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Daily Readings for Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - May 30, 2017 at 2:25 pm
Reading 1: Zephaniah 3:14-18, Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-6, Gospel: Luke 1:39-56

Planned Parenthood Honors Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe With Award for Promoting Abortion

LifeNews.com - May 30, 2017 at 2:19 pm
The largest abortion provider in the United States gave an award to Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe last week to thank him for his support. McAuliffe, a staunch abortion advocate,...

The Pope’s man in Cannes: Angels should be the patrons of film

Aleteia - May 30, 2017 at 2:14 pm
An idea proposed by the Vatican head of communications at the Cannes Film FestivalCANNES — Actors, directors and producers, whether Catholic or belonging to a Christian...

The Heart of the Church

OnePeterFive - May 30, 2017 at 2:09 pm
Guest Essay | by Andrea Chamberlain Four years ago my husband decided to start asking God in prayer to “know the truth”. At the time we were fully modernized nominal Catholics...

Jesuit chaplain to U.S. House: Church teaching on homosexuality is a ‘dead end’

LifeSiteNews - May 30, 2017 at 2:03 pm
Fr. Patrick Conroy's assertions about homosexuality not only defy Catholic teaching but natural law.

How to cultivate interior elegance

Aleteia - May 30, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Let's decode the qualities of women who radiate that "je ne sais quoi" magnetism.Women like Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, or the fashion designer Carolina Herrera stand out as...

Amazing Photos of Baby Born Prematurely at 24 Weeks Show Unborn Baby’s Humanity

LifeNews.com - May 30, 2017 at 1:55 pm
A tiny baby girl born the size of an unborn baby at 18 weeks of pregnancy died Saturday though her parents and doctors fought to give her a chance at life. The Mirror reports...

Oregon Catholic father of four killed trying to protect fellow passengers

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 30, 2017 at 1:39 pm
PORTLAND, Ore. — On a crowded Portland commuter train May 26, a selfless Catholic father of four stepped forward to calm a tense situation. He was that kind of guy. A Muslim...

Saint Ferdinand III, King & Confessor

Regina Magazine - May 30, 2017 at 1:36 pm
May 30 Today is the feast day of Saint Ferdinand III.  Ora pro nobis. Ferdinand III of Castile was born in the monastery of Valparaiso, near Salamanca, Spain. He entered the world...

5 Simple Ways a Catholic Can Help a Protestant Friend Feel Comfortable At Mass

ChurchPOP - May 30, 2017 at 1:31 pm
Having a Protestant friend visit Mass may seem like a big deal, or not, depending on you and your friend. But I The post 5 Simple Ways a Catholic Can Help a Protestant Friend...

Made for Community

CatholicMom.com - May 30, 2017 at 1:30 pm
Copyright 2017 Abbey Dupuy. All rights reserved. One of the things that excite my children about visiting their grandmother at her apartment is the ducks and geese there. The...

The Island

Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 30, 2017 at 1:20 pm
A ferry, green and white, chased by gulls’ cries threads waters skinned with dancing diamonds and blows its great horn to announce Work dies and Play bursts its chrysalis in the...

Military archdiocese completes phase in cause for Vietnam-era chaplain

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 30, 2017 at 1:11 pm
WASHINGTON — A tribunal of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services has wrapped up its nearly four-year inquiry into whether the life of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, a...

Planned Parenthood Annual Report: Abortion Biz Killed 328,348 Babies in Abortions in 2015

LifeNews.com - May 30, 2017 at 1:11 pm
The abortion chain Planned Parenthood finally released its annual report this week, about four months later than it usually does. The report shows increases in abortion numbers...

Saint Basil's De Spiritu Sancto (Of the Holy Spirit)

Big C Catholics - May 30, 2017 at 1:10 pm
Through the Holy Spirit we are restored to paradise, led back to the Kingdom of heaven, and adopted as children, given confidence to call God "Father" and to share in Christ's...

Ariana Grande aligns the stars for her Manchester benefit concert

Aleteia - May 30, 2017 at 1:06 pm
The pop singer is bringing all her friends to help the healing processABC News reports Ariana Grande’s Manchester benefit concert will take place on June 4th. She’s put the event...

Priest says Egypt’s Christians feel they could be martyrs at any time

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 30, 2017 at 12:57 pm
CAIRO — Christians in Egypt “are getting to this idea that we could be a martyr at any moment,” the spokesman for the nation’s Catholic bishops told Catholic News Service. The...

Kidnapped Filipino priest pleads for help in video

Catholic News Agency - General - May 30, 2017 at 12:49 pm
Marawi, Philippines, May 30, 2017 / 11:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A week after Islamist militants kidnapped some 240 Catholics in the Philippines, a video has surfaced online showing...

Kidnapped Filipino priest pleads for help in video

EWTN - World Catholic News - May 30, 2017 at 12:49 pm
Marawi, Philippines, May 30, 2017 / 12:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A week after Islamist militants kidnapped some 240 Catholics in the Philippines, a video has surfaced online showing...

Catholic leaders find proposed federal budget largely fails the moral test

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 30, 2017 at 12:47 pm
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget sent shivers through social service, education and environmental communities, prompting church leaders and...
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