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How will Pope Francis celebrate his 80th birthday this year?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 13, 2016 at 12:00 am Pope Francis is swamped with meetings, Masses and various Papal duties - so how will the Holy Father find time to celebrate his 80th birthday?
Sister Kuteh offers prayer and is FIRED from her nursing position - Court case challenges wrongful termination
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 13, 2016 at 12:00 am Christian nurse Sister Sarah Kuteh offered to pray with patients, per her job description, yet she was still released from her position at Darent ...
Your Daily Inspirational Meme: Our Father...
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 13, 2016 at 12:00 amThe Strangely Beautiful Saint
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Dec 13, 2016 at 12:00 am Today's Feast commemorates Saint Lucy, often depicted wearing a wreath of greenery and lit candles around her head and holding a small dish with two eyes. Weird Catholicism? Not...
Papal message to forum on migration, development
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:57 pm Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, sent a message in the Pope’s name to the 9th summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development.
80 mayors at Vatican meeting on refugees
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:40 pm Eighty European mayors gathered at the headquarters of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on December 9 and 10 for a conference on the theme of “Europe: refugees are our brothers...
California bishop emphasizes he stands with Hispanics
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:16 pm During a recent procession in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton said that “the journey of life is difficult at this time for Hispanics in the...
Daily Reflection — Looking Forward to God’s Promise
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:05 pm “He promised us eternal salvation and an unending life of blessedness with the angels, and an imperishable inheritance, the joy of seeing his face, a dwelling-place with him in...
Speak less, Do more
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:04 pm When I was a child, I awoke many mornings and found my mother in the kitchen preparing breakfast or folding laundry, while she watched Protestant television evangelists preach...
The Miracle Behind Why This 13th C. Saint is the Patron Saint of Television
ChurchPOP - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:03 pm There’s a patron saint for practically everything in the Catholic Church, whether it’s gravediggers, stress relief, or protection against pirate attacks. But
The post The Miracle...
Encountering the Word — Psalm 80:1-2
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who leadest Joseph like a flock! Thou who art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth before E′phraim...
Be sober-minded; be watchful
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of...
Islamic leaders, and even a militant group, condemn bombing of Coptic church in Cairo
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm The Grand Mufti of Egypt and an Islamist militant organization, as well as Egypt’s Muslim president, have all condemned Sunday’s attack on a Coptic church in Cairo that killed 25...
How these Bronx friars broke down all kinds of barriers in a single move
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm If we have no peace it is because we have forgotten we belong to each other. – St. Teresa of Calcutta Since their founding, the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal have been known...
5 Things to know about Coptic Christians
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm With the news of the terrible bombing during Divine Liturgy in a Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo on Sunday, December 11, attention is being drawn again to the sufferings of...
Catholic priest serves two flocks — the Packers and prisoners
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm Ever since 1958 the Green Bay Packers have had a close relationship with St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, and with the Norbertines who live there. Besides hosting their...
Help, I’m too broke for Christmas!
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm Dear Katrina, I feel like I am failing at Christmas this year. I just can’t get into the mood. Things are extra tough with money this year but I won’t bore you all the financials...
10 Simple ways to slow down this Advent
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm Advent is more than half over. I know, some of you may be thinking, “Well I haven’t really done anything for Advent, I might as well just give up.” Don’t give up! Advent is not...
Charles Krauthammer: Someday we’ll all thank the Church for holding its own on abortion
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm Fox News political commentator Charles Krauthammer made some surprising comments recently about Pope Francis’ decision to extend indefinitely to all priests the ability to forgive...
Winterizing the library: Books to read when things get cozy
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm It is snowing in Kansas City, Missouri, today. Only flurries, it is promised. This first snow isn’t exactly early but, then, it isn’t exactly late either. I like my winter...
