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As Vatican Radio ends short-wave broadcasts, others expand
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 3, 2017 at 11:15 am As Vatican Radio closes an era by ending its short-wave transmissions, other broadcasters are stepping up their involvement in the short-wave field, notes Sandro Magister of L’...
Saint Katharine Drexel — Her Wisdom in Quotations
Big C Catholics - Mar 3, 2017 at 11:13 am Saint Katharine Drexel’s love of the Eucharist and perspective on the unity of all peoples fueled her dedication to addressing social inequality among minorities. Her belief in...
Vatican workshop on ‘Twitter Diplomacy at Holy See’
News.va - Mar 3, 2017 at 11:07 am (Vatican Radio) A one-day workshop was held on Friday in the Vatican on ‘Twitter Diplomacy at the Holy See’. The event was hosted by the Vatican Secretariat for Communications (...
3rd Minnesota diocese files for bankruptcy
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 3, 2017 at 11:06 am The Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Archbishop Chaput: Pope cannot change teaching on marriage
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 3, 2017 at 11:03 am Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles Chaput has said that Pope Francis cannot contradict the teaching of St. John Paul II on marriage.
Pope Francis seeks silence, reflection on annual retreat
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 3, 2017 at 11:01 am Vatican City, Mar 3, 2017 / 11:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia leave Sunday to begin their annual five-day retreat on the spiritual exercises...
Francis' falsified footnotes: He mangles the Church Fathers, too
Rorate Coeli - Mar 3, 2017 at 10:40 am By this stage of Francis' pontificate, faithful Catholics have become all too familiar with the Pope's tendency to misquote and wrest the words of the Holy Gospel and of previous...
Family whose five kids were seized in Norway could get their case heard by European Human Rights Court
LifeSiteNews - Mar 3, 2017 at 10:39 am The country's child welfare agency may face an investigation after receiving worldwide scrutiny.
Chapel: A Word, A History, and Soothing Breath
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A Word
The word chapel developed from the Latin word cappa, meaning “cloak.” So how did we get from a garment to a building...
Saint Cunegundes, Virgin, Empress
Regina Magazine - Mar 3, 2017 at 10:15 am March 3 Today is the feast day of Saint Cunegundes, Ora pro nobis. St. Cunegundes, virgin, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. Saint Cunegundes was the daughter of Sigefried,...
Restoration of Christ’s tomb in Holy Sepulchre basilica nears completion
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 3, 2017 at 10:11 am Restoration work at the site of the empty tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre will be finished by Easter, the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land has announced.
Vatican archbishop featured in homoerotic painting he commissioned
LifeSiteNews - Mar 3, 2017 at 10:11 am Archbishop Paglia, new head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, commissioned a homosexual artist to paint a homoerotic mural in his cathedral church.
Pope to receive European Union heads of State
News.va - Mar 3, 2017 at 10:09 am (Vatican Radio) The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, said Friday that Pope Francis will hold an audience with the heads of State and government of the European...
Pope Francis seeks silence, reflection on annual retreat
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 3, 2017 at 10:01 am Vatican City, Mar 3, 2017 / 09:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia leave Sunday to begin their annual five-day retreat on the spiritual exercises...
Egypt’s al Sisi says Muslims, Christians should be seen as equal citizens
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 3, 2017 at 10:00 am Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi has said that Muslims and Christians should be identified not as a “majority” and “minority” in Arabic countries, but as equal citizens.
Vatican soccer tournament kicks off this weekend
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 3, 2017 at 9:50 am The Clericus Cup—the annual soccer tournament for priests and seminarians at the Vatican—opens this Saturday.
A Conversation on Life, Love, and the Law--with Guido Calabresi
Commonweal - Mar 3, 2017 at 9:49 am One of the most influential jurists of the past fifty years is the Hon. Guido Calabresi. I will be talking with him about his vocation, his life, and his faith on Sunday evening,...
Member quit papal abuse commission to ‘shake things up,’ says Vatican Secretary of State
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 3, 2017 at 9:43 am Speaking to reporters on March 3, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said that Marie Collins had resigned from the papal commission on sexual abuse in order to “shake things up.”
Prayers planned for Indian Salesian kidnapped last March in Yemen
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 3, 2017 at 9:38 am BANGALORE, India — The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil.
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Paris Catholic school appeases angry parents after trying to teach their kids pro-life, pro-marriage values
LifeSiteNews - Mar 3, 2017 at 9:30 am Egads! A booklet distributed to high school students offered authentic Catholic instruction on abstinence and the evils of homosexuality and abortion.
