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Russian astronaut who took relic into space says its journey is a ‘miracle in itself’
Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 4:55 am A Russian cosmonaut who has returned to Earth after a mission on the International Space Station said on Wednesday he had taken a relic of a Russian Orthodox saint with him....
Palestinian leader hopes papal visit to Egypt will strengthen moderate Muslims
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 4:40 am Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has written to Pope Francis, offering his best wishes that the Pope’s visit to Egypt later this month will strengthen moderate Muslims.
Why did Pope Francis visit Benedict XVI? To say happy birthday!
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 13, 2017 at 4:35 am Vatican City, Apr 13, 2017 / 04:35 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Early Easter greetings and birthday wishes were the reason for Pope Francis' visit with Pope emeritus Benedict XVI on...
Holy Week Around the World: Passion and procession over the waters
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2017 at 4:00 am Photo of the Day, April 13, 2017HOLY WEEK AROUND THE WORLD: New York NEW YORK: Christians carry a wooden cross across the Brooklyn Bridge during the Good Friday Way of the Cross...
The Gospel is never gloomy, but joyful, Pope tells priests
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 13, 2017 at 4:00 am Vatican City, Apr 13, 2017 / 04:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).- During his annual Chrism Mass for Holy Week Pope Francis told priests to
always convey the truth and mercy of the Gospel...
The Gospel is never gloomy, but joyful, Pope tells priests
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 13, 2017 at 4:00 am Vatican City, Apr 13, 2017 / 03:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his annual Chrism Mass for Holy Week Pope Francis told priests to always convey the truth and mercy of the Gospel...
US cardinal: children are crying at school because they fear their parents will be deported
Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:54 am The president of the US bishops’ conference has said that children in Catholic schools spend their school days crying because they’re so anxious their parents will be deported,...
USCCB calls for renewed efforts for Syrian peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:44 am Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Bishop Oscar Cantú, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on International Justice and...
How to Avoid Judicial Tyranny
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:30 am
The Founding Fathers envisioned the Supreme Court of the United States as an apolitical branch of government, co-equal to the others but devoid of any partisanship or politicking...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 13, 2-17 - Holy Thursday
CatholicMom.com - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 13:1-15 – Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
One of the most tender moments in the story of Holy Thursday night is the washing of the feet. I...
Patriarch calls for Catholic-Orthodox cooperation to decrease East-West conflict
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:28 am Patriarch Kirill of Moscow received Italian President Sergio Mattarella on April 12 and said that “the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church can and should do everything...
Nigerian bishop says Boko Haram attacks are ‘demonic’
Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:27 am The Catholic bishop of a diocese at the centre of the Boko Haram insurgency has said that the attacks are “demonic” and the battle is spiritual and not purely physical.
“The...
A Question of Perspective
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:25 am
I recently took my nine-year-old son, Karol, to the National Gallery of Art here in Washington. I knew that a nine-year-old’s idea of a fun Sunday was not necessarily looking at...
2 Franciscan friars minister in area under ISIS control
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:07 am Two of the 15 Franciscan friars who minister in Syria do so in territory controlled by the Islamic State.
“Evangelization cannot be presumptuous”
Vatican Insider - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:02 am “We should never attempt to separate these three graces of the Gospel: its truth, which is non-negotiable; its mercy, which is unconditional and offered to all sinners; and its...
For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2017 at 3:00 am John 6:33
Cardinal pays tribute to late Italian priest
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 2:41 am In a front-page article in the April 13 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia paid tribute to Father Primo Mazzolari (1890-1959) as one of the...
Pope to visit Pius VI’s birthplace and Bologna
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 2:10 am The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Francis will visit Cesena, the birthplace of Pope Pius VI (1717-1799), on October 1 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of his...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/04/17
Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2017 at 1:51 am Benedict XVI will not intervene in the Amoris Laetitia debate, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has said (Rome Reports).
The Pope has called for compassion for prisoners in a new...
A bleeding host in Argentina? Bishop investigates alleged Eucharistic miracle
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 13, 2017 at 1:43 am Buenos Aires, Argentina, Apr 13, 2017 / 12:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A bishop in the Argentine province in Santa Fe is investigating a Eucharistic host that appeared to bleed during...
