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Pope emphasizes evangelization in audience with bishops from Ethiopia, Eritirea
Catholic Culture - World News - May 9, 2014 at 5:28 am In a May 9 address to the bishops of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of evangelization.
Faith in Christ, "present in your lands from the earliest days...
Evangelize everyone, with preferential love for the poor, says Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - May 9, 2014 at 5:20 am In a May 9 audience with staff of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Pope Francis said that...
“The Church of Mercy” Book Giveaway!
Brandon Vogt - May 9, 2014 at 5:12 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...
Liturgical Resources: iBreviary and "Alma Bracarense" in New Languages
New Liturgical Movement - May 9, 2014 at 5:06 am Two updates on some important liturgical resources have recently been brought to my attention. The first is from Fr. Paolo Padrini, the creator of iBreviary, who informs us that...
Pope to UN: Resist the economy of exclusion, serve the poor
News.va - May 9, 2014 at 5:05 am (Vatican Radio ) Pope Francis met with executives from the United Nations Agencies, Funds and Programmes on Friday, led by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Emer McCarthy...
Report urges better parish response to Hispanic Catholic growth
EWTN - US Latest News - May 9, 2014 at 5:01 am Boston, Mass., May 9, 2014 / 05:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
A new report finds many signs of vitality in Hispanic Catholic ministry in the U.S., but recommends immediate action and...
Report urges better parish response to Hispanic Catholic growth
Catholic News Agency - General - May 9, 2014 at 5:01 am Boston, Mass., May 9, 2014 / 04:01 am (CNA).- A new report finds many signs of vitality in Hispanic Catholic ministry in the U.S., but recommends immediate action and more youth...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 9, 2014
CatholicMom.com - May 9, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 6:52-59
Every day, all over the world, Catholics take their places in line before bread and wine.
Blessed are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb...
See world through believer's eyes, Pope tells Vatican diplomats
EWTN - Vatican News - May 9, 2014 at 4:55 am Vatican City, May 9, 2014 / 04:55 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis visited some of the Holy See's future diplomats on May 2, advising them that their diplomatic work must rest on...
The Gaying of America
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 9, 2014 at 4:45 am In Making Gay Okay, Robert Reilly says the ascendancy of men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) started with Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s victory over Aristotle and that once philosophy fell...
Economic Inequality and the Hypocrisy of Power
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 9, 2014 at 4:40 am That a French socialist economist is trashing the American economy for fomenting inequality should hardly be news. But Thomas Piketty is enjoying some moments in the popular press...
Complete ‘mindfulness’ is prayer
Catholic Herald - May 9, 2014 at 4:37 am What is “Mindfulness”? The word crops up in my consciousness every now and then and I dismiss it as some kind of New Age fad. Perhaps it is, in the sense of being a modern,...
Pope's Address to the Pontifical Mission Societies
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 9, 2014 at 4:31 am This morning, Pope Francis received in audience -- in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace --, the participants in the meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies, and gave...
Encountering the Word — 1 John 3:17-18
Integrated Catholic Life - May 9, 2014 at 4:30 am “But if any one has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or...
Pontifical academies' joint conference on environment concludes
Catholic Culture - World News - May 9, 2014 at 4:25 am The Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences have concluded a five-day joint conference on "Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our ...
US Christian leaders urge Obama administration to assist Mideast Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - May 9, 2014 at 4:03 am Over 175 Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant leaders, including Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Archbishop Charles Chaput, have signed a statement calling upon the Obama administration...
Daily Homily: You Have the Words of Eternal Life
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 9, 2014 at 4:01 am --
Acts 9:31-42 Psalm 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 John 6:60-69
Jesus promises that those who believe in him will do the works that he accomplished (John 14:12). In today's Gospel,...
Armenian church leader lauds Pope Francis's ministry
Catholic Culture - World News - May 9, 2014 at 3:43 am The Armenian Apostolic Church has released the text of the address given by its leader, Catholicos Karekin II, during his audience with Pope Francis on May 8.
The church is among...
Vatican conference on solidarity and fraternity in business
Catholic Culture - World News - May 9, 2014 at 3:25 am The Centesimus Annus � Pro Pontifice Foundation, established by St. John Paul II in 1993, is hosting a conference at the Vatican entitled "The good society and the future of jobs...
Cardinal Kasper: 'Heroism is not for the average Christian'
EWTN - US Latest News - May 9, 2014 at 3:03 am New York City, N.Y., May 9, 2014 / 03:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In a recent interview with Commonweal, Cardinal Walter Kasper discussed
his proposal that divorced and remarried...
