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Daily Catholic Quote — from Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, SJ
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:02 pm “God is not waiting around to get even with people for things that they have done fifteen years before. God is gentle and humble of heart; unconditionally good and loving....
Encountering the Word — Hebrews 3:12-14
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one...
Haven’t read Moby Dick? Now you can hear Stephen Fry, Tilda Swinton and more reading it to you
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm Care to listen to the former British Prime Minister Dave Cameron reading a chapter from Moby Dick? Now, thanks to the Plymouth University, you can. The university’s project made...
The Gorsuch sausage in the making
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm Just as people who like sausage shouldn’t visit a sausage factory, so people who stand in awe of the United States Senate shouldn’t get too close to the confirmation fight over...
How to love Lent when Lent terrifies you
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm “I love Lent,” a good friend once told me. “It’s my favorite liturgical season.” I think I must have looked at him like he had two heads. Who on earth actually loves Lent? For me...
An Israeli filmmaker follows the traces of the “forgotten Holocaust”: The Soviet Shoah
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm According to Boris Maftsir, an Israeli filmmaker, most narratives on the Holocaust only tell half the story: that of the destruction of the Western European Jewry. One hardly ever...
Whoever oppresses a poor woman insults her Maker (Proverbs 14:31)
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm “It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it...
New film to tell Nazi-era love story of martyr and his wife
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm Variety recently reported that Terrence Malick’s upcoming film Radegund was licensed to UGC for France at the European Film Market, releasing a first-look photo from the film...
That sinner in the mirror: How I started to understand Francis
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm [This piece is offered in order to facilitate dialogue, and Aleteia welcomes thoughtful responses and conversation in the combox below. Be advised, however, that the denigration ...
A church built on an ancient Roman temple: Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm The very name of the church, “Santa Maria Sopra Minerva” (that is, “Saint Mary above Minerva”), is the source of a common misunderstanding. It is often said that the very first...
3 Tips for avoiding family fights on the way to Mass
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm Yes, we all have the best of intentions on Sunday. We all dream of heading to church as a well-pressed family with polished shoes and rosy cheeks, all sweetly scented by the...
How an Irish priest founded “Boys Town” in Omaha, Nebraska
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm It was somewhere near Omaha, Nebraska, and the year was 1918. A young Catholic priest was walking down the dirt road near the boys’ orphanage he had recently opened. The priest...
Father honors son he lost to suicide by starting Facebook’s “Kindness Challenge”
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 pm Dylan Vassallo was a New Jersey teenager with “a soft spot for the underdog and downtrodden,” his dad Dennis Vassallo told CBS News. At the age of 17, Dylan generally put all his...
Incarnation, Minneapolis parishioners observe ‘Day Without Immigrants’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 16, 2017 at 9:21 pm Alvarez closed her business for the day in solidarity with many immigrants around the U.S. who chose not to go work or s chool to demonstrate how much immigrants contribute to...
How this couple has stayed married (and in love) for 75 years
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 16, 2017 at 9:02 pm Madrid, Spain, Feb 16, 2017 / 08:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Eulogio Martínez and Martina Abian are 100 and 95 years-old, respectively.
They were married Nov. 26, 1942, in Guadalajara...
Parents of transgender woman share their emotional journey
The Catholic Leader - Feb 16, 2017 at 7:00 pm CATHOLIC parents Teresa and Bill* discovered the unconditional love they had for their children when their son told them 17 years ago he could no longer live as a man. Six months...
How Can You Do a Better Job Counseling Women Considering Abortion? Here’s Some Tips
LifeNews.com - Feb 16, 2017 at 6:14 pm Every other Tuesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/02/17
Catholic Herald - Feb 16, 2017 at 6:01 pm The State of Palestine has opened an embassy to the Holy See.
Knights of Columbus leader Carl Anderson has presented Pope Francis with a $1.6 million donation.
Priests suspected...
Florida Supreme Court Blocks 24-Hour Waiting Period Before Babies Can be Aborted
LifeNews.com - Feb 16, 2017 at 5:45 pm In a 4-2 decision, the Florida Supreme Court blocked legislation passed and signed by pro-life Gov. Rick Scott in 2015 mandating women wait 24 hours between first visiting an...
Catholic doctor has no rights to object to administering birth control device, Norwegian court rules
LifeSiteNews - Feb 16, 2017 at 5:45 pm Family practitioner Katarzyna Jachimowicz refused to insert IUDs based on her faith.
