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Israeli, Palestinian presidents accept invitation meeting at Vatican

Catholic News Agency - General - May 25, 2014 at 7:28 am
Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014 / 06:28 am (CNA).- Today Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that they have accepted Pope Francis’...

Israeli, Palestinian presidents accept invitation meeting at Vatican

EWTN - Vatican News - May 25, 2014 at 7:28 am
Bethlehem, Pa., May 25, 2014 / 07:28 am (EWTN News).- Today Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that they have accepted Pope Francis'...

Pope invites Israeli, Palestinian leaders to Vatican to pray for peace

Catholic Culture - World News - May 25, 2014 at 6:51 am
At the conclusion of Sunday Mass in Manger Square in Bethlehem, Pope Francis invited the presidents of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to the Vatican to pray for peace. "In...

At Mass in Bethlehem, Pope Francis appeals for children

Catholic Culture - World News - May 25, 2014 at 6:31 am
As he celebrated Sunday Mass at Manger Square in Bethlehem, Pope Francis denounced acts of inhumanity against children and said that children "need to be welcomed and defended...

Daily Catholic Quote from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Integrated Catholic Life - May 25, 2014 at 6:30 am
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) If you liked this quote, please share it with your friends and...

Pope's homily at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity

News.va - May 25, 2014 at 6:01 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Bethlehem's Manger Square on Sunday, beside the Church of the Nativity which is dedicated to the Child Jesus. He focused his homily...

Tech Talk Digest for Last Week

CatholicMom.com - May 25, 2014 at 6:00 am
Here are the Tech Talk highlights from last week. Catholic Techie Susan Bailey Meet Susan Bailey, who’s an “everyman’s techie,” not afraid to jump into the latest technology and...

Mass in Manger Square: God tells us to seek the child in a world where so many of them live in inhuman conditions

News.va - May 25, 2014 at 5:52 am
Vatican City, 25 May 2014 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father celebrated the Eucharist in Bethlehem's Manger Square, at the confluence of Milk Grotto Street (the site of a shrine...

Regina Coeli: Pope Francis commends the Holy Land and her inhabitants to Mary

News.va - May 25, 2014 at 5:51 am
Vatican City, 25 May 2014 (VIS) – After proposing the Vatican as the the location for a prayer meeting between the presidents of the State of Palestine and the State of Israel,...

To the Palestinian authorities: peace will bring immeasurable benefits to the people of this region and the world

News.va - May 25, 2014 at 5:50 am
Vatican City, 25 May 2014 (VIS) – At 7.30 this morning the Pope transferred from the apostolic nunciature of Amman to Bethlehem by helicopter, where he arrived at 9.20 a.m. local...

Pope Francis arrives in Bethlehem, renews call for peace, religious freedom

Catholic Culture - World News - May 25, 2014 at 5:36 am
Pope Francis departed from Jordan on May 25, the second day of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and arrived in Bethlehem, where he met with President Mahmoud Abbas of the...

Pope Francis makes unscheduled stop to pray at Israel’s security barrier

News.va - May 25, 2014 at 5:36 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop on Sunday  to pray at Israel’s security barrier en route to Bethlehem where he celebrated Mass in Manger Square.  His car...

Ordination update: 4 new deacons for Albany

The Deacon's Bench - May 25, 2014 at 5:34 am
From The Troy Record: More than 250 family members, friends, well-wishers, clergy and others celebrated the ordination of four new deacons to serve the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

In Bethlehem, Two Messages: Tear Down This Wall... and Build Up The World

Whispers in the Loggia - May 25, 2014 at 5:22 am
Fourteen months into the new Rule of Francis, it's well beyond clear that this pontificate's most resonant moments of communication come without words... well, with a few...

Pope appeals for peace in Syria, prays for conversion of the violent

Catholic Culture - World News - May 25, 2014 at 5:22 am
Pope Francis concluded the first day of his three-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land by meeting with refugees and young people with disabilities in the Latin church in Bethany beyond...

Christian pastor forcibly returned to Iranian prison

EWTN - US Latest News - May 25, 2014 at 5:09 am
Washington D.C., May 25, 2014 / 05:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After being treated for two months in a hospital for injuries suffered from beatings during his imprisonment, Saeed...
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