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Polls can be problematic, but journalistic blessings upon Gallup's long, long religious trend lines
GetReligion - May 28, 2017 at 12:30 pm
Let’s admit it. The news media are poll-obsessed, especially with politics. But don’t blame pollsters if journalists over-work surveys or neglect necessary caveats.
Take Michigan...
Homily for Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - May 28, 2017 at 12:00 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)In speaking with you about Pentecost I must speak of what cannot be fully explained. All we can do...
QUAERITUR: Can a layperson repose the Blessed Sacrament?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 28, 2017 at 11:22 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
Our priest has asked the two laypersons who attend the last hour of Adoration if they would be willing to repose the Blessed Sacrament if he cannot be...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 28, 2017 at 11:01 am Was there a good point made during the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation?
Let us know what it was!
A Novel Gift: Until Lily, Chapter 6
CatholicMom.com - May 28, 2017 at 11:00 am We’re excited to bring this novel by CatholicMom.com contributing author Sherry Boas to our readers, one chapter at a time. Each Sunday at 9 AM Pacific, a new chapter in Until...
Ten new priests bless archbishops, bishop at ordination Mass
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 28, 2017 at 10:40 am In his homily, Archbishop Hebda called the final days of the Easter season a fitting time to ordain men to the priesthood. The Church turns her attention to praying “fervently for...
Bug Hunt
OnePeterFive - May 28, 2017 at 9:59 am It’s driving me crazy.
We have this technical glitch that has been happening over the past couple of weeks, and no matter what we try, we can’t seem to find what’s causing it.
You...
Princeton Prof Absolutely Loses Mind Over Trump
Creative Minority Report - May 28, 2017 at 9:51 am This Princeton professor spoke at Hampshire College's commencement ceremony and went completely crazy anti-Trump. I read a brief summary and came away with one important question...
Pope Francis: Pray for the victims in Manchester
Aleteia - May 28, 2017 at 9:34 am “I am close to the families and to all those who are mourning their passing.”VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday asked Christians to pray for the victims of last Monday’s ...
Pope Francis: Coptic Christians killed in bus attack are “courageous martyrs”
Aleteia - May 28, 2017 at 9:12 am “May the Lord receive into His peace these courageous witnesses, these martyrs, and convert the hearts of the terrorists.”VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his...
Saint Augustine Bishop, Apostle of England
Regina Magazine - May 28, 2017 at 8:46 am May 28 Today is the feast day of Saint Augustine of Canterbury. Ora pro nobis. by Fr. Prosper Gueranger 1870 Four hundred years had scarcely elapsed, since the glorious death of...
Sixth Sunday after Easter
Regina Magazine - May 28, 2017 at 8:27 am Today is the Sixth Sunday after Easter. by Fr. Francis Xavier Weninger, 1891 “The Comforter, whom I will send you, He shall give testimony of Me.”–John 15. Before Christ entered...
Novena to Holy Spirit
Communio - May 28, 2017 at 8:16 am
Come, Creator Spirit,
visit the minds of your children,
and fill the hearts you have made,
with heavenly grace.
You are called the Comforter,
the gift of God most high,
living...
Memorial Day: We Remember
Snoring Scholar - May 28, 2017 at 7:55 am It’s not just about the parades and the cookouts and the day off work. It’s about what makes that luxury possible.
Somehow, though I have family and friends who are active...
Pope says murdered Copts are martyrs and prays for conversion of terrorists
News.va - May 28, 2017 at 7:25 am (Vatican Radio) On the second day running, Pope Francis has expressed his solidarity with Egypt's Coptic Christians following an attack on a bus carrying Coptic pilgrims to a...
Pope Francis prays for victims of Manchester attack
News.va - May 28, 2017 at 7:25 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday asked for prayers for the victims of the Manchester concert attack and decried how “so many young lives were cruelly broken”.
Speaking to...
Pope prays for conversion of terrorists
Vatican Insider - May 28, 2017 at 6:34 am Pope Francis has expressed his solidarity with Egypt's Coptic Christians following anattack on a bus carrying Coptic pilgrims to a remote desert monastery. Leading thousands of...
Our task is to make the Gospel accessible, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - May 28, 2017 at 5:21 am Vatican City, May 28, 2017 / 04:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the Feast of the Ascension, Pope Francis said that when Jesus rose into heaven, he entrusted his Church with the great...
Our task is to make the Gospel accessible, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - May 28, 2017 at 5:21 am Vatican City, May 28, 2017 / 05:21 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On the Feast of the Ascension, Pope Francis said that when Jesus rose
into heaven, he entrusted his Church with the great...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 28, 2017 - Ascension of the Lord
CatholicMom.com - May 28, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20 – Ascension of the Lord
When I was a just a little girl, I loved watching movies about Jesus. One movie ended with the final line of today’s...
