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Pope Francis invites Presidents Abbas and Peres to the Vatican to pray for peace
News.va - May 25, 2014 at 5:08 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has extended an invitation to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and to Israeli President, Shimon Peres, to come to the Vatican and join him in...
Pope Francis meets with refugees, disabled youth near Jordan's banks
News.va - May 25, 2014 at 5:08 am
(Vatican Radio) Following in the footsteps of his predecessors John Paul II and Benedict XVI, Pope Francis on Saturday travelled to the site on the banks of the River Jordan...
Pope Francis greets and jokes with journalists on papal plane
News.va - May 25, 2014 at 5:08 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis briefly greeted on Friday the journalists who were travelling with him on his plane to Jordan to report on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He joked...
'Who are we before the child Jesus?' Pope reflects in Bethlehem
EWTN - Vatican News - May 25, 2014 at 5:04 am Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014 / 05:04 am (EWTN News).- In his homily delivered in Bethlehem this morning, Pope Francis
meditated on the role of the Christ child in the life...
'Who are we before the child Jesus?' Pope reflects in Bethlehem
Catholic News Agency - General - May 25, 2014 at 5:04 am Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014 / 04:04 am (CNA).- In his homily delivered in Bethlehem this morning, Pope Francis meditated on the role of the Christ child in the life of...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 25, 2014
CatholicMom.com - May 25, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 14:15-21
In this Gospel, Jesus tells His disciples that even though we cannot see Him anymore, He remains with us. Of course, this is so comforting. We live...
Encountering the Word — 2 Maccabees 12:43-45
Integrated Catholic Life - May 25, 2014 at 4:30 am He also took up a collection, man by man, to the amount of two thousand drachmas of silver, and sent it to Jerusalem to provide for a sin offering. In doing this he acted very...
Spain's Families Are Struggling
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 25, 2014 at 3:33 am A newly published report on the state of families in Spain revealed grave structural deficiencies and a lack of government support. The Spanish Institute of Family Politics (...
Pope to Palestinian leaders: have courage to 'forge peace'
EWTN - Vatican News - May 25, 2014 at 3:20 am Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014 / 03:20 am (EWTN News).- Pope Francis began the second day of his Holy Land pilgrimage in a
meeting with Palestinian authorities, urging them to...
Pope to Palestinian leaders: have courage to ‘forge peace’
Catholic News Agency - General - May 25, 2014 at 3:16 am Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014 / 02:16 am (CNA).- Pope Francis began the second day of his Holy Land pilgrimage in a meeting with Palestinian authorities, urging them to work...
Day 2 of Pope’s Holy Land Pilgrimage: Palestine, Israel
News.va - May 25, 2014 at 2:38 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is in Bethlehem this Sunday morning where he has met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and local political, religious and civic leaders. The Pope...
Christ's resurrection unites us, Pope tells faithful in Israel
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 25, 2014 at 1:28 am Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2014 / 01:28 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
At an ecumenical celebration in Jerusalem during his visit to the region, Pope Francis told inter-denominational...
We came to pray with our Pope, says papal Mass volunteer
EWTN - Vatican News - May 25, 2014 at 1:07 am Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2014 / 01:07 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A leader of one of the Boy Scout troops manning the entrances to Pope
Francis' Mass in Bethlehem today explained that...
Why should you be hopeful in these stressful times?
Integrated Catholic Life - May 24, 2014 at 11:01 pm Editor’s note: A reflection on the readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A) – Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Psalms 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20; First Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21. Pope...
Reminder: Mass and Reception with Archbishop Carlson this Sunday
Saint Louis Catholic - May 24, 2014 at 9:58 pm Solemn High Mass at 10am, reception to follow, at St. Francis de Sales Oratory.
South Dakota Suit Challenges Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
The Religion Clause - May 24, 2014 at 9:56 pm On Thursday, six couples filed a lawsuit in federal district court in South Dakota challenging the constitutionality of South Dakota's constitutional and statutory ban on same-sex...
Associate pastor assignments 2014
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - May 24, 2014 at 9:34 pm Rev. Andrew V. Burkemper, newly ordained, is appointed associate pastor of All Saints Parish in St. Peters.
Rev. Mitchell S. Doyen, President of St. Mary High School in St. Louis...
Pope's Regina Coeli Address in Manger Square
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 24, 2014 at 7:00 pm Regina Coeli Address Manger Square
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As we prepare to conclude our celebration, our thoughts turn to Mary Most Holy, who here, in Bethlehem, gave...
Pope's Address to Palestinian Authorities in Bethlehem
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 24, 2014 at 7:00 pm This morning Pope Francis left Jordan and flew by helicopter to Bethlehem in Palestine. Here below is the Holy Father's address to Palestinian authorities at the Presidential...
Palestinian Families Lunch with the Pope
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 24, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis had lunch in Bethlehem today with Palestinian families in the Franciscan Convent of Casa Nova. The composition of the families is as follows: 1. George SBEIT and...
