Latest News
Sharing the Word for December 12, 2017
Franciscan Media - Dec 12, 2017 at 12:00 am Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 12, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Judith 13:18bcde, 19
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/SW_121211_II.mp3...
Meet The Hillbilly Thomists
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Dec 12, 2017 at 12:00 am When a group of Dominican friars banded together over a common love for bluegrass music, one of its founding members, Father Austin Litke, came up with a name that was impossible...
Is Facebook destroying civilization?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2017 at 12:00 am Is Facebook destroying civilization? According to one former Facebook executive, the answer is yes. Chamath Palihapitiya, the former executive ...
Pope Francis wants to change the Lord's Prayer, but what do the new words mean?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis' remarks on the "wrong" translation of the Lord's Prayer in a TV show hosted by the Italian Bishops' Conference's TV2000 network are ...
How does the Vatican fight money laundering?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2017 at 12:00 am The Council of Europe's Moneyval committee has praised the Holy See's financial intelligence unit, the Financial Information Authority, in a report ...
Here's when you'll see the first self-driving trucks on the road
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2017 at 12:00 am The self-driving trucks are coming soon. After years of predicting their imminent arrival on a highway near you, we finally have a date, 2019. ...
Our Merciful Mother — Our Lady of Guadalupe
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:05 pm In every approved Marian apparition, Our Lady has a specific mission. Each one reveals a determined and specific message—a unique and necessary goal. In the Anáhuac Valley of...
Our Lady of Guadalupe — Come to Our Aid Again!
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:04 pm In December, 1531, a man we know today as St. Juan Diego began an encounter with Our Blessed Mother that reverberates to this day. The fifty-six-year-old Juan Diego was a simple...
Daily Reflection — Wonderfully Made
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:03 pm “You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I praise you, because I am wonderfully made; wonderful are your works! My very self you know.” (Psalm 139:13-14)...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 12, 2017 - Our Lady of Guadalupe
CatholicMom.com - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:01 pm Today’s Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 – Our Lady of Guadalupe
Today’s Gospel reading is Luke’s account of the angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she is to be the mother of Jesus....
Advent Light: Faith builds on reason, asks questions
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm A reflection and prayer for December 12, 2017, Day 10 of AdventThen the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in...
Wise men from the East: “Historical facts fit Matthew’s account perfectly”
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm Fr. Dwight Longenecker says the Magi were real, and that it matters.During the Christmas and Epiphany season most Christians will accept the story of the three wise men as part of...
The hidden symbolism of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s image
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm The famous image is steeped in spiritual symbols.When the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego and imprinted her image on his tilma, a cactus-fiber mantle, she did so...
After her baby was born without limbs, a mother witnessed a miracle
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm First-time mom Alex Seaman's prayer "was not only heard, but answered."When Alex Seaman was expecting her son, Forrest, she experienced a normal pregnancy with nothing to worry...
How to use stress to improve your health
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm Turns out there may be only one condition where stress can harm you.Stress is a part of life, but it seems to be an increasingly disproportionate part of modern life. Part of this...
Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. John Paul the Great
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: December 12, 2017This iconic image was taken in 1999 of St. John Paul the Great (Pope John Paul II) celebrating Mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico under...
After 5 years, the pope’s Council of Cardinals has shifted the Vatican in notable ways
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm A new constitution on the workings of the Curia is expected, though "very major changes" aren't anticipated.The 22nd session of the Council of Cardinals (C9) opened on December 11...
The (true) legend of India’s only Catholic Queen
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm Begum Samru ruled over a vast and rich province in northern India in such a manner that even the British East India Company considered her a threat.For many a Catholic, it might...
5 Religious who look (and act) like Jedi Knights
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm Luke Skywalker is obviously a Franciscan (but could also be a Carmelite or a Jesuit).When developing the religious sages of his fictional Star Wars universe, George Lucas looked...
Cardinal Kasper: The controversy surrounding Amoris Laetitia has come to an end
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 11, 2017 at 11:00 pm Munich, Germany, Dec 11, 2017 / 10:00 pm (CNA).- The controversy regarding Amoris laetitia has come to an end, according to German cardinal Walter Kasper. What is more, he has...
