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Pope's US representative reminds bishops to reach those on the margins
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 15, 2017 at 2:07 pm Indianapolis, Ind., Jun 15, 2017 / 01:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis’ representative to the United States encouraged the nation’s bishops this week to promote solidarity and...
Using the 5 love languages to do Father’s Day on a budget
Aleteia - Jun 15, 2017 at 2:00 pm Treat the dad in your life to a gift that will actually make him feel deeply loved. Happy June everyone! The weather is heating up, the grass is going back to its natural yellow,...
Did Pope Francis appoint a commission to overturn ‘Humanae vitae’?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 15, 2017 at 2:00 pm I’ve been receiving angry, anxious, frustrated and even panicky emails about a “commission” which was allegedly appointed by Pope Francis to “reinterpret” Paul VI’s important and...
Corpus Christi
Saint Louis Catholic - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:55 pm A blessed feast day to you all. One of the greatest days on the Church's calendar, proof of the love and humility of God.Yes, it is today, as it is every year on the Church's...
U.S. Cardinal: Calling LGBT lifestyle sinful ‘sounds a little backhanded to me’
LifeSiteNews - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:48 pm The Cardinal said that to 'combine his welcome with a criticism would not have been a full welcome at all.'
Dozens of priests resign from Indonesian diocese to protest bishop
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:41 pm JAKARTA, Indonesia — Dozens of Indonesian priests have quit their posts after accusing a bishop on the Catholic majority island of Flores of embezzling more than $100,000 of...
Gov. Greitens calls for special session to address life issues
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:38 pm By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker
Missouri lawmakers convened for a special session June 12 to consider...
Plenary Indulgences Obtainable for the Feast of Corpus Christi [The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ]
Big C Catholics - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:31 pm Plenary indulgences are available to the faithful on the Feast of Corpus Christi. An indulgence remits our temporal punishment in purgatory due to our sins. It may be either...
Book Notes: Looking at Luther with Fresh Eyes
CatholicMom.com - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:30 pm
With great profit and pleasure I’m currently reading Alec Ryrie’s new book Protestants: The Faith that Made the Modern World. Among the many texts appearing in this year of the...
Archdiocese keeps watchful eye on Boy Scouts organization
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:26 pm By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @legacyCatholic
While several parishes in the archdiocese have transitioned to American Heritage Girls from the Girl...
Catholic cemeteries damaged by June 14 storm
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:26 pm NEENAH – Cemetery officials spent Thursday morning, June 15, assessing the damage in two Catholic cemeteries after a violent storm swept through the Fox Valley Wednesday afternoon...
Rural Life Sunday a celebration of agriculture’s significance
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:23 pm Byron and Judy Dahlheimer are no strangers to hard work, and they know what it takes to get their farm in top-notch condition to host a crowd. But even after hosting three...
American Heritage Girls growth continues on upswing in archdiocese
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:15 pm By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker
A new American Heritage Girls troop at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque...
Card. Sarah and a new book about true compassion for the same-sex attracted
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:12 pm The other day I posted about some new books which publishers had sent to me. While I have been able to open a few, one of them I hadn’t explored at all. I now read a bit more...
The Difference Between Love and Tolerance
Big C Catholics - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:10 pm Venerable Fulton Sheen once observed that “Love is not tolerance.” He writes in part, “Christian love bears evil, but it does not tolerate it. It does penance for the sins of...
Shapes have changed, not the purpose
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 15, 2017 at 1:05 pm The next time you attend Mass, take a look at the chalice that is used at the consecration. What makes it different from any other cup at the Mass?
The word “chalice” comes to us...
Surprise: The New York Times offers balanced look at Betsy DeVos' Christian high school
GetReligion - Jun 15, 2017 at 12:40 pm Life still surprises: Where I expected full-on Kellerism -- reporting in which certain "settled" matters are declared unworthy of balanced coverage -- The New York Times offered,...
More on Fr. Jame’s Martin’s wickedly stupid remark
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 15, 2017 at 12:32 pm Over at Catholic Culture, the perspicacious Phil Lawler has pointed words for Fr. James Martin, the Jesuit obsessed with homosexual advocacy.
No, not every lifestyle is sinful
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Parish prays for congressman in critical condition after shooting
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 15, 2017 at 12:28 pm More than 150 people attended a prayer service at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Metairie June 14 to pray for the recovery of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, and...
Urgent Prayer Request: dying priest
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 15, 2017 at 12:22 pm May I beg of the readership some prayers for a nonagenarian priest friend of mine? I’ve been told that Fr. James Stromberg, retired professor of philosophy at the University of...
