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Welcome to the Oppression Olympics
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 31, 2017 at 5:30 am
I knew crazy things were happening on college campuses but it seems I wasn’t acutely aware how certain precincts in institutions of “higher” learning had become equal parts...
The Babel Story Is About Speaking the Truth
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 31, 2017 at 5:25 am
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves…” (Gen 11:4)
As a small child the tale of...
Did you March for life? Don't let it stop there, advocate says
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 31, 2017 at 5:02 am Washington D.C., Jan 31, 2017 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates went to the national March for
Life this past weekend, but that should only be...
Did you March for life? Don't let it stop there, advocate says
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 31, 2017 at 4:02 am Washington D.C., Jan 31, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates went to the national March for Life this past weekend, but that should only be...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 31, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Jan 31, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Mark 5:21-43 – Memorial of St. John Bosco
Jairus, one of the leaders of the synagogue, approaches and asks Jesus to heal his daughter. Jesus agrees and follows the...
Iraqi patriarch: Fast track for Christian refugees will fuel tensions
Catholic Herald - Jan 31, 2017 at 3:00 am Giving priority to Christian refugees for settlement programs would be “a trap” that discriminates and fuels religious tensions in the Middle East, said Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 31/01/17
Catholic Herald - Jan 31, 2017 at 2:23 am The Society of St Pius X is reportedly close to reconciliation with the Vatican (Fr John Zuhlsdorf).
The Filipino bishops have said they “unequivocally oppose” efforts to restore...
Star Trek TNG toy…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 31, 2017 at 1:22 am …that is literally for the next generation.
Mexican archbishop: We need to ask emigrants for forgiveness
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 31, 2017 at 1:08 am Morelia, Mexico, Jan 31, 2017 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The head of an archdiocese in the western Mexican state of Michoacan has said the country needs to seek forgiveness for...
A reader writes to admonish me
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 31, 2017 at 1:06 am Sez he: I’ve been reading your blog and other work for at least 15 years. Thank you! Like you, I live in a non-swing state, and so voted third-party in 2008, ‘12 and ’16. Even so...
Persecuting liar lies to persecute
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 31, 2017 at 1:00 am Says sanctuary cities are “hotbeds of crime” in his zeal to scapegoat. They aren’t. They are in fact safer and more prosperous. Then he will say to the goats on his left, “I was a...
Iraqi patriarch: Trump executive order harms the Middle East’s Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 31, 2017 at 12:31 am The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, said that he opposed US President Donald Trump’s decision to grant...
Trump’s Monday Night Massacre…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 31, 2017 at 12:15 am sets up biggest Constitution crisis since Watergate.
Hungary aims to be hub, support for persecuted Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 31, 2017 at 12:09 am A Hungarian government official said that the nation intends to become a hub and supporter for persecuted Christians.
Friar who lived in war-torn South Sudan returns to Brisbane after 34 years
The Catholic Leader - Jan 31, 2017 at 12:00 am HE thought he was waking up to the sound of fireworks. Fr Mario Debattista had been in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, for just one week when he woke to what he thought were...
St. John Bosco, Eli, and the Value of Spiritual Mentors
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jan 31, 2017 at 12:00 am Today the Church celebrates the Feast of St. John Bosco – a man who devoted his life to helping young people. As Fr. Michael Cummins shares, one of the greatest blessings of our...
2017 Solar Eclipse
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 30, 2017 at 11:52 pm On 21 August your planet will obscure your yellow Sun and cast a shadow across your planet’s surface. There will be a total eclipse of the Sun that will sweep across these USA.
I...
EU bishops’ commission welcomes court decision on surrogate motherhood
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2017 at 11:51 pm The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the nations of Europe may have a variety of laws relating to surrogacy—thus upholding Italy’s authority to remove a child from a...
Vatican cardinal hopes ‘no other country will follow Trump’s example’ on wall
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2017 at 11:25 pm Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, told an Italian news agency that “hopefully, no other country will follow Trump’s...
5 US cardinals speak out on President Trump’s executive orders on immigrants, refugees
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2017 at 11:05 pm At least a dozen US bishops, including five cardinals, have issued comments on aspects of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders on immigrants and refugees.
