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Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Exciting news! Once again, Bishop Barron will be offering daily email reflections throughout the season of Lent at LentReflections.com.
USCCB committee chair welcomes court decision blocking Trump executive order
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:31 pm The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration has issued a statement welcoming an appellate court ruling that halts implementation of...
Pope Francis: the Sermon on the Mount calls us to a ‘higher justice’
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:13 pm Reflecting on the day’s Gospel at Mass (Mt. 5:17-37), Pope Francis said during his February 12 Angelus address that Christ calls us to a “higher justice” beyond “formalism” in the...
Cultivating Community to Support Mothers
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:04 pm It’s Not Enough To Tell Mothers To Stop Whining And Learn To Love Motherhood, We Have To Cultivate Community To Help Them… In an article entitled How To Stop Whining And Learn To...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Teresa of Avila
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:02 pm “All things fail; but Thou, Lord of all, never failest!” (St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, Chapter XXV) The Memorial of St. Teresa of of...
Encountering the Word — Luke 3:16-17
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “John answered them all, ‘I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to...
The Francis freakout, continued
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm I think if my book came out in 2014 and 2015, it would have had a bigger market. By 2016 and 2017, it seems many critics had already written off the Holy Father and no longer...
Returning to God in the midst of ashes: Benedict XVI’s final homily as pope
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Ashes. His thumb was dipped in ashes. The burnt remains of palm fronds from the previous year’s Palm Sunday clung to his skin. And as his gently trembling thumb scrawled a cross...
6 Habits that will destroy your marriage, and how to avoid them
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm When they celebrate the sacrament of Matrimony, a bride and groom promise “till death do us part.” But a parting can certainly occur well prior to death if there isn’t an effort...
The day St. Valentine’s relics got to Ireland
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm There is little to be known about St. Valentine himself. Some traditions claim he was either a priest in Rome or the bishop of Terni, Narnia and Amelia, in Umbria, central Italy....
Annie’s gift: little girl didn’t have much time on earth, but she’s helped others live
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm When the ultrasound technician stopped making small talk and went to call a physician in to take a closer look, it was the first sign that this pregnancy was going to be different...
7 Songs for slow-dancing with your special someone
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm There is a graceful art to a slow dance that is usually reduced to couples embracing and slowly rocking back and forth on the dance floor. If dance is a pure form of emotional...
Meet “Hanno”: Pope Leo X’s elephant pet
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Annone – that is, Hanno, in its anglicized form — got to Rome in the winter of 1514. He was the first elephant to set foot in the Eternal City since the fall of the Roman empire....
How many books could you read if you gave up (just a bit) on social media?
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm It is never too late to build a reading habit. In fact, if you quit social media, chances are you’ll be able to read 200 books per year, cover to cover. At least, that’s what...
WATCH: Unique coffee shop hires employees with Down syndrome
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm It might be fair to say that the community of Wilmington, North Carolina, has a favorite place for coffee. It’s called Bitty & Beau’s and it’s run by individuals with...
In 2016, Mozart sold more records than Beyoncé
Aleteia - Feb 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm The artist who sold more albums than anyone in 2016 had no need to promote his work with an international tour. In fact, he has not given a concert himself in some 200 years (...
Pope names special Medjugorje envoy
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 12, 2017 at 10:36 pm Pope Francis has named Archbishop Henryk Hoser of Warszawa-Praga, Poland, as his special pastoral envoy for Medjugorje, the town in Bosnia-Herzegovina that has been the site of...
Son nominated dad who volunteered with Vinnies for 37 years for Order of Australia Medal
The Catholic Leader - Feb 12, 2017 at 8:00 pm THERE’S a strong bond between new Order of Australia Medal recipient Paul Finch and his son Michael. Mr Finch, 76, received the award on Australia Day for his outstanding...
Couple donates Ethiopian religious manuscripts to Catholic University
Franciscan Media - Feb 12, 2017 at 7:55 pm Aaron M. Butts, assistant professor of Semitic languages and literature at The Catholic University of America in Washington holds a possible 16th-century Ethiopic liturgical...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/02/17
Catholic Herald - Feb 12, 2017 at 6:01 pm Anyone who insults his brother “kills his brother in his heart”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video).
The Church of the Multiplication reopened on...
