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Seven Things Tuesday: Getting ready for Holy Week

OSV Daily Take - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:57 am
Holy Week is coming! Here are seven online resources as you prepare for the spiritual journey.

Media and Faith Meet in Communications Program at Rome’s Santa Croce University

Catholic Education Daily - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:41 am
The University is educating students to become communications directors who can explain and defend the Faith, while also having practical media skills like conducting radio and...

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy Braves Snow to Make Annual Pilgrimage

Catholic Education Daily - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:40 am
“The first Mass in Ontario was said 399 years ago, in the midst of what is now several farm fields. The group paused here to pray a decade of the Luminous Mysteries...” More...

Christianity is more than a survival guide, Pope insists

Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:32 am
Vatican City, Apr 8, 2014 / 08:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his daily homily Pope Francis focused on how Jesus heals our sin with the Cross, and emphasizing that Christianity is not...

Christianity is more than a survival guide, Pope insists

EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:32 am
Vatican City, Apr 8, 2014 / 09:32 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In his daily homily Pope Francis focused on how Jesus heals our sin with the Cross, and emphasizing that Christianity is...

Legislators Introduce Bill to Return Custody of Justina Pelletier to Her Parents

LifeNews.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:28 am
Massachusetts state legislators have filed a bill that would force state officials to return custody of Justina Pelletier to her parents. Justina Pelletier’s medical condition has...

ASK FATHER: Why do we call Eucharist “Bread” in Novus Ordo?

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:25 am
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife who is to be received into the Church at the the Easter vigil (Deo gratias!) recently asked me why in the Novus Ordo Missae one of the options...

After Witnessing Babies Born Alive After Abortions, Abortionist Questions His Work

LifeNews.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:02 am
Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — On April 2, a Live Action article quoted former abortionist Dr. David Brewer explaining how his conscience became hardened as he began performing...

The Supreme distraction: Justice Sotomayer misses the point of the Hobby Lobby case

LifeSiteNews - Apr 8, 2014 at 9:00 am
by Brian Fisher April 7, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This week features a landmark U.S. Supreme Court hearing that will have dramatic ramifications on religious liberty and the very...

Court Stops New York City’s Bid to Shut Down Pregnancy Centers

LifeNews.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 8:32 am
The ACLJ represents two non-profit organizations that operate numerous pro-life crisis pregnancy centers in New York City in a lawsuit challenging a City law that imposes...

Keep Discouragement In Check by Celebrating

CatholicMom.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 8:30 am
As a busy mom or mom business owner, you can easily get run down with lots to do in an often thankless role. But you need not look any further than one of your kids to see how to...

UPDATE: Bp. Jugis (D. Charlotte) endorses Sr. Jane Laurel and talk at High School

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 8, 2014 at 8:25 am
I have written about the incident at the High School in Charlotte, where Dominican Sister Jane Laurel gave a talk on human sexuality that produced sparked a mob reaction.  Nun...

Bishop: Ukrainian Church battling to remain legal in Crimea

Catholic Herald - Apr 8, 2014 at 8:23 am
A Ukrainian Catholic bishop warned his Church could lose its legal status in Crimea under Russian rule and pledged to use “all possible means in the international arena” to defend...

UAE Appeals Court Says Murder Conviction To Be Decided By Sharia Procedure

The Religion Clause - Apr 8, 2014 at 8:22 am
The National reported yesterday that in the United Arab Emirates the appeals court has held that a trial court murder conviction of two cousins who allegedly shot an Omani while...

Vatican announces logo, motto for papal trip to Korea

EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 8, 2014 at 8:18 am
Vatican City, Apr 8, 2014 / 08:18 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Holy See has released the official motto and logo for Pope Francis' upcoming visit to South Korea, which is the first...

Vatican announces logo, motto for papal trip to Korea

Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 8, 2014 at 8:18 am
Vatican City, Apr 8, 2014 / 07:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Holy See has released the official motto and logo for Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to South Korea, which is the first...

Catholic schools in U.S. actively recruiting Chinese students

The Deacon's Bench - Apr 8, 2014 at 8:14 am
 The New York Times has an interesting piece this week about efforts by Catholic schools to recruit well-heeled Chinese students, children of diplomats and executives. At one...

Jesuit priest killed in Syria, after vowing to stay in Homs to help the needy (Video)

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:58 am
According to a statement issued on Monday, by the Jesuit Headquarters in Rome, he was shot twice in the head, in front of the Jesuit residence in the city of Homs.  To view the...

John Paul II's press secretary: His biggest miracle was his day to day life (Video)

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:56 am
As a close friend, Joaquin Navarro-Valls shared plenty of unforgettable moments with the Polish Pope, but one of the things he remembers  most is the way he lived his every day...
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