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Massacre in Pakistan, Christians praying in Lahore
Vatican Insider - Feb 14, 2017 at 3:00 am “We are dismayed and put in God’s hands this injustice along with the lives of all the innocent dead of yesterday’s massacre. As Christians, today we will hold a solemn vigil in...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/02//17
Catholic Herald - Feb 14, 2017 at 2:33 am Church officials are sending “more than 15,000 pages of testimony and documentation” to Rome in support of Fatima visionary Sister Lúcia’s beatification.
The Russian Orthodox...
The Wisdom Of Saint Mary Of Bethany
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 14, 2017 at 2:10 am
Six days before the Passover, one day before Palm Sunday, and not long before Holy Week, Jesus came to Bethany to where Lazarus was with his siblings, Martha and Mary (John 12:1-...
What Egypt's Catholic bishops said to Pope Francis
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 14, 2017 at 2:08 am Vatican City, Feb 14, 2017 / 02:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A special invitation to visit Egypt was delivered to Pope Francis by Coptic Catholic bishops during their ad limina visit...
Frank Hennessy just keeps on ‘giving back’, even in retirement
The Catholic Leader - Feb 14, 2017 at 2:00 am WHENEVER Frank Hennessy lets people know about his jail time they can’t hide their shock. It’s totally at odds with the Frank they know – contented retiree, former Catholic...
The Ardor of Agnes
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 14, 2017 at 2:00 am
I have known only two women named Agnes in my life. One of them was my grandmother who, having died two years after I was born, I could hardly be expected to remember. But since...
Fatima nun has 15,000 pages of evidence for beatification cause
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 14, 2017 at 1:49 am Coimbra, Portugal, Feb 14, 2017 / 01:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions approaches,
Portuguese Catholic Church officials announced on...
Pope Francis: Don't preach the Gospel like it's a 'recommendation'
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 14, 2017 at 1:16 am Vatican City, Feb 14, 2017 / 01:16 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis said Tuesday that the Word of God isn't something that can be explained to people as a mere recommendation, or...
Follow up conversation with my thoughtful reader…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 14, 2017 at 1:12 am with whom I corresponded last week. He writes: Mark, thank you so much for that kind note, it has given me a lot to think about. I personally don’t see Trump as that big of a...
What Egypt's Catholic bishops said to Pope Francis
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 14, 2017 at 1:08 am Vatican City, Feb 14, 2017 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A special invitation to visit Egypt was delivered to Pope Francis by Coptic Catholic bishops during their ad limina visit...
EU bishops’ commission: ‘preemptive peacebuilding’ should complement defense efforts
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 14, 2017 at 12:33 am Representatives from the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) took part with EU and NATO representatives in a conference devoted to defense.
Christian cemetery vandalized in Tunisia
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 14, 2017 at 12:16 am A Christian cemetery has been vandalized in Sfax, a city of 330,000 in Tunisia.
Saints Cyril and Methodius: Models of Inculturation and Evangelization
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 14, 2017 at 12:00 am Some of us will buy chocolates and hearts today. Others might celebrate St. Valentine. But Fr. Damian Ference reminds us of the two saints featured on the Church's official...
Leading Russian Orthodox official speaks of Ukrainian Catholics’ ‘enmity and hatred’
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 13, 2017 at 11:46 pm The chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations delivered an address in Fribourg, Switzerland, marking the first anniversary of Pope Francis’s...
Cardinal Marx welcomes election of Germany’s new president
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 13, 2017 at 11:23 pm Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the head of the German Bishops’ Conference, welcomed the election of Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the nation’s president.
Yes, Jesus loves me…
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 13, 2017 at 11:04 pm A heavy marine layer fell like a pall over Long Beach, California, bringing colder, damper weather. I had set aside the day to visit my sister and together we were going to visit...
A Valentine’s playlist for every season of love
Aleteia - Feb 13, 2017 at 11:00 pm This is a day to celebrate love in all its moments, in all its seasons. It’s that time of year again: the inevitable loved and hated holiday Catholic feast day that occurs...
Suffering from anxiety? Start drawing this image…
Aleteia - Feb 13, 2017 at 11:00 pm In my early 60s I began taking painting classes. After about a year, a friend sent an image of a ceramic tile with a childlike Sacred Heart. She asked if I could paint something...
New study claims eldest siblings have better thinking skills
Aleteia - Feb 13, 2017 at 11:00 pm A recently published study from the University of Edinburgh has found that first-born children profit from the benefits of being the eldest sibling in at least one significant way...
