Ibrahim Freed
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:19 am Thanks be to God through our Lord Jesus Christ for allegedly futile and narcissistic hashtag activism. And above all for the courageous witness of this great woman and daughter of...
Newest trend at the Vatican? Learning Spanish... (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:17 am To view the video click here.
Pope's Mass: A Christian doesn't need to announce himself (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:14 am To view the video click here.
Boko Haram kidnaps 60 more women and girls in Nigeria (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:10 am To view the video click here.
Meriam Ibrahim Arrested Again While Trying to Leave Country After Initial Release
LifeNews.com - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:09 am Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman who was jailed and forced to give birth in prison in the Muslim nation of Sudan and who was released yesterday after a court overturned a...
Man Who Fathered Children to Several Women Forced to Have Vasectomy
LifeNews.com - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:01 am A Virginia plea deal is coercing a man into a vasectomy.
From the CBS story:
A Virginia man who has fathered children with several women has agreed to get a vasectomy to reduce...
Boom: Brooklyn preparing to ordain largest class of priests in the United States
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:01 am From the In My Backyard Desk, some sensational news, via The Brooklyn Eagle: The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens,...
Torture lost to Mafia coverage, at least in news on pope talks
GetReligion - Jun 24, 2014 at 8:00 am If the coverage of Pope Francis this weekend was any indication, the Mafia is more interesting to mainstream journalists than torture chambers. Mainstream secular media paid lots...
40 Christian leaders arrested, released in Nepal
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:51 am More than 40 Protestant leaders in Nepal were recently arrested on charges of forcibly converting Hindus.
"A Hindu mob gathered outside the prison, threatening an uprising if the...
Archbishop of Westminster Affirms Contribution of Women in Church's Mission
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:45 am Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols says the contibution of women in the Church is essential, as they take “the lead in studying and acting upon crucial issues in...
Pakistan's high court: government must do more to protect Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:41 am The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the nation's government to better protect the rights of Christians, Hindus, and other religious minorities in the Muslim nation.
"The...
Officials From Interreligious Dialogue Council Visiting Indonesia
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:41 am Two officials from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue are visiting Indonesia through Friday. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim nation and a statement...
Pope Francis calls John the Baptist a model for Christians today
News.va - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:30 am (Vatican Radio) John the Baptist as a model for Christians today: that was the focus of Pope Francis’ homily at Mass in the Santa Marta chapel on Tuesday morning, the feast of the...
Happy St. John's Day!
Rorate Coeli - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:16 am Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Ioannes.
Non erat ille lux, sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine.
Christ is the completion of the law for righteousness unto every one...
3rd Fortnight for Freedom begins
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:14 am At a Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, Archbishop William Lori began the US bishops' 3rd annual Fortnight for...
Why funerals won’t be given a send off, even by the non-religious
Catholic Herald - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:11 am I had an interesting conversation with an undertaker the other day, in which I he told me that about 70 per cent of the funerals his company undertakes are now “non-religious”,...
Daily Homily: King Josiah Made a Covenant Before the Lord
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:06 am --
2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3 Psalm 119:33,34,35,36,37,40 Matthew 7:15-20
When Sirach praises the great men of the Bible, he says this about King Josiah (640-609 BC): "The memory...
Wrong! Deconstructing 5 Famous History Stories
Creative Minority Report - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:04 am So why do we keep hearing these. I love the Viking one. *subhead*Ha.*subhead*
