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Belgian Brothers to allow euthanasia for mentally ill patients

Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 2:42 am

A group of psychiatric care centres run by a Catholic religious order in Belgium has announced it will permit doctors to undertake the euthanasia of “non-terminal” mentally ill...

Pope of peace in Egypt of peace

Vatican Insider - May 4, 2017 at 2:39 am

I shook hands with His Holiness the Pope at Cairo international Airport and conveyed to him the greetings of the Latin Patriarchate in Jordan and Palestine. As for Al-Azhar...

A reader remarks on a story

Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 4, 2017 at 2:39 am

…about a Christian abortionist: Consistent with pro-abort rhetoric, he isn’t going to argue the science, because he knows it points to the truth. What I take away from this...

A curious new form of corporate espionage dawned last month

Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 4, 2017 at 2:33 am

…as Burger King tricksied its way into Google devices. I’m sure we’ll see all sorts of clever uses of Alexa too.

Linguistic Humor

Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 4, 2017 at 2:29 am

Language buffs have fun with this.

May the Fourth Be With You

Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 4, 2017 at 2:26 am

Tokyo jeweler offers gold Darth Vader mask for $1.4-million https://t.co/HYwVrkG9PC pic.twitter.com/xeecjZPQUn — The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) May 1, 2017

Islam—The View from Disney Country

Crisis Magazine - Church - May 4, 2017 at 2:15 am

The Diocese of Orlando recently reprimanded a sixth grade teacher at a Catholic school for an “unfortunate exhibit of disrespect.” What did he do? He provided printouts to...

12 beatification causes advance, including Father Solanus Casey, 2 cardinals

Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 2:15 am

In a May 4 audience with the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Francis approved the publication of decrees that advance 12 beatification causes.

Why I Left Providence College

Crisis Magazine - Church - May 4, 2017 at 2:10 am

Sometimes a single encounter with what is healthy and ordinary—I use the word advisedly, with its suggestion that things are in the order that God by means of his handmaid Nature...

The Prowde Spirit…

Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 4, 2017 at 2:05 am

cannot endure to be mock’d. A woman is actually being prosecuted for laughing at Jeff Sessions.

Vatican, Myanmar officially establish diplomatic ties

EWTN - Vatican News - May 4, 2017 at 2:01 am

Vatican City, May 4, 2017 / 02:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In a meeting Thursday between Pope Francis and Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, the two cemented their...

The Blood-Soaked Seas of Reason: Robert Louis Stevenson and Chesterton as Literary Critics

Crisis Magazine - Church - May 4, 2017 at 2:00 am

The craft of the painter or the sculptor, G.K. Chesterton would contend, can reveal, like a law, the rich complexity of reality: this law of fine art (when done finely) curbs man...

Trump's executive order hailed as critical, but just a 'first step'

EWTN - US Latest News - May 4, 2017 at 2:00 am

Washington D.C., May 4, 2017 / 02:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Religious freedom advocates credited President Donald Trump with taking a "first step" toward protecting religious...

School funding shake-up could leave parents no choice but to leave the Catholic sector

The Catholic Leader - May 4, 2017 at 1:54 am

CATHOLIC students may be forced into Queensland’s state school system if the Federal Government goes ahead with a 10-year plan to shake up funding for schools. Executive officer...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/05/17

Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 1:49 am

As many as 16,000 people have sought shelter in a cathedral compound in war-torn South Sudan. Nuclear weapons offer “a false sense of security”, the Holy See’s representative to...

UN ambassador, formerly enslaved by ISIS, meets with Pope

Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 12:02 am

While in St. Peter’s Square for his May 3 general audience, Pope Francis met briefly with Nadia Murad, the UN’s first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human...

Your Good News

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 4, 2017 at 12:01 am

Do you have a bit of good news to share with the readership? Let us know.

American Catholic Radio for May 8-14, 2017

Franciscan Media - May 4, 2017 at 12:00 am

American Catholic Radio: Journey With Christ–Faith, Worship, Witness Week of May 08, 2017 — Program #17-20 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/...

Pope Francis' visit makes perfect ending for Our Lady of Fatima anniversary celebration

Catholic Online - Featured News - May 4, 2017 at 12:00 am

After a whirlwind trip to Egypt last week, Pope Francis in just 10 days will head to Portugal for the centenary celebration of the Marian apparitions ...

'They threw a bottle of urine at her face, cutting her nose' - Why we need to stop religious persecution in the U.S.