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Can AI develop souls? Attend Mass? The Church considers the implications
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Advancements in technology have astounded the world time and time again - so what does the Vatican say about the latest research on Artificial ...
St. David: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, March 01, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 1, 2017 at 12:00 am According to tradition, St. David was the son of King Sant of South Wales and St. Non. He was ordained a priest and later studied under St. Paulinus. ...
A Lenten Reflection on Christ in the Desert
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:04 pm “…if anyone wishes to seriously exercise the spiritual life, he had better know that the company of people that hold our own faith and worship in our own churches is a most...
Give up the Church for Lent
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm Yes, I mean that: Give up the Church for Lent. I mean it especially for those who argue about the Church on Facebook and Twitter or eagerly read through all the websites that...
Islamic groups in Egypt condemn recent killings of Christians
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm The recent spate of killing of Christians in Egypt has been met by strong condemnation from Islamic authorities in the country, and with neighborly charity. A body chaired by the...
Why saying “I’ll pray for you” isn’t enough
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm “I’ll pray for you.” Why? How? When? For how long? Can you imagine asking that of someone promising to pray for you? Can you imagine being asked those questions whenever you say “...
Rachel’s Contrition: Chapter 1
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm In memory of Durelle, Logan, Jason, and Joshua, cradled in the arms of heaven + + Rachel’s Contrition CHAPTER ONE I have to act civil when I see him. That was part of the...
A lesson from the Oscars for Ash Wednesday
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm Sunday night at the Oscars, one of the winners gave a powerful testimony about life—and, whether she realized it or not, she also offered Christians everywhere a great perspective...
How my 7-year-old’s first experience of death was deeply imbued with peace … and even joy
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm My son and I dashed off to morning Mass earlier this week with plans to hit confession afterward and have our souls tidy and nice for the beginning of Lent. We were second- and...
Kathryn Jean Lopez reveals what happened to her on a 30-day retreat
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm Back in December, just before Christmas, Kathryn Jean Lopez had announced on one of her weekly newsletters: “BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, I SHOULD BE OFFICIALLY DISCONNECTED.” It...
Here’s the shopping list of a wealthy person who lived 385 years ago
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm If you were a servant for a wealthy British family in the 17th century, what would you have on your shopping list? A recent discovery made by archeologists in Kent, England, gives...
Here’s why Catholics don’t eat meat on Fridays during Lent
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm You know you are in a Catholic town when, only during Lent, every single restaurant advertises one item on their menu: fish! I have even noticed how major fast-food chains point...
Sunday Soundbite for March 5, 2017
Franciscan Media - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm First Sunday in Lent
Cycle A
March 05, 2017
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ssleA_1.mp3
Do you recall comedian Flip Wilson’s famous phrase: “The devil...
British actor amazed at the beauty of the Winchester Bible
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm When British actor John Rhys-Davies saw the Winchester Bible in person, he marveled at its beauty. He imagined what it would be like to be a scribe — to spend your entire day,...
3 Ways to give alms during Lent
Aleteia - Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm Once, when I was a teenager, I sat down at my desk with a piece of paper and scheduled out an entire week. I planned time for exercise, studying, eating, sleeping, chores, school...
400,000 use ‘Click To Pray’ app
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 28, 2017 at 10:54 pm Some 400,000 people are using the Apostleship of Prayer’s “Click to Pray” app, according to the Vatican newspaper.
Swiss Dominican wins Thomist prize
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 28, 2017 at 10:23 pm The Bologna-based Circolo San Tommaso d’Aquino has announced that Father Gilles Emery has won its 2017 prize.
Jesuits to leave Brisbane’s Toowong parish
The Catholic Leader - Feb 28, 2017 at 9:43 pm AFTER more than 100 years in the parish, the Jesuits will withdraw from St Ignatius, Toowong, at the end of this year. It’s a decision that has been greeted in the parish by shock...
President Trump: “Obamacare is Collapsing,” We Must Repeal This “Obamacare Disaster”
LifeNews.com - Feb 28, 2017 at 8:44 pm During an address to Congress this evening, President Donald Trump called on members of Congress to repeal Obamacare. He said the pro-abortion government-run Health Care Program...
