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St. Romuald, Abbot, Founder of the Camaldolese Order
Big C Catholics - Jun 18, 2017 at 1:13 pm Optional Memorial - June 19thAnyone who knew Romuald as a youth might have been surprised at what he would eventually become. Like many of us, however, the good impulses of his...
Pope Francis’ Homily for June 18, 2017, Corpus Christi
Aleteia - Jun 18, 2017 at 12:41 pm On Corpus Christi, Pope Francis preaches on memory, fragility and communionVATICAN CITY — This Sunday evening, Pope Francis celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi with Holy Mass...
Your sobering weekend think piece: A faith-free look at why Americans are so angry
GetReligion - Jun 18, 2017 at 12:33 pm
So, Americans, how mad are you? To be specific, how mad are you at other Americans and what were the seeds of your current level of anger?
As someone who went through the 2016...
Homily for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 25, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - Jun 18, 2017 at 12:30 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)Sparrows are the most common and the most plentiful of all birds. This being so, they are not...
Reflection for the Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: May Our Hearts Become the Heart of Christ.
Big C Catholics - Jun 18, 2017 at 12:00 pm Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of JesusJune 23, 2017By Msgr. Bernard BourgeoisIn the ancient world, the heart was considered the center of the body. It was the seat of life,...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Jun 18, 2017 at 11:51 am In Barner v. Pientka, 2017 Pa. Commw. Unpub. LEXIS 422 (Commw. Ct. PA, June 12, 2017), a Pennsylvania appeals court affirmed the dismissal of a suit for damages by a Rastafarian...
Paglia: "Our No to abortion is at all stages"
Vatican Insider - Jun 18, 2017 at 11:18 am Pope Francis has appointed 45 new ordinary members to the Pontifical Academy for Life. The replacement did not take place without controversy, due to inclusion among new members...
A Novel Gift: Until Lily, Chapter 9
CatholicMom.com - Jun 18, 2017 at 11:00 am We’re excited to bring this novel by CatholicMom.com contributing author Sherry Boas to our readers, one chapter at a time. Each Sunday at 9 AM Pacific, a new chapter in Until...
ICE Roundup of Chaldean Christians Leads To Lawsuit
The Religion Clause - Jun 18, 2017 at 10:07 am Last week ACLU of Michigan sued to stop the deportation of 114 Iraqi nationals, many of whom are Chaldean Christians, who were arrested in immigration raids in metropolitan...
Guest Post: Why I Love the Work of Thomas Aquinas
Rorate Coeli - Jun 18, 2017 at 10:00 am By Dr. Christopher Malloy
I was recently asked why Thomas is so crucial to theology. I replied by indicating why I love his work so much.
Above all, I love Thomas’s thought...
Saint Ephrem, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
Regina Magazine - Jun 18, 2017 at 9:31 am June 18 Today is the feast day of Saint Ephrem. Ora pro nobis. Ephrem was born at Nisibis, then under Roman rule, early in the fourth century; died June, 373. The name of his...
Your (Corpus Christi) Sunday Sermon Notes – POLL
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 18, 2017 at 9:07 am Far and wide the celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi, which properly fell last Thursday, has been transferred to this Sunday.
Was there a good point made in the sermon you...
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Regina Magazine - Jun 18, 2017 at 8:57 am SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST by Fr. Raphael Frassinetti, 1900 Gospel. Luke xiv. 16-24. At that time: Jesus spoke to the Pharisees this parable: A certain man made a great...
Pope Angelus: Jesus food of eternal life
News.va - Jun 18, 2017 at 7:15 am (Vatican Radio) In a sunny St Peter’s Square on Sunday Pope Francis recalled the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ or Corpus Christi.
Listen to our report:
Following the...
Pope, “Personal encounter with refugees dissipates distorted fears and ideologies”
Vatican Insider - Jun 18, 2017 at 7:11 am "Personal encounter with refugees dissipates distorted fears and ideologies." These were Pope Francis’ words during the Angelus in St. Peter's Square, recalling that the World...
A father’s prayer
Aleteia - Jun 18, 2017 at 7:00 am Create in me the heart your servant David longed for...O Lord, Create in me the heart your servant David longed for. Place within me a desire for nothing but to do your will and...
Pope asks for moment of silence for victims of Portugal forest fires
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 18, 2017 at 6:24 am Vatican City, Jun 18, 2017 / 06:24 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Sunday, following the Angelus, Pope Francis asked pilgrims in St. Peter's Square to pause for a silent moment of prayer for...
Pope asks for moment of silence for victims of Portugal forest fires
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 18, 2017 at 6:24 am Vatican City, Jun 18, 2017 / 05:24 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Sunday, following the Angelus, Pope Francis asked pilgrims in St. Peter's Square to pause for a silent moment of prayer for...
Nebraska Cuts Back On Religious Accommodation of Inmates
The Religion Clause - Jun 18, 2017 at 6:17 am As reported by the Lincoln Journal Star, on June 2, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services issued a Memo (full text) cutting back on its accommodation of religious...
New Hampshire diocese becomes latest to restore order of sacraments
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 18, 2017 at 5:58 am Manchester, N.H., Jun 18, 2017 / 04:58 am (National Catholic Register).- In the name of raising up lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ, another U.S. Latin-rite diocese has decided...
