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Japanese bishops caution politicians on Korea, pray for peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 11, 2017 at 11:55 am Japanese bishops have called for ten days of prayer for peace, and criticized politicians for inflammatory language regarding the threat of war with North Korea.
Pope Francis Tells Catholic Psychiatric Hospital to Stop Euthanizing Its Patients
LifeNews.com - Aug 11, 2017 at 11:52 am Pope Francis urged a Catholic charity in Belgium this week to reverse its decision to begin allowing euthanasia at its psychiatric hospitals, according to the Vatican press office...
Pope orders religious order to stop offering euthanasia in its hospitals
Aleteia - Aug 11, 2017 at 11:51 am Belgian group, brothers facing sanctions if they don't comply with Church's respect for lifeA religious congregation is being ordered by the pope to stop offering euthanasia in...
Covering Robert Jeffress and Kim Jong Un: Some media shone, while others flailed
GetReligion - Aug 11, 2017 at 11:10 am It certainly made for a lot of waves on the internet: The Rev. Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas, describing how America's chief executive has authority from God...
Centenary of Romero's birth celebrated in Southwark
News.va - Aug 11, 2017 at 11:05 am (Vatican Radio) August 15th 2017 marks the centenary of the birth of Blessed Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated for speaking out on behalf of the...
Top 10 movies for Catholics now on Netflix
Aleteia - Aug 11, 2017 at 11:00 am A few selections available right now that don't make you feel like you need a shower -- or confession. Sometimes, you just need a movie night with your spouse, or your friends, or...
Nun known as ‘Mother Teresa of Pakistan’ to receive state funeral
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 11, 2017 at 10:30 am THRISSUR, India — The government of Pakistan will accord a state funeral to Sr. Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau, a German-born member of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary who devoted...
Eyes to See (Or Tales of The Wrastlin' Three Year Old)
CatholicMom.com - Aug 11, 2017 at 10:30 am By Gemma Stiles from Sydney, Australia (Starry Sky) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
One evening I was engaged in my nightly frivolous combat of fun with my three-year-old. We...
Democrat Fingers in the Vatican Pie: Did Obama Force Benedict’s Abdication?
OnePeterFive - Aug 11, 2017 at 10:00 am Editor’s note: The following comes from Alessandro Rico, born in L’Aquila (Italy) in 1991. He received an M.A. in philosophy at the University La Sapienza (Rome) in 2014, he is...
The meaning behind the Jerusalem Cross
Aleteia - Aug 11, 2017 at 10:00 am The symbol from the Holy Land has a rich and ancient history.The five-fold cross that is the official emblem of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, and bears a resemblance to the...
TWENTY SOMETHING | ‘Priest holes’ and history lessons help us embrace our ancient faith
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:50 am By Christina Capecchi
Nicholas Owen was canonized 364 years after his death.
Such is often the case with the Catholic Church, charged with...
Ed Peters schools Austen Ivereigh about “converts”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:48 am The liberal attack on converts who are concerned about the Church continue. Lately liberal paplatrous gnostic Austen Ivereigh, once editor of The Bitter Pill in the UK, jumped...
FAITHFUL FAN | Coach: Players respond to focus on a greater purpose
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:46 am By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2
When Amanda Pirih started coaching, her focus was on winning. But that left her...
Feminists Blast Serena Williams For Her Heartfelt Comment About Motherhood
LifeNews.com - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:45 am Serena Williams is one of the most decorated female tennis players in history, having been No. 1 in the world multiple times. Yet, her recent remarks about motherhood suggest she...
Newborn Baby Found Tossed in the Bushes and Covered With Bugs
LifeNews.com - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:37 am Just a few days after a New York family found an abandoned baby in the trash, another abandoned baby has been discovered in Texas.
Police in Harris County, Texas said a local...
Senate Democrats Block HHS Nominee Dr. Brett Giroir After He Said He Would Defund Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:16 am Senate Democrats are demanding a role call vote for one of President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services nominees after he said he would follow orders regarding defunding...
Did you know these five things are named after the Virgin Mary? HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:10 am Did you know these five things are named after the Virgin Mary?http://bit.ly/2hSeTqk
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Saint Tiburtius and Saint Susanna, Martyrs
Regina Magazine - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:02 am August 11 Today is the feast day of St. Tiburtius and St. Susanna, Martyrs. Orate pro nobis. by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876 Tiburtius, a son of the Roman prefect...
The Mysterious Church on the Edge of the World
CatholicMom.com - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:00 am By Nono vlf – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Even though I lived in France for three years while doing my doctoral studies, I never managed a visit to Mont Saint-Michel, the...
Lord, save me!
Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Aug 11, 2017 at 9:00 am
This coming Sunday is the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We now continue our reflection of timeless insights from St. Jerome on Sunday’s Gospel reading.
14:30. But when he...
