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Israeli archaeologists find 2,700-year-old 'governor of Jerusalem' seal impression (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2018 at 4:01 am The discovery “supports the biblical rendering of the existence of a governor of the city in Jerusalem 2,700 years ago,” stated the Israeli Antiquities Authority.
Nations look to Holy See for leadership on migration and refugees, says Vatican official (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2018 at 4:01 am Father Michael Czerny is undersecretary of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development’s migrants and refugees office.
Philippine bishops' New Year's message highlights hope (CBCP News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2018 at 4:01 am “In the midst of heartless terrorism, in the midst of sinfulness, we have the confidence that Mary accompanies us in the midst of darkness and she leads us to hope,” said...
Whose School Is It?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 3, 2018 at 4:00 am
The school, Christopher Dawson observed, plays a pivotal role in transmitting culture. Thus every despot since Napoleon has assumed control of national education. We Americans...
Bishop Barron: Don't water down Christianity
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 3, 2018 at 3:20 am Chicago, Ill., Jan 3, 2018 / 03:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Speaking to some 8,000 people at a Catholic leadership conference, Bishop Robert Barron said on Tuesday that trust in the...
Vatican congregation creates app to assist with homilies (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2018 at 3:01 am The Congregation for the Clergy, in collaboration with the Secretariat for Communications, has created Clerus-App to help priests prepare for their Sunday homilies.
Irenic meeting between Philippine president, new nuncio (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2018 at 3:01 am Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently received the new apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, at Malacañang Palace in what both parties portrayed as an...
Police fire tear gas and arrest altar boys during Mass in Congo
Catholic Herald - Jan 3, 2018 at 3:01 am Police invaded Catholic churches and fired tear gas during Mass in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday as protests against the rule of President Joseph Kabila intensified....
At least 16 dead in New Year's attack on Nigerian church (BBC)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2018 at 3:01 am Click here for Nigerian media coverage. The attack occurred in Omuku, a city of 200,000 in the southern part of the nation.
Why the West keeps getting it so wrong on Iran
Catholic Herald - Jan 3, 2018 at 3:00 am Perhaps it has been the holiday season, but the coverage of events in Iran this past week in the media has been a little muted, especially when compared to the hysteria...
Italian Catholics march for peace (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2018 at 2:01 am Continuing a 50-year-old tradition, the Church in Italy held a national march for peace on December 31.
Pope circulates Nagasaki image under heading, 'The fruit of war' (Crux)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2018 at 2:01 am John Allen comments, “Though release of the photo in the run-up to New Year’s does not add anything substantive to the Pontiff’s positions, it’s nevertheless the first time...
Bishop urges Trump admin to extend protections for El Salvador migrants
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 3, 2018 at 2:00 am El Paso, Texas, Jan 3, 2018 / 02:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Bishop of El Paso is urging the Trump administration to extend a temporary residency program for Salvadoran migrants...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/01/18
Catholic Herald - Jan 3, 2018 at 1:55 am Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, has added his name to a statement calling Communion for the remarried “alien” to the Catholic faith. The...
Eight dead in crackdown on church-organized protests of DRC president
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 3, 2018 at 1:41 am Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan 3, 2018 / 02:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Eight people were killed and more than 120 were arrested in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Trump: Liar and Authoritarian–and Darling of Christianists
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 3, 2018 at 1:11 am Ezra Klein does the autopsy on Trump NY Times interview from last week. First, he look at the lying and self-delusion: The president of the United States is not well. That is an...
Eight dead in crackdown on church-organized protests of DRC president
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 3, 2018 at 1:08 am Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan 3, 2018 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Eight people were killed and more than 120 were arrested in the Democratic Republic of the...
Named Jesús
Dominicana - Jan 3, 2018 at 1:00 am A few weeks after his birth, when he was baptized, he was named Jesús. The life story of more than a few Latinos might include a similar sentence. Jesús, the Name of Our Lord and...
Sunday Soundbite for January 7, 2018
Franciscan Media - Jan 3, 2018 at 12:00 am Epiphany of the Lord
Cycle B
January 7, 2018
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ssad0208.mp3
If one phenomenon marks our modern world, it’s instant...
