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A Gospel Song for the Saved is Transformed into a Divine Mercy Hymn
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm There’s so many great men and women throughout history who have had conversions at the end of their lives! That’s how audacious and scandalous grace is. Matt Maher’s “Glory...
Scientists just unearthed the oldest fossils in the world… and they may point to life on Mars
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm A research team at the University College London has discovered microfossils in rock formations dating back to 4.3 billion years ago, when the area was an iron-rich ocean. The UK’...
“Salt of the Earth”: Is science picking up on what the Church has long believed?
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm Antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as MRSA are a growing cause of concern in healthcare. Infections are easily spread in crowded conditions, including hospitals, and so-called “...
How to live like a radical Christian
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm In these days of the rise of the “nones,” said to be the fastest growing “religious” body in the country, and with the grave worry of many Christians about living in a culture...
Rachel’s Contrition: Chapter 6
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm Continued from Chapter 5… Rachel’s Contrition CHAPTER SIX Join the discussion on Facebook! Colette holds the service at the funeral home instead of a church. It’s the same funeral...
Controversial bill about pregnancy heads to Texas Senate floor
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm Last week, on February 27, the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs unanimously passed a bill on to the full Senate that would prevent parents from suing their doctor if their...
4 Reasons to say the Rosary every day: The Fatima connection
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm This year is the 100th anniversary of the visions at Fatima. Last week I pointed out that Fatima’s “conversion of sinners” message comes, providentially, a year after the Year of...
Why the Morning Offering is a good habit for Lent
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm The Morning Offering is an ancient prayer, and an easy habit to start during these weeks leading up to Easter. A few years ago for Lent, a friend emailed me some prayers. I read...
School security guard moonlights as volunteer music teacher
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm At the Rome School of Music of the Catholic University of America, they have a slogan: “Skills for life.” It means that the techniques you learn as a musician, though they may...
The true story behind ‘The Exorcist’
Aleteia - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm The Exorcist is a true cinematic and cultural phenomenon. William Friedkin’s film has become a cult movie for those who feel called to ponder on the classic issues of good and...
OSV's top reads — March 6
OSV Daily Take - Mar 5, 2017 at 11:00 pm 1. Lent Around the World (In Focus, March 6, 2011) 2. The perfect Lenten companion (In Focus, March 5) 3. Do animals go to heaven? (News Analysis, Jan. 4, 2015) 4. Young people...
Care for the sick, Cardinal Nichols emphasizes in pastoral letter
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 5, 2017 at 10:58 pm Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has issued a pastoral letter, “Called to Serve the Sick.”
New cardinatial church
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 5, 2017 at 10:50 pm Pope Francis has issued a bull raising a Roman parish, the Church of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio, to the dignity of a cardinatial church.
Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/03/17
Catholic Herald - Mar 5, 2017 at 6:01 pm In Lent we should consult the Bible as often as we check our phones, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video).
The Holy See recorded a deficit of €12.4...
The Pope and the Curia on the bus to Spiritual Exercises
Vatican Insider - Mar 5, 2017 at 5:05 pm “Please pray for me and my staff.” Pope Francis tweeted from his account @Pontifex the day when, together with his collaborators of the Roman Curia, he travelled by bus to Ariccia...
The horror of Ukraine's forgotten famine still casts a shadow
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 5, 2017 at 5:02 pm Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar 5, 2017 / 04:02 pm (Aid to the Church in Need).- Parents forced to choose which of their children will eat dinner that day. Children watching as their parents...
Saint Piran, Abbott
Regina Magazine - Mar 5, 2017 at 4:33 pm March 5 Today is the feast day of Saint Piran. Ora pro nobis. Piran spent his younger days in South Wales, where he founded a church in Caer-Teim (Cardiff). He probably received...
Finding God Around the Table
The Catholic Foodie - Mar 5, 2017 at 4:23 pm
Do you see the common thread in these scenarios?
1) A cocktail hour before a business dinner.
2) The home-cooked meal that Mom whipped up in between the after-school pick-up line...
Saint John Joseph of the Cross, Confessor, Priest
Regina Magazine - Mar 5, 2017 at 4:19 pm March 5 Today is the feast day of Saint John Joseph of the Cross. Ora pro nobis. Saint John Joseph of the Cross was born on the feast of the Assumption in 1654, on the island of...
First Sunday in Lent
Regina Magazine - Mar 5, 2017 at 4:15 pm Today is the First Sunday in Lent. by Abbot Gueranger This Sunday, the first of the six which come during Lent, is one of the most solemn throughout the year. In common with the...
