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Maltese Bp. Scicluna: The Church’s teachings on contraception has softened

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:54 am

I provide this as motivation for your own deepening of prayer and mortifications for Holy Church and for the protection of sound bishops and priests. From Malta Today: Archbishop...

Celebrated moral philosopher: It’s OK to rape the disabled

LifeSiteNews - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:48 am

The disabled are ‘incapable of giving or withholding informed consent to sexual relations.’

I Enrolled in the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary

Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:46 am

One of my many rosaries and my crucifix from Jerusalem.Yesterday was Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati's birthday. Happy 116th, PGF! A couple of days ago I found out that the Tipi Loschi...

The “Passionale” books for Holy Week

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:41 am

Here in the Diocese of the Extraordinary Ordinary, we are getting ready for a solemn Palm Sunday and Triduum. There are many details to work out ahead of time so that the rites...

Small Business Strategies: The Importance of Networking

CatholicMom.com - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:30 am

Church leaders in Syria condemn ‘disturbing’ US air strikes

Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:27 am

Two prominent Catholic leaders in Syria have criticised the US missile strikes against their nation, wondering why they occurred before investigations into the origins of chemical...

Following Christ to Calvary

Franciscan Media - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:24 am

Station 1 Jesus Is Condemned to Death When I look at the unfair judgments endured by Jesus for our salvation, I think of the judgments I have made in my lifetime. I mistreat...

One novel captivates reader, but other fails in telling timely tale

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:18 am

At the end of the first chapter of “The Fool of New York City,” readers might be wondering, “What exactly am I reading?” because they have met a homeless man who on a cold night...

Catholic leaders in Syria criticize U.S. missile strikes

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 7, 2017 at 10:11 am

WASHINGTON The USS Porter, in the Mediterranean Sea, fires a Tomahawk missile April 7. The U.S. Defense Department said it was a part of missile strike against Syria. (CNS photo...

Notre Dame to give highest honor to Jesuit priest who supports gay ‘marriage,’ women priests

LifeSiteNews - Apr 7, 2017 at 9:39 am

Father Gregory Boyle has opened expressed opposition to Church teaching on a number of issues.

Don’t dismiss Catholic schools out of hand – I’ve seen them pass on the faith

Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2017 at 9:16 am

Our nation’s Catholic schools don’t, let us be honest here, always get the best of press. Secularists like to depict them, absurdly enough, as state-subsidised finishing schools...

Meatless Friday: Leek Pie

CatholicMom.com - Apr 7, 2017 at 9:00 am

Editor’s Note: If you love recipes for simple, delicious food, make your way over to Recipes from a Monastery Kitchen and sign up for their weekly newsletter, or “like” their...

The Case for Christ

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 7, 2017 at 8:32 am

NEW YORK — Christian apologetics, the branch of theology devoted to proving the reasonableness of belief in Jesus, is almost as old as the faith itself. Three documents in this...

Ramblin’ Men

Dominicana - Apr 7, 2017 at 8:30 am

The Allman Brothers were onto something with their lyrics, “Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man.” We are wanderers upon the earth. Why? This world is broken and, though it is filled...

Pope to wash feet of inmates at mafia ‘turncoat’ prison on Holy Thursday

Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2017 at 8:25 am

Pope Francis will wash the feet of inmates at a prison known for housing mafia turncoats on Holy Thursday. The Paliano prison, located in a huge fortress outside Rome, houses many...

Crosses come in many forms

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 7, 2017 at 8:21 am

They open her up; then close her again. The cancer has spread. There’s nothing they can do. Sentenced to death, her passion has begun. The woman is 94 years old. The doctors are...

'Via Crucis for crucified women' in solidarity with victims of sex trade

News.va - Apr 7, 2017 at 8:20 am

(Vatican Radio) Men and women of goodwill of the diocese of Rome are to walk the ‘Way of the Cross’ in solidarity with all women victims of human trafficking on Friday evening....

How will you use the branch?

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 7, 2017 at 8:19 am

The Living Rite column explores what you will see, hear, taste, touch or smell while at church this weekend. A cute story on the Internet speaks of a little boy too ill to go to...

Catholics are a crucial voice in world population debate, but do journalists know it?

GetReligion - Apr 7, 2017 at 8:15 am

Ever since President Donald Trump took office nearly three months ago, certain publications have made it nearly their full-time job to criticize every step his administration...

Papal envoy praises ‘special spiritual climate’ at Medjugorje

Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2017 at 8:02 am

Pope Francis’s envoy to Medjugorje has said “there is a special spiritual climate” in the town. Archbishop Henryk Hoser of Warsaw-Praga, Poland, who was appointed by Francis in...

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