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Pope warns against “climbers” in the church
The Deacon's Bench - May 5, 2014 at 6:43 am From his daily homily this morning: Pope Francis on Monday warned that there are people in the Church that follow Jesus for vanity or thirst for power and wealth, and he prayed...
Pope meets new Swiss Guards
News.va - May 5, 2014 at 6:40 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday received new members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard and their families on the eve of their swearing in ceremony in the Vatican. Listen to...
Pope: Christians must keep away from vanity, power and greed
News.va - May 5, 2014 at 6:40 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday warned that there are people in the Church that follow Jesus for vanity or thirst for power and wealth, and he prayed the Lord to give us...
Virtual Life in a Storyless World
Dominicana - May 5, 2014 at 6:30 am Advent, Zork, Dungeon. If you were one of the fortunate few who lived at the vanguard of the digital revolution in the late 1970s, these three great progenitors of the multi-...
Daily Catholic Quote by St. Francis of Assisi
Integrated Catholic Life - May 5, 2014 at 6:30 am “What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself like this under the...
Catholicism is essentially a calm faith and has no need of shrill defenders
Catholic Herald - May 5, 2014 at 6:25 am Some years ago I was on holiday in Turkey, staying at a very pleasant coastal resort on the Aegean Sea. One Friday, taking a walk through the town, at about midday, someone put a...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - May 5, 2014 at 6:13 am From SSRN:
Bernard M. Levinson, La scoperta goethiana della versione ‘originale’ dei Dieci Comandamenti e la sua influenza sulla critica biblica: Il mito del particolarismo...
Pope's New Commission On Protecting Minors Concludes First Meetings
The Religion Clause - May 5, 2014 at 6:05 am Pope Francis' new Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors held its first meeting in the Vatican from May 1-3. Vatican Radio sets out the full text of the statement...
Catholic Techie Andrew Weyrich
CatholicMom.com - May 5, 2014 at 6:00 am
Today’s Catholic Techie is one of those amazing guys who makes me happy to be alive. I was introduced to his work back at the beginning of Lent, when I marked it as an app to...
Vatican statistics: Church growth remains steady worldwide
Catholic Herald - May 5, 2014 at 5:57 am The number of Catholics in the world and the number of priests, permanent deacons and religious men all increased in 2012, while the number of women in religious orders continued...
Supreme Court upholds freedom to pray at public meetings
EWTN - US Latest News - May 5, 2014 at 5:38 am Washington D.C., May 5, 2014 / 05:38 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. Supreme Court on May 5 upheld the practice of voluntary prayer before public meetings by a 5-4 ruling, drawing...
What’s your pastor worried about?
The Deacon's Bench - May 5, 2014 at 5:34 am The good folks at CARA have some answers: CARA recently asked a random sample of pastors in our National Survey of Catholic Parishes (NSCP), “What is the greatest challenge...
Orthodox bishop outlines hopes for Pope’s visit to Israel
Catholic Herald - May 5, 2014 at 5:34 am The Orthodox bishop who is coordinating the upcoming pilgrimage to Jerusalem by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he hopes the patriarch’s May 25 meeting...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 5, 2014
CatholicMom.com - May 5, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 6:22-29
Do we look for Jesus only for what he can do for us?
The crowds in this gospel reading looked for Jesus because he had recently performed the miracle...
Patriarch Bartholomew Pays Tribute to Benedict XVI
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 5, 2014 at 4:59 am Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has paid tribute to Benedict XVI, saying the Pope Emeritus' entire journey "is characterized by stability and unwavering devotion to the...
Holy See presents report to UN Committee on Torture
News.va - May 5, 2014 at 4:56 am (Vatican Radio) The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, on Monday presented the Initial Periodic Report of the Holy See to...
New bishop named for US Chaldean eparchy
EWTN - US Latest News - May 5, 2014 at 4:51 am Detroit, Mich., May 5, 2014 / 04:51 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis has named a Chaldean Catholic priest in Michigan as the next bishop of the Detroit-based Eparchy of St....
“The secularization of Hispanics is the biggest threat to the future of the Catholic Church in America”
The Deacon's Bench - May 5, 2014 at 4:44 am From The Boston Globe: The future of Catholicism in America rests heavily on the church’s ability to attract and retain young Hispanics whose connection to secular life is...
Encountering the Word — Hosea 14:9
Integrated Catholic Life - May 5, 2014 at 4:30 am “Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors...
