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Australian bishops: seal of Confession must be protected

Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 16, 2017 at 3:53 am

The Australian Catholic bishops have indicated that they will not accept an infringement on the confessional seal.

Theologian Pia de Solenni appointed Orange County chancellor

EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 16, 2017 at 3:52 am

Orange, Calif., Aug 16, 2017 / 03:52 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Moral theologian and cultural analyst Dr. Pia de Solenni has been appointed chancellor for the Diocese of Orange in...

Papal prayers for mud-slide victims in Sierra Leone

Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 16, 2017 at 3:49 am

Pope Francis has offered his prayerful sympathy to the victims of deadly mud slides in Sierra Leone.

For assumption, Pope speaks on power of Mary’s humility

Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 16, 2017 at 3:46 am

In his Angelus audience on August 15, the feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis spoke on the humility of the Virgin Mary, remarking that “humility is like an emptiness that leaves...

Nigerian cardinal criticises attempts to relax Communion rules

Catholic Herald - Aug 16, 2017 at 3:44 am

Pope Francis did not change church teaching on the rules for receiving Communion, but rather assured people who are in difficult situations that the church cares for them and the...

Daily Gospel Reflection for August 16, 2017

CatholicMom.com - Aug 16, 2017 at 3:30 am

Today’s Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20 Community was very important to Jesus, and He set up His Church based on a community of love. Communities of people help, respect, love, and...

Catholic peace movement calls on US, North Korea to stop ’inflammatory rhetoric’

Vatican Insider - Aug 16, 2017 at 3:18 am

The international Catholic peace organization Pax Christi has called on U.S. and North Korean leaders to tone down their rhetoric, saying the recent bout of nuclear brinksmanship...

Oh God of dust and rainbows, help us to see that without the dust the rainbow would not be.

Aleteia - Aug 16, 2017 at 3:00 am

Langston Hughes

In recognition that not all Donalds are treasonous Nazi sympathizers…

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 16, 2017 at 2:25 am

Jesus the Imagination

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 16, 2017 at 2:23 am

A Journal of Spiritual Revolution is now available at Amazon: “Our intention is not altogether modest: the regeneration of Christian art and culture.”—Michael Martin Why should...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/08/17

Catholic Herald - Aug 16, 2017 at 2:12 am

Supporters of “a new form of Nazism and extreme nationalism” are dishonouring “the basic convictions of the American political and constitutional traditions”, Cardinal Seán O’...

Committees, World Without End

Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 16, 2017 at 1:10 am

C. S. Lewis was a university professor, and knew about the wheels within wheels of committees, with their informal “rings” that use the official bodies and their meetings to get...

Right to Work as a Religious Liberty Concern

Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 16, 2017 at 1:00 am

With a new Republican governor and a legislature with a strong Republican majority, Missourians saw some changes this year coming out of their state capital. One of the quickest...

Sunday Soundbite for August 20, 2017

Franciscan Media - Aug 16, 2017 at 12:30 am

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A August 20, 2017 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ssordA_20.mp3 What’s behind a story? Specifically, what’s...

Speaking of the Prayer For Vocations…

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 16, 2017 at 12:01 am

From a priest in the UK… We have printed the Vocations Prayer you recommended for our parish in three designs and we say it at Mass every Sunday, and I also use it at Benediction...

Sharing the Word for August 16, 2017

Franciscan Media - Aug 16, 2017 at 12:00 am

Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time August 16, 2017 Daily Reading from the USCCB: Matthew 8:15-20 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/...

Nanango celebrates golden jubilee of former farm boy

The Catholic Leader - Aug 16, 2017 at 12:00 am

FR Pat Cassidy’s days of milking cows are long gone, but the farm boy in him was remembered when he returned to his home town of Nanango recently for a special celebration of his...

What Men Fear Most

Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 16, 2017 at 12:00 am

What do pornography and dwindling vocations both suggest about men's greatest fear? Father Damian Ference, who works closely with young men in high school and the seminary, shares...

There is a secret plan for America, and what we're seeing is just the start. The sinister plot has begun

Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 16, 2017 at 12:00 am

To the uninitiated eye, there is a movement afoot in the United States to remove monuments to the Confederacy. Few people care about what happened ...

Gov. Abbott signs pro-life law that protects religious freedom and is becoming a model for the nation