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Population alarmism stinks
Catholic Herald - Mar 9, 2017 at 6:30 am Horsesh–. That’s what came to mind when reading reports of the recent meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Pass), convened to discuss “biological extinction” last...
The heroism and romance of persecuted Catholics
Catholic Herald - Mar 9, 2017 at 6:30 am The Catholicsby Roy Hattersley, Chatto and Windus, £25
Roy Hattersley is the son of a Catholic priest, as he recounts in the opening pages of this thoroughly entertaining new book...
Seven Acts That Will Change Your Life
CatholicMom.com - Mar 9, 2017 at 6:00 am
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How many of you can relate to the feeling that with good intentions you go to sleep promising to take on tomorrow, vowing to conquer the...
Pope Francis says the Church should reflect on married priests
Catholic Herald - Mar 9, 2017 at 5:37 am Pope Francis has said the Church should reflect on whether the “Holy Spirit” is demanding married priests.
In an interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit, the Pope was asked...
Four religious Sisters killed in crash in Ethiopia
Catholic Herald - Mar 9, 2017 at 5:05 am Four Daughters of St Anne Sisters – including the provincial superior – were killed in a crash about 80 miles south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Catholic Near East Welfare...
Where it's OK to eat corned beef on St. Patrick's Day this Lent
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 9, 2017 at 5:02 am Denver, Colo., Mar 9, 2017 / 05:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- If you're an Irish Catholic (or any Catholic) living in the United States, you will need to check with your local diocese...
She grew up in the art world – now she's leading the Vatican museums
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 9, 2017 at 5:01 am Vatican City, Mar 9, 2017 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Barbara Jatta, the newest director of the Vatican museums, and the first
woman to hold the position, said that working with...
Is this the solution to Catholics' 'desperate' musical situation?
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 9, 2017 at 4:50 am Rome, Italy, Mar 9, 2017 / 04:50 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Hundreds of musicians and pastors from around the world have signed a document urging parishes and publishers should take...
Arizona State University to hold first Pregnant on Campus Week
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 9, 2017 at 4:36 am Phoenix, Ariz., Mar 9, 2017 / 04:36 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Students for Life Group at Arizona State University is planning the
nation's first Pregnant on Campus Week to offer...
Protests against gender ideology in Peru ‘drew millions’, say organisers
Catholic Herald - Mar 9, 2017 at 4:22 am The organisers of a protest against the teaching of gender ideology in Peru’s schools say that more than 1.5 million attended marches around the country.
The “Don’t Mess With My...
She grew up in the art world – now she's leading the Vatican museums
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 9, 2017 at 4:02 am Vatican City, Mar 9, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Barbara Jatta, the newest director of the Vatican museums, and the first woman to hold the position, said that working with...
Cardinal Nichols praises Maltese bishops’ guidelines on Amoris
Catholic Herald - Mar 9, 2017 at 3:57 am Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, has praised the Maltese bishops’ approach to the Pope’s apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia.
Malta’s two...
Francis on the cover of Rolling Stone. “He’s a Pop pope”
Vatican Insider - Mar 9, 2017 at 3:55 am A photo of the Pope giving his thumb up opens the issue of the Italian March edition. “He says things of such common sense that his loneliness begins to be palpable”...
Our Universities Are Incorrigibly Religious
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 9, 2017 at 3:35 am
If he could’ve seen what has happened in many American institutions in the last half-century, especially the university, Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), the famous Italian Marxist...
Daily Gospel Reflection for March 9, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Mar 9, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 7:7-12
“How do we ask for things?” I reminded my 4-year old daughter for the umpteenth time that day.
“Mommy may I please go in the backyard?” she asked...
A Lenten Meditation on an Unconventional Ash Wednesday
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 9, 2017 at 3:30 am
As I went to the local supermarket this Ash Wednesday, I was surprised by a table outside on the sidewalk with two men in clerical collars. The sign said it all: “Ashes to Go.”...
Pope Francis to Die Zeit: 'I too have moments of emptiness'
News.va - Mar 9, 2017 at 3:01 am (Vatican Radio) “I too know moments of emptiness.” In an interview for German newsweekly Die Zeit, Pope Francis spoke about the “spiritual dark moments” in his own life, times...
Of Popes and Trumpists
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 9, 2017 at 1:57 am Some reflection over at Commonweal on living in an extraordinary moment when many Catholics seriously talk as though Trump is somehow God’s Anointed and the Holy Father is some...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/03/17
Catholic Herald - Mar 9, 2017 at 1:40 am The Church must reflect on the ordination of married men, “but voluntary celibacy is not the answer”, Pope Francis has told Die Welt (John Allen, Maike Hickson).
The Church in...
