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Pope Francis blesses altar for South Korean sanctuary
News.va - Jun 7, 2017 at 8:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday blessed an altar destined for a Marian sanctuary in South Korea during his General Audience.
The “Adoratio Domini in unitate et pace”...
Pope Francis: God is a Father; we are never alone
News.va - Jun 7, 2017 at 8:35 am (Vatican Radio) At the weekly General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis spoke on “The Fatherhood of God: the Wellspring of our Hope.” He was continuing his series of...
4 Reasons to Do Your Work
Dominicana - Jun 7, 2017 at 8:30 am “The necessity of meat.” Certainly a pithy and memorable way to describe the principal object of manual labor. This is the first of four objects, or reasons, that St. Thomas gives...
Sudanese bishops’ president expresses hope Francis will still visit South Sudan
Vatican Insider - Jun 7, 2017 at 8:15 am Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, president of the bishops’ conference for Sudan and South Sudan, said in a statement Tuesday that his group and all South Sudanese “were eagerly...
Cardinal Sarah: Criticisms of Benedict XVI are ‘diabolical’
Catholic Herald - Jun 7, 2017 at 8:02 am Cardinal Robert Sarah has hit out at critics of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, accusing them of “vulgarity and baseness” in their criticisms of the former pope’s preface to the...
Texas bans mutilating babies in abortion, selling their body parts
LifeSiteNews - Jun 7, 2017 at 8:01 am Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law Tuesday protecting babies from dismemberment abortions.
Can’t afford a Montessori school? Try the toys!
Aleteia - Jun 7, 2017 at 8:00 am Montessori toys are an easy and cheap way to apply some of the Montessori methods at home. Maria Montessori’s educational methods are attracting more and more young parents. Based...
In Comey's America, a news boomlet for the political theology of Reinhold Niebuhr
GetReligion - Jun 7, 2017 at 8:00 am
The Barack Obama and Donald Trump administrations have scumbled long-standing visions of America's role in the world. During times past, the then-regnant “mainline” Protestantism...
The whole mystery of Christian prayer is summed up in this one word, says Pope
Aleteia - Jun 7, 2017 at 7:54 am There was something fascinating about Jesus’ prayer ...VATICAN CITY — “The whole mystery of Christian prayer can be summed up in one word: Father,” Pope Francis said today at his...
CRS Photo of the Month: Building Sustainable Livelihoods
CatholicMom.com - Jun 7, 2017 at 7:30 am
Photo by Michael Stulman/Catholic Relief Services. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
At 60 years old, Moussa Mai left everything he’d ever worked for and traveled for 4...
The internet loves this Italian priest’s response to pro-abortion, anti-Mary graffiti
Aleteia - Jun 7, 2017 at 7:00 am Fr. Andrea's letter to anonymous vandal goes viral.Some days ago, Fr. Andrea, the pastor of Milan’s parish of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Rita, found pro-abortion graffiti...
Announcing a Concert of Contemporary Sacred Music at St. John Cantius
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 7, 2017 at 7:00 am I am very happy to announce to NLM readers an upcoming concert of my sacred choral works, including several premieres, to be sung by The Ecclesia Choir under the direction of...
Cardinal Turkson to represent Vatican at EXPO 2017 in Kazakhstan
News.va - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:50 am
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, will act as the "Commissioner for participation of the Holy See"...
Australian court refuses to dismiss charges against archbishop for failure to report abuse
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:35 am An Australian court has rejected a bid by Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide to dismiss charges against him for alleged failure to report sexual abuse by a priest.
Cardinal Sarah rips ‘inhuman contempt for Benedict XVI’
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:27 am Cardinal Robert Sarah said that critics of Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI have shown their “vulgarity” by complaining that the retired Pontiff has written a preface to the cardinal’s...
Saint Robert of Newminster, Confessor
Regina Magazine - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:21 am June 7 Today is the feast day of Saint Robert of Newminster. Ora pro nobis. Saint Robert was born in the district of Craven, Yorkshire, probably at the village of Gargrave. He...
Pence Speaks To National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
The Religion Clause - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:20 am Yesterday Vice President Mike Pence delivered a lengthy address (full text) to the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Here are a few excerpts from his remarks...
Cameroon: bishop’s death seen as likely murder, not suicide
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:19 am The death of a Catholic bishop in Cameroon, originally viewed by police as a likely suicide, is now being investigated as a probable murder.
Court Enjoins Montana Rule Excluding Religious Schools From Tax Credit Program
The Religion Clause - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:15 am In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, (MT Dist. Ct., May 26, 2017), a Montana state trial court enjoined the enforcement of a rule that bars religiously affiliated schools...
Russian Catholics seek reassurance from Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:14 am Members of the Russian Catholic Church—one of the smaller Byzantine-rite churches in communion with Rome—fear that they may be forgotten by Vatican officials anxious to improve...
