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Melinda Gates says she is ‘optimistic’ Pope Francis will change teaching on contraception
Catholic Herald - Jul 11, 2017 at 8:33 am Melinda Gates has said she is “optimistic” Pope Francis will change Church teaching on contraception. Gates, who was raised Catholic, said she had “agreed to disagree” with the...
Psalm 8: What is Man?
Dominicana - Jul 11, 2017 at 8:30 am What is man that you are mindful of him, The son of man that you care for him? (Ps 8:4) How closely do we look at the psalms? We might pass them by, not noticing the riches they...
Amid polarization, nation urged to reclaim civility through dialogue
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 11, 2017 at 8:13 am WASHINGTON — Political polarization in America has recently peaked, according to surveys conducted by Pew Research Center and Gallup, among others.
In a time where such...
‘Abortion is birth control that women need:’ British agency
LifeSiteNews - Jul 11, 2017 at 8:12 am One of the UK's largest abortion providers reported that more than half of women who had abortions were using contraception.
Short on time? Top tips from a life coach to gain control of your day
Aleteia - Jul 11, 2017 at 8:00 am Let's bring a little serenity back to our nonstop lives.As life seems to get busier and more demanding by the day, we can often feel there’s not enough time to catch our breath....
Sexbots, slavery and The Salvation Army: The Daily Mail explains why it doesn't compute
GetReligion - Jul 11, 2017 at 8:00 am I don't believe Isaac Asimov, the late science fiction author of the I, Robot series, ever imagined this scenario -- the Salvation Army getting involved in a debate about sex with...
Ratzinger’s gifts on display at Wojtyla’s family home
Vatican Insider - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:59 am Pope Benedict XVI’s gifts will be displayed today for the first time in the Family Home and Museum of John Paul II, in Wadowice, Poland. Three rings that John Paul II gave to then...
In the Sky This Week – July 11, 2017
The Catholic Astronomer - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:52 am
Venus continues to be the "morning star" in the east, and will appear very close to the red giant star Aldebaran - the "eye of the bull" in the constellation Taurus. On the 11th...
BREAKING: Pope Francis grants sainthood to those who die for others
LifeSiteNews - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:51 am Self-sacrifice is worthy of canonization.
Mini Icons for Little Hands
CatholicMom.com - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:30 am
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My husband and I have a great love for iconography and have spent the last decade or so collecting many icons for our home (and...
Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:22 am Vatican City, Jul 11, 2017 / 06:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “...
Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under 'offering of life'
EWTN - Vatican News - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:22 am Vatican City, Jul 11, 2017 / 07:22 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called "...
Pope Francis creates new category for beatification: oblatio vitae
News.va - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:15 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter motu proprio on Tuesday, by which he created a new category, distinct from martyrdom, under which a Servant of God may be...
Campuses cannot be ‘echo chambers’ for one viewpoint, say observers
Franciscan Media - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:14 am WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the wake of several violent incidents involving controversial speakers at universities this year, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing June 20 on...
The Pope adds a new way to Holiness: the offering of one’s life
Vatican Insider - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:06 am There is a new “way” for beatification and canonization: it concerns those Christians who, driven by charity, heroically offer their life to others. It is “the free offering of...
Missionaries of Charity copyright blue and white sari
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:04 am Kolkata, India, Jul 11, 2017 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Missionaries of Charity have patented the white and blue sari designed by Saint Teresa of Calcutta, obtaining a legal...
Missionaries of Charity copyright blue and white sari
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:04 am Kolkata, India, Jul 11, 2017 / 07:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Missionaries of Charity have patented the white and blue sari designed by Saint Teresa of Calcutta, obtaining a legal...
Bursting Bubbles: Understanding Solar Eclipses and the Bible (Part Two)
The Catholic Astronomer - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:00 am
In part one of my reflection on solar eclipses and the Bible, I reflected on references to eclipses that were clearly metaphorical. We concluded with the prophet Jeremiah's...
A Reflection on Acedia, Eros and Christian Joy
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 11, 2017 at 7:00 am In his encyclicals Deus caritas est and Caritas in veritate, Pope Benedict XVI discusses the relationship between two different aspects of love, which he refers to using the Greek...
St Benedict
Communio - Jul 11, 2017 at 6:30 am Friends, a blessed Feast of St. Benedict!
“Help me, great St. Benedict, to live and die as a faithful child of God, to run in the sweetness of His loving will, and to attain the...
