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Catholic of the Year: The cheerful shepherd
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:00 am On the website of the Diocese of Portsmouth, there is a video of Bishop Philip Egan delivering his October 2016 pastoral letter on the future of the Catholic schools under his...
The inside story of the St Mary’s revival
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:00 am When the board of the largest Catholic university in Britain tried to recruit Francis Campbell as its vice-chancellor in 2013, he was intent on turning it down. “If somebody had...
Our Rich Traditions of Ember Wednesday of Advent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:56 am Do you remember the little mnemonic poems? “Lenty, Penty, Crucy, Lucy”, or else
“Fasting days and Emberings be
Lent, Whitsun, Holyrood, and Lucie.”
The Wednesday, Friday and...
Saint Nicasius, Archbishop and his Companions, Martyrs
Regina Magazine - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:46 am December 14 Today is the feast day of Saint Nicasius and his companions. Ora pro nobis. In the fifth century an army of Vandal barbarians from Germany, while ravaging part of...
Francis: There is still hope even when all seems lost
Vatican Insider - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:40 am “When everything seems lost, when in the face of so many negative realities faith becomes toilsome and we are tempted to say that nothing has meaning anymore the “good news” of...
Press Office: C-9 meeting focuses on mission, synodality
News.va - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:39 am (Vatican Radio) The Council of 9 Cardinals met this week in the Vatican, from Monday, December 12th, to Wednesday, December 14th. The Director of the Press Office of the Holy See...
What fuels fake news? Major Tennessee newspapers pledge to oppose 'anti-LGBT' bills
GetReligion - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:33 am As you would expect, I have been asked more than my share of questions -- in face-to-face encounters and in cyberspace -- about the tsunami of post-Election Day arguments about "...
Angels Among Us
CatholicMom.com - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:30 am How I would have loved a seat at our neighbor’s house, a window seat that is, the perfect viewing opportunity for the unorthodox scene that unfolded in our side yard at...
Whoopi Goldberg: Right to Celebrate Christmas is the Same as a “Woman’s Right” to Abortion
LifeNews.com - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:28 am Leave it to ABC’s The View to connect Christmas – the celebration of the world’s most important birth – to abortion. But that it did. According to Whoopi Goldberg, the right to...
Mission, synodality key themes in latest round of cardinal meetings
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:22 am Vatican City, Dec 14, 2016 / 07:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals met for the 17th time this week, with synodality and the Church’s “missionary drive”...
Judge issues publication ban as Mary Wagner remains jailed for latest bid to save unborn babies
LifeSiteNews - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:18 am The pro-life prisoner of conscience is still being held after her arrest at an abortion clinic in west Toronto.
Drop plans to expand death penalty, bishops ask Philippines
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 14, 2016 at 8:02 am Manila, Philippines, Dec 14, 2016 / 08:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Catholic prayer and protests greeted proposals to expand the use of the
death penalty in the Philippines, with the...
Germany’s abortion rate rises after years of decline
LifeSiteNews - Dec 14, 2016 at 7:54 am Statistics indicate a 0.2 percent increase in 2016.
The real “news” from China: New bishops are ordained with the well-known approval of the Pope
Vatican Insider - Dec 14, 2016 at 7:35 am Recently, with the four newly ordained bishops in Changzhi of Shanxi, Ankang of Shannxi, as well as Chengdu and Xichang of Sichuan, the Catholic Church in China has once again...
Council of Cardinals discusses role of laity in the Church
Vatican Insider - Dec 14, 2016 at 7:04 am The group of cardinals advising Pope Francis on reforming the Catholic Church’s central bureaucracy spent their latest meeting focusing on the roles of the Vatican offices that...
Drop plans to expand death penalty, bishops ask Philippines
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 14, 2016 at 7:04 am Manila, Philippines, Dec 14, 2016 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic prayer and protests greeted proposals to expand the use of the death penalty in the Philippines, with the...
The Gift of Learning Changes Everything
CatholicMom.com - Dec 14, 2016 at 7:00 am
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A key difference between a farmer who can eke out a living and a farmer...
Ad Orientem - How It’s Going
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 14, 2016 at 7:00 am On Sunday of last week, I posted a request for people to report their experiences from those churches which have heeded Cardinal Sarah’s call to return ad orientem worship,...
Pope: the world desperately needs hope – and we are the messengers
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 14, 2016 at 6:54 am Vatican City, Dec 14, 2016 / 06:54 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis Wednesday spoke about the hope that the Child Jesus brings
at Christmastime, saying it is our duty to be the...
Muslims and Christians in Burma still face persecution, US officials warn
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 14, 2016 at 6:50 am Washington D.C., Dec 14, 2016 / 06:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Rohingya Muslims in Burma, as well as Christians, face continued persecution, destruction of homes and places of worship...
