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California bishop praises President Trump’s travel ban
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 20, 2017 at 9:31 pm Stating that “I am not against refugees, since I was one myself,” a Chaldean Catholic bishop who ministers in California defended President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travel...
Parishes looted, abandoned in Congo
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 20, 2017 at 9:07 pm Bishop Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula of Luiza recently spoke with the Fides news agency about the “unimaginable atrocities against peaceful citizens” in the Democratic Republic of...
Pope meets with parish children, charity assistants
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 20, 2017 at 8:56 pm During his February 19 visit to a parish in suburban Rome, Pope Francis answered questions from children and spoke with Caritas assistants.
Emergency Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 20, 2017 at 8:46 pm A reader writes: Can you please ask your readers to pray for the little sister of my friend. She was hit by a 60 foot tree during the heavy rainstorm this weekend. She’s in...
St. Peter Damian Concerning True Happiness & Wisdom
Big C Catholics - Feb 20, 2017 at 6:12 pm The following commentary is excerpted from The Fifty-Eighth Treatise of Saint Peter Damian entitled: Concerning True Happiness and Wisdom, Chapter 6."And so, beloved, if you...
Surge in Vancouver drug deaths prompts Catholic response
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 20, 2017 at 5:29 pm Vancouver, Canada, Feb 20, 2017 / 04:29 pm (Aid to the Church in Need).- After hundreds of lethal drug overdoses in British Columbia in the last year, the Archbishop of Vancouver...
1 Year Later: Fr. Paul Scalia’s funeral sermon
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 20, 2017 at 5:25 pm One year ago today I watched Fr. Paul Scalia celebrate Holy Mass for the repose of his father’s soul: the funeral of late Justice Antonin Scalia. The sermon was noteworthy and I...
“Children’s Hospital” Kills Unborn Children in Abortions
LifeNews.com - Feb 20, 2017 at 5:21 pm From a marketing perspective, the name “Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital” suggests a place where women and children can go seeking healthcare and health-affirming...
Comment on Holy Cross priest encourages teens to use cell phones for good by Russ Vogel
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 20, 2017 at 5:20 pm Fr. Nate is truly an inspirational and remarkable person. He lives and speaks in a way that is relateable for all. He has a gift.
Pope Pius XI on Eucharistic Adoration
Big C Catholics - Feb 20, 2017 at 4:47 pm An earlier post included this quote from Pope Pius XI in part. Below are the Holy Father's words in their entirety. As Pius XI notes, the Eucharist abounds in grace."When Christ...
Cardinal Burke criticizes acting Knights of Malta head for ‘calumny’ against him
LifeSiteNews - Feb 20, 2017 at 4:34 pm 'To be frank, I am stunned.'
Roe v. Wade Attorney Sarah Weddington’s Shocking Answer When Asked, “Whatever Happened to Roe?”
LifeNews.com - Feb 20, 2017 at 4:03 pm February 18, 2017, Norma McCorvey passed away. Her long, hard journey on this harsh Earth behind her, she finally rests in the peace of our Lord. At last.
Norma was one of the...
Evangelicals and Jews: Religion & Politics report has a thoughtful profile on famous Orthodox leader
GetReligion - Feb 20, 2017 at 3:45 pm Some time ago, there was an opening for a religion reporter-like person to work at something new on the Washington (DC) landscape: A John C. Danforth Center on Religion and...
Life, conversion of Roe v. Wade's Norma McCorvey remembered
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 20, 2017 at 3:42 pm Washington D.C., Feb 20, 2017 / 02:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the woman at the center of the case legalizing abortion in the U.S. passed away, pro-life leaders hailed her ultimate...
Cardinal Zen on dubia: ‘Very respectful request by those bishops and Cardinals to have a clear statement’
LifeSiteNews - Feb 20, 2017 at 3:33 pm The bishop emeritus of Hong Kong supports the submission to Pope Francis asking for answers on 'Amoris Laetitia.'
Flashback: Pope’s retreat preacher speaks on Antichrist as a ‘pacifist, ecologist and ecumenist’
LifeSiteNews - Feb 20, 2017 at 3:31 pm Westen's 2007 article, given the astounding developments that have taken place since its original publication, is now read in a dramatically different light than when it was first...
Trump administration urged to do all it can to ‘care for creation’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 20, 2017 at 3:18 pm Quoting Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si'," three Catholic leaders wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Feb. 17 urging the Trump administration to do all it can to...
Andrea Mercier relishing the chance to share faith stories
The Catholic Leader - Feb 20, 2017 at 3:11 pm EVERYONE would benefit from “an Andrea Mercier” in their corner. She’s the kind of wife, mother, educator and friend whose selfless and God-filled ways are at the core of her...
How Catholic hospitals can help heal Syria – literally
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 20, 2017 at 3:08 pm Rome, Italy, Feb 20, 2017 / 02:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- There are about three million people without heath care in war-torn Syria, and the papal envoy to the country has launched a...
Overcome divisions to protect God's creation, bishops ask US government
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 20, 2017 at 3:03 pm Washington D.C., Feb 20, 2017 / 02:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The United States government has the opportunity to overcome political divisions and respond effectively to climate...
