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Fr. Piero Gheddo, envoy to the peripheries, dies at 88
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 3, 2018 at 9:00 am Vatican City, Jan 3, 2018 / 09:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- One of the Church's great media missionaries of the 20th century, Fr.
Piero Gheddo, died last month at the age of 88. Gheddo...
One side of Sweetcakes by Melissa case remains unreported. Who will cover this story?
GetReligion - Jan 3, 2018 at 9:00 am I know we’ve been running a lot about bakers of wedding cakes, gay customers and court cases, but I wanted to draw your attention to a related case I've written about that’s been...
Pope Francis and the Perplexed Secularists
Rorate Coeli - Jan 3, 2018 at 8:57 am Bergoglio has been criticized by traditionalists for his Christmas homily,
but over the years some [noted] secularists have raised some perplexity about
the Pontiff’s actions...
Confess your own sins, not other people’s, Pope Francis says
Catholic Herald - Jan 3, 2018 at 8:51 am Fear and the shame of admitting one’s own sins leads to pointing fingers and accusing others rather than recognising one’s own faults, Pope Francis has said. “It’s difficult to...
Fasting: A powerful form of prayer
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 3, 2018 at 8:43 am Many of us have made a New Year’s resolution that has involved losing weight, eating less, exercising more and becoming more healthy. This is all fine and well, but I would like...
The corrupt Clintons must FINALLY be held to account
LifeSiteNews - Jan 3, 2018 at 8:35 am What the Clinton's, especially Hilary, have gotten away with, without any due process, criminal charges and convictions, is sickening and a real danger to the legal and political...
Resolutions? Do what Jesus did
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 3, 2018 at 8:33 am “The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to...
Bishop urges prayers for peace after attack on Coptic Christians
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 3, 2018 at 8:27 am WASHINGTON — In the wake of a gunman’s attack on a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop near Cairo Dec. 29, killing at least nine people, a U.S. bishop urged...
Teaching our girls that beautiful doesn’t mean “sexy”
Aleteia - Jan 3, 2018 at 8:00 am Retailers take note: Start respecting young women.“Women in the United States [are] still not equal; their images [are] used to sell things. In some ways, I decided, women are...
Farewell to Father Maurice Borrmans
Vatican Insider - Jan 3, 2018 at 7:41 am On Tuesday, 2 January - at 14:30 - in the church of Saints Gervasio and Protasio of Bry-sur-Marne, the funerals of Father Maurice Borrmans, the famous Islamist, member of the...
The Catholic T-Shirt Club: March for Life Box
CatholicMom.com - Jan 3, 2018 at 7:30 am Photo copyright 2018 Barb Szyszkiewicz. All rights reserved.
The Catholic T-Shirt Club introduced its latest themed box on its website on December 30 by sharing a picture of co-...
In the Sky this Week – January 3, 2018
The Catholic Astronomer - Jan 3, 2018 at 7:09 am
Mercury rises shortly before the dawn, appearing low in the southeastern sky. Jupiter and Mars are only 1° 38' apart - practically on top of each other! 1° is about the width of...
“Peace in all lands”, Sant’Egidio rallies in hundreds of cities around the world for migrants
Vatican Insider - Jan 3, 2018 at 7:08 am Marching down the roads of cities all around the world, calling for the reception and integration of migrants and for “peace in all lands”. Yesterday, thousands of people from...
Daily Reading for Friday, January 5th, 2018 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 3, 2018 at 7:01 am Reading 1, First John 3:11-21
11 This is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we must love one another,
12 not to be like Cain, who ...
Archbishop: Is the Nigerian government looking for missing nuns?
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 3, 2018 at 7:00 am Lagos, Nigeria, Jan 3, 2018 / 07:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A Nigerian archbishop has urged authorities to intensify their
investigation of six nuns who remain missing after being...
Time for the Soul to Absorb the Mysteries — Part 5: Concluding Reflections
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 3, 2018 at 7:00 am Looking back over our survey of the classical rite of Mass (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), we see that all of the elements we have considered produce the effect of a certain...
Reversing course, FEMA allows religious groups to receive disaster aid
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 3, 2018 at 6:30 am Washington D.C., Jan 3, 2018 / 06:30 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday that houses of
worship will now be eligible to receive federal...
FEMA Policy Change: Houses of Worship Now Eligible For Disaster Relief
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2018 at 6:15 am The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced yesterday that:private nonprofit houses of worship are now eligible for disaster assistance as community centers, without regard...
Bond Hearings Ordered For Detained Iraqi Immigrants
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2018 at 6:10 am As previously reported, in July a Michigan federal district court issued a preliminary injunction preventing Iraqi nationals who are subject to long-standing deportation orders...
Louisiana AG and Rep Release Pamphlet On Student Religious Rights
The Religion Clause - Jan 3, 2018 at 6:05 am As reported by the New Orleans Times-Picayune, yesterday Louisiana's attorney general and one of its members of Congress released a new 15-page publication Louisiana Student...
