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Prayer For Courage: Prayer of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 23, 2017 at 4:02 pm
Dear God, give me courage, for perhaps I lack it more than anything else. I need courage before men against their threats and against ...

The new gold fever: Big Data. Your data

Aleteia - Feb 23, 2017 at 4:00 pm
We cannot look at it, but it controls what we see. It cannot be touched, but it certainly has to do with whatever comes into our hands. We cannot listen to it, but it does...

Midshipman answers the call at Kenrick-Glennon

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:55 pm
By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @legacyCatholic With an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, Andrew Hunt...

UK Cardinal defends Amoris, pope’s ‘patience and reserve’ in not answering dubia

LifeSiteNews - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:49 pm
Cardinal Vincent Nichols appears to have changed his position on Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried.

Why local media coverage of West Virginia's Bible bill is far from being 'almost heaven'

GetReligion - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:45 pm
There's faith-related news, apparently, in West Virginia, but the local media there are not paying too much attention. On Monday, Feb. 20 (don't ask me why the state legislature...

Trump Advisor Kellyanne Conway: I Can’t be a Feminist Because They Hate Men and Love Abortion

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:43 pm
Trump campaign manager and advisor Kellyanne Conway told CPAC on Thursday that she does not identify as a classic feminist because of the movement’s pro-abortion, anti-male...

Some Catholics attack immigration policies, others urge new approach

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:41 pm
WASHINGTON  — Donald Trump campaigned by saying he would aggressively go after the country’s 11 million unauthorized immigrants, promising deportation forces and a border wall...

Who is that young man? He’s Bishop Ricken’s master of ceremonies

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:40 pm
ALLOUEZ — Who was that man standing next to Bishop David Ricken at Christmas Mass? He was there for that parish anniversary, too. He’s wearing a black cassock and surplice. Is he...

Race-based death sentence rejected at US Supreme Court

Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:34 pm
Washington D.C., Feb 23, 2017 / 02:34 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A death row inmate in Texas deserves a new sentencing hearing because his own lawyers called on an expert who claimed he...

Little Black Book provides Lenten inspiration

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:32 pm
ALLOUEZ — Every year, Catholics look for ways to observe the 40 days of Lent. Finding inspiration for prayer (one of the three Lenten faith traditions; the other two are fasting...

Pope Francis to Jewish Rabbis: “God is the greatest and most faithful covenantal partner”

Aleteia - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:27 pm
VATICAN CITY — This morning Pope Francis received in private audience his long-time friend from Argentina, Rabbi Abraham Skorka, along with a delegation of Jewish leaders, who...

Sacrament of reconciliation: The Throne of Mercy

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:25 pm
I am delighted that The Compass is dedicating a special series to the sacrament of reconciliation; especially as we look to the Season of Lent scheduled to begin on Ash Wednesday...

Abortion Ship Heads to Pro-Life Guatemala to Illegally Give Women Free Abortions

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:23 pm
A Dutch abortion boat sailed to Central America again this week to skirt pro-life laws by offering abortions on international waters. The boat, run by the pro-abortion group Women...

He follows in Francis of Assisi’s footsteps

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:22 pm
WEYAUWEGA — Pat Shaw sees the “Prayer of St. Francis” as his guide for living. Everything he does may be traced to the words of that prayer by St. Francis of Assisi. “I kind of...

Grave vs. mortal sin: a key distinction lost in the Amoris Laetitia debate

LifeSiteNews - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:21 pm
A large part of the confusion and obfuscation comes down to confusing these two concepts.

The Teaching Mass: To know the Mass is to love it

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:18 pm
Serving in Chicago, local clerics enjoyed a story from a big, suburban parish: The pastor, coming up the aisle during the Entrance Song, was “futzing” with the cordless microphone...

The Mass has it origins in Jewish Passover

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:13 pm
Life can be summarized as an exciting journey from earth to heaven. As one priest put it, “Have no fear; you are not wandering along some lost and uncertain path. Beyond our...

Stations of the Cross: A look at seven parish stations

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:09 pm
ALLOUEZ — This week The Compass begins a seven-part Lenten series on local Stations of the Cross. We asked readers to nominate a parish or religious institution with interesting,...

The Stations of the Cross: A thoroughly Catholic devotion

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:04 pm
The Stations of the Cross, one of our most beloved devotions, chronicles the last few hours of the life of Jesus Christ and is a way for the faithful to literally walk with the...

Lenten/Easter Wish List connects generous donors to local organizations

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 3:01 pm
GREEN BAY — It’s time for The Compass’ annual Lenten/Easter Wish List. Since 1993, readers of Compass paper have donated items and cash to the various groups on this list. The...
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