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40 Years Later, “Exorcist” Author Engaged in New Struggle Over Lost Faith and Redemption
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 21, 2013 at 5:00 am "... at its heart it’s a story about a Jesuit priest who, after struggling with his faith, regains it through the exercise of his ministry."
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Jewish-Catholic dialogue: respect religious freedom
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 21, 2013 at 4:49 am The International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee met in Madrid from October 13 to 16 to discuss "Challenges for Religion in Contemporary Society."
The meeting, co-chaired by...
Nun awarded prize for work against human trafficking
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 21, 2013 at 4:33 am Sister Eugenia Bonetti, an Italian nun who has devoted the past two decades of her life to assisting victims of human trafficking, is one of 43 winners of the 2013 European...
3 dead in attack on Coptic church in Egypt
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 21, 2013 at 4:19 am Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were murdered by a gunman who opened fire on worshippers leaving a Coptic church wedding, according to multiple media reports.
The...
Pope Francis Sends Condolences to Australian Wildfire Victims
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 21, 2013 at 4:10 am In a message sent through Vatican Secretary of State, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis expressed his concern for those affected by the wildfires devastating New South Wales...
Hungarian martyr beatified
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 21, 2013 at 4:03 am Stephen Sándor (1914-53), a Hungarian Salesian brother murdered by the postwar Communist regime, was beatified as a martyr in Budapest on October 19.
"We respect in him the...
Fr. Gerald Fitzgerald and the Path Not Taken
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 21, 2013 at 4:00 am The story of Boston’s Father Gerald Fitzgerald (1894-1969), who founded the Servants of the Paraclete congregation, has been told before. For example, it appears in the National...
Daily Scriptures Reflection and Morning Prayer for Monday, October 21, 2013
CatholicMom.com - Oct 21, 2013 at 4:00 am Today’s Scriptures
USCCB Video Reflection
Saints of the Day
Scripture: Romans 4:20-25. Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-7. Luke 12:13-21
Paul always leads us to his faith in the Paschal...
God, Man, and Abortion: A New Summons to Hope
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 21, 2013 at 3:50 am Many good things distinguish Grief Redeemed, Anne’s Lastman’s gripping testament to the dehumanizing havoc wrought by abortion. It is the work of a woman who has devoted over...
EWTN executives Michael Warsaw, Doug Keck, promoted
EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 21, 2013 at 3:48 am Irondale, Ala., Oct 21, 2013 / 03:48 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- On Oct. 18, EWTN's board of governors promoted its network president,
Michael Warsaw, to chairman of the board, and its...
Vatican newspaper: sociologist sees need for conversion from consumerism
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 21, 2013 at 3:45 am Describing Zygmunt Bauman as "one of the most authoritative interpreters of the human condition in the present age," L'Osservatore Romano has published a conversation with the...
Pope Explains Importance of Praying with Insistence
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 21, 2013 at 3:35 am “Prayer without growing weary.” This was the central theme of the Holy Father’s address prior to the recitation of the Angelus to the thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s...
Bl. John Paul II: Shepherd on the Slopes of Mt. Carmel
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 21, 2013 at 3:30 am It seems everyone has his own John Paul II. Even among highly committed Catholics there are many views on the lessons of his papacy. Indeed, he was pope for so long, and did so...
QUAERITUR: People’s names on chalices, windows, etc.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 21, 2013 at 3:21 am
The chalice I mention, below.
From a reader:
I have noticed that on some of the vessels, vestments, and crucifix at Mass, there is an inscription to a deceased person.
Is this a...
Mexico: police officer murdered in front of bishop's residence
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 21, 2013 at 3:15 am A police officer was gunned down in a drive-by shooting outside the residence of Bishop José Isidro Guerrero Macías of Mexicali on October 17.
Mexican news radio reported that the...
Vatican finance reform shows different opinions about process
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 21, 2013 at 3:12 am Vatican City, Oct 21, 2013 / 03:12 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As Vatican City commits to financial transparency, the hiring of a
risk-management company to review the Administration of...
Bishop rues West's view of Arab Spring, distinguishes jihadists, moderate Muslims
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 21, 2013 at 2:58 am A Maronite bishop in Syria has criticized Western media coverage of the Arab Spring.
"The problem of so many media is that they don't really grasp real picture of the situation,"...
Hey Chestertonians!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 21, 2013 at 2:49 am Two things. First:
Dear Friends of the Seattle G. K. Chesterton Society,
Apologies for the previous announcement, which was prematurely sent! Please delete it and refer to the...
Pope's Message to Victims of Australian Wildfires
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 21, 2013 at 2:42 am Here is the message sent by the Holy Father through his Secretary of State, Archbishop Pietro Parolin to the victims of the devastating wildfires that have ravaged New South Wales...
Nicaragua: bishop brokering deal between foreign company, disgruntled workers
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 21, 2013 at 2:40 am A Nicaraguan bishop is attempting to negotiate an agreement between a Canadian company that is mining gold and workers who assert they have not been compensated adequately, the...
