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Vatican plans for canonization of six new saints
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 9:24 am The Vatican has scheduled a consistory on June 12 to prepare for the canonization of six new saints.
The consistory will make plans for the canonization of:
Blessed Giovanni...
Nigerian bishop backs military action to free kidnapped girls
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 9:20 am A Nigerian Catholic bishop has indicated his support for military action to free more than 200 girls who have been kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists, the Vatican Insider reports...
"Like forcing a healthy patient to take medicine."
Saint Louis Catholic - May 30, 2014 at 9:16 am For the Record: More on the Ongoing Destruction of the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Story at Rorate.
Saint Philip Neri and the Priesthood
Communio - May 30, 2014 at 9:04 am The Church honored Saint Philip Neri on May 25th. His memory in history leads me to ask more about his place in the Church and the work of bringing others to the Lord. Father Fred...
Abortion Clinic Nurse Who Claims She “Serves God” Assaults Pro-Lifer
LifeNews.com - May 30, 2014 at 9:03 am A video posted on Youtube shows an abortion clinic nurse appearing to attack attack a pro-lifer.
The abortion nurse is upset because the pro-lifer accused her of telling patients...
The total destruction and reconstruction of the FINew "wrecker" of the Franciscan Sisters a final death knell for true FI charism?
Rorate Coeli - May 30, 2014 at 8:56 am We've been doing our best to bring you, our readers, everything we can on the tragic and chilling situation of the Franciscans of the Immaculate (FI) under intervention -- ordered...
Archbishop consecrates Syria to Our Lady
Catholic Herald - May 30, 2014 at 8:54 am Archbishop Samir Nassar, the Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, will consecrate Syria to the Immaculate Heart of Mary today.
The archbishop will pray this evening at 6pm (4pm GMT)...
The rise of the “labor priest”
The Deacon's Bench - May 30, 2014 at 8:49 am An interesting observation on a subject you don’t hear about very much—and one that has a distinctly diaconal dimension: “Labor priests” were a recognized presence in the labor...
George Weigel Calls for Effort to Save Inner-City Catholic Schools
Catholic Education Daily - May 30, 2014 at 8:46 am Weigel, who serves as distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, describes inner-city Catholic schools as the “Church’s best anti-poverty and empowerment...
Abortion is Torture: What the Mainstream Media Missed in the UN Attack on the Catholic Church
LifeNews.com - May 30, 2014 at 8:32 am New York, NY (CFAM) — U.N. experts backtracked last week after taking heat for accusing the Pope of torture because of Church teaching on abortion.
“It seems like we are being...
Getting Past the Grand and Aloof: Rules Guide My Relationship
CatholicMom.com - May 30, 2014 at 8:30 am
Lord God Almighty sounds so grand, aloof, and distant. God wants us to be in a close relationship with Him at all times without the distance.
I have been taking a class based on...
Catholic reaction prompts relocation of fauxdination
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 30, 2014 at 8:30 am Yesterday I posted an ACTION ITEM! for your kind attention, a poll on a Michigan media site (please go an vote!) about an upcoming fauxdination of a woman that was to take place...
The Ordinariate Church in London re-establishes links with the Portuguese Embassy
New Liturgical Movement - May 30, 2014 at 8:30 am The Portuguese ambassador to the United Kingdom is to attend Mass at the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham's central church in Warwick Street, Soho, London next month...
Catholic College Reinstates Nursing Chair after Resignation Dustup
Catholic Education Daily - May 30, 2014 at 8:20 am Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, La., has reportedly reinstated the chair of its nursing department who had previously resigned under controversial circumstances....
Bishop Hails Victory for Former General in Egypt's Presidential Elections
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 30, 2014 at 8:19 am Theleader of Roman Catholics in Egypt has spoken of how Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s victory in the presidential elections is a “cause for hope” both for Christians and Muslims in the...
Fr. Jose Luis Muzquiz's cause for canonization moves forward (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 30, 2014 at 8:19 am To view the video click here.
Auxiliary Appointed for Awka, Nigeria
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 30, 2014 at 8:15 am Pope Francis appointed Fr. Jonas Benson Okoye as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Awka, Nigeria. Jonas BensonOkoye was born in Kaduna, Nigeria, in 1963 and was ordained a...
The Magdala Center opens its doors in the Holy Land (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 30, 2014 at 8:14 am To view the video click here.
Church Attacked in Central African Republic
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 30, 2014 at 8:02 am Eighteen people were killed on Wednesday when armed men stormed a parish church in Central African Republic’s capital city. The men who attacked Our Lady of Fatima parish Church...
CUA President: Popular Culture Still Views Some Things as Sacred
Catholic Education Daily - May 30, 2014 at 8:02 am Catholic University of America President John Garvey argued that the “vigorous community reaction to the ‘black mass’ can provide us with some consolation.”
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