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Media guide: Interview with pope reveals his communication philosophy

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Sep 8, 2017 at 1:04 pm
When Pope Francis sat down with an expert in media and communication for a yearlong series of interviews, those discussions offered some fascinating insight into the pope's...

Saint Peter Claver, Jesuit Priest and Missionary

Big C Catholics - Sep 8, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Memorial - September 9thThere are not many who would willingly make themselves slaves, but Saint Peter Claver, the 17th century Jesuit priest and missionary did. What is...

Liturgical Notes on the Nativity of the Virgin Mary

New Liturgical Movement - Sep 8, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Advent is considered the start of the Roman Rite’s liturgical year as a matter of logic and convention, but is not formally designated as such in the liturgy itself. In the...

Catholic Scholars React to Dismissal of Josef Seifert Over Exhortation Critique

OnePeterFive - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:59 pm
A few days ago, OnePeterFive reported that Professor Josef Seifert, a prominent Austrian Catholic philosopher and defender of Life, had been removed by Archbishop Javier Martínez...

Two Republicans Vote to Fund International Planned Parenthood and Pro-Abortion UNFPA

LifeNews.com - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:55 pm
The main actions that President Donald Trump has taken that have gone over extremely well with pro-life voters are his decisions to defund the International Planned Parenthood...

Pope Francis prays for victims of Mexico earthquake

Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:42 pm
Mexico City, Mexico, Sep 8, 2017 / 11:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following Mass during his five-day trip to Colombia, Pope Francis on Friday offered prayers for those affected by a...

In the face of evacuation from Irma, turn to Our Lady of Charity

Aleteia - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:41 pm
It feels Providential that in the midst of Irma's fury, the church invites us to turn today to this "Caridad" who calmed the watersToday, September 8 – Feast of the Nativity of...

Federal appeals court rules grandparents not part of Trump’s travel ban

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:41 pm
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Justice Department said it would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court’s ruling that rejected the Trump administration’s limits on who can be...

Enjoyable bio looks at McDonald’s businessman, his philanthropist wife

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:37 pm
Ray Kroc was driven to succeed. The first 50 years of his life he hustled to sell paper cups and then milkshake machines. He supported his wife and daughter in a little house in...

Looking for a Pro-Life Place to Donate to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims? Look No Further

LifeNews.com - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:21 pm
Hurricane Harvey devastated much of Texas’ Gulf Coast, including pregnancy resource centers, during the last week.  These organizations continue to serve mothers and children in...

Pope in Colombia: celebrates Mass, beatifies 2 martyrs in Villavicencio: Full text

News.va - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:15 pm
(Vatican Radio) “Mary is the first light who announces night’s end, and above all, the impending day”, Pope Francis said during Mass on Friday to celebrate the Nativity of Mary...

A Catholic Mother's Perspective on Mindfulness

CatholicMom.com - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:00 pm
Copyright 2017 Katy Oberst. Used with permission. All rights reserved. If you haven’t heard of mindfulness and mindful thinking, the latest craze by our secular culture, then let...

20 state Attorneys General tell Supreme Court to release videos exposing Planned Parenthood

LifeSiteNews - Sep 8, 2017 at 12:00 pm
A brief filed with the high court requests the ban on the Center for Medical Progress videos be lifted.

A faith-filled kick-off for Catholic schools’ high school football seasons

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Sep 8, 2017 at 11:55 am
The Hill-Murray Pioneers and Holy Angels Stars met for Mass Sept. 1 before putting on pads, a day after the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders and Totino-Grace Eagles prayed together...

13-Year-Old Given Permission to Abort Her 32-Week-Old Unborn Baby Gives Birth Instead

LifeNews.com - Sep 8, 2017 at 11:45 am
In a startling turn of events, the baby of a 13-year-old rape survivor who received permission to have a late-term abortion was born alive Friday in India. The young girl from...

Pope Francis beatifies two Colombian martyrs

Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 8, 2017 at 11:39 am
Villavicencio, Colombia, Sep 8, 2017 / 10:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During Mass in Colombia on Friday, Pope Francis beatified two martyrs from the country, both of whom were killed...

If Kentucky Can Close an Unsafe Abortion Clinic There Will be No More Abortions There

LifeNews.com - Sep 8, 2017 at 11:06 am
In a case of national importance, two Kentucky abortion facilities are in Federal Court in an attempt to argue that enforcement of state laws requiring hospital transfer...

Abortion victims will be memorialized at 172 solemn events across U.S. on Saturday

LifeSiteNews - Sep 8, 2017 at 11:06 am
The Fifth Annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children shines a light on the stories of aborted children.

'Muslim Schindler's list' leader in the Philippines gets nuanced Los Angeles Times' profile

GetReligion - Sep 8, 2017 at 11:05 am
I must confess, I had no idea that Islamic State militants have taken over a city in the southern Philippines even though I have friends who live about a two-hour drive from there...

Bold and Terrible Commerce: The Mass, and Those Privileged to Pray It

OnePeterFive - Sep 8, 2017 at 11:00 am
Editor’s note: This article is Part II of a series. For Part I, click here. The traditional Mass can be compared to a tournament. At the beginning of a High Mass, the priest (...
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