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'[Y]oung people are treated as garbage' - Pope Francis holds special prayer vigil
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 9, 2017 at 12:00 am On Saturday Pope Francis held a special prayer vigil in anticipation of World Youth Day and the 2018 Synod of Bishops, telling youth that they are ...
Pennsylvania priest charged for embezzling half a million dollars for fancy meals, gambling and shows
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 9, 2017 at 12:00 am A Philadelphia monsignor is being charged with embezzling more than half a million dollars from the priests' home where he served as rector, and ...
Christians rejoice as pro-life judge Neil Gorsuch is confirmed into the U.S. Supreme Court opening
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 9, 2017 at 12:00 am Pro-life and religious freedom advocates cheered the Senate's confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch on Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court, filling an ...
Pope Francis' touching Palm Sunday homily
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 9, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis delivered a special Palm Sunday homily at St. Peter's Square.
Pope Francis share special Palm Sunday message during Holy Week - '[F]ollow Jesus faithfully, not in words but in deeds'
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 9, 2017 at 12:00 am On Palm Sunday Pope Francis said that as Holy Week begins, we should contemplate not only the glory with which Jesus is recognized as king as he ...
Pope Francis reacts - Coptic church bombing on Palm Sunday kills 21 and injures 50 more
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 9, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis had much to share with the world on Palm Sunday.
Meet Mother Maria: She came to the US as a housekeeper, but God had a different plan
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm "Chicago's second Cabrini" remembered for her prayer life and her funny bone.Born in Ramygala, Lithuania, in 1880, Casimira Kaupas did not hear the call to religious life until...
Rachel’s Contrition, Chapter 42
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Mother and child reunions, everywhere you look, with all the pain and hope for mercy you'd expect.Continued from Chapter 41… Rachel’s Contrition CHAPTER FORTY-TWO Join the...
Did you know the state of Florida was named for Palm Sunday?
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León named the land after arriving there on this important Catholic feast day.In 1493, Christopher Columbus set sail to return to the New World, and...
Blessing your Easter bread: A little-known tradition worth starting
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Why not take a basket of bread, ham, and vegetables to church with you this year? The first encounter I had with Easter bread was several years ago when I was invited to an Easter...
San Francisco’s Old Skool Café serves more than great food
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm At-risk youth run the restaurant and get a second chance at success.Founded five years ago in one of the most economically disadvantaged neighborhood of San Francisco, Old Skool...
St. Juniper Serra’s Camino: A fast take with author Stephen Binz
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Can't make the Camino in Spain? How about the beautiful one in California?Not everyone is lucky enough to walk the Camino de Santiago through Spain, but did you know America has a...
Life Hacker
The Curt Jester - Apr 8, 2017 at 6:58 pm “Give Us Your Questions for Planned Parenthood” an article from lifehacker.com. Lifehacker is a general tech blog with so-called life hacks.
Well Planned Parenthood literally is...
Saint Julie Billiart, Virgin
Regina Magazine - Apr 8, 2017 at 6:50 pm April 8 Today is the feast day of Saint Julie Billiart. Ora pro nobis. Saint Julie Billiart (1751-1816) , was a visionary and virgin of the Church. Born to wealthy farmers in...
Bishops seek input from youth ahead of 2018 synod
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 8, 2017 at 5:09 pm Vatican City, Apr 8, 2017 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An international conference this week in Rome is seeking feedback from young people on the upcoming 2018 Synod of Bishops,...
Passiontide Photopost 2017 (Part 4)
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 8, 2017 at 3:52 pm We finally come to the conclusion of our four-part series of churches with veils for Passiontide, which as I mentioned earlier, is the biggest response we have ever had to any...
ASK FATHER: Regular genuflections and… shoes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 8, 2017 at 2:46 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
All my previous shoes I used during the liturgy [?] died from the same plague. The sole of the right shoe is broken, presumably, due to regular...
"Let Us Make This Week Holy"
Whispers in the Loggia - Apr 8, 2017 at 2:43 pm And so, Church, we've come to that time again – the Week it's all about.... But for as much as we call these next seven days "Holy," the degree they really are is the choice and...
Papal Preacher’s 5th Lent Sermon was about the Protestant Reformation
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 8, 2017 at 2:32 pm FYI…
Via CWN:
Papal preacher devotes Lenten sermon to Protestant Reformation
Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the Capuchin Franciscan friar who has served as preacher to the papal...
St Ann Choir Holy Week Schedule, Palo Alto, California
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 8, 2017 at 2:20 pm As always, the St Ann Choir will be singing Gregorian chant and the finest of Renaissance polyphony for the services of Holy Week and Easter Sunday, at the churches of St Thomas...
