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A New Must-Read Book for Catholic Moms
CatholicMom.com - May 31, 2017 at 7:30 am
In nine years, I’ve never gone into my Catholic Mom’s Bible Study/Book Club and said, “We need to read this book today,” but I did that with the latest book by Kate Wicker.
If...
Till Angelic Voices Wake Us
Dominicana - May 31, 2017 at 7:28 am The humdrum ebb of pattern’d days Beneath the unexamined sin With all her ceaseless sleepy rays, Stale long before they’re done. Each man his own absorbéd phrase As headless lives...
Pope at Audience: Hope pushes us onward
News.va - May 31, 2017 at 7:25 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his catechesis on Christian Hope at Wednesday’s General Audience, taking as his starting point a reading from St Paul’s Letter to the Romans...
Pentecost at St Vincent Ferrer in NYC
New Liturgical Movement - May 31, 2017 at 7:25 am On Saturday, June 3rd, there will be a Solemn Mass for the Vigil of Pentecost at 7:30 pm at the Dominican church of St Vincent Ferrer in New York City, located at 869 Lexington...
Pope Francis: A good shepherd knows when to step down
Catholic Herald - May 31, 2017 at 7:12 am A good shepherd knows when to step down from his church, and leave completely, Pope Francis has said. In his sermon during Mass at the Vatican’s Santa Marta residence on Tuesday,...
Why is the Holy Spirit represented by a dove?
Aleteia - May 31, 2017 at 7:00 am It is one of the most ancient symbols of God, recognized by Jews even before Jesus' baptism.In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit is specifically mentioned as coming in the form...
Pope: A good Christian spreads hope – not bitterness
Catholic News Agency - General - May 31, 2017 at 6:54 am Vatican City, May 31, 2017 / 05:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit has the power to fill us with the hope of Christ, in turn making us...
Pope: A good Christian spreads hope – not bitterness
EWTN - Vatican News - May 31, 2017 at 6:54 am Vatican City, May 31, 2017 / 06:54 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit has the power to fill us
with the hope of Christ, in turn making us...
Filipino bishops cautious about martial law in Mindanao
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2017 at 6:37 am Catholic Church leaders in the Philippines have voiced reservations about the decision by President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in the province of Mindanao.
Russian Patriarch praises French protests against same-sex marriage
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2017 at 6:29 am Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has reiterated his condemnation of same-sex marriage.
Papal condolence after Kabul terror attack
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2017 at 6:25 am Pope Francis has sent a message of sympathy to the people of Afghanistan, in response to a terrorist bombing in Kabul.
Open the Eyes of my Heart
CatholicMom.com - May 31, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Caravaggio – http://www.christusrex.org/www2/art/images/carav10.jpg, Public Domain, Link
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the...
Watch the Roman Empire rise and fall in 10 minutes
Aleteia - May 31, 2017 at 6:00 am From the Early Roman Kingdom to the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, it's all here. As we’ve done in the past with animated maps of the spread of Christianity and the unfolding of...
Pope Francis greets young people at Lednica Lake in Poland
News.va - May 31, 2017 at 5:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has greeted young people in Poland gathered for an annual prayer meeting at Lake Lednica, where Poland was “baptized” and became a Christian country...
Conscience is our constant companion, leading us to Heaven or Hell
Aleteia - May 31, 2017 at 5:00 am Third in a series on an essential, often misunderstood element of the moral lifeThe moral theologian asked the seminarians: “These are really rather difficult questions—and who’s...
Vatican soccer champs dedicate victory to Coptic Christians
EWTN - Vatican News - May 31, 2017 at 5:00 am Vatican City, May 31, 2017 / 05:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Upon winning the Vatican's annual soccer championship last week, the
victorious team honored Christians in Egypt who have...
Coptic Orthodox Bishop tells terrorists: ‘You are loved’
Catholic Herald - May 31, 2017 at 4:54 am Terrorists are loved by God, not for what they do, but because they were created for much greater things, the General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK has said....
Trump admin ponders new religious freedom rule for HHS mandate
EWTN - US Latest News - May 31, 2017 at 4:52 am Washington D.C., May 31, 2017 / 04:52 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A leaked draft of a federal rule that would protect religious organizations from the controversial federal contraception...
Pope Francis recalls 75th anniversary of Lidice massacre
News.va - May 31, 2017 at 4:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has recalled the 75th anniversary of the Lidice massacre at the hands of the Nazi regime during his weekly General Audience on Wednesday.
In a...
Pope Francis holds General Audience: English Summary
News.va - May 31, 2017 at 4:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his catecheses on Christian hope during his Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square, reflecting on how the Holy Spirit makes us...