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Why is Pentecost called Whitsunday?
Aleteia - Jun 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm The name refers to an ancient practice that connected the feast to Easter.In English countries, the Christian feast of Pentecost is often called by another name: Whitsunday. Why...
What does the light of faith do for suffering?
Aleteia - Jun 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Fr. Tim Perry reviews the fourth and final book in Fr. Spitzer's quartet of volumes introducing the Christian faithFor any careful and winsome description of the beauty, goodness...
Need a spirit-booster? Walk a shelter dog
Aleteia - Jun 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm This volunteer job has an incredible number of surprising benefits, some even backed by studies.Our indifference or cruelty towards fellow creatures of this world sooner or later...
Fourth Issue of Altare Dei Now Available, with New Layout and New Contributors
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 2, 2017 at 10:34 pm As readers of NLM will know, the new magazine Altare Dei has already made quite a splash, with many interesting articles on sacred music, the liturgy in both forms, interviews,...
Have I changed my mind about climate change?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 2, 2017 at 9:15 pm A reader writes: Hey, Mark, what happened to your former climate-change skepticism (or perhaps suspension of belief)? Frankly, the less the Church says about things like climate...
Need some help communicating? Take cues from these heroes of the Church
Aleteia - Jun 2, 2017 at 8:19 pm Not only do they give us an example of virtue, they also teach us the art of messaging.Despite so many “wonderful technological discoveries” in our day (to use the description...
Spending time with friends and family
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Jun 2, 2017 at 7:29 pm Hello and welcome,
I want to begin this week joining those who have expressed their disappointment that President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris...
UPS Sued Over Firing of Muslim Employees For Prayer Breaks
The Religion Clause - Jun 2, 2017 at 6:16 pm In a press release yesterday, CAIR reports:The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ... today announced the filing of a lawsuit in state court against...
Bocelli sings “The Lord’s Prayer”
Aleteia - Jun 2, 2017 at 6:00 pm Backed by the Mormon Tabernacle ChoirBocelli is back with “The Lord’s Prayer.” Accompanied by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, this concert is from Christmas 2009. Andrea’s signature...
Solemnly professed Verbum Dei missionary Sr Gabi Aguilar says ‘impossibility’ not in her vocabular
The Catholic Leader - Jun 2, 2017 at 6:00 pm TESTAMENT to God’s limitless power, Gabriela Aguilar professed perpetual vows as a Verbum Dei Missionary Sister in St Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane. Her almost 20-year journey of...
Kathy Griffin Comes Unhinged, Blames Trump Family for Photo of Beheaded President Donald Trump
LifeNews.com - Jun 2, 2017 at 5:22 pm Comedian Kathy Griffin and attorney Lisa Bloom held a press conference Friday to talk about the controversial photo of Griffin holding up a bloody, severed head that resembled...
Stunned parents, kids exposed to drag queen at NYC school
LifeSiteNews - Jun 2, 2017 at 5:16 pm A Parent Association president performed his lewd act as a 'special surprise performance' at a year-end show.
Nun who received birthday greeting from Pope Francis dies at 110
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 2, 2017 at 5:15 pm Florence, Italy, Jun 2, 2017 / 04:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Sister Candida Bellotti, thought to be the oldest nun in the world, died Saturday at the age of 110.
Sister Bellotti had...
Scientists Engaging in Controversial Attempt to Re-Animate “Brain Dead” Patients
LifeNews.com - Jun 2, 2017 at 5:12 pm Killing off death will require research and clinical trials. But these may be difficult to do ethically, as a controversial attempt to reanimate brain-dead patients suggests....
Italian exorcist to Jesuit leader: No, the devil isn't just a 'symbol'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 2, 2017 at 5:08 pm Lima, Peru, Jun 2, 2017 / 04:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Italian priest and exorcist Fr. Sante Babolin said that “the devil, Satan, exists” and that “evil is not an abstraction,” in...
Louisiana Legislature Passes Bill to Ban the Sale of Aborted Babies
LifeNews.com - Jun 2, 2017 at 4:57 pm Two key pieces of pro-life legislation passed the Louisiana House of Representatives in the past two days and are headed to Gov. John Bel Edwards for his signature.
“The two main...
Why Aren’t Some People More Upset by Abortion Than Kathy Griffin’s Beheaded Trump?
LifeNews.com - Jun 2, 2017 at 4:54 pm If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent pockets of time this week trying to figure out where you’ve seen Kathy Griffin. Prior to this week’s—ahem, stunt—that is.
Before she burst...
Media warming: How to — and how not to — report on evangelical skepticism on climate change
GetReligion - Jun 2, 2017 at 4:45 pm Many journalists were less than thrilled with President Donald Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement. In fact, a commentary writer for the right-leaning...
Google pays tribute to ‘The Gay Betsy Ross’ rainbow flag creator
LifeSiteNews - Jun 2, 2017 at 4:40 pm A Google Doodle celebrates the man who was 'so outrageous and sometimes quite ridiculous.'
Pope Francis, Emmanuel Macron talk climate after US withdrawal from Paris Accord
Aleteia - Jun 2, 2017 at 4:32 pm Two years after Laudato Sí, climate conversations are heating upVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday spoke by telephone with newly-elected French President, Emmanuel Macron, one...
