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To hell and back: Journeying with Jesus from death to life
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 5:00 am Holding on to hope in times of despair is an intentional choice.Is a cemetery a good place to begin a meditation on Easter? Today, I found out. I spent the afternoon in a grand...
Egyptian Christians to hold restrained Easter services in light of attacks
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:42 am Minya, Egypt, Apr 12, 2017 / 04:42 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After two bomb attacks on worshippers at Coptic Orthodox churches on Sunday, the Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of Minya has...
Christians need more protection, warns bishop in Egypt
Catholic Herald - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:39 am More action is needed to protect Church communities in Egypt from attack, according to one of the country’s Catholic bishops, who has appealed for prayer for the victims of two...
Chinese authorities prevent priest from celebrating Chrism Mass
Catholic Herald - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:31 am Bishop Vincent Guo Xijin of Mindong in China’s eastern Fujian province has not returned after being forced to pay a visit to the religious affairs bureau in Fuan on Friday, local...
Pope Francis opens free laundrette for homeless
Catholic Herald - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:13 am Pope Francis has opened a laundrette for the homeless to wash and dry their clothing.
The laundrette, near the Vatican, has six washing machines and dryers.
On Tuesday, Ciro...
General Audience: English Summary
News.va - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday invited Christians to contemplate the Cross and celebrate the holy days leading to Easter.
Continuing in his catechesis on Christian...
Holy Thursday - April 13, 2017
News.va - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:10 am Ex 12:1-8, 11-14, 1 Cor 11:23-26, Jn 13:1-15
The Stole and the Towel is the title of a book, which sums up the message of the Italian bishop, Tony Bello, who died of cancer at...
International pilgrims prepare for 2017 Uganda Martyrs Day
News.va - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:10 am With less than 60 days to go before the 2017 Uganda Martyrs Day celebration, in Uganda, international pilgrims have already started register for participation.
Pilgrims from...
Pope Francis dismisses from clerical state priest who stole $300k
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:05 am Manchester, N.H., Apr 12, 2017 / 04:05 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Francis has dismissed a New Hampshire priest from the clerical state, after the priest was convicted of stealing...
Holy Week Around the World: The most purple of penitents
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 4:00 am Photo of the Day, April 12, 2017HOLY WEEK AROUND THE WORLD: Spain MALAGA, Spain: Penitents during procession for Holy Wednesday in Malaga Spain. It is the fourth day of Holy week...
Syrian nun honoured by US government says missile strikes are a step backwards for peace
Catholic Herald - Apr 12, 2017 at 3:46 am Two weeks after the US State Department honoured her as a Woman of Courage, a Salesian sister from Syria told reporters President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb a Syrian air base...
US bishops back religious freedom for adoption, foster care providers
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 12, 2017 at 3:34 am Washington D.C., Apr 12, 2017 / 03:34 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Three chairmen of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference have voiced
strong support for a measure that would restore...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 12, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Apr 12, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 6:30-35
The Wednesday of Holy Week is traditionally called “Spy Wednesday”, as it refers to the day that Judas betrays Jesus to the Sanhedrin, which is the...
Fatima seers are holy because of virtue, not visions, cardinal says
Catholic Herald - Apr 12, 2017 at 3:18 am As extraordinary as the apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, nearly 100 years ago were, the sanctity of the shepherd children did not hinge on their having seen Mary, a cardinal said...
The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and on the third day, he will be raised to life.
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 3:00 am Matthew 17:22-13
New Ways Ministry’s “Fr. James Martin Effect”
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 12, 2017 at 2:45 am
In late October 2016, Jesuit Fr. James Martin received the annual “Bridge Building Award” from New Ways Ministry, a dissident, pro-gay-identity, pro-gay-sex, pro-gay-“marriage”...
A Pope Turns Ninety
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 12, 2017 at 2:41 am
In the long march of the Church’s history, stretching all the way back to a certain failed fisherman called Peter—whom Christ himself caught with the bait of eternal life—few...
Churches in Egyptian city limit Easter celebrations following Palm Sunday bombings
Catholic Herald - Apr 12, 2017 at 2:35 am Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations in mourning for 45 Coptic Christians killed this week in twin...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/04/17
Catholic Herald - Apr 12, 2017 at 1:46 am Jesuit leader Fr Arturo Sosa Abascal has said that he was surprised that “so many people got mad at me” after his comments on the Gospels (Fr John Zuhlsdorf).
Cardinal Raymond...
Ireland, for the Holy Week a prayer for peace in the North
Vatican Insider - Apr 12, 2017 at 1:36 am The Holy Week in the Irish church is marked by concerns over the dormant state of the talks between Catholics and Protestants at the Stormont Parliament, which holds the powers...
