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What Bed Rest Taught Me About My Vocation
CatholicMom.com - Jul 26, 2017 at 9:00 am
Copyright 2017 Sterling Jaquith. All rights reserved.
Note: This article is in no way a commentary or comparison of working moms to non-working moms. This is simply my experience...
Finding the gifts God gave us
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:50 am “God sees things in you that you don’t see in yourself.”
Many of us read these words of Matthew Kelly in the book “Rediscover Jesus” (2015). He used them as a preface to...
Pope, others pray as parents of Charlie Gard end legal struggle for help
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:50 am MANCHESTER, England — Pope Francis is praying for the parents of Charlie Gard after a U.S. doctor told them nothing could be done to help their son.
Chris Gard and Connie Yates...
Missouri Passes Strongest Pro-Life Law in Recent Years
LifeNews.com - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:49 am Yesterday the Missouri Senate took up and passed HCS SB 5 which not only expands regulations on abortion in multiple statutes, but also improves the tracking of baby body parts...
Health care reform
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:48 am Over the past month, the issue of health care has been in the news quite a bit. As Washington struggles with this issue, I thought it would be a good time to examine health care...
Vatican II should be clarified, not rejected: Bishop Schneider
LifeSiteNews - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:33 am While remaining respectful, 'this does not mean that we are forbidden to express well-founded doubts or respectful improvement suggestions.'
Archbishop tells remembrance service ‘Fr Jacques Hamel lives on’
Catholic Herald - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:32 am Worshippers and dignitaries gathered at the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray to mark the first anniversary of the murder of Fr Jacques Hamel at the hands of Islamist extremists...
The martyrdom of Jacques Hamel: One year later
Aleteia - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:30 am A look back at a most dramatic and troubling summer's day, and ahead to a future sainthood.Exactly one year ago, the Pope was mourning the Mass-time murder of an elderly French...
Shaving for the Soul
Dominicana - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:30 am Spiritual growth, like shaving, is an art whose finer points we have lost sight of in modern society. Look at how we are willing to drag several sharp blades across our faces all...
BREAKING: Trump won’t let ‘transgenders’ serve in the military ‘in any capacity’
LifeSiteNews - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:30 am The President doesn't want the military to have to deal with the 'tremendous medical costs and disruption.'
Trump Administration Reverses Policy Allowing Transgender Individuals To Serve In Military
The Religion Clause - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:27 am Last year, Obama Administration Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military was being lifted. (See prior posting.)...
Young Indian Catholics look forward to Asian Youth Day in Indonesia
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:26 am NEW DELHI — Young Indian Catholics set to participate in the upcoming seventh Asian Youth Day in Indonesia are expecting the event to change their perspectives on faith, reported...
El papa ora por diálogo, reconciliación en Jerusalén
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:18 am CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — El papa Francisco pidió “moderación y diálogo” entre musulmanes y judíos en Tierra Santa, tras una escala de tensión alrededor de un lugar clave en Jerusalén...
Judge Will Decide Today if Charlie Gard Can Go Home, “We Promised Him We’d Take Him Home”
LifeNews.com - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:11 am Today Charlie Gard’s parents should find out if their last request for their 11-month-old infant son will be granted.
On Monday, Connie Yates and Chris Gard decided to end the...
Cardinal Pell voluntarily enters not guilty plea in first court appearance
LifeSiteNews - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:03 am The media turned out in droves to cover the widely publicized sex offenses case in Australia.
My son is getting divorced … How can I help?
Aleteia - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:00 am Focus on the children of the marriage that is falling apart — your grandchildren.Whatever the causes of a grown son’s separation and divorce, his parents must walk a fine line...
Wave of distressing news underscores intersection of issues for American and Israeli Jews
GetReligion - Jul 26, 2017 at 8:00 am A Yiddish word came to mind as I mentally organized this post about the Jewish world’s recent run of distressing news. The word is fakakta, which, out of respect for my audience,...
U.S. bishop urges Senate to remedy health care after vote to proceed
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 26, 2017 at 7:57 am WASHINGTON — After the Senate voted July 25 to proceed with the health care debate, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, urged senators of both parties to “work together to...
Daily Gospel Reflection for July 26, 2017 - Sts. Joachim & Anne
CatholicMom.com - Jul 26, 2017 at 7:53 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9 – Sts. Joachim & Anne
Good seed needs good soil.
I grew up near a lake around which people would gather at different times of the year. Fishing...
Parents increase benefits using the power of community
CatholicMom.com - Jul 26, 2017 at 7:30 am
Maxensia shovels compost made from pig manure produced on her farm in Uganda. She uses it to fertilize her coffee plants. Maxensia’s son, Lawrence, 21, is sponsored by Albert in...