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Deadly gunfire at Nigerian Catholic church
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 7, 2017 at 5:43 am Gunmen burst into a Catholic church in Nigeria’s Ekwusigo state on Sunday, August 6, killing at least eleven people and wounding many others.
Puerto Rican religious leaders thank Congress for debt-relief legislation
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 7, 2017 at 5:37 am Christian leaders in Puerto Rico have sent a message of thanks to the US Congress for approving legislation to restructure the debt of the island’s government.
Keep priests safe, bishop asks laity in troubled Congo diocese
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 7, 2017 at 5:32 am A bishop in the Democratic Republic of Congo has appealed to young Catholics to “keep their priests safe” in a region torn by violence.
Kurdish leader urges Christian support for independence effort
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 7, 2017 at 5:22 am Christians will be “protected at all levels” in an independent Kurdistan, the leader of a Kurdish independence movement in the Iraqi region has promised.
Cameroon: bishop was killed for opposing gay clerics, priest charges
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 7, 2017 at 5:14 am Bishop Jean Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia, Cameroon, was murdered because he opposed homosexuals in the clergy, according to a leading priest in his diocese.
Pope Francis sends message to Asian Youth Day 2017 in Indonesia
News.va - Aug 7, 2017 at 4:53 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message to the 7th Asian Youth Day which took place in Indonesia, saying he prays that the young people of Asia "respond with faith and...
Transfiguration is focus of Pope’s Sunday audience
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 7, 2017 at 4:45 am The feast of the Transfiguration “offers a message of hope” for the faithful, Pope Francis said at his Angelus audience on Sunday, August 6.
Pope Francis prays at tomb of Pope Paul VI
News.va - Aug 7, 2017 at 4:25 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday prayed at the tomb of Blessed Pope Paul VI on the 39th anniversary of his death.
Blessed Paul VI is buried in the Vatican in the crypt of...
Was St Augustine black?
Catholic Herald - Aug 7, 2017 at 4:13 am The great and good Mary Beard has recently upset a few people on Twitter by bringing up the topic of the ethnic diversity of the Roman Empire, a subject about which she knows a...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 7, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Aug 7, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21
This is one of the Gospel stories that we know so well, we might miss important details if we don’t pay closer attention. In the passage just...
Farewell to Tettamanzi, the “small” bishop with a big heart
Vatican Insider - Aug 7, 2017 at 3:14 am Dionigi Tettamanzi, 83 years old, is dead. He was the Archibishop emeritus of Milan, the diocese that he led since 2002 to 2011. The Bishop suffered from a worsening of the...
I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.
Aleteia - Aug 7, 2017 at 3:00 am Dorothy Day
Gunman kills 11 in attack on church in Nigeria
Catholic Herald - Aug 7, 2017 at 2:34 am Authorities in Nigeria say at least 11 people are dead and others were critically wounded when gunmen attacked a church in southeastern Nigeria. Garba Umar, police commissioner of...
The Supposed Horror of Demographic Winter
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 7, 2017 at 2:33 am …and the utter incoherence of the Christian prolife witness is on full display with the Party of Trump’s new move to strangle legal immigration. Recall that a few years ago, full...
Former Phoenix bishop 'categorically denies' sex abuse claim
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 7, 2017 at 1:37 am Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 7, 2017 / 01:37 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Bishop Thomas O'Brien, the former bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, has denied allegations he sexually molested a young...
Pope urges Peruvians to focus on hope, unity ahead of trip
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 7, 2017 at 1:32 am Vatican City, Aug 7, 2017 / 01:32 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis has sent a special message to Peruvians ahead of his visit to their country next year, telling them to look to...
Advice to a Young Priest
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 7, 2017 at 1:10 am
The illusion of one being perpetually young was shattered in my case recently when a publishing firm asked me to write some advice to a young priest from the perspective of an...
Where Are America’s Habits of the Heart?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 7, 2017 at 1:00 am
The present state of chaos is puzzling, especially for conservatives. Everything would seem to be in place for success. So much favors the conservative cause. Conservatives have...
Sharing the Word for August 7, 2017 – Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Franciscan Media - Aug 7, 2017 at 12:00 am Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
August 07, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Numbers 11:4b-15
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One of the world's greatest composers was also a Catholic priest
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 7, 2017 at 12:00 am While Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" echoes in concert halls and elevators around the world, for some, his greatest masterpieces are not the scores ...
