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How Pope Francis gave me hope for my son, whose dad won’t show up for Father’s Day
Aleteia - Jun 15, 2017 at 7:00 am There is one Father who won't ever abandon usEvery year as June rolls around, we know Father’s Day is approaching. It seems everyone’s planning a family BBQ, or headed to Grandpa’...
I attacked the ordinariate. Now I’m a Catholic
Catholic Herald - Jun 15, 2017 at 6:10 am Autumn 2007 Haverhill, Massachusetts, is a rusty, decaying old industrial town. It peaked in the 1940s, when it was the hub of shoemaking and leather-tanning. Hitler wanted to...
The war we’re not fighting against ISIS
Catholic Herald - Jun 15, 2017 at 6:10 am To defeat ISIS, we need something more than a military strategy. A large part of the terrorists’ success lies in their skill at propaganda. ISIS propaganda aids in its successes...
Why I’ll never doubt the Devil’s existence
Catholic Herald - Jun 15, 2017 at 6:10 am Partly because I revere the history of that noble order of priests deliciously described by an unsympathetic observer as “Inflexible in nothing but in their fidelity to the Church...
As Iraqi Christians await deportation, bishop points to suffering Body of Christ
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 15, 2017 at 6:06 am Indianapolis, Ind., Jun 15, 2017 / 06:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Advocates for Chaldean Christians detained by federal immigration enforcement are in a race against time to halt...
Pope writes preface to Cardinal Turkson’s book on corruption
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 15, 2017 at 6:01 am Pope Francis has contributed a preface to a new book-length interview with Cardinal Peter Turkson that focuses on the human costs of political corruption.
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Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do next. I’m standing on the edge, in a liminal space, neither here nor there, waiting...
6th Circuit En Banc Hears Legislative Prayer Case
The Religion Clause - Jun 15, 2017 at 6:00 am The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc yesterday heard oral arguments in Bormuth v County of Jackson (Docket No. 15-1869). (Audio of full oral arguments.) In the...
Signs of global warming found on Mars
Aleteia - Jun 15, 2017 at 6:00 am Discovery sparks debate: does the sun have more of an impact on the Earth's rising temperatures than green-house gases?Scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder,...
Christian population of Iraq, Syria halved since 2011
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 15, 2017 at 5:54 am The number of Christians living in Syria and Iraq has been cut in half—and perhaps significantly further—since the onset of the Syrian civil war in 2011, according to a new report.
Former secretary to two Popes releases new book
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 15, 2017 at 5:48 am In a book based on his experiences as secretary to two Pontiffs, Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki reveals that St. John Paul II considered resignation as his health declined, but...
Suspended Guam archbishop awaits canonical trial outcome before settling abuse suits
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 15, 2017 at 5:39 am A lawyer representing Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who is a defendant in several sex-abuse lawsuits brought by young men in Guam, has indicated that the prelate will not settle...
English political leader steps down, says party stands incompatible with Christian faith
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 15, 2017 at 5:31 am The leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrat Party has resigned, saying that the party’s platform is no longer compatible with his Christian faith.
What if you want to love the Lord but have no idea how?
Aleteia - Jun 15, 2017 at 5:00 am Sometimes duty and obligation is a loving path in disguiseHow do you love the Lord? How do you love an incorporeal being, this God that we can’t see or touch or converse with?...
Aleteia’s first Lampstand winner named! Get those June entries in!
Aleteia - Jun 15, 2017 at 5:00 am A fun image showed us the spirit of joy that animates the Home of NazarethThe first winner of the Aleteia Lampstand contest – voted on by our readers – was an entry from Peru!...
'Roughly half' of Iraqi, Syrian Christians have fled since 2011
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jun 15, 2017 at 4:53 am Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jun 15, 2017 / 04:53 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A new report estimates that between 50 and 80 percent of Christians have
fled the countries of Iraq and Syria...
Pope’s cardinal advisers seek to involve laity in choosing bishops
Catholic Herald - Jun 15, 2017 at 4:28 am Pope Francis and members of his international Council of Cardinals have discussed the possibility of allowing local bishops rather than the Vatican decide on whether permanent...
Cameroon’s bishops confirm Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Balla was murdered
Catholic Herald - Jun 15, 2017 at 3:59 am Catholic bishops in Cameroon said a bishop whose body was pulled from a river in early June did not commit suicide but was murdered. “In view of the initial findings, we bishops...
Millennials: Do you have something to say to the bishops? Here's your chance
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 15, 2017 at 3:59 am Vatican City, Jun 15, 2017 / 03:59 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops announced the launch of a
new website for the upcoming synod on youth, and...
Millennials: Do you have something to say to the bishops? Here's your chance
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 15, 2017 at 3:59 am Vatican City, Jun 15, 2017 / 02:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops announced the launch of a new website for the upcoming synod on youth, and...
