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Imagination helps readers better understand roots of Eucharist
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:50 pm “Around the Table” is what one might call a devotional book that gives you more than prayers and discussion questions.
Each of the 14 chapters focuses on a scriptural personage,...
Egypt’s attacks won’t stop pope’s visit for peace, says Vatican official
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:48 pm Despite recent and repeated terrorist attacks against Egypt's minority Christian communities, Pope Francis will not cancel his visit to Egypt.
Vatican Cricket Club plays in Fatima ahead of 100th anniversary of Marian apparitions
Aleteia - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:47 pm Interfaith tournament to include Muslim, Hindu and Jewish teams from Portugal, Spain and the United KingdomVATICAN CITY — The St. Peter’s Cricket Club is travelling to Fatima for...
Pro-Life Group Endorses Karen Handel in Georgia Congressional Runoff
LifeNews.com - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:46 pm National Right to Life has endorsed Karen Handel (R) following the special election in Georgia’s sixth congressional district to replace former Rep. Tom Price, who was confirmed...
Virtue Rosary / Divine Mercy Chaplet
Big C Catholics - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:44 pm We draw your attention to the icon on the right-side bar beneath the subscribe in a reader button. It contains a link to the Virtual Rosary website. The Virtual Rosary is...
Papal almoner opens laundry service for the poor
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:38 pm The office charged with coordinating Pope Francis' acts of charity announced the opening of a laundromat for the poor and homeless of Rome.
New Jersey teen pleads guilty to plotting attack on pope during 2015 visit
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:29 pm A New Jersey teen pleaded guilty April 3 of plotting an attack on Pope Francis during the pontiff's visit to Philadelphia in 2015 during the World Meeting of Families.
Georgetown begins to make amends for 1838 sale of enslaved persons
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:24 pm Washington D.C., Apr 19, 2017 / 03:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- One hundred and seventy-nine years ago, two Jesuit priests sold 272 persons at a slave auction. Their families were torn...
Missouri House Advances Bill to Stop Selling the Body Parts of Aborted Babies
LifeNews.com - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:16 pm Missouri House lawmakers moved forward with a bill Wednesday that would tighten up regulations prohibiting the sale or donation of aborted babies’ body parts.
The state House gave...
Politico's attempt to link Trump and Putin via Chabad movement falls as flat as matzah
GetReligion - Apr 19, 2017 at 4:00 pm Is there a newspaper or television station out there that hasn't been contacted by a representative of the Hasidic Jewish organization Chabad pitching a story about local kids...
What if Flags Flew at Half Staff Each Day to Remember Babies Killed in Abortion?
LifeNews.com - Apr 19, 2017 at 3:51 pm Flying the United States flag at half-mast or half-staff is a symbol of honor, remembrance, and mourning in response to a loss of human life. [A quick aside: In the U.S., the term...
Supreme Court appears skeptical of state denying benefits to churches
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 19, 2017 at 3:42 pm Washington D.C., Apr 19, 2017 / 02:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments about whether a state benefit program could exclude churches because of...
Benedict XVI: Erasing God from liturgy has put Church ‘in danger’
LifeSiteNews - Apr 19, 2017 at 3:42 pm 'The deepest cause of the crisis that has subverted the Church is located in the effacing of the priority of God in the liturgy.'
Inculturation Through Tradition - Guest Article by Claudio Salvucci
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 19, 2017 at 3:30 pm Our thanks to Mr Claudio Salvucci for sharing this article with NLM.One sometimes meets with the notion that “traditional Catholicism”, as understood today, is wholly unsuited to...
Can gov’t withhold benefits from churches? Supreme Court will decide
LifeSiteNews - Apr 19, 2017 at 3:15 pm The Missouri playground case will be the first indication of how Justice Neil Gorsuch will rule.
Three in One
Commonweal - Apr 19, 2017 at 3:01 pm Three in One
By Michael HollerichApril 19, 2017
These aren’t easy times on college campuses. Academic blue bloods like Yale, Princeton, and Middlebury find themselves with...
AP Reports Spree Killer Shouted "God is Great" Before Shooting. Uhm. Not Exactly...
Creative Minority Report - Apr 19, 2017 at 2:58 pm These are not people who are interested in reporting facts. They are interested in spinning you; protecting you from information that might lead you to a conclusion that they don'...
Cecile Richards: “Planned Parenthood Isn’t the Problem, Planned Parenthood is the Solution”
LifeNews.com - Apr 19, 2017 at 2:56 pm Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards is working hard to boost her abortion group’s image amid numerous scandals and efforts to cut off its taxpayer funding.
On Tuesday,...
Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Trinity Lutheran; Transcript Available
The Religion Clause - Apr 19, 2017 at 2:54 pm Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer. The transcript of the full oral arguments is now available. At issue was...
And Just Like That, Fra Cristoforo Vanished
OnePeterFive - Apr 19, 2017 at 2:52 pm On March 20, I wrote a post about my growing suspicion that the Anonimi della Croce blog — purportedly run by a pseudonymous Italian priest called “Fra Cristoforo” who claimed ...