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Vatican UN envoy: recognizing religion’s public dimension can combat extremism

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 17, 2017 at 1:13 am
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has released a 30-page “Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes.”

Vatican cardinal laments international silence on Ukraine

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:49 am
At the invitation of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches has visited...

Pontiff greets Carmelites, prays for Venezuela

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:10 am
Following the recitation of the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on July 16, Pope Francis offered greetings to Carmelites and prayers for Venezuela, whose bishops warned recently of...

Sharing the Word for July 17, 2017 – Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1

Franciscan Media - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:00 am
Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time July 17, 2017 Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 1:8-14, 22 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SW_071111_I....

“Game of Thrones” and Its Caricature of Faith

Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:00 am
Yesterday began the seventh season of “Game of Thrones” which is pervaded by complexity and subtlety, both in its imagined world and in its ever growing cast of characters....

The ONE BIG reason why healthcare reform always fails

Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:00 am
The United States is 37 in world healthcare rankings. That's the lowest of all industrialized, western nations. According to the World Health ...

China is buying up the world's food supply and nobody is talking about it

Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:00 am
China is buying up the world's food suppliers. Earlier this month, China finalized its purchase of Syngenta, a Swiss seed and pesticide firm. The ...

Priest wins top award for best home-brew beer in the USA

Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:00 am
Long blessed by Catholics as a "healthful drink for mankind," one Texas priest has managed to take beer to new heights --winning the highest award in ...

Pope Francis: Jesus invites us to reclaim the soil of our hearts

Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:00 am
On Sunday, Pope Francis said that in the parable of the seed and the sower Jesus invites us to reclaim the 'soil' of our hearts by bringing to him, ...

Church and law enforcement warn people in USA and Mexico about death cult spreading from Mexico

Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 17, 2017 at 12:00 am
Catholics in North America are being warned of a Mexican death cult that is spreading once again under the disguise of Catholicism. Santa Muerte, or ...

Reach out to lapsed Christians, Pope says in video

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:55 pm
The La Machi Agency, in collaboration with the Vatican Television Center, has produced a video associated with the Pope’s July 2017 prayer intention for lapsed Christians.

Pope reflects on parable of the sower

Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:26 pm
Pope Francis reflected on the parable of the sower (Mt. 13:1-23), the day’s Gospel reading at Mass, during his July 16 Sunday Angelus address (Italian text, video).

“Flower of Carmel” — A Truly Beautiful Prayer

Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:04 pm
Every year on July 16, Carmelites throughout the world celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patroness of the Carmelite Order.  If you want to know how we feel about...

Daily Reflection—The Lord Stands at the Door and Knocks

Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:03 pm
  Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20). The Lord wants to...

Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Teresa of Avila

Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:02 pm
“So dearly does His Majesty love us that He will reward our love for our neighbor by increasing the love which we bear to Himself, and that in a thousand ways.” (St. Teresa of...

Encountering the Word — Romans 8:28

Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:01 pm
“We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) Please share on social media. Print this entry

Was Adam really dumbstruck by a silly little talking snake?

Aleteia - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm
Or was there something more menacing in the Garden of Eden?We have all seen the paintings. Adam and Eve, naked in the Garden of Eden, conversing with a tiny little snake. The...

Why is the Jasna Góra Shrine one the most popular pilgrimage destinations in Poland?

Aleteia - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm
Its special importance is recognized not only by Catholics in Poland, but throughout the globe, and even by non-believers.While there are so many Marian shrines in Poland and...

Paper, silver and gold: How marriage shapes us

Aleteia - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm
Three anniversaries, 3 gifts, one refining process of grace“Paper, Silver and Gold.” That’s what it said on a card by the anniversary cake my wife made. Your first anniversary, by...

Archaeologists may have discovered the place where Jesus performed the “miracle of the swine”

Aleteia - Jul 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm
A marble slab was uncovered with an inscription in Hebrew that might indicate the exact location of the event.The Gospel of Mark recalls the arrival of Jesus to the northeastern...
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