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Canadian province to fight ruling booting students from Catholic schools
Catholic News Agency - General - May 7, 2017 at 4:28 am Regina, Canada, May 7, 2017 / 03:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Saskatchewan government has said it will seek a temporary exemption to block a judge’s ruling that could force up to...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 7, 2017 - Fourth Sunday of Easter
CatholicMom.com - May 7, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 10:1-10 – Fourth Sunday of Easter
I want a more abundant life. Most of the time, abundance is equivalent to more stuff – more food, a bigger house, a better...
Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.
Aleteia - May 7, 2017 at 3:00 am St Francis de Sales
Pope deplores ‘mother of all bombs’ name ahead of Trump visit
Catholic Herald - May 7, 2017 at 1:47 am Pope Francis has criticised the US military for naming the largest explosive in its arsenal the “mother of all bombs”. He was speaking weeks before he receives US President Donald...
Remembering Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci: Guest Article by Aurelio Porfiri
New Liturgical Movement - May 7, 2017 at 1:13 am We are extremely grateful to Maestro Aurelio Porphiri for sharing with NLM this beautiful tribute to Domenico Cardinal Bartolucci, one of the leading lights of sacred music in the...
Pope Francis issues warning - 'There is always the danger of the thief, the robber and the false shepherd'
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 7, 2017 at 12:00 am Reflecting on the image of the Good Shepherd, Pope Francis said his is the only voice that leads us to safety and friendship with God, and cautioned ...
The Lord is My Shepherd
Integrated Catholic Life - May 6, 2017 at 11:04 pm Reflection on the Mass readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A) — Acts 2:14, 36-41; Psalms 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6; First Peter 2:20-25; John 10:1-10. How many times have we...
The “all fair” Madonna
Aleteia - May 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm Today our May tour of Rome's Madonnelle brings us to Piazza della Rotonda (by the Pantheon).We continue with our daily tour this month through a particular artistic expression of...
The surprising connection between Our Lady of Fatima and Islam
Aleteia - May 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm "Nothing ever happens out of heaven except with a finesse of all details."As we approach the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima, one aspect that often goes...
Should my doctor agree with my worldview?
Aleteia - May 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm A Christian physician may be more likely to see the patient as a whole person.A few years ago, I came down with a virus that I just couldn’t shake. After a week of being light-...
How to pray the Luminous Mysteries for #WorldDayofPrayerforVocations
Aleteia - May 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm A challenge from my pastor many years ago has become a routine part of my prayer life.One Sunday, our pastor asked us to concentrate on praying for vocations the following week....
Enough joy to dance
Aleteia - May 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: May 7, 2017KOLKATA, India: At Nirmala Shishu Bhavan (Home for Disabled Children) The Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity (Saint Teresa of Calcutta) dance with...
Why the Protestant C.S. Lewis Believed in Purgatory
ChurchPOP - May 6, 2017 at 9:29 pm C.S. Lewis is widely considered to be one of the best Christian apologists of the 20th century. Though he was converted by
The post Why the Protestant C.S. Lewis Believed in...
International Religious Freedom Provisions In Just-Signed Budget Act
The Religion Clause - May 6, 2017 at 9:28 pm H.R. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (full text), which President Trump signed into law yesterday contains a number of provisions relating to religious liberty....
Pope Francis on His Love for Mary
Franciscan Media - May 6, 2017 at 9:08 pm Pope Francis has a strong relationship with the Mother of God.
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he encouraged devotion to “Our Lady, Undoer of Knots.” On the first day after his...
Amid Mother of All Countdowns, Pope Drops "Bombs"
Whispers in the Loggia - May 6, 2017 at 8:12 pm Having secured the President of the United States for a very early audience in 18 days' time, during an impromptu Q&A earlier today with Italian high-school students committed...
Prophetic Speech of Pope Ven. Pius XII Warns of "a Church which Weakens the Law of God"
Rorate Coeli - May 6, 2017 at 7:51 pm In this time of new persecutions against Christians by Islamicists, secularists, and sexual anarchists, and of a pope who so openly emboldens and gives comfort to these and other...
First, Pete and now Re-Pete?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 6, 2017 at 7:40 pm At The Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly, there is a thought provoking piece by Damien Thompson. Read the whole thing over there, but here are a few snips:
It’s 1978...
Saint Rose Venerini, Educator and Foundress
Big C Catholics - May 6, 2017 at 6:45 pm (In 2017, this feast is superseded by the Sunday liturgy.)May 7th, the Church celebrates the optional memorial of Saint Rose Venerini (or Rosa), the 18th century Italian educator...
An Interview with George Neumayr, Author of The Political Pope
OnePeterFive - May 6, 2017 at 5:48 pm Editor’s Note: On 2 May, George Neumayr’s book, The Political Pope: How Pope Francis is Delighting the Liberal Left and Abandoning Conservatives, was published. OnePeterFive...
