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Islamic State shows off strength in Egypt
Catholic Herald - Feb 28, 2017 at 5:20 am In the past three days, Islamic State militants in Egypt’s volatile northern Sinai region abducted four men accused of collaborating with the government, three of them during a...
The pontificate summarized
Rorate Coeli - Feb 28, 2017 at 5:08 am Conservative and traditional-minded Catholics were heavily criticized for the anonymous posters spread around Rome a few weeks ago with not a single mistake: both content and...
Michigan priest sues SNAP for defamation
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 28, 2017 at 5:03 am The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has been hit with a new lawsuit, by a Michigan priest who charges that the group defamed and libeled him.
Pontifical Academy for Life, emptied of members, delays annual assembly
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 28, 2017 at 4:54 am The Pontifical Academy for Life has postponed its annual assembly, because at the moment the Academy has no members other than the new president, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.
In interview with homeless magazine, Pope stresses acceptance of refugees
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 28, 2017 at 4:49 am Pope Francis has given a new interview, to an Italian magazine put out by homeless people.
Medjugorje bishop: reported apparitions are ‘not credible’
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 28, 2017 at 4:44 am Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar-Duvno, in whose diocese Medjugorje is located, has issued a public statement repeating his insistence that “there have been no apparitions of Our Lady...
Archbishop condemns recent spate of vandalism at Jewish cemeteries
Catholic Herald - Feb 28, 2017 at 4:11 am Responding to the destruction of some 100 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, Archbishop Charles Chaput deplored the “senseless acts of mass vandalism.”
The...
How assisted suicide discriminates against the poor and disabled
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 28, 2017 at 4:01 am Washington D.C., Feb 28, 2017 / 04:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
While physician-assisted suicide is promoted as empowering terminally-ill patients, it could result in the poor being...
Care for cohabiting couples in order to promote marriage, says Pope
Catholic Herald - Feb 28, 2017 at 3:40 am Reaching out to and guiding couples in cohabitation with tenderness and compassion is essential to promoting and defending the sanctity of marriage, Pope Francis said.
Couples who...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 28, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Feb 28, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Mark 10:28-31
You can’t outdo the Lord in generosity.
Maybe we don’t always see it. Maybe we’re in a time of great struggle and difficulty. Maybe we’re bogged...
Bishops’ committee chairmen applaud Trump’s transgender directive
Catholic Herald - Feb 28, 2017 at 2:32 am The chairmen of two US bishops’ committees have praised President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Obama administration’s directive on transgender access to bathrooms.
The guidance,...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/02/17
Catholic Herald - Feb 28, 2017 at 2:30 am All the Sistine Chapel’s frescoes have been photographed for the first time since 1994 to aid future restoration work.
US bishops have condemned a recent spate of anti-Semitic...
The Judiciary’s Lawless Overreaction to Trump’s Executive Order
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 28, 2017 at 2:10 am
The imperial American judiciary has struck again. This time it has taken upon itself the prerogative to enter a domain that historically it shied away from: national security. A...
South Sudanese bishops call for food aid, peace negotiations
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 28, 2017 at 2:02 am Juba, South Sudan, Feb 28, 2017 / 02:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The bishops of South Sudan issued a call last Thursday for dialogue between the warring factions in the country, and...
Throwing Stones: Everyone’s Favorite Fallacy
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 28, 2017 at 2:00 am
Classical education required students, before anything else, to learn the basic building blocks of thought. In the ancient trivium, students learned grammar, logic, and rhetoric...
U.S. Bishops Chair On Migration Responds…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 28, 2017 at 1:57 am …to DHS Memoranda On Immigration Enforcement And Border Security
Bishop Robert Barron on Biblical Religion
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 28, 2017 at 1:50 am Anybody who can make Leviticus engaging has my enthusiastic support:
EU bishops’ commission issues social justice recommendations
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 28, 2017 at 1:14 am Commemorating the UN’s World Day of Social Justice, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) has issued six recommendations to help combat...
South Sudanese bishops call for food aid, peace negotiations
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 28, 2017 at 1:02 am Juba, South Sudan, Feb 28, 2017 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The bishops of South Sudan issued a call last Thursday for dialogue between the warring factions in the country, and...
The Bishops vs. Some Guy with a Keyboard re: the Orans Prayer during the Our Father
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 28, 2017 at 1:00 am Some guy with a keyboard running some site called Catholic365.com barks this order at the faithful: The Faithful are NOT to use the Orans posture during the Our Father Mhm. Except...
