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Little girl born with rare brain disorder defies doctors expectations
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2017 at 11:00 pm When they married, Joyce and Andrew Bodoh were like many young couples — life was good and they looked forward to starting a family. After trying for a while, they conceived, but...
Caine’s Arcade is the hot spot for children of all ages
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2017 at 11:00 pm We hadn’t seen an arcade outside of Dave and Buster’s since the early 2000s, but a few years ago 9-year-old Caine brought them back with all the style of a child’s imagination....
New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral drills 2200 feet underground for green energy
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2017 at 11:00 pm Between Election Day and Inauguration Day, much attention in New York City had been given to the soaring heights of Trump Tower, whose chief resident was welcoming high-profile...
A tale of Mass murder and homicide
Rorate Coeli - Feb 26, 2017 at 10:41 pm On 18 February 1916 a Catholic priest was executed by the state of New York at the Sing Sing prison, the only priest in America to receive the death penalty for a crime. The New...
Manifest a ‘poor Church with and for the poor,’ Pope tells French bishops’ delegation
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 26, 2017 at 10:39 pm Pope Francis received 29 members of the French bishops’ Catholic Delegation for Cooperation on February 25 and thanked them for making “visible a poor Church with and for the poor...
Benedictine monk preserves Christian history
Communio - Feb 26, 2017 at 7:17 pm The word “rescue” doesn’t always connect in people’s monks with the life and work of a Benedictine monk, but when you read a recent article in The Atlantic, you will have a new...
Amid Prayers For "Teddy Bear," Nashville Is Impeded
Whispers in the Loggia - Feb 26, 2017 at 6:52 pm Eleven years ago this week, at his ordination to the helm of his hometown church, these pages dubbed the Eleventh Bishop of Nashville a "mitred teddy bear."On getting to know...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/02/17
Catholic Herald - Feb 26, 2017 at 6:01 pm It is vital to experience God as Father “in this age of orphanhood”, the Pope said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video).
More Coptic Christians are fleeing Sinai in fear...
Was Going to Mass Worth Getting Sick?
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Feb 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm After I blogged about missing Mass last weekend, I emailed one of our favorite local priests about what I could do regarding my terrible no-Mass streak. His advice was simple:...
Saint Alexander of Alexandria, Bishop
Regina Magazine - Feb 26, 2017 at 5:06 pm February 26 Today is the feast day of Saint Alexander. Ora pro nobis. St. Alexander, the successor of St. Achillas in the see of Alexandria, is chiefly celebrated for the...
“Let’s get rid of prejudices and walk together”
Vatican Insider - Feb 26, 2017 at 5:02 pm In the past, we looked at each other “with suspicion and hostility”, today “we recognize ourselves as we truly are: brothers and sisters in Christ.” And as such - as “friends and...
Saint Porphyry, Bishop
Regina Magazine - Feb 26, 2017 at 4:48 pm February 26 Today is the feast day of Saint Porphyry. Ora pro nobis. Saint Porphyry (Porphyrius) was born at Thessalonica about 347. After five years in the Egyptian desert of...
Is the Benedict Option the only option?
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 26, 2017 at 4:46 pm Denver, Colo., Feb 26, 2017 / 03:46 pm (CNA).- When Josh and Laura Martin, both converts to the faith, moved their growing family of six from the city of Dallas, Texas to the...
The Pope will go to South Sudan together with the Anglican Primate Welby
Vatican Insider - Feb 26, 2017 at 3:55 pm A one day journey to South Sudan, without spending the night in the country ravaged by war. An ecumenical journey similar to the one where Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch of...
Brick By Brick: Another parish goes ‘ad orientem’!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 26, 2017 at 3:04 pm I had a note from a reader about excellent news from Star Of The Sea parish in San Francisco.
Firstly, as always, thank you for your blog! You are my first bookmark under my...
Lenten Prayer: Prayer of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 26, 2017 at 3:02 pm Almighty and Everlasting God,
You have given the human race
Jesus Christ our Savior as a model of humility.
He fulfilled Your Will by ...
St. Leander of Seville: Saint of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 26, 2017 at 3:02 pm St. Leander of Seville, Bishop (Feast - February 27th) Leander was born at Cartagena, Spain, of Severianus and Theodora, illustrious for their ...
Daily Readings for Monday, February 27, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 26, 2017 at 3:02 pm Reading 1: Ecclesiasticus / Sirach 17:19-27, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 32:1-2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 32:5-7, Gospel: Mark 10:17-27
Sharing the Word for February 27, 2017 – Eighth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Franciscan Media - Feb 26, 2017 at 3:00 pm Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
February 27, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Sirach 17:20-24
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Comment on Some Catholics attack immigration policies, others urge new approach by Stinky Lebinowitz
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 26, 2017 at 2:34 pm If I were to enter your locked home in the dark of night and do so against your will, would I be considered “an unauthorized occupant” or would you call me a criminal?
These...
