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“We respect everybody, we are not the mafia. This is how we save the world”
Vatican Insider - May 21, 2017 at 5:06 pm First, he told of how, when he was little, he used to play football, but was always placed in the goal post because he was a "hard potato”. Then he recalled when, as a child,...
Frightening ‘exodus’ out of Vietnam leads former Buddhist and father of two into the Catholic Church
The Catholic Leader - May 21, 2017 at 4:00 pm TAN Le, 42, was robbed by pirates at sea, resettled as a refugee, and has built a successful career on his journey to becoming a Catholic. Mr Le, a Buddhist for most of his life,...
ASK FATHER: Is having a “straw subdeacon” for a Solemn TLM okay?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 21, 2017 at 3:53 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
I’ve been to Solemn High Masses where a seminarian (perhaps having been instituted as an acolyte) was acting as Subdeacon (a “straw” subdeacon, I think,...
Atheism is the Uncoolest Choice Ever. And I Can Prove It
Creative Minority Report - May 21, 2017 at 3:29 pm I've read a number of stories about how atheism is seen as "cool" by many young people, especially among college age youths. That's funny to me because I couldn't think of...
Pope announces new cardinals from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos, Salvador
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 21, 2017 at 2:56 pm Pope Francis announced he will create five new cardinals June 28; the new cardinals-designate come from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos and El Salvador.
A Mother's Prayer to the Guardian Angels of Her Children: Prayer of the Day for Monday, May 22, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 21, 2017 at 2:25 pm I humbly salute you, O you faithful,
heavenly Friends of my children!
I give you heartfelt thanks
for all the love and goodness you show them. ...
St. Rita: Saint of the Day for Monday, May 22, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 21, 2017 at 2:25 pm Saint Rita was born Margherita Lotti in Roccaporena, Italy in 1381. The day after her baptism, Rita was surrounded by a swarm of white bees, which ...
Daily Readings for Monday, May 22, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 21, 2017 at 2:25 pm Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 16:11-15, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 149:1-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 149:9, Gospel: John 15:26-27, Gospel: John 16:1-4
Ascension Sunday or Ascension Thursday?
Big C Catholics - May 21, 2017 at 2:02 pm This week we have published two homilies simultaneously for the seventh Sunday in Easter. While some dioceses celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord on Thursday,...
Saint Andrew Bobola, Martyr
Regina Magazine - May 21, 2017 at 1:31 pm May 21 Today is the feast day of Saint Andrew Bobola. Ora pro nobis. Saint Andrew was born of an old and illustrious Polish family, in the Palatinate of Sandomir, 1590. His...
St. Rita of Cascia, Religious, Patron of the Impossible
Big C Catholics - May 21, 2017 at 1:10 pm May 22nd, is the optional memorial of Saint Rita of Cascia. Most Catholics are familiar with Saint Jude as the patron saint of hopeless causes. What they might not know, however,...
Fifth Sunday After Easter
Regina Magazine - May 21, 2017 at 12:40 pm Today is the Fifth Sunday after Easter by Fr. Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876 “Ask, and you shall receive.”–John 16. Today, and during the following days of this season, the...
Homily for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 28, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - May 21, 2017 at 12:32 pm Fr. René J. Butler, M.S.Provincial Superior, La Salette Missionaries of North AmericaHartford, Connecticut(In some dioceses the Solemnity of the Ascension is celebrated on...
Always act with gentleness and respect, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - May 21, 2017 at 12:20 pm Vatican City, May 21, 2017 / 11:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During a visit to a Roman parish Sunday, Pope Francis repeated his frequent condemnation of gossip, telling the...
Always act with gentleness and respect, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - May 21, 2017 at 12:20 pm Vatican City, May 21, 2017 / 12:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- During a visit to a Roman parish Sunday, Pope Francis repeated his
frequent condemnation of gossip, telling the...
Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, May 28, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - May 21, 2017 at 12:00 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)God the Father inaugurated His presence among us when Abraham responded to Him in faith. The...
Full Transcript of President Trump's Speech To Leaders of Muslim Nations
The Religion Clause - May 21, 2017 at 11:06 am President Donald Trump today delivered a highly-anticipated speech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to leaders of Mulim nations. Here is the full transcript of the speech in which he said...
A Novel Gift: Until Lily, Chapter 5
CatholicMom.com - May 21, 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...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - May 21, 2017 at 10:54 am In Ashley-Drake v. Russell, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 73984 (D NJ, May 16, 2017), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed an inmate's complaint that he was prohibited from...
Pope Francis sets date for Consistory for new Cardinals – short, odd list
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 21, 2017 at 10:40 am At the English site of Vatican Radio we find the names of the soon-to-be Cardinals. There is something rather odd in the list.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday announced a...
