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Children’s hospital superheroes strike again
Aleteia - Apr 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm The young patients looked out their windows last Tuesday to find Power Rangers cleaning the glass panes.The majority of us are not familiar with what a seriously ill child’s day...
15 Contributions Christianity made to Europe … and to the world
Aleteia - Apr 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm Forgiveness, the idea of “person," and gratitude are a few of them.Europe’s current situation is ambiguous and full of contradictions. On one hand, it has enormous potential; on...
Archaeologists find what may the oldest depiction of the Virgin Mary
Aleteia - Apr 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm The Dura-Europos excavation site in Syria is still threatened by war, but the wall painting is safe in a museum at Yale.Dura-Europos is one of many archaeological sites that are...
A Short Summary of the 22 April Lay Conference on Amoris Laetitia
OnePeterFive - Apr 23, 2017 at 9:50 pm Yesterday, 22 April, there took place the important lay conference in Rome which was organized by the Italian publications La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana and Il Timone and which was...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 23, 2017 at 7:40 pm Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation?
Let us know.
I was deacon for a TLM Solemn today, so I didn’t preach at that Mass, but I took...
23 April is “Talk Like Shakespeare Day”! Newly discovered act of a rare play….
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 23, 2017 at 7:17 pm After Masses this morning, TLM and NO, I had lunch and nap and work with a start.
Today, I suddenly realized, is…
TALK LIKE SHAKESPEARE DAY!
Yes, it is the birthday of the Bard....
Conference on Amoris Laetitia: The Need for Consistency between Magisterium and Tradition
Rorate Coeli - Apr 23, 2017 at 6:37 pm On April 22, 2017 at the Hotel Columbus in Rome, a block from Saint Peter’s Square, six internationally renowned lay scholars spoke at a landmark conference: "Seeking Clarity: One...
Low Sunday (First Sunday After Easter)
Regina Magazine - Apr 23, 2017 at 6:29 pm Today is Low Sunday (First Sunday After Easter). by Fr. Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876 “Peace be to you!”–John 20. Peace be to you!” With these: words Jesus greeted His disciples...
Saint George, Martyr
Regina Magazine - Apr 23, 2017 at 6:10 pm April 23 Today is the feast day of Saint George. Ora pro nobis. by Fr Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876 St. George, one of the most renowned martyrs of our church, whom the Greeks...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/04/17
Catholic Herald - Apr 23, 2017 at 6:01 pm The experience of mercy “makes us understand that violence, rancour, revenge make no sense”, Pope Francis said in his Regina Caeli address yesterday (full text, full video).
The...
Community in Lismore helps Trinity Catholic College in wake of floods
The Catholic Leader - Apr 23, 2017 at 6:00 pm TRINITY Catholic College principal Marist Brother John Hilet has praised the college community for the spirit it showed in the wake of Lismore’s devastating floods earlier this...
The Coptic Treasure
Vatican Insider - Apr 23, 2017 at 5:53 pm Pope Francis is not going to Egypt to “defend Christians.” The gross distortions with which the West looks at the affairs of the Eastern Christian Church beseech Pope Francis’...
Christians are the most widely targeted religious group in the world
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 23, 2017 at 5:29 pm Washington D.C., Apr 23, 2017 / 04:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When it comes to religious persecution, Christians are the most widely targeted community, said a new report released...
Sharing the Word for April 24, 2017 – Second Week of Easter – Year 1
Franciscan Media - Apr 23, 2017 at 4:00 pm Monday of the Second Week of Easter
April 24, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Acts 4:23-31
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SW_050211_I.mp3
After...
Mercy is central
Communio - Apr 23, 2017 at 2:41 pm Indeed, mercy is the central nucleus of the Gospel message; it is the very name of God, the Face with which he revealed himself in the Old Covenant and fully in Jesus Christ, the...
A Prayer for Special Intentions: Prayer of the Day for Monday, April 24, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 23, 2017 at 2:35 pm Almighty and loving Father,
I thank you for giving St. Gerard to us
as a most appealing model and powerful friend.
By his example,
he ...
Daily Readings for Monday, April 24, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 23, 2017 at 2:35 pm Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 4:23-31, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 2:1-9, Gospel: John 3:1-8
Pope dedicates videomessage to Italian educator
News.va - Apr 23, 2017 at 1:31 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video message to a festival organised to promote books and reading, which is taking place in Milan from 19 to 23 April.
The videomessage is...
Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
Big C Catholics - Apr 23, 2017 at 1:30 pm April 24th, is the optional memorial of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577-1622), the 17th century Capuchin priest and martyr who played an important role in the Counter-...
More thinking about the old religious left and its muddled future in America's public square
GetReligion - Apr 23, 2017 at 1:22 pm Here we go again.
If seems that the time is right for people to think about the religious left. In some cases, people are clearly yearning -- as they have for decades -- for some...
