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Novena of Reparation for Roe vs. Wade and an End to Abortion 2017 | Day 2
Big C Catholics - Jan 14, 2017 at 7:12 pm January 15, 2017While legislation and public witness are important to end abortion, our most powerful weapon is prayer. From the Priests for Life website:The Catholic bishops of...
NJ Court Upholds Historic Preservation Funds To Churches In State Constitutional Challenge
The Religion Clause - Jan 14, 2017 at 6:58 pm In Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, (NJ Super., Jan 9, 2017), a New Jersey trial court upheld a county's allowing churches to be...
Presidential Proclamation Recognizing Religious Freedom Day
The Religion Clause - Jan 14, 2017 at 6:40 pm President Obama yesterday issued a Proclamation designating January 16, 2017 as Religious Freedom Day. The date is the 231st anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute...
Pope Francis at Angelus: special care for migrant children
Vatican Insider - Jan 14, 2017 at 5:14 pm Pope Francis appealed for better treatment of child-migrants on Sunday. Speaking to pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with him, the Holy...
The Church in India – a shining light for all to see
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 14, 2017 at 5:02 pm Bhubaneswar, India, Jan 14, 2017 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- India is a country of more than 1.2 billion people, with Christians accounting for only some three percent of the...
St.Augustine: "All Catholics know: Divorce is of the devil!"
Rorate Coeli - Jan 14, 2017 at 4:49 pm At this time of immense doctrinal confusion on the indissolubility of the sacred bond of Holy Matrimony, confusion started and furthered by the uppermost echelon of the hierarchy...
Pope Francis baptizes 13 newborns from Italian earthquake zone
Aleteia - Jan 14, 2017 at 4:22 pm VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis this afternoon baptized 13 newborns in the Chapel of his residence at Santa Marta. The babies were all born after the earthquake that hit Central Italy...
Saint Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Regina Magazine - Jan 14, 2017 at 4:16 pm January 14 Today is the feast day of Saint Hilary. Ora pro nobis. Fr. Dom Prosper Gueranger After having consecrated the joyous Octave of the Epiphany to the glory of the...
Daily Readings for Sunday, January 15, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 14, 2017 at 3:02 pm Reading 1: Isaiah 49:3, Reading 1: Isaiah 49:5-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:4, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms ...
Arising from Sleep: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, January 15, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 14, 2017 at 3:02 pm O Master and holy God, who are beyond our understanding: at your word, light came forth out of darkness. In your mercy, you gave us rest through ...
St. Paul the Hermit: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 15, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 14, 2017 at 3:02 pm Also known as Paul the First Hermit and Paul of Thebes, an Egyptian hermit and friend of St. Jerome. Born in Lower The baid, Egypt, he was left an ...
Pope Francis baptises babies from earthquake zones in Italy
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 14, 2017 at 2:50 pm Vatican City, Jan 14, 2017 / 01:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday, Pope Francis baptized 13 babies from areas where devastating earthquakes struck Italy last year.
The baptism...
WDTPRS – 2nd Ordinary Sunday (NO) & 2nd after Epiphany (TLM): We are beggars
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2017 at 1:59 pm I can’t think of a time when it was more important to beg God for mercy and aid, with bent knees, face to the ground.
In the reformed calendar, we have moved into the Time called...
We are Not a "People of the Book". We are a People of the Word — Jesus Christ
Big C Catholics - Jan 14, 2017 at 1:30 pm Although often described as such, the Christian faith is not a “religion of the Book”, but of the Word of God, Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father...
Behold the Lamb of God: Reflection for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Jan 14, 2017 at 1:30 pm
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Readings for January 15, 2017: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection on #Sunday #Gospel...
IMPORTANT: Interview with Card. Caffarra about the Dubia and ‘Amoris laetitia’ confusion
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2017 at 1:13 pm Today in the Italian Il Foglio there is an interview with His Eminence Carlo Card. Caffara, one of the Four Cardinals who submitted the Five Dubia to His Holiness the Pope about ...
Cardinal O’Malley appointed to Vatican office for Doctrine of the Faith
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 14, 2017 at 11:39 am Vatican City, Jan 14, 2017 / 10:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday it was announced that Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston has yet another reason to come to Rome, with his...
14 January: Happy Feast of the Ass!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 14, 2017 at 11:14 am Rev. Mr. Greg Kandra reminds us that today is the Feast of the Ass. Wikipedia HERE
I wrote about this back in 2012 HERE
There are medieval liturgical rites which ought to be...
Salesians to participate in novena for safe release of Fr. Tom
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 14, 2017 at 10:33 am Vatican City, Jan 14, 2017 / 09:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the 10 month anniversary of the kidnapping of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil in Yemen, the Salesians are inviting people around the...
Catholic Author Spotlight: Jeannie Ewing
CatholicMom.com - Jan 14, 2017 at 10:30 am
We’re always happy to celebrate the work and accomplishments of our CatholicMom.com contributors. Today, I invite you to join me in congratulating Jeannie Ewing on the launch of...
