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Denver archdiocese issues caution on blogger’s ‘visions’
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:08 am The Denver archdiocese has issued a new caution about the work of a blogger who claims to receive messages from the Virgin Mary.
Couple seeks to give Hispanic couples preparing for marriage a good foundation
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:06 am GREEN BAY — Abril and Manuel Sosa enjoy many leadership roles at St. Willebrord Parish, where they have been members for about 16 years. They team up to teach the Rite of...
On the air with the august and magisterial Deacon Steven Greydanus today…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 17, 2017 at 11:02 am …talking about all manner of yin and yang on Connecting the Dots, live at 5 PM Eastern. Give us a call at 1-573-4BREAD4!
Holy Cross priest encourages teens to use cell phones for good
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:58 am APPLETON — The students filling Xavier High School’s auditorium seemed wary when the priest told them to take out their cell phones and wave them in the air. But Holy Cross Fr....
Bishop Ricken celebrates White Mass Feb. 26
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:56 am GREEN BAY — A weekend of spiritual and intellectual nourishment is in store for health care professionals Feb. 25 and 26.
Events kick off Saturday, Feb. 25, with a noon Mass at St...
Judge Tells Heroin Addict She Can’t Have More Babies After 4th Child Taken From Her Due to Neglect
LifeNews.com - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:48 am A Rochester, New York judge recently issued a controversial order that a drug-addicted mother not get pregnant again, the Democrat and Chronicle reports.
Family Court Judge...
Catholic-friendly comedian Gaffigan to take main stage at the Minnesota State Fair
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:40 am Gaffigan, a Catholic who occasionally uses his faith tastefully in his comedy routines, will perform at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand 8 p.m. Aug. 26. He is known for his...
Aquinas is the Reason Catholicism Does Not Have a ‘Radical Islam’ Problem
Big C Catholics - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:37 am Tradition holds that the medieval saint Thomas Aquinas levitated and had visions of our Lord. He was greatly concerned with explaining the mind of God, and he continues to matter...
Michael Novak – R.I.P.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:35 am I learned this from Acton Institute’s PowerBlog:
Theologian, public intellectual, and close friend of the Acton Institute, Michael J. Novak Jr., passed away last night on February...
Cardinal Burke urges massive U.S. crowd to defend faith amid Church confusion
LifeSiteNews - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:33 am Organizers were overwhelmed by the response to the Defense of the Faith lecture in the Kansas City area.
How on earth can I have a personal relationship with Jesus?
CatholicMom.com - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:30 am Recently, someone close to me asked “what is a personal relationship with Jesus?” after their first session of the Catholic Alpha course. I think it can be quite a foreign concept...
Integration key to quelling fear of migrants, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:20 am Vatican City, Feb 17, 2017 / 10:20 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Friday Pope Francis paid a visit to Rome's "Roma Tre" university,
stressing to students the importance of dialogue,...
Theologian opponent of ‘Humanae vitae’ reveals himself as an “active homosexual
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 17, 2017 at 10:06 am Imagine how shocked I am at this news.
From Catholic Culture:
Theologians’ conflicts of interest
Gregory Baum, one of the influential theologians who led the charge against...
Michael Novak, influential Catholic author and teacher, dead at 83
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 17, 2017 at 9:55 am Michael Novak, the American Catholic author, teacher, and political figure, on February 17 at the age of 83 after a battle with cancer.
Counteract vitriol by toning it down, talking less, listening more, pope says
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 17, 2017 at 9:49 am ROME — Addressing the fear of immigrants, dissatisfaction with a “fluid economy” and the impatience and vitriol seen in politics and society, Pope Francis told Rome university...
17 Feb 1600: Giordano Bruno burned at the stake
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 17, 2017 at 9:43 am Last night I watched a segment of The Hollow Crown. Series 1 (Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V) US HERE – Series 1 UK HERE – Series 2 (Henry VI Part 1, Henry...
Welcome cultural changes, diversity, Pope urges Roman university students
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 17, 2017 at 9:40 am “Migrations are not a danger, but a challenge to grow,” Pope Francis said in a February 17 meeting with students at Roma Tre University.
Cardinal Müller: bishops should not give ‘contradictory interpretations’ of doctrine
Catholic Herald - Feb 17, 2017 at 9:38 am Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the Vatican’s doctrinal chief, has said that local bishops cannot reinterpet Church teaching subjectively.
In an interview with the German magazine...
France bans pro-life websites that do not ‘openly state’ they are pro-life
Catholic Herald - Feb 17, 2017 at 9:32 am A law has been passed in France banning pro-life websites which attempt to dissuade women from having abortions without making clear they are pro-life.
The law was passed by the...