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Over 20 million people facing starvation - and we should care!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 16, 2017 at 12:00 am Think to a time when you were hungry. Remember how it felt, a bit uncomfortable, right? You may have even said, "I'm starving!" But you knew that in ...
North Korea launches purge against Christians as faith spreads across country
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 16, 2017 at 12:00 am Christians in North Korea are facing extreme persecution as a purge against believers has started. A new report by the US government says that ...
Following in the Footsteps of Father Pierre-Jean De Smet to the Solar Eclipse!
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:04 pm There is arguably no one more well-traveled in the world in the nineteenth century than the Belgium-born Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ (Father Peter-John). He was born in 1801...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Our Lord … showed me the book of nature, and I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not...
Honor my mother and my father? Why should I?
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm All parents fail sometimes. Some parents seem hard to forgive. How do we live with this strange commandment?“I love parents! Without parents, I’d lose half my business.” So said...
5 Types of prayer that will change your life
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm These transformative forms of communicating with God are based on what is revealed in Scripture.Prayer doesn’t come naturally and is a constant struggle. Perhaps for many of us,...
Why do churches have Mary on the left and Joseph on the right?
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm Many churches in the United States have this alignment of statues. Why?When walking into a Catholic church in the United States (and other places in the world), it is very common...
What husbands should know about their wives’ smartphone “addiction”
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm One stay-at-home mom explains why her phone time is essential.Chances are good that you’re reading these words on your digital best friend: the smartphone. Whether you’re in the...
How a French Catholic priest “discovered” the giant Panda
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm Father Armand David was an explorer, zoologist, botanist and missionary.The West’s fascination with the giant Panda dates back only to the 19th century, when a French missionary...
Hey parents, can you make the “Wait Until 8th” pledge?
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm A fantastic initiative to keep smartphones away from kids until they're older is underway.When my son started middle school this year, the first thing the principal said to all...
The blueblood Catholic priest who cried heresy: “Racism is a God-damned thing!”
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm Fr. John Markoe's life reads like fiction, and his passion was all about seeking justice for Black Americans.As a whole, the Catholic Church was slow to get fully involved in the...
The Madonna returns to Mosul
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: August 16, 2017An Iraqi Christian man carries Lyon’s Archbishop Cardinal Philippe Barbarin on his shoulders as the clergyman puts up a statue of Virgin Mary on...
You keep using that word
The Curt Jester - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:49 pm
In related logic Darth Vader is on pace to virtually eliminate disease on Alderaan.
This CBS News promo tweet is just so vile “Iceland is on pace to virtually eliminate Down...
ASK FATHER: Penance given in confession was too vague
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:37 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
In line with your recent ASK FATHER postings on Confession, I have a question about vague penance given in Confession. We attend the local TLM and it is...
Patricia Heaton doesn't work for GetReligion; but her Down syndrome tweet is a must-see
GetReligion - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:30 pm If you know anything about politics in Hollywood, then you probably know that there are few "players" in that scene who are out-and-proud moral, cultural and religious...
URGENT: VIDEO Live stream of annual Assumption Mass!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:26 pm As I write, there is a LIVE stream of the wonderful annual Solemn Mass for the Assumption sponsored by Mater Ecclesiae and my good friend Fr. Pasley. HERE
Nick Vujicic “Can Get Through Anything”
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:00 pm It takes an incredible person to overcome hardship with joy.Nick Vujicic may not have legs, but he has traveled farther than many people who have two. The music video for his tune...
Roby Curtis not turning a blind eye to homeless
The Catholic Leader - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:00 pm FOR many of the homeless who drop in to Brisbane’s inner city Blind Eye Centre this is their only sanctuary. The most vulnerable sleep under bridges, huddle in doorways or hide...
US State Department recognizes ISIS genocide in religious freedom report
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 15, 2017 at 5:57 pm Washington D.C., Aug 15, 2017 / 04:57 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom advocates were heartened by the State Department recognizing in its annual religious freedom report...
Cardinal Burke: Cardinal Meisner Said We Must “Continue Fighting for the Church and Her Teaching”
OnePeterFive - Aug 15, 2017 at 5:46 pm As OnePeterFive reported shortly after the death of Cardinal Joachim Meisner – who was one of the four dubia cardinals – this German prelate had many widely recognized saintly...
