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Birthday book: Scholars offer Pope Benedict traditional German tribute
Franciscan Media - Apr 7, 2017 at 7:53 am
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Before he was elected Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger once wrote that he was grateful for being born on a day that fell during the church’s most...
20 Quotations from Saint John the Baptist de la Salle
Big C Catholics - Apr 7, 2017 at 7:48 am Saint John the Baptist de la Salle. patron of schoolteachers, was a 17th century priest who revolutionized the system of popular education by applying a totally modern pedagogy...
HIllaryGives 4 Reasons She Lost. None Were Her Fault
Creative Minority Report - Apr 7, 2017 at 7:35 am This is hilarious. In a sad pathetic drunken bitter old lady kinda way. Hillary Clinton lists the four reasons she lost to Donald Trump. None of them were her fault. Oh, and all...
Meatless Friday: Orecchiette with Ricotta and Peas
CatholicMom.com - Apr 7, 2017 at 7:30 am
This pasta dish definitely qualifies as comfort food. It’s quick to make, frugal and pantry-friendly. If you don’t have shallots, use a small onion instead and make sure it’s...
Jesuit priest to be beatified in Ireland next month
Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2017 at 7:14 am Fr John Sullivan SJ is to be beatified in Dublin on May 13, it was reported this week.
The beatification, at the Jesuits’ St Francis Xavier church in Gardiner Street, where Fr...
Four people charged in connection with kidnapped nun in Mali
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 7, 2017 at 7:14 am Bamako, Mali, Apr 7, 2017 / 06:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Four people have been arrested in Mali in connection with the February kidnapping of a nun who remains missing.
According to...
Four people charged in connection with kidnapped nun in Mali
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 7, 2017 at 7:14 am Bamako, Mali, Apr 7, 2017 / 07:14 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Four people have been arrested in Mali in connection with the February kidnapping of a nun who remains missing.
The Theology of the Mass of the Presanctified
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 7, 2017 at 7:00 am This article is the first in a projected series of four, which will discuss the theology of the Good Friday ceremony of the Missal of St Pius V, the revised version of Pope Pius...
Media need to tell the whole story on immigration, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 7, 2017 at 6:59 am Vatican City, Apr 7, 2017 / 06:59 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis said Friday that when it comes to solving the immigration
crisis, the media need to stop perpetuating negative...
Pope Francis: Stop using the word 'illegal' as a synonym for 'immigrant'
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 7, 2017 at 6:56 am Vatican City, Apr 7, 2017 / 05:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis said Friday that when it comes to solving the immigration crisis, the media need to stop perpetuating negative...
Syrian bishop sees US strikes as hasty, dangerous
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2017 at 6:32 am A Syrian bishop has criticized the American air strike on Syria, saying that it took place without an adequate investigation into the chemical-weapons attack in the Idlib province.
Mali: four arrested for nun’s kidnapping, but no news on her condition
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2017 at 6:26 am Four people have been arrested in Mali and charged with involvement in the February kidnapping of a missionary nun from Colombia.
Malta archbishop open to contraceptive use by married couples?
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2017 at 6:15 am Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta seemed to indicate a willingness to accept the use of contraception, in comments on a proposal to introduce the “morning-after pill” in Malta.
Explore causes of immigration, Pope urges media
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2017 at 6:05 am Media coverage of the immigration issue should focus on “the causes of this phenomenon,” Pope Francis said in his latest published interview.
Book Review: All In, by Pat Gohn
CatholicMom.com - Apr 7, 2017 at 6:00 am
Pat Gohn’s book, All In, Why Belonging to the Catholic Church Matters, is a wonderful blend of conversation, consolation, conversion and catechism! The author artfully walks the...
European Court Says German Church Taxes Do Not Violate Religious Freedom
The Religion Clause - Apr 7, 2017 at 6:00 am In Case of Klein and Others v. Germany, (ECHR, April 6. 2017), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that Germany's church taxes do not violate Article 9 (...
Fifth Lenten Sermon of Fr. Cantalamessa to papal household: Full text
News.va - Apr 7, 2017 at 5:32 am (Vatican Radio) The Preacher of the Papal Household, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., gave his fifth Lenten Sermon to Pope Francis on Friday morning in the Redemptoris...
What does it mean to be a 'pro-life' police officer?
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 7, 2017 at 5:02 am Washington D.C., Apr 7, 2017 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- "Ultimately, this report is about the sanctity of all human life."
Priests in Congo ‘flee to the forest’ amid wave of violence against the Church
Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2017 at 4:50 am Congo’s bishops have said Catholics are facing a new wave of violence following the collapse of a Church mediation plan, and in some places Church leaders have fled to the forest...
What Catholic leaders had to say about US missile strikes in Syria
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 7, 2017 at 4:20 am Washington D.C., Apr 7, 2017 / 04:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Melkite Archbishop of Aleppo expressed regret and disappointment at Thursday's U.S. missile strikes in Syria, saying...
