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Pope Francis to Meet With Jordan's King Abdullah
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 27, 2013 at 4:38 am Pope Francis will be meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Thursday. According to Vatican Radio, it will be the first meeting of the Jordanian King with the Holy Father. The...
Bishop warns: Western intervention in Syria could lead to �world war'
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 27, 2013 at 4:37 am A Chaldean Catholic bishop in Syria has warned that Western intervention in Syria could lead to a world war, according to a report from the Assyrian International News Agency.
"If...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/08/13
Catholic Herald - Aug 27, 2013 at 4:24 am Australian Cardinal George Pell has said that Coptic communities are being persecuted “even outside Egypt“.
Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen has compared the Nashville Dominicans’...
What Did Early Christian Worship Look Like?
Catholic Education Daily - Aug 27, 2013 at 4:04 am "...[T]he enduring value of Vatican II’s liturgy constitution is in a 'reform of the spirit of worship rather than external gestures and rubrics.'"
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Daily Catholic Quote from St. Monica
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 27, 2013 at 4:00 am “For my part, my son, I no longer find pleasure in anything that this life holds. What I am doing here still, or why I am still here, I do not know, for worldly hope has withered...
Daily Scriptures Reflection for Tuesday, August 27, 2013
CatholicMom.com - Aug 27, 2013 at 4:00 am Scripture: Lectionary 426. Aug.27. I Thessalonians 2:1-8. Psalm 139:1-3,4-6. Matthew 23: 23-26:
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USCCB Video Reflection
Saints of the Day
In the address of this...
Quebec contemplates ban on religious garb, crucifixes for doctors, teachers
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 27, 2013 at 3:57 am Quebec Premier Pauline Marois has lent support to a "Charter of Quebec Values" that would ban the wearing of religious garb and crucifixes by public employees.
The plan would "...
USCCB, CRS send memo to bishops on Egypt
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 27, 2013 at 3:39 am The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace and the chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services have sent...
Myanmar prelate decries attacks on Muslims
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 27, 2013 at 3:21 am Joined by an advocate for persecuted Christians, a leading prelate in Myanmar (Burma) decried attacks on Muslims in the predominantly Buddhist society, according to a Fides news...
Report: Jesuit kidnapped in Syria was meeting with rebel forces
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 am Before he was kidnapped on August 5, Father Paolo Dall'Oglio traveled to Ar-Raqqah, a north-central Syrian city of 220,000, to smooth tensions between rival rebel groups,...
New York City talks to share Catholic perspectives on art, beauty
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 27, 2013 at 3:02 am New York City, N.Y., Aug 27, 2013 / 02:02 am (CNA).- A series of talks on art and beauty aims to bring a Catholic understanding of the arts into the heart of New York City's...
To My Shame, I Forgot This Anniversary
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:54 am
But for the victims, there is no forgetting, no “moving on”.
The Onion is Uncanny Sometimes
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:48 am This is from 2008:
I’m beginning to think that Disney should be hauled before Congressional hearings on charges of massive, decades-long child abuse conspiracy. The toll of...
Mike Flynn on the Shroud of Turin
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:35 am He offers a nice discussion of the state of the Question, followed by an absolutely fascinating speculative reconstruction of its history, featuring a gob of documentation I was...
Military involvement in Syria could spark world war, bishop warns
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:33 am Aleppo, Syria, Aug 27, 2013 / 02:33 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The bishop of Aleppo, Syria, has cautioned that foreign military action in the country could spark a global war, making...
Proof this Pope Is Deeply in Touch with the Most Profound Human Needs
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:31 am Pope Francis Calls Zack Snyder to Complain of Ben Affleck’s Selection to Play Batman
There is no hell the gospel cannot confront.
Lessons Drawn from the Japanese Martyrs
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:15 am Christianity came to Japan in 1549. The Land of the Rising Sun must have been ready to hear the good news when St Francis Xavier first set foot on its shores. By the time he left...
Homosexuality: A New Approach is Needed
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:10 am If we are going to save our culture, it is important that Christians change their approach toward homosexuality. Fighting the GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer)...
Measles Outbreak Traced to MegaChurch Full of Vaccination Opponents
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:09 am It’s stuff like this that drives me crazy when people with keyboards suddenly grant themselves MDs. The people in my comboxes instructing a reader who is a pedes doctor on how he...
Shakespeare’s King Lear
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 27, 2013 at 2:00 am Lear’s loyal servant Kent advises the king to “see better,” when Lear unjustly banishes his beloved daughter Cordelia for not flattering him with the bombast of her sisters...
