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Bishop Ricken participates in opening event of Lutheran annual gathering

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 31, 2017 at 4:39 pm
GREEN BAY — As Lutherans and Roman Catholics observe the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, the two church communities continue progress in dialogue that may one day...

Local Catholics hold reception for sister who serves Caribbean poor

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 31, 2017 at 4:33 pm
APPLETON — About 100 people gathered May 19 to honor Dominican Sr. Maria Marciano at a dinner at St. Thomas More Church. Most were Catholics from around the Green Bay Diocese who...

No one deserves to end in a dumpster

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 31, 2017 at 4:22 pm
Twelve years ago, a homeless man, named Clayton Schroeder, died on a downtown Green Bay porch in the cold of winter. His death ultimately led to the formation of St. John the...

Facebook CEO, tech leaders pressure Texas to scrap bill protecting Christian adoption agencies

LifeSiteNews - May 31, 2017 at 4:21 pm
Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign legislation protecting conscience rights that is opposed by Mark Zuckerberg and Apple's Tim Cook

God will be part of his gap year

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 31, 2017 at 4:15 pm
MENASHA — When people hear the term, “The Gap Year,” they may envision a teenager, fresh out of high school, backpacking across Europe and experiencing life in other countries...

Kansas Legislature Passes Pro-Life Information Bill That Will Save Babies From Abortions

LifeNews.com - May 31, 2017 at 4:00 pm
The Kansas legislature is sending Gov. Sam Brownback another first-in-the-nation pro-life bill. Tuesday morning, May 30, the state Senate approved, 25-15, Senate sub SB 83, an...

Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit 2017 | Day 7

Big C Catholics - May 31, 2017 at 3:35 pm
June 1, 2017The Pentecost novena is the original novena prayer. After Christ's Ascension, the disciples prayed for nine consecutive days for the Spirit to descend. On the tenth...

Insurance Companies Denied Patients Life-Saving Treatments But Would Pay for Assisted Suicide

LifeNews.com - May 31, 2017 at 3:34 pm
A Nevada doctor recently decided to go public after learning insurance companies denied two of his patients life-saving medical treatment coverage and offered to pay for them to...

‘God save me!’ A Catholic artist’s journey to faith in an age of apostasy

LifeSiteNews - May 31, 2017 at 3:31 pm
It's hard enough to survive as a Christian artist, but Michael O'Brien embraced his poverty while raising his large family.

Robert Mueller and James Comey: Straight-arrow national prophets for our time?

GetReligion - May 31, 2017 at 3:30 pm
I’ve been fascinated by media portrayals of James Comey and Robert Mueller, America’s newest heroes or, in the case of Comey, a hero-martyr. To the uninitiated, Comey was director...

Suffering as a Source of Strength: Cardinal Sarah’s New Book

OnePeterFive - May 31, 2017 at 3:27 pm
Image courtesy of Daniel Ibáñez EWTN On 24 May, the German edition of Cardinal Robert Sarah’s new book, The Power of Silence – Against the Dictatorship of Noise, was presented in...

Pentecost - Solemn Vespers & Benediction with the Washington Oratorians

New Liturgical Movement - May 31, 2017 at 3:06 pm
Solemn Vespers & Benediction of Pentecost will take place at St Thomas Apostle, Washington DC at 4pm this Sunday, with a Chant Rehearsal immediately beforehand at 3.30pm. See...

Court Stops Hospital From Removing Disabled Baby’s Life Support Over His Parents’ Objection

LifeNews.com - May 31, 2017 at 3:04 pm
In an eleventh hour action, a three member panel of the UK Supreme Court has issued a temporary court-ordered reprieve in the case of a nine month old baby whose life support had...

Daily Readings for Thursday, June 01, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - May 31, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 22:30, Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 23:6-11, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 16:1-2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 16:7-11, ...

The Guardian Angel Prayer for Friends: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, June 01, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - May 31, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Guardian Angel, watch over those whose names you can read in my heart. Guard over them with every care and make their way easy and their ...

Silence and the Meaning of Mass

CatholicMom.com - May 31, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Robert Cardinal Sarah’s recent book The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise explores a number of themes both theological and spiritual, all centering around the...

Mom Says Her 23-Week Old Premature Baby Was Born Alive and Left to Die

LifeNews.com - May 31, 2017 at 2:59 pm
Another British mom said a hospital left her premature son to die because he was born before the legal abortion limit. Camille Magill’s experience is one more on a growing list of...

Just War?

Commonweal - May 31, 2017 at 2:58 pm
Just War? By Gerald W. SchlabachMay 31, 2017 A question for sports fans: What would you make of a coach who drills his team exclusively on last-minute desperation plays, while...

The patience, wisdom needed to be one’s self

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 31, 2017 at 2:42 pm
There seems to be an innate human desire to live forever. It goes against our human nature to want to die; death to us seems totally absurd. Yet we do die, and human beings are...

Pro-gay Vatican consultant: Church must ‘welcome LGBT people,’ ‘celebrate their gifts’

LifeSiteNews - May 31, 2017 at 2:36 pm
Fr. James Martin features transgender woman, same-sex couple in new video promoting his book.
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