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Jesuit general calls for new ecclesiology to promote women’s inclusion
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:15 pm Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, the superior general of the Society of Jesus, said on March 8 that “the fullness of women’s participation in the Church has not yet arrived.”
Meat: To Eat or Not To Eat
Integrated Catholic Life - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:04 pm In many dioceses next week, the bishops have chosen the waive the Friday requirement to abstain from meat in light of St. Patrick’s Day. Since St. Patrick’s Day is not a solemnity...
Daily Reflection — Blessed of My Father
Integrated Catholic Life - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:03 pm “Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you...
There is no point to samba if it doesn’t make you smile
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm There is no point to samba if it doesn’t make you smile. – Alma Guillermoprieto See more photos here.
Nike to launch athletic hijab for Muslim women
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm Nike has announced that it plans to launch a high-performance hijab for female Muslim athletes called the Nike Pro Hijab, according to the UK’s Independent. It can be a challenge...
How to pray the Stations of the Cross as if you were there
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm Nothing (except perhaps Friday fish fries) characterizes the season of Lent as much as the Stations of the Cross. But despite our familiarity with this Lenten devotion, perhaps we...
Study shows some of our best-known fairy tales may be 6,000 years old
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm A new study published in Royal Society Open Science reveals that Western fairy tales, often credited to the brothers Grimm, may actually be up to 6,000 years old. Researchers...
Nick Fabian’s “Candy” is an addicting tune
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm The medicine may make you feel good on the outside, but there is an ominous festering of gloom and dissatisfaction that lingers within. Pop music has long been trending toward the...
The healing of memories as part of the Christian journey
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. —The Liturgy of the Eucharist It seemed like a perfectly...
A powerful Lenten reflection from Blessed John Henry Newman: “Behold the Man”
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm Blessed John Henry Newman accompanied me as I entered the Lenten season. That made for a powerful entrance. And my wife, Donna, gets credit for a great assist. Donna has a keen...
I got an annulment and I am very glad I did
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm Of all the places I thought I would travel in my lifetime, never in a million years did I think one of them would be a “Catholic court” — the Roman Catholic Tribunal. Even the...
Review: ‘Kong: Skull Island’ perfects the formula of “stomp, crush, eat”
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm In one of his many revisits to the original 1933 King Kong, Roger Ebert admitted to having torn feelings on the film. He considered it a “low-rent monster movie… [which] pointed...
Catholic advocates say State of the Environment report echoes Papal encyclical Laudato Si’
The Catholic Leader - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm CATHOLIC environmental advocates say the State of the Environment report recognises the links between climate change and human activity. Sister of Mercy Wendy Flannery, the...
The most popular cities for Americans today
Aleteia - Mar 9, 2017 at 11:00 pm Can you guess the number one city that people are moving to in the United States? According to a recent study by Realtor.com reported in Forbes, it’s Tampa, Florida. Using...
Patriarch calls for redrafting of Iraqi constitution
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 9, 2017 at 10:59 pm The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, called for the construction of “a modern national, constitutional and...
NY archdiocese defends right to make hiring decisions
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 9, 2017 at 9:40 pm New York City, N.Y., Mar 9, 2017 / 08:40 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archdiocese of New York argued before a federal circuit court this week that it should have the freedom to make...
Does God Cause Physical Illnesses?–And More!
Jimmy Akin.org - Mar 9, 2017 at 8:38 pm In this episode of Catholic Answers Live (March 9, 2017, 2nd hour), Jimmy answers the following questions:
Where is the physical location of Heaven?
How to explain praying to the...
Photographer Challenges Public Accommodation Law
The Religion Clause - Mar 9, 2017 at 8:32 pm Earlier this week a suit was filed in a Wisconsin state trial court challenging Madison City Code § 39.03(5) which makes it illegal for public accommodations to deny “equal...
Tensions over new Islamic centre in Gladstone fuelled by ‘unreal fears’
The Catholic Leader - Mar 9, 2017 at 8:00 pm COMMUNITY tensions over plans to build an Islamic centre in Gladstone are fuelled by “unreal fears”, a Church expert on Christian-Muslim relations says. Sydney’s Centre for...
When St. Francis de Sales Drops Truth Bombs
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Mar 9, 2017 at 6:08 pm Before I begin, I just wanted to say that, yes, I know the last two blog posts weren't posted on the Facebook page. I went to IFTTT to fix it and this post should be posted as...
