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It’s Four Chaplains Day: Do you know who they were?
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm For some of the survivors of a World War II transport ship that sank in the North Atlantic, the last sight they had of the rabbi, Catholic priest and two Protestant ministers on...
Wendell Berry’s video-poem looks at where we agree – and why it’s a problem
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical Laudato si’ is widely thought to be a document about the dangers of climate change. But in reality, it’s so much more substantial – and radical –...
Feeling stressed out? Soothing soup might be what you need today!
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm If we spend much time with the news or social media, probably a lot of us are feeling the need to calm down right now. At least that’s the advice I’ve been giving myself. “Calm...
Oscar-worthy “Moonlight” may be problematic for Catholic audiences
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Admittedly, I was reluctant to see Moonlight, and the reason was a simple one; I don’t particularly enjoy message movies. You know the type I mean, the kind of films whose raison...
After mosque fire in Texas, Jewish community gives synagogue keys to Muslim neighbors
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm The small Jewish community of Victoria, Texas, just handed the keys to their synagogue to their neighboring Muslim worshipers, after the only mosque in town was destroyed in a...
Immigrants and refugees: What the Church teaches
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Amid the flurry of protest that greeted President Donald J. Trump’s January 27 executive order temporarily restricting immigration from certain nations, the president of the...
“So, what are you reading, Jennifer Fulwiler?”
Aleteia - Feb 2, 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...
Blessed are the winners: The uniquely American “prosperity gospel” tradition
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Last Sunday’s gospel reading from Matthew featured one of the most famous “listicles” of Christianity: the passage from the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus defines blessedness....
Join your voice with heaven now make it loud
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Join your voice with heaven now make it loud Ike, your music is a mix of soul and blues that touches your soul. Where does this rhythm come from? I don’t know…I think I’ve always...
Cardinal Nichols, Archbishop of Canterbury criticize Trump’s policies
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 2, 2017 at 10:56 pm In a joint radio appearance, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster and the head of the Church of England criticized President Donald Trump’s policies, which they both...
Mexican bishop: Trump’s economic views contradict Christian faith
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 2, 2017 at 10:24 pm Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristóbal de Las Casas said that President Donald Trump’s “cares most about business, money, and economics,” which is in “contradiction...
USCCB rues Trump’s decision to retain Obama’s LGBT executive order
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 2, 2017 at 9:57 pm The chairmen of two committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to leave in place a 2014 executive order on sexual...
New focus for frontline ethicist Fr Kevin McGovern
The Catholic Leader - Feb 2, 2017 at 8:00 pm QUEENSLAND priest and leading Christian ethicist Fr Kevin McGovern likes the Woody Allen quote: “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” At the end of June last...
Trump Vows to "Totally Destroy" the Johnson Amendment
Creative Minority Report - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:46 pm Because of LBJ's rule, many pastors have felt effectively silenced for over half a century lest they run afoul of the IRS.It's just been reported that President Donald Trump,...
They’re on to me!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:37 pm One of the growing trends on the Reactionary Right is the recourse to the Conspiracy Theory to explain things. Somebody wrote: I used to respect Mark Shea, but now I only wonder...
Anti-Semitism, an unlikely aid to Jewish survival? Plus tales of tribalism in France, Poland
GetReligion - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:30 pm Beneath the surface of polite conversation in the Jewish world there exists a disturbing (for me) school of thought that postulates the following: Anti-Semitism has not been all...
Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes 2017 | Day 2
Big C Catholics - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:00 pm February 3, 2017In The Power of One Hail Mary, it is written that, "St. Bernard and many Saints said that it was never, ever heard at any time or in any place that Mary refused to...
Tennessee County Refuses to Fund Planned Parenthood, But the Abortion Business May Sue
LifeNews.com - Feb 2, 2017 at 5:55 pm Shelby County, Tennessee is being pressured by the Tennessee Department of Health to approve a $115,000 grant to Planned Parenthood, the Memphis Daily News reports.
“The...
A new Guinness brewery will open in Maryland
Aleteia - Feb 2, 2017 at 5:50 pm Diageo, the owners of the one that might easily be the most famous –and beloved- stout in the world –that is, Guinness- recently announced they are planning to build a brewery and...
