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'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind...' - Pope Francis reminds us to love NOW
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis reflected on Thursday how each person, not knowing what will happen in the future, has only "today" to love God and open their heart to ...
For the fourth year running, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IS ON THE RISE
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Global persecution of Christians has risen for the fourth year in a row and is on a "rapid rise" in Asia, the advocacy group Open Doors UK warned on ...
Why is this man suing a Catholic hospital for a hysterectomy?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2017 at 12:00 am A woman who believes she is a man is suing a Catholic hospital because they have refused to perform an hysterectomy on her. According to a lawsuit, ...
Islam remains a major killer of Christians as 90,000 were martyred in 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Every six seconds, a Christian is martyred for their faith in Christ. This is a rate of persecution that hasn't been seen in Christianity in ages, if ...
'It does exist': Famed director, Martin Scorsese stands up for faith and warns against 'tossing away' spirituality
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Martin Scorsese was raised a Roman Catholic in Italy. He was a former altar boy and seriously considered a vocation in the Church - until he made the ...
Christianity on the decline under Obama, pop media, and atheist persecution
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Atheism and agnosticism gained a boost during Obama's presidency as the number of people claiming no religious affiliation rose during his ...
Missing priest discovered under mysterious circumstances in Mexican city
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Fr. Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes was a parish priest in the northern state of Coahuila, Mexico.
3 Simple Ways to Debunk Relativism, Skepticism, and Materialism
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jan 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Today, Joe Heschmeyer looks at three of the most popular secular worldviews. In showing their inherent contradictions, he shows why we can (and must) affirm that knowable, non-...
Paris cardinal, other religious leaders meet with French president
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:35 pm French President François Hollande met recently with Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim leaders to discuss terrorism and radical Islam.
Priest alleges Florida diocese retaliated after he cooperated with abuse investigation
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:10 pm A priest who actively assisted police as they investigated child pornography allegations against a fellow priest has filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Palm Beach.
Father Scanlan, Rest in Peace
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:04 pm Another pioneer in Catholic education has gone to his much-deserved reward. News came last Saturday morning that Father Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., President Emeritus of Franciscan...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Hilary of Poitiers
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Little children follow and obey their father. They love their mother. They know nothing of covetousness, ill-will, bad temper, arrogance and lying. This state of mind opens the...
Encountering the Word — Jeremiah 23:5
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and...
A student remembers Fr. Michael Scanlan, the “Saint of Steubenville”
Aleteia - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Before attending Franciscan University of Steubenville myself, I had heard of the gentle and fatherly charismatic priest who led the university, a man filled with joy as he made...
Darrien’s story: From vulgar rapper to innocent child in 30 seconds flat
Aleteia - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves, so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?” — Mark 2:8 There he stood on the end...
WATCH: Wife with MS surprised by flash mob as an anniversary gift
Aleteia - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm “Do not forget that true love sets no conditions. It does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.” — Pope Saint John Paul II For their 10th wedding anniversary, Carl...
3 Dominicans walk into a sports arena …
Aleteia - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm “How could it not have been just like that when Jesus entered the towns of Galilee of old?” Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., recalls the “Night of Mercy” in Krakow this summer...
He casts forth His ice as fragments; Who can stand before His cold?
Aleteia - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm See more photos here.
‘Patriots Day’ honors Boston Marathon bombing victims with a winning film
Aleteia - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm It would seem the team of director Peter Berg and actor Mark Wahlberg have stumbled upon quite the crowd-pleasing formula. Come up with a script based on a harrowing true event...
“O Sanctissima”: the centuries old hymn still popular today
Aleteia - Jan 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm O Sanctissima is a prayer written in the 18th century, but the song set to the prayer is still vastly popular today. The author, who is unknown, dedicated these beautiful verses...
