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Yesterday, Rod Bennett and I had a jolly time…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 9, 2017 at 1:14 am …talking about the history of science fiction in the cinema, with a special focus on the greatest science fiction film of the 1950s, Forbidden Planet:
If you are feeling down…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 9, 2017 at 1:04 am John Donne has something to say to you: God hath made no decree to distinguish the seasons of His mercies; in Paradise, the fruits were ripe the first minute, and in Heaven it is...
Can we end the need for abortion? One organization aims to find out
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 9, 2017 at 1:01 am Denver, Colo., Feb 9, 2017 / 12:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Women's healthcare is reaching a new dawn in the state of Colorado, courtesy of a new Catholic Charities initiative whose...
Pope deplores anti-Semitism
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2017 at 12:11 am Pope Francis received a delegation from the Anti-Defamation League on February 9 and denounced anti-Semitism “in all its forms as completely contrary to Christian principles and...
God is Right Here: A Conversation with Levi Robin
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 9, 2017 at 12:00 am Matthew Becklo shares a conversation with the religiously alert, spiritually rich musician Levi Robin.
Humanitarian crisis in portions of eastern Ukraine
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:58 pm Amid escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, thousands have been left without electricity and water, according to Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s confederation of relief and...
Pakistan’s parliament outlaws lynching, forced conversion
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:52 pm The Pakistani parliament has passed a law outlawing lynching and forced conversions.
USCCB, CRS: action alert on human trafficking legislation
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:30 pm Catholics Confront Global Poverty, a partnership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services, has called upon Catholics to urge their...
Steve Bannon and the Seduction of the Church
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:17 pm Jesus never warned the Church to fear persecution. Indeed, he promises it. What he warns of is seduction: [D]o not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather...
Morocco: conversion from Islam should not be punished by death
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:11 pm Retracting a 2012 ruling, Morocco’s High Religious Committee has ruled that persons who convert from Islam should no longer be punished by death by religious decree.
Learning To Accept Help From Others
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:04 pm Back in 2006, shortly after I came into the Catholic Church, a friend and fellow parishioner shared an observation with me after Mass one morning which had a profound effect on me...
Relying on your GPS might be messing with your sense of direction
Aleteia - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Just as writing completely reshaped our relationship with language, memory and speech, the digital tools we now use on a daily basis are transforming the way in which we interact...
5 Great bedtime books for Catholic kids
Aleteia - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Next to bedtime prayers, bedtime reading is the one thing our kids make sure we never skip. With a bookshelf so packed with children’s books it’s nearly ready to buckle, we’ve...
How to protect your library, medieval style
Aleteia - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Before the invention of the printing press, owning a book was a big deal. In fact, making a book — just a single one — could take years, and it was a craft only learned monks were...
Blessed Alojzje Stepinac, a hero to stir the hearts of the most complacent Christians
Aleteia - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm The annals of Catholic history are filled with saints who took a stand against king and country in defense of truth. Countless martyrs have gone singing to their deaths rather...
A prayer to ask for protection for your son
Aleteia - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm When I think of mothers, my thoughts turn automatically to the story of a woman of the Old Testament named Jochebed. She was the mother of Moses, whom God raised up to deliver...
How a brush with death anchored this marriage
Aleteia - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Ahead of World Marriage Day, which is celebrated on the second Sunday of every February, we have a story from Singapore. Julian and Eunice Tan, who have been married for 13 years...
“So, what are you reading, Zeger Polhuijs?”
Aleteia - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm [Aleteia loves books but recognizes that a world busy with social media doesn’t afford many prompts to that old conversation-starter, “Read any good books lately?” So, we’re...
The annual Catholic appeal: Is it “crass and tacky”?
Aleteia - Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Katrina I absolutely hate this time of year. I call it the Lenten Shakedown because you know Lent is coming when they roll down the video screens in church and play the annual...
