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In new interview, Pope says to never give up hope for conversion

Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 13, 2017 at 7:22 am

Vatican City, Apr 13, 2017 / 06:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has given an interview ahead of his Holy Thursday visit to a prison, warning, among other things, against the...

What’s inside this week’s magazine?

Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 7:16 am

Cover story… Future Catholic rebels will be inspired by Benedict XVI, says Tracey Rowland More comment… Carol Monaghan MP on how her Ash Wednesday cross went viral Fr Benedict...

CCEE and CEC: “Life is threatened and being destroyed by war, greed and injustice”

Vatican Insider - Apr 13, 2017 at 7:14 am

“The crucifixion is an ongoing reality: human life is violated and creation is exploited. Through war, greed, and injustice, life is under threat and being destroyed. For too many...

The saint who was abandoned by her own parents

Aleteia - Apr 13, 2017 at 7:00 am

Margaret of Castello was an embarrassment to her noble parents, and a light to everyone else.Blessed Margaret of Castello (1287-1320) should never have been born. At least, that’s...

Palm Sunday Photopost 2017 (Part 2)

New Liturgical Movement - Apr 13, 2017 at 7:00 am

Our second of photos of your Palm Sunday liturgies, including three sets from the Philippines, and a procession in Singapore with statues of Christ bearing the Cross and Our Lady...

The Cross ISIS couldn’t destroy

Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 6:31 am

Returning to England after a few days in Iraq, it is the sound of broken glass and rubble, crunching underfoot in one of the many destroyed churches, that lingers in my mind. Just...

An empty tomb and a bodily resurrection: why it matters

Franciscan Media - Apr 13, 2017 at 6:28 am

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics and other Christians have grown up believing in the Resurrection, but the Apostles themselves were among the first who were skeptical that Jesus arose...

How my Ash Wednesday cross went viral

Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 6:20 am

Wednesdays in Parliament are always hectic, with committees, Prime Minister’s Questions and journalists vying for interviews. Therefore, on Ash Wednesday this year I decided to go...

The Ratzinger revolution

Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 6:20 am

Benedict XVI will celebrate his 90th birthday on Easter Sunday. Cardinal Joachim Meisner famously described him as a man who is as intelligent as 12 professors and as pious as a...

Cause of Fr Jacques Hamel is officially opened

Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 6:17 am

The Diocese of Rouen has opened the canonisation Cause of Fr Jacques Hamel, who was murdered while celebrating Mass last year. Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen announced the...

Pope Francis’ homily at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass: Full text

News.va - Apr 13, 2017 at 6:02 am

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday presided over the Chrism Mass, during which the sacred oils used for the Sacraments and Ordinations were blessed. In his homily for the...

What the Byzantine Church Can Teach Us About the Triduum

CatholicMom.com - Apr 13, 2017 at 6:00 am

Aquinas’ argument from motion (on the existence of God) … in 2 minutes

Aleteia - Apr 13, 2017 at 6:00 am

The first episode of Catholic Bytes’ crash course on Aquinas summarizes the Ox’s first way.In the Prima Pars of his Summa Theologica (Question 2, Article 3), Aquinas claimed the...

The "New Wineskins" of Priesthood: "Joy, Meekness, Integrity"

Whispers in the Loggia - Apr 13, 2017 at 5:56 am

HOMILY OF POPE FRANCISTHE CHRISM MASSST PETER'S BASILICA13 APRIL 2017“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent...

Forgive sinners, stop warmakers, Pope says in new interview

Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 5:31 am

In a new interview, Pope Francis underlined the importance of offering forgiveness, and said that war is the most evident manifestation of sin in today’s world.

Francis to pray for modern-day martyrs at island basilica

Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 5:22 am

Pope Francis will attend a prayer service in late April in commemoration of the “new martyrs” of the past two centuries. He will also visit the Italian port city of Genova, ordain...

Pope to La Repubblica newspaper: ‘World must stop lords of war’

News.va - Apr 13, 2017 at 5:15 am

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis granted an interview with the Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, published Thursday morning, in which he spoke about why he always celebrates the Mass...

Cause opened for beatification of French priest slain at altar last year

Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 5:13 am

The Archdiocese of Rouen has opened a formal cause for the beatification of Father Jacques Hamel, who was killed by Islamic terrorists last July while he was celebrating Mass in...

When you don’t get invited to the wedding, or you just don’t want to go

Aleteia - Apr 13, 2017 at 5:00 am

Invitations to spring and summer weddings can cause havoc and hurt.Dear Katrina, My cousin is getting married this summer and I’m so excited for her. I was really looking forward...

‘The Case for Christ’ and a stubbornly historical religion