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Bucket List with a Difference: Dying Wife Leaves Behind Goals for Her Husband After She’s Gone
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:56 am And it included a trip to Lourdes. Details: When Nicola Murray was told she had just two weeks to live, she made her husband George a list of things she wanted him to promise he...
Rabbi calls friend's election to papacy good for dialogue
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:51 am Rome, Italy, Jun 13, 2013 / 05:51 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Rabbi Abraham Skorka believes that Pope Francis' election offers a
chance for Christian-Jewish relationships to grow,...
Daily readings: June 14-22
Catholic Herald - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:50 am Ordinary Form
Divine Office Week III
Sunday, June 16: Eleventh Sunday in
Ordinary Time
2 Sm 12:7-10, 13; Ps 32; Gal 2:16, 19-21;
Lk 7:36—8:3
Monday, June 17: Weekday in Ordinary...
SCOTUS Decision on Marriage Could Be Announced Today
Creative Minority Report - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:50 am Today could be the day where the Supreme Court announces its decision on the Defense of Marriage Act and the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8.
Reports from various...
Rabbi calls friend's election to papacy good for dialogue
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:49 am Vatican City, Jun 13, 2013 / 04:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Rabbi Abraham Skorka believes that Pope Francis’ election offers a chance for Christian-Jewish relationships to grow,...
Pope to Synod Committee: Encyclical on Faith coming out shortly
Rorate Coeli - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:46 am Once again offering off-the-cuff remarks (this time in his meeting with the members of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops), the Pope revealed two things.
As reported...
Divine forgiveness, humbly petitioned in faith, makes us one with Christ
Catholic Herald - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:42 am David, Israel’s anointed king, is remembered as one of the greatest heroes of Israel’s faith. His military prowess and political astuteness assured a future for Israel’s divided...
Descendant of Charles Darwin becomes a Catholic apologist
Catholic Herald - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:41 am A direct descendant of Charles Darwin has become a Catholic apologist.
Laura Keynes, a great-great-great-granddaughter of the English naturalist, has joined Catholic Voices, the...
The saint who was accused of sorcery and refused to worship pagan gods
Catholic Herald - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:36 am St Vitus appears in early lists of Christian martyrs, and probably died during the persecution of Diocletian, which reached its climax in 303.
He is a patron saint of Prague,...
Engaging in Interreligious Dialogue to Become Better Persons"
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:35 am Interreligious dialogue cannot be reduced to simple mutual respect but must contribute to the real human and spiritual growth of believers. Taking place in this spirit at...
USCCB: amend immigration-reform legislation
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:25 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Justice for Immigrants campaign is calling upon Catholics to lobby senators to amend immigration-reform legislation.
"As you...
Polish nuns beatified
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:25 am Two women religious � Sister Zofia Czeska Maciejowska (1584-1650) and Sister Margherita Lucia Szewczyk (1828-1905) � were beatified in Kraków, Poland, on June 9. Sister...
Sri Lanka's bishops back decentralized power, oppose changing constitution
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:23 am Sri Lanka's bishops, led by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, have announced their opposition to a proposed change to the nation's constitution.
A constitutional amendment that...
India's president urged to end pro-Hindu bias in scholarship awards
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:22 am Representatives of Isai Maha Sangh, a Catholic organization, and Rastriya Secular Manch, a Muslim organization, met with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and called for an end to...
Vietnamese authorities rule Christian leader's prison death a suicide
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:21 am Vietnamese police have ruled that a Christian leader's March prison death was caused by suicide through electrocution.
Hoang Van Ngai, an elder of the Evangelical Church of...
Argentine rabbi recalls dialogue with future Pope Francis
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:20 am In Rome for a Jewish-Catholic dialogue sponsored by the Focolare movement, Rabbi Abraham Skorka recalled his conversations with Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, with whom he...
Church-turned-abortion clinic now a pro-life haven
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:03 am Grand Rapids, Mich., Jun 13, 2013 / 04:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An encounter with a pro-life center that had previously served as both a house of worship and an abortion clinic at...
Church-turned-abortion clinic now a pro-life haven
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:03 am Grand Rapids, Mich., Jun 13, 2013 / 05:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
An encounter with a pro-life center that had previously served as both a house of worship and an abortion clinic at...
Pilgrims of the New Evangelization
CatholicMom.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 5:00 am
Stuart Dunn
Editor’s note: Today, we welcome new contributor Stuart Dunn to CatholicMom.com. Please be sure to visit Stuart’s blog at Stuart’s Study. LMH
Hello, my name is Stuart...
Pope Francis ‘appoints management consultant’ to advise on reform of Roman Curia
Catholic Herald - Jun 13, 2013 at 4:57 am Pope Francis has appointed a management consultant him to advise him on reforming the Church, a leading Vatican observer has reported.
According to Sandro Magister, the Pope “...
