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Vatican turns off fountains to conserve water for drought-hit Rome
EWTN - Vatican News - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:43 am Vatican City, Jul 25, 2017 / 08:43 am (EWTN News/CNA).- As the city of Rome and much of Italy experiences a severe drought, the
Vatican has turned off its fountains in an effort...
Vatican turns off fountains to conserve water for drought-hit Rome
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:43 am Vatican City, Jul 25, 2017 / 07:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the city of Rome and much of Italy experiences a severe drought, the Vatican has turned off its fountains in an effort...
Charlie Gard’s Parents Will Ask Court to Allow Him to Come Home to Die
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:42 am Charlie Gard’s parents have a final request for their son: the chance to take him home to die.
A London high court judge will hear their request today, just one day after Connie...
UK Catholic bioethicists support Charlie Gard’s parents’ decision to drop legal battle
Aleteia - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:42 am Medical ethicists say that “questions remain whether legal case was decided rightly”Following reports that the parents of Charlie Gard have decided to end their legal challenge to...
Vatican shuts down fountains as Rome deals with drought
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:40 am VATICAN CITY — While Rome reels from one of its worst droughts in decades, the Vatican is doing its part to conserve water by shutting down the city-state’s 100 fountains.
The...
Eyes, Stomachs, and Hearts
Dominicana - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:30 am “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” The admonition echoes across summer barbeques as overzealous eaters test the structural integrity of paper plates. But recently, this...
Crikey! Top Aussie journalists insert obvious errors into serious spousal abuse story
GetReligion - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:30 am I've never been to Australia, but I've had a large enough circle of antipodean friends to know that "Crikey!" is an exasperation often used in conversation. What does the term...
Welcoming new auxiliary a ‘wonderfully happy day,’ says archbishop
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:16 am ATLANTA — Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory called the ordination of Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger III to the episcopate a “wonderfully happy day in the life of the Archdiocese of...
Basketball hall of famer Kundla began coaching career with Catholic schools
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:13 am Before John Kundla, who died July 23 at the age of 101, became a hall of fame basketball coach with the Minneapolis Lakers, he started his career with Catholic schools.
Daily Reading for Thursday, July 27th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:03 am Reading 1, Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20
1 Three months to the day after leaving Egypt, the Israelites reached the desert of Sinai.
2 Setting out from ...
How to master the science of self-control
Aleteia - Jul 25, 2017 at 8:00 am These three principles could help you unlock limitless potential. I have a confession to make: I’m not very good at self-control. I’m good at pushing myself to do things when I...
Catholic leaders mourn for victims killed, injured in trafficking tragedy
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 25, 2017 at 7:59 am SAN ANTONIO — The “completely senseless deaths” of 10 people who died of heat exhaustion and suffocation they suffered from being held in a tractor-trailer “is an incomprehensible...
The Heart Of An Explorer: A Reflection On The Future Exploration Of Mars In Light Of The Lost City Of Z
The Catholic Astronomer - Jul 25, 2017 at 7:50 am
This past weekend, I was in need of seeing a good movie. After consultation with the manager of our local family video store, (yes, they still exist) I decided to rent "The Lost...
DR Congo: Appeal of the secular clergy of Butembo-Béni: “Release our confreres without condition”
Vatican Insider - Jul 25, 2017 at 7:45 am Kinshasa ( Fides Agency) - “We are deeply appalled by the abduction of our confreres and demand their release without conditions”. This is how the secular priests of the diocese...
What’s in the Sky July 25, 2017
The Catholic Astronomer - Jul 25, 2017 at 7:39 am
Venus is still bright in the eastern predawn sky, but a little bit lower each morning. The constellation Orion is rising with the dawn; a little more of the constellation...
Catholic Digs: Reviewing the Catholic T-Shirt Club
CatholicMom.com - Jul 25, 2017 at 7:30 am When I received an opportunity to review a box from CatholicT-ShirtClub.com, I jumped on it. First of all, who doesn’t love real mail, and a package no less? Second, I am...
Medal celebrating Pope Francis’ fifth anniversary available after July 28
Vatican Insider - Jul 25, 2017 at 7:10 am On July 28, a medal celebrating Pope Francis’ fifth year of Pontificate will be available at the Vatican City Administration and Vatican Bookshop....
These nuns offer their blindness for the salvation of the world
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 25, 2017 at 7:08 am Santiago, Chile, Jul 25, 2017 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- This Aug. 15 will mark 90 years since the Sacramentine Sisters of Don Orione were founded to offer something very...
St James the Greater, the Son of Zebedee
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 25, 2017 at 7:00 am I wrote recently about some ideas for guiding principles by which we might create a canon of art for Roman Rite churches, and a schema that would guide the placement of such...
Pope, others pray as parents of Charlie Gard end legal struggle for help
Franciscan Media - Jul 25, 2017 at 6:12 am MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — 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...
