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“Saints and Social Justice” Book Giveaway!
Brandon Vogt - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:58 am “Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – St. Augustine
Since I’ve built up a large collection of extra books...
Vatican theologians: don’t confuse sensus fidelium with majority opinion
Catholic Herald - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:49 am Church leaders must always take account of the sensus fidelium, or “sense of the faithful”, but it should never be confused with “the majority opinion of the faithful in a given...
In address to priests, Pope emphasizes joy of the priesthood
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:49 am Pope Francis told a group of diocesan priests that there is "nothing more beautiful for a man" than being called to be a priest.
The Pope made his remarks in the cathedral of...
NPR Heralds Abortion Comedy “Obvious Child” As “Momentous” Movie, “Sweet And Lovely”
LifeNews.com - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:47 am As suspected, there is no more favorable publicity outlet for an “abortion comedy” like NPR. On the June 13 Fresh Air, film critic David Edelstein loved the concept in Obvious...
Mass at Santa Marta - No one can judge
News.va - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:40 am One who judges puts himself in God’s place
and thus faces certain defeat in life because he’ll be paid back in kind. And
he'll live in confusion, seeing a “speck” in his brother’s...
Keeping God’s Garden Beautiful By Being Ourselves
CatholicMom.com - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:30 am It’s so easy to think: it’s not fair.
One friend is radiant. All the time. Even when her children are misbehaving. Another prays effortlessly and ceaselessly. Another seems so...
The Roaco holds its 87th Plenary Assembly
News.va - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:29 am Vatican City, 23 June 2014 (VIS) – The Congregation for the Oriental Churches will hold the 87th Plenary Assembly of the ROACO (“Riunione Opere Aiuto Chiese Orientali”, “Reunion...
NYTimes’ riveting portrait of a Christian in Afghanistan
GetReligion - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:28 am I have no words to describe this story – A Christian Convert, on the Run in Afghanistan http://t.co/DM87Ey5fpG — Kimberly Winston (@kjwinston11) June 23, 2014 A Christian Convert...
We all have to return to confession, Pope tells prisoners
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:23 am On June 21, Pope Francis made an apostolic journey to Cosenza, a province in the southern Italian region of Calabria, and told prisoners that the Lord forgives us in confession...
How Can Atheists and Agnostics Possibly be Pro-Life on Abortion?
LifeNews.com - Jun 23, 2014 at 8:21 am I’ve had a few Christian pro-life friends of mine (kindly) tell me they don’t really understand how a secularist can defend the pro-life position. Sure, they get that we don’t...
Torture is a mortal sin, Pope Francis emphasizes
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 23, 2014 at 7:34 am Following his June 22 Angelus address, Pope Francis told the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square that the United Nations commemorates June 26 as the International Day in Support...
Pope Francis: the Eucharist allows us to make our lives a gift
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 23, 2014 at 7:21 am The reception of Holy Communion transforms us and allows us to make our lives a gift, Pope Francis said in his June 22 Angelus address.
The Pope noted that the Feast of Corpus...
Learning from a Martyred Lawyer Who Modeled Integrity
Brandon Vogt - Jun 23, 2014 at 7:00 am
Today we continue our regular series called “Learning from the Saints.” Our guide is expert Bert Ghezzi, a dear friend of mine and the author of numerous books including Voices...
Doctoral student of Pope Emeritus to lead Pontifical Theological Academy
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 23, 2014 at 6:57 am Pope Francis has named Father Réal Tremblay, a Canadian Redemptorist priest who completed his doctoral dissertation under the future Pope Benedict XVI, as the new president of the...
Mother Teresa sent me a personal message bashed out on an old typewriter. This is what it said
Catholic Herald - Jun 23, 2014 at 6:46 am I see that my last blog about Mother Teresa has excited some debate about whether abortion is really “the great destroyer of peace” as Mother Teresa asserts. For “Sceptic” is...
Bosnian Catholics in a 'grave position,' cardinal warns
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 23, 2014 at 6:44 am Vatican City, Jun 23, 2014 / 05:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During a recent conference in Bosnia discussing interreligious violence Cardinal Vinko Puljic spoke of the country’s...
Bosnian Catholics in a 'grave position,' cardinal warns
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 23, 2014 at 6:44 am Vatican City, Jun 23, 2014 / 06:44 am (EWTN News/CNA).- During a recent conference in Bosnia discussing interreligious violence
Cardinal Vinko Puljic spoke of the country's...
Vatican declares Chilean bishop innocent of sexual abuse charges
Catholic Herald - Jun 23, 2014 at 6:37 am After almost a year of investigation, the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith concluded that Bishop Cristian Contreras Molina of San Felipe was innocent of the child abuse...
The Analogy of Liturgy
Dominicana - Jun 23, 2014 at 6:30 am In the liturgy, outward words and gestures are performed that express an inward faith in the ability of God to work through our frail humanity in bringing his grace into the world...
Persecution of Christians worse than in early Church, says Francis
Catholic Herald - Jun 23, 2014 at 6:24 am The persecution of Christians today is greater than in the first centuries of the Church, Pope Francis has said.
At a conference in Rome the Pope said he was “greatly pained to...
