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2 vows everyone needs to make for Lent: complaining less & not being a jerk
Aleteia - Mar 28, 2017 at 8:00 am Fr. James Martin gives his tips for being kinder and more grateful, even when you don't feel like it. James Martin, SJ, is best known as a Jesuit priest, as editor at large of...
Paris will get its first permanent fashion museum
Aleteia - Mar 28, 2017 at 8:00 am A space dedicated to the history of fashion, to be financed by Chanel.France has been the cradle of the most iconic fashion designers: Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, Yves Saint...
Russia gives 18+ rating to Power Rangers movie with lesbian character
LifeSiteNews - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:53 am Legislators were bothered by the LGBTQ content.
Are jihadists really turning to Christianity?
Catholic Herald - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:50 am Is there a widescale movement of conversions to Christianity amongst Muslims? There seems to be evidence that there is; but at the same time we must be cautious in evaluating such...
Bishops in Democratic Republic of Congo withdraw from peace talks
Catholic Herald - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:41 am The bishops’ conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo has withdrawn from its role as mediator in peace talks between the government and opposition.
The decision was made...
Egypt, the Coptic Orthodox Pope: no to alarmism on anti-Christian violence
Vatican Insider - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:30 am The stories of violence against Christians recorded in North Sinai represent exceptions, in a Country where already the Holy Family, who escaped Herod, came to seek refuge and...
Friendship in the Crowd
CatholicMom.com - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:30 am
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The fact that Earth’s population totals about 7.125 billion freaks me out some days. If I start thinking about all the suffering, challenges...
A week or so ago, I started a series on the Duties of a Christian Citzen for Catholic Weekly
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:28 am You can see the first part here if you missed it. Here is the second part. And here is the third.
Pope: 'to have faith is to live our lives with joy'
News.va - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday encouraged Christians to get on with things, living life with joy.
Speaking during the homily during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, he...
Pope sends message to UN conference on nuclear weapons
News.va - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message to the “United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their...
Catholic on campus: How college students can stay true to their faith
Aleteia - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:00 am Kathryn Jean Lopez interviews author of 'How I Stayed Catholic at Harvard'“If you trade Christ for anything, whether it be success or popularity or thirty pieces of silver, you...
How the Study of History and Literature Directs Us To the Liturgy...Or At Least It Ought To
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 28, 2017 at 7:00 am I recently heard a lecture as part of a series entitled The Bible and the Liturgy, given by Fr Sebastian Carnazzo, one of a series of in which he explains how the Bible is...
Pope Francis' activities for Holy Week and Easter
News.va - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:55 am (Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Tuesday released details of the celebrations that Pope Francis will preside over for Holy Week and Easter.
A note from the liturgical office said...
Marie Collins thanks members of Vatican commission on abuse for support
Catholic Herald - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:44 am Marie Collins, the abuse survivor who recently resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, has thanked members of the commission for supporting her....
Another Mexican priest killed
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:40 am A Catholic priest was killed on March 26 in El Nayar, in the western state of Nayarit in Mexico.
Catholics are bringing health care to one of the world's poorest countries
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:37 am Port au Prince, Haiti, Mar 28, 2017 / 05:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholics are banding together to bring life-saving health care to rural areas in one of the poorest countries in...
Catholics are bringing health care to one of the world's poorest countries
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:37 am Port au Prince, Haiti, Mar 28, 2017 / 06:37 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Catholics are banding together to bring life-saving health care to rural areas in one of the poorest countries in...
Mexican bishop under fire after charging corruption in local state government
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:33 am A Mexican bishop is facing heavy criticism from local politicians after he charged that the administration of his state was riddled with corruption.
“Even if you’re paralyzed, do not be afraid; go ahead with your ‘wheel-chair”
Vatican Insider - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:28 am Get on with things, live your life with joy. Avoid complaining and do not let yourself be paralyzed by the ugly sin of sloth. “Even if you’re paralyzed, go ahead with your ‘wheel-...
Cardinal Vingt-Trois of Paris sidelined by Guillain-Barre syndrome
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:26 am Cardinal André Vingt-Trois of Paris will be unable to preside at Holy Week and Easter ceremonies, becaue he is suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome, the archdiocese has...
