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Lent survival tip No. 12: Get uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable.
OSV Daily Take - Apr 4, 2014 at 6:24 am As Pope Francis said, take Christ to the fringes. Catholics do tend to get uncomfortable during Lent: meatless Fridays, more time on the knees and going without coffee, beer,...
Over $100k raised for family of slain Catholic husband, father
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 4, 2014 at 6:13 am Indianapolis, Ind., Apr 4, 2014 / 06:13 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Within the span of a day, friends, family and strangers have raised more than $100,000 for the family of a young...
US House commission holds hearing on religious persecution in Vietnam
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 4, 2014 at 6:11 am The United States House of Representatives' Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission has conducted a hearing on religious persecution in Vietnam.
The bipartisan commission, once known...
Pope Francis: Friday Mass in Santa Marta
News.va - Apr 4, 2014 at 6:10 am (Vatican Radio) When we proclaim the Good News, we will inevitably encounter persecution. This was the focus of Pope Francis’ remarks following the readings of the day at Mass on...
Public Religion Research Institute misleads on Catholic attitudes
Catholic Vote - Apr 4, 2014 at 6:00 am
The “Public Religion Research Institute” released a fact sheet a few weeks ago on the attitudes of Roman Catholics which had the mainstream media swooning. It found that...
Touch Rosary Android App
CatholicMom.com - Apr 4, 2014 at 6:00 am
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It is no surprise to me that I seem to collect Rosary apps as deftly as I amass Rosary beads. While...
2nd Circuit: No Free Exercise Problem In Denying School Space For Church Worship Services
The Religion Clause - Apr 4, 2014 at 6:00 am In Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York, (2d Cir., April 3, 2014), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, reversed the...
What will the synod on the family decide about Holy Communion for remarried divorcees wrongly denied an anullment? As Pope Benedict says ‘mistakes occur’
Catholic Herald - Apr 4, 2014 at 5:56 am I begin with Fr Ray Blake’s current post. “For me”, he says, “Pope Francis is still a ‘puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma’, is he a conservative or a liberal, incredibly...
Pocket-sized Gospels to be distributed at Pope's Sunday Angelus address
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 4, 2014 at 5:51 am Stating that the Pope's charity is "not only material, but also spiritual," the Holy See Press Office has announced that seminarians, Missionaries of Charity, and other volunteers...
Pope Francis says elderly people are dying because of neglect
Catholic Herald - Apr 4, 2014 at 5:40 am Pope Francis has urged young people not to neglect the elderly who are dying “because no one cares for them”.
The Pope made the remark in an interview with five young Catholics...
Students ask pope: “What makes you afraid?”
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 4, 2014 at 5:37 am He gave a brief interview to a group of students. It was broadcast on Belgian TV yesterday. And today, the blog In Caelo et in Terra has a transcript: “We are all humans, and we...
After meeting Pope, daughter of immigrants reunites with father
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 4, 2014 at 5:10 am Los Angeles, Calif., Apr 4, 2014 / 05:10 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The young girl who asked Pope Francis to intercede with U.S. President Barack Obama on behalf of the children of...
UN registers Lebanon's millionth Syrian refugee
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 4, 2014 at 5:02 am Beirut, Lebanon, Apr 4, 2014 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon registered with the United Nations has now passed 1 million, as the organization...
UN registers Lebanon's millionth Syrian refugee
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 4, 2014 at 5:02 am Beirut, Lebanon, Apr 4, 2014 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon registered with the United
Nations has now passed 1 million, as the organization...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 4, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Apr 4, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
This section of scripture leaves me feeling irritated, almost as irritated as Jesus seems to be. Of course part of that frustration is...
Notre Dame’s Fr. Miscamble to Deliver Ohio Dominican U. Commencement
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 4, 2014 at 4:41 am “Fr. Miscamble is a courageous and compelling proponent of Catholic higher education and the need for all Catholic universities to work to restore and strengthen their Catholic...
Bishop urges US to take ‘clear stance against torture’
Catholic Herald - Apr 4, 2014 at 4:40 am The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace has said he welcomes the possible release of a Senate intelligence committee report that says the CIA...
Memo to Nancy: there’s more to being Catholic than papal rosary beads
Catholic Herald - Apr 4, 2014 at 4:37 am How do religions die? How does faith die?
When institutions collapse, it is the surface that is the last thing to go. So it was that the Roman Empire in the West had long ceased...
Card. Murphy O'Connor: Queen's visit cements ongoing relationship
News.va - Apr 4, 2014 at 4:30 am (Vatican Radio) “First of all I thought it was a very happy visit”, says Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’ Conor, Archbishop emeritus of Westminster, commenting on Thursday’s informal...
