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Women at the Vatican form association for solidarity
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 7, 2016 at 4:06 am Vatican City, Dec 7, 2016 / 04:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A new association for women working in the Vatican announced Wednesday provides a personal and professional network for...
Sacred music and … jazz? One composer's response to Vatican II
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 7, 2016 at 4:02 am Rome, Italy, Dec 7, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA).- For American composer J.J. Wright, the Second Vatican Council's call to inculturate the Church's ancient musical traditions into “...
The bishops’ new liturgical document echoes the wisdom of Mother Teresa
Catholic Herald - Dec 7, 2016 at 3:58 am In a particular way the beginning of a new liturgical year provides an opportunity to reflect on the way we worship. How do we as individuals and as parishes enter into the...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/12/16
Catholic Herald - Dec 7, 2016 at 3:06 am Cardinal Peter Turkson has called for a public debate on the correct interpretation of Amoris Laetitia.
Caritas Europa has criticised the “barriers” preventing “millions of...
‘At Christmas, God comes to find us and save us,’ says Pope Francis
Catholic Herald - Dec 7, 2016 at 2:45 am At Christmas, God reveals his full power, which is the power of relentlessly seeking his lost sheep and, when he finds them, giving them a caress, Pope Francis said.
“One who does...
New seminary doc talks clericalism, homosexuality, abuse prevention
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 7, 2016 at 2:37 am Vatican City, Dec 7, 2016 / 02:37 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The updated version of the Vatican's document on priestly formation,
released Wednesday, deals with issues of clericalism,...
Beware the “Spirit” of Amoris Laetitia
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 7, 2016 at 2:10 am
Catholic teaching holds that the Church is truly the Body of Christ, and that the Holy Spirit is the soul of the body, animating it and directing its actions. The Spirit of God,...
How one young Ethiopian made 300 Christian converts
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 7, 2016 at 2:01 am Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Dec 7, 2016 / 02:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A distant part of Ethiopia last week celebrated the baptisms of 300 adult catechumens, youth, and infants.
Are Atheists Addled?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 7, 2016 at 2:00 am
“If there were no God, there would be no atheists.” ∼ G. K. Chesterton
“When I hear the word culture,” Herman Goering boasted, “I reach for my revolver.” Since he was, after...
Bishop Robert Barron on “Arrival”…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 7, 2016 at 1:37 am …and the unique manner of God’s speech. A typically perceptive reading of one of the greatest science fiction films ever made.
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The Penny Will Drop
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How one young Ethiopian made 300 Christian converts
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 7, 2016 at 1:02 am Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Dec 7, 2016 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A distant part of Ethiopia last week celebrated the baptisms of 300 adult catechumens, youth, and infants.
“Today...
The 2017 Angelus Press liturgical calendar -- and a surprise
Rorate Coeli - Dec 7, 2016 at 1:00 am As we do every year, we highlight traditional Catholic calendars that are sent to us. And one of the best each year is from Angelus Press. The 2017 theme is "The Life of Christ...
State’s chief scientist Dr Geoff Garrett impressed with Algester Catholic school’s environmental learning centre
The Catholic Leader - Dec 7, 2016 at 12:59 am QUEENSLAND’S chief scientist had nothing but praise for the learning taking place at an environmental learning centre – Sheep Station Gully – at St Stephen’s School, Algester. Dr...
Pope begins series of audiences on Christian hope
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2016 at 12:29 am Having concluded his series of Wednesday general audiences on mercy, Pope Francis has turned to the topic of Christian hope.
Pope calls on Christian artists to create beautiful works as a ‘spark of hope’
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2016 at 12:23 am In a December 6 message to the 11 pontifical academies on the occasion of a joint meeting, Pope Francis spoke about beauty in the midst of cities.
Desperate situation in Bolivia had the handicapped marching on the capital. Check out what this guy decided to do about it.
Aleteia - Dec 7, 2016 at 12:04 am Marching on the Capital The situation in Bolivia was dire: Persons with disabilities had launched repeated appeals to the government for more help, but their cries fell on deaf...
Uganda entrusts Caritas with care of 42,000 refugees
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2016 at 12:02 am In five months, a Ugandan grassland has been transformed into the world’s 2nd-largest refugee camp, according to Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s confederation of relief and...
Iraqi Archbishop sees signs of new life in Syriac refugee families who moved to Australia to escape the Christian genocide
The Catholic Leader - Dec 7, 2016 at 12:00 am MOSUL’S former archbishop has named Australia one of the best countries for Iraqi refugees to build a new life amidst continued efforts by Islamic State to force a Christian “...
South African Supreme Court strikes down physician assisted suicide, but the ruling comes with a worrisome twist
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 7, 2016 at 12:00 am The Supreme Court of South Africa has overturned a ruling that could allow physicians to assist a patient who wants to commit suicide. The decision ...
