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“Christ is baptized, not to be made holy by the water, but to make the water holy…”
Aleteia - Jan 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm The phrase “portal of grace” doesn’t appear in the Catechism, but it’s how I’ve always thought of Baptism; we might call the sacrament “The First Ephphetha,” the first means by...
5 Tips on how to read G.K. Chesterton
Aleteia - Jan 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm “What should I read to get to know Chesterton?” What a sincere question from a good friend. To be sure, she is an avid reader who devours an eclectic mix of works ranging from...
What your pastor won’t tell you about parish giving
Aleteia - Jan 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm It’s that time of year. Your new set of Sunday offering envelopes arrives in the mail, or you pick up the box after Mass. Maybe you’re still hearing echoes of last fall’s...
A letter to President-Elect Trump
Aleteia - Jan 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm Dear President-elect Trump: Unsolicited advice is said to be the best kind because the most easily ignored. But even if this letter accomplishes nothing else, at least it will...
Czech bishops raise questions about government’s preference for foster care
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2017 at 10:41 pm The Czech bishops’ justice and peace commission recently raised concerns about a government proposal that would limit the placement of abused and neglected children in...
Cardinal: welcoming migrants, refugees is part of Christian humanism
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2017 at 9:55 pm Writing in L’Osservatore Romano, an Italian cardinal lamented xenophobia and the “noisy desire to build walls of separation between one nation and another.”
+Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, 85
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2017 at 9:11 pm Father Michael Scanlan, a Franciscan friar who helped transform an Ohio college on the brink of closure into a university renowned for its vibrant Catholic identity and fidelity...
5 Myths About the Papacy That Too Many People Still Believe (Maybe Even You!)
ChurchPOP - Jan 8, 2017 at 7:24 pm The papacy is one of the most distinctive aspects of Catholicism. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most misunderstood. Note that these myths are
The post 5 Myths About the...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/01/17
Catholic Herald - Jan 8, 2017 at 6:01 pm Francis urged all Catholics to join the World Network of the Pope’s Prayer Intentions at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video).
The Holy Father baptised 28 babies of Vatican...
What an Italian bishop saw at his first exorcism
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 8, 2017 at 5:25 pm Rome, Italy, Jan 8, 2017 / 04:25 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Erio Castellucci has a response to those who think the devil is not real: “they’re mistaken.”
“All you have to do is witness...
Card. Müller: “a possible fraternal correction of the Pope seems to me to be very remote”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 8, 2017 at 4:30 pm In an interesting development, His Eminence Ludwig Card. Müller was interviewed on Italian TV. There is an account of the interview at La Stampa. He spoke about the issue of the...
Epiphany prayers
Communio - Jan 8, 2017 at 3:52 pm “For captives and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord!”
Holy New Martyr Père Jacques pray to God for us!
Prayers for the protection, and release of Metropolitan Boulos...
Prayer for Students: Prayer of the Day for Monday, January 09, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 8, 2017 at 3:01 pm Under thy patronage, dear Mother, and calling on the mystery of thine Immaculate Conception, I desire to pursue my studies and my literary labors: I ...
St. Adrian, Abbot: Saint of the Day for Monday, January 09, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 8, 2017 at 3:01 pm Born in Africa, Adrian became abbot of the monastery at Nerida, near Naples. He declined an appointment as archbishop of Canterbury, but accompanied ...
Daily Readings for Monday, January 09, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 8, 2017 at 3:01 pm Reading 1: Hebrews 1:1-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 97:1-2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 97:6-9, Gospel: Mark 1:14-20
The Box Bites Back
Commonweal - Jan 8, 2017 at 2:51 pm Warning: This post is about football. The ulterior subject is the power of conventional wisdom in decision-making, but to get there I’m going to wander through some pretty dense...
Saint Ambrose of Milan on the Baptism of Christ
Big C Catholics - Jan 8, 2017 at 2:47 pm The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of...
January 9th | Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Big C Catholics - Jan 8, 2017 at 2:22 pm Saint Proclus, the 5th century patriarch of Constantinople, is best known for his defense of Mary as the Mother of God against the bishop Nestorius. The following reading is...
Radicati Editorial: Why are you shocked with the current situation? They've already changed the MASS!
Rorate Coeli - Jan 8, 2017 at 2:08 pm Editorial: Radicati nella fede, January 2017
Newsletter of the Catholic community of
Vocogno, Diocese of Novara, Italy
[A Vatican II Moment: "African Mass," celebrated in the...
Although trips can be tiring, Pope says people make the effort 'worth it'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 8, 2017 at 2:00 pm Vatican City, Jan 8, 2017 / 01:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a new interview published Sunday, Pope Francis said that though his many papal trips are often very tiring, both from a...
