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July 4th Independence Day | 2017
Big C Catholics - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:52 am Man's natural desire for happiness is of "divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw man to the One who alone can fulfill it" (CCC 1718). The second...
Pope Francis to Fao: wars, terrorism and migrants are not inevitable
Vatican Insider - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:51 am “Wars, acts of terrorism and forced displacements that increasingly hinder or at least strongly condition even cooperative efforts are not inevitable, but rather the consequence...
Pope names archbishop to succeed Cardinal Muller at doctrine office
Franciscan Media - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:44 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Promoting the secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to the office of prefect, Pope Francis chose not to ask German Cardinal Gerhard...
Letter from Rome
Commonweal - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:38 am Letter from Rome
By Robert MickensJuly 3, 2017
Cardinal George Pell’s time at the Vatican is over.
You can bet the Holy See’s huge financial and real estate assets that, de facto...
Lay faithful reject Pope’s demand to acknowledge bishop in Nigerian diocese
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:30 am Lay Catholics in the troubled Ahiara diocese in Nigeria have said they will not accept the leadership of Bishop Peter Okpaleke, even if the priests of the diocese adhere to a...
Christian discipleship takes precedence over everything else, Pope tells audience
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:17 am At his Angelus audience on Sunday, July 2, Pope Francis said that for a Christian, “the condition of the disciple requires that one’s relationship with the Master take precedence...
Changing landscape requires mutual accompaniment, convocation hears
Franciscan Media - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:16 am ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic Church’s increasing diversity presents Catholics with the opportunity to accompany each other on the journey of faith Pope Francis...
Cardinal Müller: no tension with Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:11 am Cardinal Müller denied that there had been any conflict between himself and Pope Francis, in an interview with a German newspaper after he was replaced as prefect of the...
Recent Articles and Books of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:05 am From SSRN:
Joseph William Singer, Property and Sovereignty Imbricated: Why Religion Is Not an Excuse to Discriminate in Public Accommodations, (18 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 521...
Pope offers sympathy to parents of Charlie Gard
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:04 am Pope Francis has offered a statement of sympathy for the parents of Charlie Gard, the 10-month-old child who faces death in a London hospital after his parent were denied legal...
Are You Taking On God's Problems? (Maybe You Shouldn't Be)
CatholicMom.com - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:00 am Psalmists Know God’s Problems
Sometimes in my agony and frustration, I feel like my life is one long lament. Narcissistic, yes, but I know I am not the only one whose spirit has...
Trump Administration Modifies List of Grants For Combating Violent Extremism
The Religion Clause - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:00 am As reported by CNN, the Department of Homeland Security on June 23 announced 26 organizations that have been approved for awards under the Countering Violent Extremism Grant...
Video: Flying over Lourdes
Aleteia - Jul 3, 2017 at 6:00 am Discover the magnificent Marian sanctuary, with a little help from a drone.From the Piedmont of the French Pyrenees comes this video, in which the basilica, the grotto and the...
Archbishop Ladaria named as prefect of Vatican doctrinal congregation
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 3, 2017 at 5:54 am Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer has been appointed by Pope Francis to succeed Cardinal Gerhard Müller as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF).
Pope Francis sends message to UN Food and Agriculture Organization: Full Text
News.va - Jul 3, 2017 at 5:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday sent a message to participants in the 40th General Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome...
Rise in priest suicides prompts call for helpline in Ireland
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 3, 2017 at 5:28 am Dublin, Ireland, Jul 3, 2017 / 04:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Besides a shortage of vocations, Irish priests are facing an even more harrowing kind of crisis.
At least eight priests...
Rise in priest suicides prompts call for helpline in Ireland
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jul 3, 2017 at 5:28 am Dublin, Ireland, Jul 3, 2017 / 05:28 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Besides a shortage of vocations, Irish priests are facing an even more harrowing kind of crisis.
On my 48th birthday, I am glad I cannot play pool and other “bad” things
Aleteia - Jul 3, 2017 at 5:00 am Tom Hoopes' gratitude for bad coffee, worse pool playing and more can help all of us realize the blessings we barely see.It was a hot day in Casa Grande, Arizona on July 3, 1969....
Dean Koontz goes tactical in ‘The Silent Corner’
Aleteia - Jul 3, 2017 at 5:00 am His latest book gives us a terrifying vision of ideological terrorism that ends in most of humanity’s forced submission in slavery to a ruling elite.More and more of the Catholic...
Pope calls for end to Venezuela violence, prays for victims
Catholic Herald - Jul 3, 2017 at 4:30 am Pope Francis has called for an end to the violence at Venezuela’s anti-government protests and is expressing solidarity with families of those killed. Francis led thousands in...
