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As the partial travel ban nears, agencies worry about refugees in limbo
Franciscan Media - Jul 4, 2017 at 7:43 am WASHINGTON (CNS) — Agencies and organizations that help refugees start new lives in the U.S. worry about the fate that awaits migrants in transit as well as those who will not be...
Book Notes: Lift Up Your Heart
CatholicMom.com - Jul 4, 2017 at 7:30 am
Where has Fr. John Burns been hiding? I realize we are blessed with thousands of priests in the United States so it’s okay that we don’t know them all — but trust me, this is one...
Planning to scale a mountain? Don’t forget to do this
Aleteia - Jul 4, 2017 at 7:00 am And take your inspiration from Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a ruddy young Italian man of the 1920s, thoroughly enjoyed scaling mountains. He once...
A Commission for Holy Name Cathedral, Steubenville, Ohio
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 4, 2017 at 7:00 am I received the following letter from artist Lisa Andrews, who wanted to show me a commission she had recently completed for Bishop Monforton in Steubenville, Ohio. Lisa’s website...
Catholic dioceses in southern United States report record growth
Catholic Herald - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:56 am The Catholic dioceses of the Carolinas and Georgia are experiencing record growth, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta said during a meeting of the U.S. Catholic Church’s Atlanta...
Pope sends aid for Greek earthquake victims
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:34 am Pope Francis has contributed €50,000 ($57,000) to a fund for earthquake victims on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Israeli extremist found guilty of arson in attack on Church of the Multiplication
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:30 am An Israeli court has found a Jewish extremist guilty of arson in a June 2015 attack on an ancient Christian church.
Reformed Churches accept joint Catholic-Lutheran statement on justification
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:18 am The World Communion of Reformed Churches has accepted that Joint Declaration on Justification that was originally signed by the Catholic Church and the World Lutheran Federation...
Detroit friar renowned for cures to be beatified in November
Catholic Herald - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:15 am Fr Solanus Casey, a Capuchin Franciscan “who would provide soup for the hungry, kind words for the troubled and a healing touch for the ill,” will be beatified on November 18, the...
Pope Francis makes donation to Greek Lesbos island after earthquake
News.va - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has donated 50,000 Euro in aid for victims of the 12 June earthquake on the Greek island of Lesbos, according to the Apostolic Nunciature of Greece...
Welfare Fraud Arrests Trigger Anti-Semitic Incidents
The Religion Clause - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:05 am The Asbury Park Press reported yesterday that the welfare fraud arrests last week of 14 Orthodox Jewish residents (including a congregational rabbi) in Lakewood, New Jersey has...
With Great Power…
CatholicMom.com - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:00 am
Via Pixabay (2016), CC0 Public Domain. Title added by author
…comes great responsibility.
Evidently some guy in a spider suit said that once. Personally, I think he ripped that...
Court Rules Church Factions Must Share Church Building
The Religion Clause - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:00 am In Mullins v. Wicker, (OH App., June 22, 2017), an Ohio appellate court in a 2-1 decision, agreed with a trial court's decision in a case in which two competing factions of the...
On Independence Day, let’s pray for ‘liberty and justice for all’
LifeSiteNews - Jul 4, 2017 at 6:00 am In the land of free and home of the brave, Americans are inspired to continue their work to protect the unborn.
Charlie Gard will not be transferred to Vatican Hospital
EWTN - Vatican News - Jul 4, 2017 at 5:41 am Vatican City, Jul 4, 2017 / 05:41 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The
London hospital where Charlie Gard is living his last days has refused a
transfer request from the Pediatric hospital...
Vatican hospital says damning AP investigation is a ‘hoax’
Catholic Herald - Jul 4, 2017 at 4:27 am The Vatican’s children’s hospital is calling an Associated Press investigation into quality of care problems a “hoax.” In a statement Monday, the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital...
The Vatican and Trump take action to give hope to Charlie
Vatican Insider - Jul 4, 2017 at 4:09 am The Vatican and Donald Trump offer their support to little Charlie. The Holy See and the President of the United States yesterday announced their willingness to help the 10-month-...
Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù hospital offers to take baby Charlie Gard
Catholic Herald - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:50 am The Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù hospital has offered to take Charlie Gard, the severely ill 10-month-old baby whose parents are fighting to keep him on life support. Mariella Enoc...
Daily Gospel Reflection for July 4, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27
God can do anything. In today’s first reading, the Lord saves Lot’s life from destruction and brings ruin upon an entire city in just one night....
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
Aleteia - Jul 4, 2017 at 3:00 am St. Augustine
