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Last Chance to Vote for SFDS!
Saint Louis Catholic - Apr 6, 2017 at 10:13 pm One more time, here is the link to vote for the Oratory in the championship round. Vote! Thanks!
God Save us From this Imbecile
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Apr 6, 2017 at 10:00 pm Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2012 The...
Seeking Jesus in Everyday Life – Book Review
The Curt Jester - Apr 6, 2017 at 7:47 pm As a long time fan of Julie Davis I was delighted to receive a review copy of her latest book – which is released today. Seeking Jesus in Everyday Life: Prayers and Reflections...
How to explain the loss of salvation–and more!
Jimmy Akin.org - Apr 6, 2017 at 7:32 pm In this episode of Catholic Answers Live (March 30, 2017, 1st hour), Jimmy answers the following questions:
00:12 What “polymath” and “autodidact” mean
03:35 How to respond to the...
Christian survey reveals ambivalence in Australia
The Catholic Leader - Apr 6, 2017 at 7:11 pm ABOUT a half of all Australians believe in God or a higher power, but less than one in five are regularly attending church. According to National Church Life Survey director Dr...
Beenleigh Vinnies ready to help flood victims recover
The Catholic Leader - Apr 6, 2017 at 7:00 pm THE Beenleigh Vinnies team is gearing up to provide ongoing support to families hit hard by flooding. As the brown tide of floodwaters subsides across south-east Queensland, the...
School senior’s final year ‘the best period’ of his life
The Catholic Leader - Apr 6, 2017 at 6:00 pm WHAT does it take for a senior student to confidently announce that the final year of schooling was “the best period” of their life? In Ahmad Hakimi’s case it took the welcoming...
Why Not Nuclear?
Creative Minority Report - Apr 6, 2017 at 4:47 pm So everyone is talking about whether the Republicans will push the button on the "nuclear option." First of all, the nomenclature is a bit overblown, isn't it? I mean, come on,...
Sharing the Word for April 7, 2017
Franciscan Media - Apr 6, 2017 at 4:00 pm Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
April 07, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Jeremiah 20:10-13
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Holy Week Processions in Portugal
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 6, 2017 at 3:56 pm Thanks to our friend Marco da Vinha, author of the blog Alma Bracarense, for letting us know about these videos of a traditional Holy Week procession in the little town of Óbidos...
ACTION ITEM! “Church Madness” Championship 2017 – FINAL!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 6, 2017 at 3:51 pm Your attention is urgently needed.
Last year, St. John Cantius in Chicago ascended the brackets to be Numero Uno in the Church Madness tourney.
This year we see that the last...
Grating Eggs-pectations? Omission of 'Easter' nod roils world press, British prime minister
GetReligion - Apr 6, 2017 at 3:50 pm Perhaps the greatest celebration of the Christian calendar is Easter, the commemoration of Christ's resurrection. Though not specified by that name in the Bible, the fact that...
Catholics rise in Africa and Asia, decline in Europe
Vatican Insider - Apr 6, 2017 at 3:38 pm In five years, Catholics in Asia, and especially in Africa, have grown from 15.5 per cent to 17.3 per cent of the world's total. European Catholicism declined both in relative...
Jury rules in favor of Fr. Jiang, archdiocese in lawsuit
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Apr 6, 2017 at 3:25 pm by Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2
A jury in Lincoln County took little time April 6 to find in favor of both Father Xiu Hui "Joseph" Jiang and...
Wherein Google confers a new ecclesiastical title upon His Eminence
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 6, 2017 at 3:21 pm Pewsitter can be useful in finding, quickly, what’s going on. One of my gripes, however, is that they link to googly-translated pages. Grrr.
Today, however, that produced an...
Pew study shows Christianity’s growth will be in global South
Franciscan Media - Apr 6, 2017 at 3:12 pm
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) — Most of Christianity’s future growth is likely to be in the global South, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the Christian population is...
Staying Sane in a Crazy-Making Era
Regina Magazine - Apr 6, 2017 at 2:52 pm VIEW FROM THE PEW It happens to us all. The crazy stuff coming from the Vatican. The conflicting media reports. The daily ‘fake news’. The declining parishes. The seeming...
Editorial | Thanks to our retired priests
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Apr 6, 2017 at 2:38 pm On Easter Sunday, we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in His victory over sin and death — the centerpiece of the Catholic faith.
We also pay tribute, in a...
Joyous priests, joyous retirement
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Apr 6, 2017 at 2:21 pm By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @legacyCatholic
The retirement age in America is 65 years old, which is relatively...
Saint Celestine I, Pope
Regina Magazine - Apr 6, 2017 at 1:57 pm April 6 Today is the feast day of Saint Celestine I. Ora pro nobis. Nothing is known of his early history except that he was a Roman and that his father's name was Priscus. He is...
