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Pope: OK to fight with God, hold him to his promise, remember his love
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 3, 2014 at 9:32 am VATICAN CITY — Don’t hold back when praying to God — tell him exactly what’s wrong and insist on holding him to his promises, Pope Francis said.
Prayer should be like speaking...
God said chocolate and beer were good
OSV Daily Take - Apr 3, 2014 at 9:32 am But this video focuses on why, during Lent, we give them up. “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good” (Gn 1:31). There you have it. But maybe there’...
Health Department Investigates Abortion Clinic That Killed Woman in Botched Abortion
LifeNews.com - Apr 3, 2014 at 9:31 am Gathered around a spray of pink and white flowers that held a photo of Lakisha Wilson, state and national pro-life leaders conducted a press conference yesterday outside Preterm,...
NEW BOOK: Joseph Ratzinger’s collected works on theology of liturgy!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 3, 2014 at 9:20 am
Here is some cheering news.
Ignatius Press has collected into one volume all of Joseph Ratzinger’s works on liturgy.
It is available for PRE-ORDER at a reduced price. Hardcover...
Catholic school to become Anglican academy
Catholic Herald - Apr 3, 2014 at 9:15 am A Catholic primary school in Blackburn is becoming a Church of England academy due to falling numbers of Catholic pupils.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School in Lynwood...
Holy Land bishops: some Muslims, along with Christians, face persecution in Middle East
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 3, 2014 at 9:11 am The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in the Holy Land has issued a statement emphasizing that Christians are not the only persons are suffering persecution in the Middle East.
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Bishop urges Senate to declassify report on CIA interrogation, torture
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:53 am The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace has called for the public release of the Senate Select Committee on...
3 new saints from the Americas
Communio - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:49 am This morning we have three new saints! His Holiness canonized three new patrons, to pray for us in heaven. Actually, God makes saints, the Church discerns who the saints are. All...
Pope receives prime minister of Cape Verde
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:48 am Pope Francis received Prime Minister José Maria Neves of Cape Verde in audience on April 3.
Located in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa, the island nation of 525,000, once a...
Is It Possible to be Against Abortion But Not “Pro-Life?”
LifeNews.com - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:45 am This is a follow-up to my March 25 post, “Abortion, Sex Positivity, and the Non-Aggression Principle,” in which I argued that defending the unborn and supporting sexual freedom...
Meeting between Pope Francis, Queen Elizabeth
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:37 am The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Francis is receiving Queen Elizabeth II in audience on April 3.
"The Queen was due to come to Rome in 2013 at the private invitation...
This is My Calling, This is My Vocation
CatholicMom.com - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:30 am Mothering a large family is my calling and my vocation. As a result, I am a conundrum: a rather outmoded sort of woman, ridiculed by modern career women, vilified by the earth’s...
Dominican Rite Missa Cantata in Rome
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:24 am This Saturday, April 5th, the feast of St. Vincent Ferrer, the Fraternity of St. Peter’s Roman parish, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, will have a sung Mass in the Dominican...
Newman Society President Lectures at Georgetown on Threats to Catholic Education
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:24 am “There seems to be a growing intolerance for those who teach and live the Catholic faith—intolerance from nonbelievers but also, and perhaps especially, from dissenting Catholics...
“Praying should be like talking to a friend, even rebuking the Lord a little”
Vatican Insider - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:16 amPope offers prayers for Rwanda
Catholic Herald - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:09 am Pope Francis has assured the people of Rwanda of his prayers on the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide.
In an audience with the Rwandan bishops today, he said: “I join with...
Vatican Says Univ. of San Diego Drag Show Caused Scandal, New Show Planned Next Week
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 3, 2014 at 8:04 am The Vatican’s Congregation for Education has said that a drag show that occurred last year on the campus of the University of San Diego caused “scandal,” according to a letter...
Decrees for the Causes of Saints
News.va - Apr 3, 2014 at 7:56 am Vatican City, 3 April 2014 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father Francis received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints,...
Meeting about nun’s talk draws nearly 1,000
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 3, 2014 at 7:54 am This story generated a lot of attention earlier in the week. And the response last night was reportedly huge: Nearly 1,000 parents gathered at Charlotte Catholic High School on...
�Reconciliation and healing of wounds' remain Church's priority in Rwanda, says Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 3, 2014 at 7:52 am Two decades after an estimated 800,000 people perished in the Rwandan genocide, Pope Francis the nation's bishops that "reconciliation and the healing of wounds certainly remain...
