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New Lenten program to help with reflecting, sharing and living the Gospel
The Catholic Leader - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:11 am MARIST Brother Roger Burke’s enthusiasm for spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ is infectious. In more than 60 years as a Marist Brother he has strived to live the Gospel and...
How to Get Ready for Lent
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am We're just one day away from Lent, the penitential season when we prepare ourselves for Christ's death and resurrection. Fr. Steve Grunow offers his advice on how best to ready...
Eight heroic and devout people now on the path to canonization, including a surgeon and a father
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight ...
U.S. Bishops speak out against anti-Semitic attacks in America
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am The U.S. bishops are responding with solidarity and concern for the Jewish community, following a surge in anti-Semitic actions in recent weeks.
Why is New Orleans the Mardi Gras hub of the world?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a time of celebration! Gold, green and purple masks, beads, floats, costumes and even food mark the occasion. Every ...
Pope Francis delivers exclusive interview with homeless-run Italian Newspaper
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis gave an exclusive interview with Italian magazine , or "Sneaker."
The one reason why what you're giving up for Lent isn't enough. Make Lent great again by taking this ancient challenge!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am Are you ready for a real Lenten challenge? Pope Francis has one for you.
'We couldn't believe it' - Unresponsive baby wakes after miraculous touch
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am Stephen and Amy Smith became parents for the fourth time on December 17, 2014. Their daughter, Poppy, was born at 29-weeks-gestation and weighed only ...
5 prayers you should say this Lenten Season
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am Each and every day we are called on to become closer to God. We can answer that call with our actions and our prayers. This Lenten Season take a step ...
Mighty To Save
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am When Jesus walked the earth, he preached a message of love, compassion, mercy and peace. These characteristics were demonstrated by Jesus and, by ...
'Our Lady of Fatima is guiding our family' - Focus on Fatima this Lenten season
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 am Fatima authority Father Andrew Apostoli, of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, believes this Lenten season should be spent with an eye on Fatima.
Iraq: patriarch blessed giant cross in liberated town
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 27, 2017 at 11:48 pm Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, blessed a giant cross in Telekuf-Tesqopa, a town recently liberated from the rule of ISIS.
Anglican leader reflects on papal visit
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 27, 2017 at 11:27 pm Robert Innes, the Anglican bishop in Europe, reflected on Pope Francis’s historic February 26 visit to the Anglican church in Rome.
US missionary missing in Niger
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 27, 2017 at 11:08 pm Four months after his abduction in Niger, an American missionary remains missing.
5 Ways to reject unhealthy anger this Lent
Aleteia - Feb 27, 2017 at 11:00 pm Anger is all around us these days. The emotion of anger in itself is not a bad thing. Thomas Aquinas went so far as to say that not responding to something with anger can be a...
The keys to the Vatican’s masterpieces
Aleteia - Feb 27, 2017 at 11:00 pm Gianni Crea was born in Rome 45 years ago. Every morning, at sunrise, he walks into the room where the 2,797 keys to the Vatican Museums are stored. Some of those keys are as old...
Syrian software allows war-torn families to stay in touch with each other
Aleteia - Feb 27, 2017 at 11:00 pm Abdul Rahman Alashraf, a 27-year-young Syrian inventor, won the European Youth Award in December 2016 for his software program FreeCom, which allows for the transmission of...
Lent challenge: Get rid of 40 things in 40 days
Aleteia - Feb 27, 2017 at 11:00 pm During Lent we want to de-emphasize ourselves and emphasize our dependence on God. Almsgiving (materially sharing with those in need) is one of the three “pillars” of Lent. (The...
