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Catholic leaders urge Israel to meet Palestinian hunger strikers’ demands
Catholic Herald - May 2, 2017 at 4:26 am Catholic leaders in the Holy Land urged Israel to concede to demands of Palestinian political prisoners on a hunger strike since April 17. The prisoners are seeking an improvement...
What Catholics like and dislike in the new spending bill
EWTN - US Latest News - May 2, 2017 at 4:26 am Washington D.C., May 2, 2017 / 04:26 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A massive spending package to be voted on by Congress has drawn applause for continuing foreign aid spending, but also...
A feather on the breath of God
Aleteia - May 2, 2017 at 4:00 am Photo of the Day: May 2, 2017Red Bull Illume Category finalist 2013 Illumination | Photographer: Jody MacDonald | Athlete: Gavin McClurg | Location: Bazaruto Archipelago,...
Religious brothers push back on euthanasia directive for Catholic hospitals
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 2, 2017 at 3:59 am Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 2017 / 03:59 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Following a decision by the board of several Belgian Catholic psychiatric hospitals to start performing euthanasia, the...
Religious brothers push back on euthanasia directive for Catholic hospitals
Catholic News Agency - General - May 2, 2017 at 3:59 am Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 2017 / 02:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following a decision by the board of several Belgian Catholic psychiatric hospitals to start performing euthanasia, the...
Egyptian Catholics: papal trip was ‘morale boost’ after Palm Sunday massacre
Catholic Herald - May 2, 2017 at 3:56 am Pope Francis’s historic, 72-hour visit to Cairo has left a profound mark on Egyptians, Catholic leaders said. “The Pope’s visit was a big blessing to the Egyptians, both Muslims...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 2, 2017
CatholicMom.com - May 2, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 6:30-35 – St. Athanasius
As I reflect on today’s Gospel passage, these lines are really speaking to me:
The crowd said to Jesus:
“What sign can you do, that...
New head of Knights of Malta to lead reform efforts
Catholic Herald - May 2, 2017 at 3:25 am The new lieutenant of the grand master of the Knights of Malta will lead efforts to reform the order following a tumultuous period that brought to light many of the ancient...
“By saying - Salam aleikum -Francis has touched our hearts”
Vatican Insider - May 2, 2017 at 3:11 am The only Muslim to attend two Synods, the one on Lebanon wanted by Pope John Paul II and that on the Middle East wanted by Pope Benedict XVI, Lebanese Professor Mohammad Sammak,...
Even when alone, be cheerful, remembering always that you are in the sight of angels.
Aleteia - May 2, 2017 at 3:00 am St Therese of Lisieux
If Soliloquium Were Casting That Hideous Strength…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2017 at 2:59 am …you’d get this cast. I’m down with these choices except for Maggie Smith as Fairy Hardcastle. It should be Pam Ferris (Miss Trunchbull from Matilda) or Kathy Bates. Somebody big...
Outdated wisdom
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2017 at 2:51 am One of the things that still knocks around popular American Christian culture are variations on stuff like “There’s a big difference between being a CHURCHIAN versus being a...
Thinking like an apostle
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2017 at 2:42 am An aging bishop is retiring early so he can return to the mission field. This is a guy who gets that the Church exists to evangelize and that you don’t retire from your vocation....
Please help the Schmiedicke Family
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2017 at 2:28 am Reader Kelly Daly writes: The Schmiedicke family of six lost a thriving business to fire overnight on Saturday. The Schmiedicke’s are the epitome of generosity and hospitality,...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/05/17
Catholic Herald - May 2, 2017 at 2:21 am The World Council of Churches has called the Catholic-Coptic Orthodox declaration on baptism a “sign of hope”. Irish Catholics are tired of being “unfairly under attack as they...
New Alt Right “Fight Club” Ready for Street Violence
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2017 at 2:14 am They used to be called Brown Shirts.
The Half-Made Bed and the More Excellent Way
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 2, 2017 at 2:10 am
“The Personal is Political” was a slogan engineered by Marxist feminists of the 1960s and 1970s. Few people realized at the time exactly what that slogan entailed. “The personal...
‘I’m the new kid on the block’: Bishop Tim Harris welcomed to Townsville
The Catholic Leader - May 2, 2017 at 2:02 am TOWNSVILLE’S prayers to see a bishop in their midst after a three-year wait were answered at an historic ordination last week. The ordination and installation of Bishop Tim Harris...
Double Standards for Two Death-Dealing Drugs
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 2, 2017 at 2:00 am
Vecuronium bromide is a drug that relaxes skeletal muscles and can be used in conjunction with surgical anesthesia. That is its usual medical application.
Some states also use it...
Mexican bishops: The cry of migrants is the cry of the Church
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 2, 2017 at 1:35 am Mexico City, Mexico, May 2, 2017 / 01:35 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In the context of their 103rd Full Assembly, the Mexican Bishops Conference released a statement on the suffering on...
