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Memories of Michael Novak
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 20, 2017 at 2:00 am
In 1992 I read a column in Crisis by the magazine publisher who warned, “But no one should doubt that … this election is a choice between two radically opposite national...
House hearing on religious liberty in US
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 20, 2017 at 1:51 am The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice held a hearing on the state of religious liberty in America.
Pope’s tip for becoming a saint: Pray for someone who doesn’t like you
Catholic Herald - Feb 20, 2017 at 1:41 am A practical first step toward holiness — as well as for assuring peace in one’s family and in the world — is to pray for a person who has caused offence or harm, Pope Francis said...
A Conversation About Amoris Laetitia
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 20, 2017 at 1:36 am …with a friend of mine from England, published in an Aussie paper. Isn’t the intertubes amazing?
Pope Francis: praying for evildoers is ‘Christian path to holiness’
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 20, 2017 at 1:33 am Pope Francis visited Castelverde di Lunghezza, a suburb a dozen miles from the center of Rome, and made a pastoral visit to the Church of St. María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus,...
More Happy Fruit of Br. Barron’s Chat with Atheist Dave Rubin
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 20, 2017 at 1:31 am Spurring interest in the delightful Peter Kreeft.
Pope prays for victims of violence in Congo, Pakistan, Iraq
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 20, 2017 at 12:31 am Following the recitation of the Angelus on February 19, Pope Francis asked those gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai-...
Pope Francis: respond to evil with goodness, love family members who are enemies
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 20, 2017 at 12:15 am Reflecting on the day’s Gospel reading (Mt. 5:43-58), Pope Francis devoted his February 19 Angelus address to the Christian response to evil.
Pope to visit Rome’s Anglican church
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:43 pm Pope Francis will visit All Saints’ Anglican Church in Rome on February 26.
Evangelize with renewed zeal, Pope tells Marians of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:30 pm Pope Francis received members of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception on February 18 in the midst of their three-week general chapter in Rome.
“The Crown” and the Fundamental Values of Society
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:04 pm ***Spoiler Alert*** The Netflix original series The Crown, which has to do with the last months of the reign of King George VI and the first years of the reign of his daughter,...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:02 pm “For we never give more honor to Jesus than when we honor his Mother, and we honor her simply and solely to honor him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to...
Suggested Lenten reading for 2017
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm A friend told me recently that she’s been finding it difficult to get her brain in gear. “I can’t read anything longer than a Facebook post! I think all of these years online have...
Listen to Mozart’s own personal violin
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm In June 2013, Mozart’s own violin traveled all the way from its usual home, the Salzburg Mozarteum, to New York, landing into the hands of the exceptional violinist, conductor and...
A day in the life of a real Kung Fu practicing praying mantis
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm Traditionally, five different animals have been associated with Wushu — that is, Kung Fu. To be a bit more faithful to the literal translation of the Chinese expression Wu Xing,...
Is an agreement between the Holy See and China on the horizon?
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm Amidst the chiaroscuro that has marked the long and complex relationships between China and the Holy See historically, the news seemed the light at the end of the tunnel: finally...
Science says alcohol won’t help you forget. In fact, it will make you remember
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm If you drink to forget, then forget about it. Studies carried out both at the University of Texas at Austin (in 2011) and John Hopkins University in Baltimore (this year) confirm...
The humanity of rivals: When a liberal and a conservative grieved together
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm It was the moment. His life would change forever. It was late evening when the doorbell rang. Though his wife had already retired, he was sitting comfortably perusing a magazine....
Pray your kids get caught
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm It was about 9:40 in the morning when it happened. I was 10. I was the Mystery Water Man. I pushed the button on the water fountain, just as I had every morning, and pushed it...
‘Meddling priest’ to CEO: Fr Frank Brennan seeking dignity for the poorest and marginalised
The Catholic Leader - Feb 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm “THE meddling priest” is a description that still sits well with Jesuit priest, law professor and Queenslander Fr Frank Brennan. In his first week as chief executive officer of...
