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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Knowledge and Twitter
CatholicMom.com - May 30, 2014 at 6:00 am
The Holy Spirit offers us the Gift of Knowledge. This is a gift that helps us learn the truths of faith such as the Creed, or attempt to examine the mysteries of faith such as...
Top South African Judges Speak At Law and Religion Conference
The Religion Clause - May 30, 2014 at 6:00 am IOL News and Ecumenical News report on a controversial speech by South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at the University of Stellenbosch's second Annual African Law and...
The Church may appear to be on the wrong side of history but it is on the right side of truth
Catholic Herald - May 30, 2014 at 5:48 am Young people who go on to higher education today, if they are not put off at the start by the enormous loans they will have to pay off, are generally thinking of worldly success....
Prayer is the key to building bridges, Pope tells German Catholics
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 5:45 am German Catholics are meeting in Regensburg from May 28 to June 1 for Katholikentag, a gathering held 99 times since 1848. The theme of this year's meeting, which includes some 1,...
Islamist extremists attack group praying rosary in Indonesia
The Deacon's Bench - May 30, 2014 at 5:38 am Details: A group of Islamic extremists in the area of Besi have brutally and violently attacked faithful of the parish of the Holy Family of Banteng , in the area north of...
�Prayer summit' for Israel-Palestinian peace to take place June 8
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 5:20 am The Holy See Press Office has announced that Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will join Pope Francis at the Vatican on June 8 to pray for ...
“The Heart of Catholicism” Book Giveaway!
Brandon Vogt - May 30, 2014 at 5:13 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...
When Bishops Earn Our Gratitude
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 30, 2014 at 5:10 am
Whenever veteran Catholics stop to consider the on-going crisis of faith in the Church, now entering its fifth decade with no abatement in sight, the news does not come as a...
Pope's historic prayer deeply moves Jerusalem bishop
Catholic News Agency - General - May 30, 2014 at 5:03 am Jerusalem, Israel, May 30, 2014 / 04:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The auxiliary bishop of Jerusalem described the recent prayer shared between Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I...
Pope's historic prayer deeply moves Jerusalem bishop
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 30, 2014 at 5:03 am Jerusalem, Israel, May 30, 2014 / 05:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
The auxiliary bishop of Jerusalem described the recent prayer shared between Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 30, 2014
CatholicMom.com - May 30, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 16:20-23
“While the world rejoices, you will grieve…” How true this is nowadays. As a mother of three, I’ve watched as each of my children react to adverse...
Progressives Eat Their Own in Virginia
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 30, 2014 at 5:00 am
Continuing their commitment to silence anyone who might stand in the way of their agenda, gay and lesbian groups are now beginning to criticize supporters who are thought to be...
Bishops celebrate Mass at Capitol Hill, press for immigration reform
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 4:44 am Bishops who serve on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration celebrated Mass for immigrants at a Capitol Hill parish on May 29.
Approximately 75...
The Spirit on the Ground: Pope Francis' Mass in Amman
Commonweal - May 30, 2014 at 4:31 am Queen Alia Street, a main thoroughfare in Amman, was packed with traffic on May 24th, the day of the Pope’s visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Vertical posters depicting...
Extremists attack Indonesian parish
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 4:22 am Muslim extremists "brutally and violently" attacked a parish on the Indonesian island of Java as the faithful were praying the Rosary and practicing hymns for Sunday Mass,...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/05/14
Catholic Herald - May 30, 2014 at 4:15 am Francis will inaugurate a Catholic charismatic renewal convention in Rome’s Olympic Stadium this Sunday (video, details).
An Indonesian archbishop has called for an investigation...
Pope at Mass: Joy in hope
News.va - May 30, 2014 at 4:14 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta was a hymn to Christian joy, which we cannot buy because it is a gift from God. The Pope likened this joy gifted by...
�Why Pope Francis May Be the Best Politician in the World'
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 4:07 am The Italian edition of L'Osservatore Romano has reprinted "Why Pope Francis May Be the Best Politician in the World," an op-ed piece written by a leader of the Obama campaign's...
Archbishop of Canterbury to meet with Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 3:46 am Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, who holds a primacy of honor in the Anglican Communion, has announced that he will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in June.
It will be...
Kidnapped Polish priest freed in Ukraine
Catholic Culture - World News - May 30, 2014 at 3:35 am A Polish priest abducted in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian separatists has been released.
A spokesman for Poland's ministry of foreign affairs said that Father Pawel Witek is now...
