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Hong Kong cardinal retires
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 1, 2017 at 1:36 am Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal John Tong Hon, 78, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Hong Kong.
Sierra Leone and the Gambia, steps towards stability
Vatican Insider - Aug 1, 2017 at 1:35 am The name Sierra Leone immediately brings to mind devastating civil wars and the terrible Ebola virus. But since March 2016, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the...
Welsh seminarians mistaken for bachelor party nearly kicked out of pub
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 1, 2017 at 1:24 am Cardiff, Wales, Aug 1, 2017 / 01:24 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Seven seminarians walk into a bar … and almost get kicked out.
Russia, West must put peace before partisan interests – Cardinal Parolin
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 1, 2017 at 1:08 am Vatican City, Aug 1, 2017 / 01:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- If problems between Russia and Western countries are going to be resolved, the two must overcome differences and concern for...
Russia, West must put peace before partisan interests – Cardinal Parolin
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 1, 2017 at 1:08 am Vatican City, Aug 1, 2017 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- If problems between Russia and Western countries are going to be resolved, the two must overcome differences and concern for...
BITCOIN revisited – 2017
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:35 am Back in 2013 I polled you about use of Bitcoin. HERE
With some imminent news about Bitcoin coming up this week, I thought I’d ask about it, and you, again.
Are any of you mining...
Sharing the Word for August 1, 2017
Franciscan Media - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori
August 01, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28
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St. Alphonsus’ Memento Mori
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Today, as we celebrate the feast of the great spiritual mentor St. Alphonsus Ligouri, Jared Zimmerer offers a reflection on one of his favorite books by the saint entitled “...
The one shocking number that reveals our nation's greatest weakness
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:00 am One-third of adult Americans were prescribed opioids in 2015. When combined with the numbers of people who use these drugs illegally, and those who ...
Why does Satan hate the Virgin Mary?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Italian priest Sante Babolin said that Satan is behind several recent attacks in various parts of the world against the Virgin Mary, noting that she ...
Chicago: deadlier than a war zone, 74 murders, 410 people shot in JULY ALONE
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Chicago is a war zone with 400 homicides in the city so far this year. The number of killings makes Chicago more dangerous than actual war zones such ...
20 percent off EVERYTHING! - Catholic Shopping site offers a savvy new experience!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Welcome to the Grand Re-Opening of Catholic Online Shopping! Your store now has a new look and feel, and is faster and easier to use than ever ...
St. Alphonsus’ Momento Mori
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Today, as we celebrate the feast of the great spiritual mentor St. Alphonsus Ligouri, Jared Zimmerer offers a reflection on one of his favorite books by the saint entitled “...
Here are some ways YOU can fight the evil of human trafficking
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis led prayers for victims of human trafficking on Sunday, calling the evil a "perverse plague." The prayers were timed to coincide with ...
The Day the Light Dawned
Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 31, 2017 at 11:04 pm I am a Carmelite Sister who teaches 200 high school students daily during five class periods beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending about 2:30 p.m. Each of my classes has forty...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 31, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you – for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart… The guest of our soul knows our misery;...
Encountering the Word – Exodus 34:21
Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 31, 2017 at 11:01 pm “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.” (Exodus 34:31) Please share on social media. Print this entry
When JPII met a guitarist with no hands
Aleteia - Jul 31, 2017 at 11:00 pm Tony Melendez's life was changed with one kiss on the cheekTony Melendez was born without arms due to complications caused by the drug Thalidomide, which was prescribed to his...
Are holy men and women of the Old Testament considered saints?
Aleteia - Jul 31, 2017 at 11:00 pm And can you pray to them for intercession?Among the multitude of canonized saints in the Roman Catholic Church, there appears to be one gaping hole in the historical record: the...
Paddles and penance: Diverse group uses canoe trip to promote healing
Aleteia - Jul 31, 2017 at 11:00 pm To celebrate their country's 150th birthday, Indigenous, French, and English Canadians join Jesuits on a river of remembrance and regret.If you are going to travel by canoe you...
