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British Teilhard Association dissolves due to lack of members
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2018 at 6:01 am A British association dedicated to Jesuit thinker Teilhard de Chardin dissolved on New Year’s Eve due to falling membership. The association announced the decision on Twitter on...
Learning from a Mystic Devoted to Pastoral Service
Brandon Vogt - Jan 2, 2018 at 6:00 am
Today we continue our regular series called “Learning from the Saints.” Our guide is expert Bert Ghezzi, a dear friend of mine and the author of numerous books including Voices...
Tools for Your 2018 "Pray More" Resolution
CatholicMom.com - Jan 2, 2018 at 6:00 am
If you’re like me, it’s likely you will spend at least an hour or two over the next few days looking back in recollection over 2017 and planning ahead for the New Year. We “...
Pope Francis: look to the Mother of God as the year begins (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 5:01 am In his homily at Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (video, booklet), the Pope emphasized the importance of silent prayer as well as Marian devotion.
Turn to Mary's maternal protection, open heart to migrants and refugees, Pope says in Angelus address (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 5:01 am Click here for a video of the Pope’s 1/1 Angelus address. The theme of the papal message for January 1, the World Day of Peace, was “Migrants and refugees: men and women in...
Pope reflects on the 'fullness of time' as he leads Vespers and Te Deum on New Year's Eve (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 5:01 am The 12/31 Vespers and Te Deum (video, booklet) took place in St. Peter’s Basilica.
300,000 German Catholic youth collect funds to fight child labor in India (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 5:01 am Each year, German Catholic children go caroling and collect funds for the Pontifical Mission Societies’ Holy Childhood Association. The theme of this year’s collection is “Bring...
Nine Days of Prayer for Family Unity with Venerable Patrick Peyton: Day Two
CatholicMom.com - Jan 2, 2018 at 5:00 am Image courtesy of Holy Cross Family Ministries. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Join us in a #novena of thanksgiving in honor of #rosarypriest Venerable Patrick Peyton....
Technology in 2018: Don’t fear the Second Renaissance!
Aleteia - Jan 2, 2018 at 5:00 am The world is on the verge of becoming infinitely different, in a good way, says this scientist and innovator.There are over four billion Smart Phones in the world today, and the...
“Peace in all lands”, Sant’ Egidio rallies in hundreds of cities around the world for migrants
Vatican Insider - Jan 2, 2018 at 4:16 am Marching down the roads of cities all around the world, calling for the reception and integration of migrants and for “peace in all lands”. Yesterday, thousands of people from...
German Church collected record €6 billion in taxes last year
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2018 at 4:03 am Germany’s Catholic Church received a record €6 billion (£5.3 billion/$7.2 billion) in tax money last year, a newspaper investigation has found. The country’s 27 dioceses also have...
Catholics and Protestants slam Macron's 'Kafkaesque' migrant measures (La Croix)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 4:01 am The Catholic condemnation of the French president’s “unprecedented renunciation” of French “humanist values and traditions” came from Secours Catholique (Caritas France), the...
Pope expresses closeness to Coptic Christians after attacks in Egypt (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 4:01 am Click here for CWN coverage of the attacks.
Recognize the primacy of God, Pope says to families on Feast of Holy Family (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 4:01 am Click here for a video of the Pope’s 12/31 Angelus address.
Grand imam condemns attacks on Coptic Christians, calls on Muslims to celebrate Christmas in solidarity (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 3:01 am The Grand Imam of al-Azhar condemned recent terrorist attacks on Coptic Christians “in the strongest terms” and called upon Egypt’s Muslims to celebrate Christmas to show their...
Last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.
Aleteia - Jan 2, 2018 at 3:00 am T.S. Eliot
Help refugees this New Year, Pope Francis says
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2018 at 2:24 am Pope Francis began the New Year praying the world would demonstrate a marked increase in solidarity and welcome for migrants and refugees. “Let’s not extinguish the hope in their...
Islam in the Public Square
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 2, 2018 at 2:10 am
Secularists like to advise Christians that, for the sake of social harmony, they ought to keep their religion to themselves. Religion, they argue, is a private affair between an...
Catholic deacon awarded British Empire Medal for rescuing trafficking victims
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 2, 2018 at 2:03 am Southampton, England, Jan 2, 2018 / 02:03 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A Catholic deacon in the United Kingdom has been awarded the British Empire Medal for his work serving seafarers and...
Announce Christ, look to Mary, build peace, Jerusalem archbishop preaches in New Year's homily (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2018 at 2:01 am Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa celebrated Mass amid rising tensions: 3 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, leading to a retaliatory strike. 56 people were injured in...
