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Pope: Open hearts with the Gospel message
News.va - Feb 18, 2017 at 6:43 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday received the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception who are in Rome for their General Chapter, telling them to open...
How the possible Vatican-China agreement could be problematic
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 18, 2017 at 6:02 am Washington D.C., Feb 18, 2017 / 06:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The archbishop emeritus of Hong Kong expressed serious concerns about a
possible agreement between the Vatican and China...
More state legislatures recognizing pornography is harmful
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 18, 2017 at 5:02 am Richmond, Va., Feb 18, 2017 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Virginia could become the third state to officially recognize the harmful effects of pornography.
Border bishops call for dignity regardless of ‘migration condition’
Franciscan Media - Feb 18, 2017 at 5:00 am A man in Mexicali, Mexico, touches hands with other people through the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Calexico, Calif., during a binational multidenominational celebration in 2011. (...
More state legislatures recognizing pornography is harmful
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 18, 2017 at 4:02 am Richmond, Va., Feb 18, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Virginia could become the third state to officially recognize the harmful effects of pornography.
By a vote of 82-8, the...
WDTPRS – 7th Ordinary Sunday: Spiritual, rational things pleasing to God
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 18, 2017 at 4:00 am Let us look at the Collect for the upcoming 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Novus Ordo.
Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus,
ut, semper rationabilia meditantes,
quae tibi sunt...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 18, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Feb 18, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Mark 9:2-13
Today we see Jesus transfiguring Himself before some of His apostles, on the top of Mount Tabor, showing His glory as the Second Person of the Holy...
Want to reach humanity? Be open to God's grace, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 18, 2017 at 1:52 am Vatican City, Feb 18, 2017 / 01:52 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The Christian mission today means facing new challenges with simplicity, holiness, and openness to God, Pope Francis told...
The Curious Case Of The Mysterious Disappearing Vatican “Summorum Pontificum” Link!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 18, 2017 at 12:01 am While I was writing this post HERE I came across something strange. This could be a case for TRACER BULLET!
A while back, the Vatican’s website had Benedict XVI’s document in...
Turn the Other Cheek?
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:04 pm “Love your enemies.” “Turn the other cheek.” (Matthew 5:38-40). This sounds admirable to some, but preposterous to others. The nineteenth century philosopher Friedrich...
Nobel Prize-winning agnostic scientist says “The miracles at Lourdes are inexplicable”
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm There are thousands of “inexplicable healings” reported every year at the Marian shrine in Lourdes, France, one of the most visited shrines in the world. However, only a minute...
Atheist chat with Bishop Robert Barron makes me want to read Peter Kreeft
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm Brandon Vogt is one of those tireless young converts to Catholicism who brought the fullness of his abilities and passions with him into the Church and immediately offered them as...
The Ku Klux Klan couldn’t dissuade this Brooklyn priest
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm As we continue to remember Black History Month, let us look at a white priest who, against the popular mood at the time, did all he could to fight for racial equality. Ordained a...
Religion is always political, but it can never be partisan
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone...
Priest’s unexpected recovery cited as possible miracle
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm A Glasgow priest says he believes the intercession of Venerable Margaret Sinclair, an Edinburgh nun who died in 1925, led to his survival of a near-fatal battle with cancer. “We...
Week Six: "The Hidden Power of Kindness": Ch. 4
Saints 365 - Feb 17, 2017 at 8:08 pm PHEW. I really thought I dodged a bullet with this chapter. Looking at the title, I breathed a sigh of relief. Of all the capital sins, anger is not one that I struggle with. ...
Our vocation retreats for prospective seminarians
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Feb 17, 2017 at 7:38 pm Hello and welcome!
This week I am in Rome for meetings with the Council of Cardinals and the Holy Father but, before I left, on Thursday I was able to celebrate the funeral Mass...
Bishop Schneider: Catholics are NOT called to blind obedience to the Pope
LifeSiteNews - Feb 17, 2017 at 7:29 pm 'We are not in a dictatorship. In a dictatorship, yes, we have to obey blind.'
Pope Francis encourages meeting of popular movements in California
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:12 pm Stockton, Calif., Feb 17, 2017 / 05:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Friday sent a message of encouragement to the hundreds of religious and community leaders participating...
Albany bishop takes Catholic politicians to task for protesting with Planned Parenthood supporters
LifeSiteNews - Feb 17, 2017 at 5:30 pm Bishop Edward Scharfenberger wrote that 'it is inappropriate and confusing to the faithful to hold yourself out publicly as a Catholic while also promoting abortion.'
