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Daily Gospel Reflection for February 22, 2017 - Chair of St. Peter
CatholicMom.com - Feb 22, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19 – Chair of St. Peter
“You are Peter.”
Emblazoned in 6 foot letters around the cupola of St. Peter’s Basilica, these words are crucial for...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/02/17
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2017 at 3:09 am Cardinal Joseph Zen has said that he has written “many letters” to Pope Francis expressing concern at a Vatican-China deal, but “he doesn’t answer my letters”.
Vatican Cardinal...
Trump administration announces wide-ranging immigration guidelines
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2017 at 3:05 am In two memos published on February 20, the Department of Homeland Security outlined guidelines that White House officials said would enhance enforcement of immigration laws inside...
Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe ruling who later became pro-life, dies
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2017 at 2:40 am Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff ‘Jane Roe’ in the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs Wade decision legalising abortion virtually on demand, died on February 18 at an assisted-living...
The Mutation of the Religious Right
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 22, 2017 at 1:40 am It’s curious how American conservative Christianity has such a knack for becoming and doing everything it hates and fears. “The Religious Right are the people the Religious...
Sherry Antonetti on the Mystery…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 22, 2017 at 1:31 am …of Sweden and the grave super-serious unfake threat of Us.
Pope meets families of victims from deadly Bangladesh attack
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 22, 2017 at 1:24 am Vatican City, Feb 22, 2017 / 01:24 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Francis met Wednesday morning with the families of nine of the victims of a terrorist attack which took place in...
Vatican warns against misuse of Pope’s image, Holy See’s symbols
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 22, 2017 at 1:19 am The office of the Vatican’s Secretary of State has issued a statement warning against the misuse of the Pope’s image.
Pope Francis reflects on creation and hope
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 22, 2017 at 1:14 am Continuing his weekly series of catechetical addresses on Christian hope, Pope Francis devoted his February 15 general audience to a text from St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (...
Why San Diego's Bishop McElroy wants disruption in the Trump era
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 22, 2017 at 1:04 am Stockton, Calif., Feb 22, 2017 / 12:04 am (CNA).- If President Donald Trump is the candidate of “disruption,” similar disruption is needed to build a better society, Bishop Robert...
Why in the World Do Catholics Celebrate a Chair?
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 22, 2017 at 12:00 am Fr. Steve Grunow comments on the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, reflecting upon the role of St. Peter in the mission of the Church as well as the apostolic succession that...
Living Your Anointing
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:04 pm I am five years old. I’m sitting in my bedroom, pondering as I tend to do at this age. “God, I just want you to know that I am here when you need me,” I silently pray as I...
I quivered in fear of the God who was going to “make me” a nun
Aleteia - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:00 pm “Darling,” cooed the elderly stranger I occasionally saw at Eucharistic Adoration, “you will make a wonderful nun!” She gushed her proclamation, uninvited, like a prophet. I...
Memory Café offers flexibility, respite for carers in Brisbane
The Catholic Leader - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:00 pm BRISBANE’S first Memory Café runs to support people with dementia and those who care for them. “It’s a relaxing opportunity to share stories and hear solutions from other people,...
After my miscarriage, I was suddenly surrounded by the culture of death
Aleteia - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:00 pm My second son died, eight weeks after his conception. The ultrasound technician, who had to confirm my fears, was a good woman, clearly gentle and compassionate. She must have...
Love story in time of Ukrainian famine sheds light on hidden history
Aleteia - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:00 pm Moviegoers are well acquainted with the horrors of the Holocaust, having been served a rich variety of films over the years portraying the plight of European Jews in the 1930s and...
Texas couple building innovative housing community for adults with autism, like their son
Aleteia - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:00 pm In October 2015, Clay Heighten and his wife, Debra Caudy, invested $745,000 to purchase a 29-acre property in Denton County, Texas. Then they created a non-profit called 29 Acres...
“It goes by might of being such a flood”
Aleteia - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:00 pm The Flood by Robert Frost Blood has been harder to dam back than water. Just when we think we have it impounded safe Behind new barrier walls (and let it chafe!), It breaks away...
Why is there a feast day for a chair?
Aleteia - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:00 pm February 22 in the Catholic Church is officially the “Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter.” At first glance the title is a bit strange. Why do we devote an entire day in the...
Anne Frank may have left a remembrance of herself besides her diary
Aleteia - Feb 21, 2017 at 11:00 pm Anne Frank, the girl whose diary became a poignant testament to the horror of the Holocaust, may have left another artifact by which to remember her. Archeologists have discovered...
