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Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Woman Who Casts a Shadow
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:00 am Having never been to a major Marian shrine, I didn't quite know what to
expect. Some years ago, in the summer of 2004, I made a pilgrimage to
the ...
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Culture of Life
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:00 am Listen, put it into your heart, my youngest and dearest son, that the
thing that frightens you, the thing that afflicts you, is nothing: do
not ...
50th World Day of Peace: Pope Francis shares special message and calls for 'Christian response'
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:00 am Pope Francis calls for a Christian response toward ongoing violence. For the 50th World Day of Peace, which is on January 1st, the pontiff explained ...
The FBI went to Iceland to FRAME Julian Assange - Here's what Iceland did to the FBI
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:00 am In 2011, the Obama administration sent a planeload of FBI agents to Iceland to frame Julian Assange for a crime he didn't commit. The move was ...
On Gaudete Sunday, Pope emphasizes importance of joy
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:57 pm Pope Francis spoke about joy during his Angelus address on December 11, Gaudete Sunday.
Sudanese cardinal retires
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:45 pm Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Gabriel Wako, 75, from the governance of the Archdiocese of Khartoum in the largely Muslim nation of Sudan.
Leading Russian Orthodox official meets with Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:32 pm Pope Francis received a leading Russian Orthodox official, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, in audience on December 10.
Pope addresses seminarians, discusses belonging, relationships, exclusion
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:23 pm Pope Francis spoke extemporaneously with seminarians from the Pius XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Puglia in a December 10 audience at the Apostolic Palace.
Daily Reflection — Wonderfully Made
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:05 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)...
The Best Gift for Our Children is Praying for Them
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:04 pm The Power of a Praying Parent series “The Best Gift for Our Children is Praying for Them” by T. Thomas Most of us would do anything for our kids, right? We give birth after hours...
Pope warns against agribusiness models that eliminate biodiversity
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:04 pm Describing agricultural development as “the best response possible to poverty and food shortages,” Pope Francis warned against “models of agribusiness” that can “eliminate the...
Daily Catholic Quote — from Our Lady of Guadalupe
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:02 pm “Let not your heart be disturbed… Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you...
Encountering the Word — James 5:16
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.” (James 5:16) Print this entry
The difficult art of being present
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm One year ago, when Pope Francis paid a weeklong visit to the United States, a telling photograph made the rounds on social media. The picture, for once, was not of the joyful...
Life and death in one parish community
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm For 80 of his 94 years, Joe Lazzara dipped his fingers into the baptismal waters in Saint Joseph parish in South Bend, Indiana. On December 5, 2016, those same waters were...
3 Reasons why the Rosary is the perfect prayer for Advent
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm There is an ideal prayer for Advent, but it’s not one you haven’t heard before. In fact, it’s one of the prayers most treasured by Catholics: the Rosary. Sure, the Rosary is a...
Which holiday singing duo is your favorite?
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm What’s better than nostalgic Christmas music? Christmas duets. We’ve compiled a list of our favorites, a mix of classic songs and newer tunes to set the mood for the coming...
How we almost ignored the Church’s teachings about IVF (and why we’re glad we didn’t)
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm Marked in my journal is the day we started trying to conceive, October 21, 2007. That day, I stopped taking antidepressants and started taking prenatal vitamins. But seven...
Pope Francis to children: What to ask Baby Jesus for this Christmas
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY — “When you pray before your Nativity scene with your parents, ask Baby Jesus to help us all love God and our neighbor,” Pope Francis told children on Sunday as he...
In these dark times, we need to follow the light
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm A sense of oppressive darkness has been smothering many of us these past months and even years. Can you feel it? Something seems to have gone wrong with the world. Something’s...
