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A young reader writes about her confusion over Pope Francis
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 8, 2017 at 1:55 am She writes: I’m a teenaged Catholic who tries to follow your blog and very much respects your insight into topics. Lately I’ve been having a hard time understanding all the news...
Matt Talbot is a sweet guy
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 8, 2017 at 1:18 am …and even when he dramatically disagrees with somebody, he tries his best to be empathetic and charitable. Respect.
St Josephine Bakhita, former slave, is patron of trafficking victims
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 8, 2017 at 1:08 am Rome, Italy, Feb 8, 2017 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As human trafficking continues to be a supremely important issue during Pope Francis’ pontificate, with an estimated 20...
Pope reflects on link between Christian hope, mutual support
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 8, 2017 at 12:29 am Continuing his weekly series of catechetical addresses on Christian hope, Pope Francis devoted his February 8 general audience to hope as the “font of mutual comfort and peace.”
Ukrainian Catholic leader affirms ‘love and devotedness’ to Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 8, 2017 at 12:05 am Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has affirmed his “love and devotedness” toward Pope Francis.
Shocking extent of Church abuse revealed at Royal Commission
The Catholic Leader - Feb 8, 2017 at 12:00 am THE final hearing into the Catholic Church at the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has revealed shocking data highlighting the extent of abuse in Church institutions...
St. Josephine Bakhita and the Door to Holiness
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 8, 2017 at 12:00 am Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, the patron saint of Sudan and a powerful intercessor on behalf of the persecuted Sudanese Christians. Rozann Lee...
Hungarian government gives grant to Russian churches
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:46 pm Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary has granted funds to the nation’s Russian Orthodox diocese to complete the reconstruction of the cathedral in Budapest, which was badly...
Rock Star Bono of U2 Explains Why Jesus Had to Have Been God
ChurchPOP - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:39 pm “I think it’s the defining question for a Christian: who was Christ?” Bono is the lead singer of U2, one of the most successful
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Fight corruption, Romanian Orthodox Church urges
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:26 pm Some 600,000 Romanians took to the streets to protest a law that would have weakened penalties for corruption. Following seven days of protests, the government repealed the...
Six Keys to fully Surrender to Christ
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:04 pm At the center of Mark’s Gospel, the Transfiguration of Christ (Mark 9:2-10) stands prominently as an encouragement along the walk from Baptism to Resurrection; a walk that must...
EU bishops’ commission reiterates position on migration
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:03 pm The EU has signed an agreement with the Libyan government to curb the flow of migrants from Libya into Europe—prompting the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European...
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Doomsday Clock
Aleteia - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm In 1947 the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock, an imaginary timepiece whose minute hand’s proximity to midnight represents the imminence of human...
Have you ever heard of the “butterfly effect” of Eucharistic adoration?
Aleteia - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm When a person adores Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, that person and his surroundings change. When a perpetual adoration chapel opens, it slowly transforms the neighborhood. This is...
How do you say goodbye to someone you love, when the heart doesn’t want to let go?
Aleteia - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm We prepare for almost everything in this life. We (try to) save money, we get insurance, buckle up, get vaccines, eat our oatmeal, apply to the best universities so we can get...
Why are the Vatican Archives “secret”?
Aleteia - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm The Vatican archives are far from being an amusement park for conspiracy theorists. In fact, they might be quite boring for the general audience: nothing too scandalous, noting...
3 Saints who may have had autism spectrum disorder
Aleteia - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects millions of individuals around the world, and more and more children and adults are being diagnosed each year. It is a condition...
What do going to Mass and going to yoga have in common?
Aleteia - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm The clothes, she says, “don’t make me feel athletic or limber or particularly beautiful — more pinched and puffy, like a sausage.” So laments a writer named Lisa Renee about...
We should be afraid — very afraid
Aleteia - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm Did the Bible get it wrong? “Fear not” says Isaiah 41:10; “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom,” say both Psalms and Proverbs. Which one is it? Unfortunately, the word...
I am the people—the mob—the crowd—the mass.
Aleteia - Feb 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm I am the people—the mob—the crowd—the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me? I am the workingman, the inventor, the maker of the world’s food...
