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A Sinner’s Stations of the Cross
Aleteia - Mar 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm A Sinner’s Way of the Cross This Lent comes as the Church prepares for the 100th anniversary of Our Lady’s appearance at Fatima. After the Year of Mercy, it is a time to pray for...
Desperately seeking domination: “Thy kingdom come”
Aleteia - Mar 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Jesus urges us to address the Lord Most High God of Israel as Father, more particularly, as our Father. Right away, Jesus has told us something of the Gospel, the good news of the...
A fast take on ‘Arriving at Amen’ with Leah Libresco
Aleteia - Mar 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Leah Libresco, a former atheist who is now a popular and sought-after Catholic writer and speaker, responded to a selection of questions about her book, Arriving at Amen: Seven...
How a Catholic Won a Wager and Invented the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish
ChurchPOP - Mar 4, 2017 at 9:54 pm One of the longest-running and most successful sandwiches at McDonald’s is the Filet-O-Fish. But it wasn’t always on the menu. It was created
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Pope Benedict XVI on Lent
Big C Catholics - Mar 4, 2017 at 7:30 pm Let us ask the Lord that we might prepare ourselves suitably... Jesus, beloved Son of the Father, grant that we may listen to you and follow you to Calvary, to the Cross, to share...
Trump Emphasizes His Call For School Choice
The Religion Clause - Mar 4, 2017 at 6:48 pm As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, yesterday President Trump visited St. Andrew Catholic School in Orlando, Florida as part of a trip focusing on school choice. In his remarks (...
Cona: “We are called upon to help our displaced Iraqi refugees”
Vatican Insider - Mar 4, 2017 at 5:21 pm Second Counselor at the Apostolic Nunciature in Amman Monsignor Roberto Cona opened a conference titled, “Iraqi Refugees in Jordan... Challenges and Perspectives” which convened...
Why is gendercide wrong and screening for Down syndrome okay, advocates ask
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 4, 2017 at 5:09 pm London, England, Mar 4, 2017 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Is it ok to abort a baby who has been diagnosed with Down syndrome? What about if you find out the baby is a girl, and...
Caritas Jordan official hopes that Amman conference will better life of displaced Iraqis
Vatican Insider - Mar 4, 2017 at 5:07 pm In his address, Mr. Suleiman welcomed the participants in the conference which aims at discussing and coordinating efforts designed to support the forcibly displaced Iraqis who...
EU leaders will meet the Pope on the eve of Rome’s summit
Vatican Insider - Mar 4, 2017 at 5:01 pm Pope Francis will receive the EU Heads of State and Government on March 24, one day before the summit expected to be held in the Italian capital for the sixtieth anniversary of...
UPDATE Fr. Z Swag: Pope Clement XIV (Ganganelli 1769-1774) – NEW ITEMS
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 4, 2017 at 3:44 pm Here is an IMPORTANT UPDATE about the new Clement XIV (Ganganelli) swag that is now available. >>HERE<<
First, Fr. John Hunwicke of the great blog Mutual Enrichment...
St. John Joseph of the Cross: Saint of the Day for Sunday, March 05, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 4, 2017 at 3:02 pm St. John Joseph of the Cross was born about the middle of the seventeenth century in the beautiful island of Ischia, near Naples. From his childhood ...
Daily Readings for Sunday, March 05, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 4, 2017 at 3:02 pm Reading 1: Genesis 3:1-7, Reading 1: Genesis 2:7-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 51:12-17, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 51:3-6, Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11, ...
Ash Wednesday 2017 Photopost
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 4, 2017 at 2:13 pm As always, thanks to all the readers who send in photographs of their Ash Wednesday liturgies. Our headliner is definitely a first for NLM: ash-colored vestments (couleur cendrée...
Note To Our Readers: A New Site Is On The Way
Commonweal - Mar 4, 2017 at 1:32 pm We’re excited to announce that a new Commonweal website is coming. We plan to roll it out in the week ahead, and when we do you’re likely to notice what’s changed.
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VIDEO: Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2016 and 2017
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 4, 2017 at 1:06 pm Each year I very much like to attend in Rome the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage. Here is a video with moments from last year’s events along with an invitation from my old friend...
Time to work up those walkups to the Supreme Court’s big transgender moment
GetReligion - Mar 4, 2017 at 12:00 pm On March 28, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in the Gloucester County School Board case, its first encounter with the growing transgender rights movement.
Journalists, it's...
How & Why Catholics Observe the Season of Lent
Big C Catholics - Mar 4, 2017 at 11:33 am Why do we say that there are 40 days of Lent? When you count all the days from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, there are 46.A. It might be more accurate to say that there is...
Saint Casimir, Prince and Confessor
Regina Magazine - Mar 4, 2017 at 11:15 am March 4 Today is the feast day of Saint Casimir. Ora pro nobis. by Fr. Francis Xavier Weninger, 1877 The Church presents for our imitation an illustrious example of virtue and...
Pope Francis: Education is key to the renewal of sacred music
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 4, 2017 at 11:01 am Vatican City, Mar 4, 2017 / 11:25 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis said Saturday that while liturgical music has often struggled to live up to the quality and beauty the mystery...
