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Aleteia’s “Saint of the Day” feature returns, and with bonus features!
Aleteia - Apr 1, 2017 at 2:56 pm You've been very patient. We hope it we are making it worth your wait...Recently, in response to many inquiries wondering about it, I promised that our Saint of the Day feature...
Hope for the world: An interview with Benedict XVI
Aleteia - Apr 1, 2017 at 2:48 pm “Truth never ages,” whereas ideologies “have their days numbered.”VATICAN CITY — As European leaders descended on Rome last week to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of...
Pope Francis greets children at centre for the blind
Catholic Herald - Apr 1, 2017 at 2:39 pm Pope Francis has returned to a practice he developed during the Year of Mercy: making a Friday afternoon visit to people in need of or deserving special care.
For the visit, he...
Why this pro-life congressman opposed the failed health care bill
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 1, 2017 at 12:57 pm Washington D.C., Apr 1, 2017 / 11:57 am (CNA).- When last week’s health care bill failed, it wasn’t just Democrats who fought it.
The GOP-led American Health Care Act drew...
Washington Post on God, food, work: What did the politician say? Does that matter anymore?
GetReligion - Apr 1, 2017 at 12:50 pm It's a question that keeps bothering me, even though I know the answer.
Why do major newspapers keep cranking up the number of opinion, analysis and commentary pieces in their...
Lazarus: Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
CatholicMom.com - Apr 1, 2017 at 12:30 pm
“Resurrection of Lazarus” By Unknown master (Georgia, 12th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Readings for April 2, 2017: Fifth Sunday of Lent
Reflection on #Sunday...
Saint Cellach of Armagh
Regina Magazine - Apr 1, 2017 at 12:08 pm April 1 Today is the feast day of Saint Cellach of Armagh. Ora pro nobis. Saint Cellach (Ceilach, Celestinus, Celsus, Keilach, Kelly) was born in 1080. He was Son of Áed mac...
The Americans with Disabilities Act is under assault in Congress
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Apr 1, 2017 at 11:50 am If you are pro-life, please pay attention. A disabled friend from my parish writes: Hey Mark! Would you mind posting about a petition to help protect the Americans with...
ASK FATHER: Does 4th Commandment apply to in-laws?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 1, 2017 at 11:32 am From a reader…
I simply cannot find the answer to this anywhere. My understanding is that my father in law and mother in law are my parents under the Catholic Church and therefore...
St. Irenaeus on the Tree of Knowledge and the Cross
Big C Catholics - Apr 1, 2017 at 11:13 am Top: Christ descends into Hell to bring His salvation to the righteous.Bottom: Adam & Eve eat of the forbidden fruit; hence Paradise is lost.The sin that was wrought through...
Vavilov’s ‘Ave Maria’ might be more beautiful than Schubert’s
Aleteia - Apr 1, 2017 at 11:00 am Anita Dufresne helps us decide with a wonderful performanceEvery year Schubert’s “Ave Maria” gets plenty of air time, especially during the holiday season. However, this...
Saint Hugh of Grenoble, Bishop
Regina Magazine - Apr 1, 2017 at 10:46 am April 1 Today is the feast day of Saint Hugh of Grenoble. Ora pro nobis. Saint Hugh was born at Châteauneuf-d'Isère, near Valence in the Dauphiné, France, to the son of a...
A ‘Celebrity” Pope
Regina Magazine - Apr 1, 2017 at 10:28 am VIEW FROM THE PEW Is Pope Francis the first ‘celebrity pope’? To what extent does the mass media influence the Vatican and the world’s perception of a Pope? Five ordinary US...
Pope Francis receives Spanish College of St Joseph students
News.va - Apr 1, 2017 at 10:06 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the students, faculty, and staff of the Pontifical Spanish College of St. Joseph on Saturday, in a special audience to mark the 125th...
Pope writes to Peru's Catholic University on its 100 year anniversary
News.va - Apr 1, 2017 at 9:23 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has encouraged teachers, students and graduates of Peru’s Catholic University to be united and “walk together” giving value to its legacy in...
BFR1020: Zombie Edition
SQPN - Podcast Network - Apr 1, 2017 at 9:15 am
The story of a black eye; Dutch Comic Con and the Holland Animation Film Festival; how a young Dutch couple ended up working in the blockbuster special effects industry; Star...
Queen Mommy [Getting Past Perfect Book Club: Chapter 1]
CatholicMom.com - Apr 1, 2017 at 9:00 am Welcome to the Getting Past Perfect Book Club! We’re reading Getting Past Perfect: How to Find Joy and Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood, by Kate Wicker.
In the middle of one...
Photopost Request: Passiontide Veils
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 1, 2017 at 8:31 am Our next major photopost will be of your churches with the Crosses, statues and paintings veiled for Passiontide; please send your photos to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org...
The Gist: Youth Ministry
CatholicMom.com - Apr 1, 2017 at 7:30 am
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Kidnapped priest in Mexico liberated
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 1, 2017 at 7:02 am Tampico, Mexico, Apr 1, 2017 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A priest in Mexico's state of Tamaulipas who had been abducted earlier this week was freed on Thursday after media...
