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“There is no peace without truth!”
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:45 am Pope Francis this morning addressed diplomats from nearly 200 countries—and John Allen notes a theme that is strikingly similar to his predecessor’s: For those tempted to draw an...
Nobel Peace Prize winner defends Pope's actions during 'dirty war'
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:44 am An Argentine pacifist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980 has come to the defense of Pope Francis's actions between 1976 and 1983, when the military ruled the nation.
"The Pope...
Full text: Pope Francis’s address to diplomats
Catholic Herald - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:41 am Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Heartfelt thanks to your Dean, Ambassador Jean-Claude Michel, for the kind words that he has addressed to me in the name of everyone...
Pope Francis to Diplomatic Corps: Church fighting poverty, building bridges (full text)
News.va - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:40 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See on Friday in the Sala Regia of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The work...
Pope Francis accepts invitation to visit Iraq
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:27 am Details: As Saint Francis travelled to the East where he met Sultan Malik al-Kamil, so we hope Pope Francis “may come to Iraq to confirm us our faith and give our small community...
One thing is clear: someone was to blame for Christ’s death. It was no accident.
Catholic Herald - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:14 am The first reading at Mass today comes from the 20th chapter of the prophet Jeremiah, and contains these arresting words for Passiontide:
But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero...
Syrian war especially hard on Christians, priest notes
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:02 am Damascus, Syria, Mar 22, 2013 / 05:02 am (EWTN News).-
The Syrian civil war, which has now begun its third year, has "totally destroyed" a quarter of the country with local...
Pope celebrates Mass for Vatican gardeners, janitors
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:00 am Vatican City, Mar 22, 2013 / 05:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Francis celebrated a small Mass for the Vatican's janitors and gardeners on the morning of March 22 in the Domus...
Young entrepreneur's life defined by dreams, not disability
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 22, 2013 at 5:00 am Albuquerque, N.M., Mar 22, 2013 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Despite only being 27 years old, Tim Harris already has a lengthy resume.
The New Mexico native has won more medals than...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/03/13
Catholic Herald - Mar 22, 2013 at 4:42 am The Pope has accepted an invitation to visit Iraq, Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako said after their meeting yesterday.
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago has said that...
Dr Patrick Pullicino: ‘It is important to declare yourself’
Catholic Herald - Mar 22, 2013 at 4:32 am “Humans are totally spiritual creatures,” says Dr Patrick Pullicino, a professor of clinical neuroscience at the University of Kent. When we look at the human body, “everything we...
"Why Priests?": PART 4: The Priesthood of the Apostles in the Early Church
The Sacred Page - Mar 22, 2013 at 4:00 am Clement of Rome
In the previous post I examined a number of New Testament passages that describe the apostolic ministry in priestly terms.
The early Church clearly picked up on...
Francis' Address to Diplomatic Corps
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:18 am Here is a Vatican translation of the address Francis gave this morning to the diplomatic corps acredited to the Holy See. * * *
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,...
Panel considers problem of Western anti-blasphemy rules
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:05 am Washington D.C., Mar 22, 2013 / 03:05 am (EWTN News).-
Commenting on the use of anti-hate speech laws as anti-blasphemy laws, a group of religious freedom experts that radical...
Louisiana monks thankful for right to sell caskets
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:00 am New Orleans, La., Mar 22, 2013 / 02:00 am (CNA).- After fighting a lawsuit for over five years, Benedictine monks in Louisiana finally won the right to sell their handmade wooden...
If You Look at This Picture…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 22, 2013 at 2:42 am
and see unutterable beauty, you are healthy and normal.
If you look at it and think “Is that a woman? He should not be kissing a woman’s foot! Why is this person not dressed...
Pope to Say Holy Thursday Mass at Youth Prison
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 22, 2013 at 2:30 am I’m loving this guy!
Some people are flipping out about this, I can’t imagine why. I suppose it must have something to do with their conception of the dignity of the papal office...
Behind the Campaign to Smear the Pope
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 22, 2013 at 2:30 am Argentines celebrated last week when one of their own was chosen as the new pope. But they also suffered a loss of sorts. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a tireless advocate of...
“Seriously, it’s Jorge Bergoglio, I’m calling you from Rome”
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 22, 2013 at 2:26 am Neighborhood newspaper vendor gets an unexpected phone call from a customer asking him to cancel delivery on the paper since the customer had to move unexpectedly.
I love this guy!
Was the Pope Inspired by Chesterton’s St. Francis?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 22, 2013 at 2:25 am I came upon the following passage in the course of a web search yesterday: “On 28 May 1995 the lead article in the Sunday Telegraph’s Review section was headlined ‘A Saint among...
