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American Catholic Radio for December 5-11, 2016
Franciscan Media - Nov 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm American Catholic Radio: Disciples Called to Witness
Week of December 5, 2016 — Program #16-50
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WATCH: What “a good day” really means
Aleteia - Nov 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm This is the day that the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. –Psalm 118:24
His lightnings lit up the world; The earth saw and trembled
Aleteia - Nov 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm See more photos here. 4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The...
5 Hidden heroes I’ve known in my life
Aleteia - Nov 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm Modern society has always found it tough to find heroes. Instead of turning to the saints as we did in the past, we turn to celebrities (who often aren’t real heroes) or to...
How adoption changes the world
Aleteia - Nov 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm What do Nancy Reagan, Steve Jobs, Babe Ruth, Leo Tolstoy, and John Hancock all have in common besides being famous? All of them were adopted. And their adoptions were not simply...
Great African-American Catholics: Remembering Mother Mathilda Beasley, “the idol of the poor”
Aleteia - Nov 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm Catholic Black History Month has just come to an end, but this annual celebration led me to the discovery of another “gem”: Meet Mathilda Taylor Beasley. Oftentimes there is scant...
Cuban dissident recalls 22 years imprisoned by Castro
Aleteia - Nov 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm St. Thomas More, facing death for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England, resisted even his daughter’s pleading to “just go along.” “Take this oath...
Bishop decries EU, German aid to Sudan’s government
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 30, 2016 at 10:42 pm A Sudanese bishop has traveled to Europe to draw attention to what he describes as a “hidden and forgotten conflict”: government attacks on the people of the Nuba mountain region...
Papal praise for conference on protecting heritage sites in war zones
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 30, 2016 at 10:21 pm Pope Francis has lent his support to efforts by France and the United Arab Emirates to protect historically and culturally significant sites in war zones.
Community farewells friends and faith guide
The Catholic Leader - Nov 30, 2016 at 9:00 pm WHEN a community says goodbye to its parish priest, there are many memories shared. But when a priest leaves a parish to go home to his mother country, it is far more heartfelt....
Chaplain says soft attitude to underage drinking at Schoolies “unacceptable”
The Catholic Leader - Nov 30, 2016 at 8:00 pm ALCOHOL consumption by any persons under the legal age of 18 and use of illegal substances should not be accepted as normal Schoolies behaviour, a Queensland police chaplain has...
Last Words of Jesuit Martyr St. Edmund Campion
Big C Catholics - Nov 30, 2016 at 7:02 pm Saint Edmund Campion was the most famous of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. who lost their lives in Queen Elizabeth I's campaign to abolish Catholicism from England....
Memories of Mother Teresa
Franciscan Media - Nov 30, 2016 at 6:45 pm The very first time I caught a glimpse of Mother Teresa was when she walked quietly past me in the chapel just before Mass began. My heart soared to see her. She was so small in...
Joy Behar Slams Christians Against Birth Control: “Are They Talking to God Now?”
LifeNews.com - Nov 30, 2016 at 6:01 pm When it comes to “women’s issues,” The View ladies need some education.
On Tuesday, The View discussed President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Rep. Tom Price as secretary of...
Trump Admin Should Investigate Planned Parenthood for Promoting Forced Abortions in China
LifeNews.com - Nov 30, 2016 at 5:37 pm Dear President-Elect Trump:
Congratulations on your election. We at Women’s Rights Without Frontiers look forward to working with you to advance women’s rights all over the world...
The Weekly Francis – Volume 161 – 30 November 2016
The Curt Jester - Nov 30, 2016 at 5:28 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 10 November 2016 to 30 November 2016.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s...
Planned Parenthood Sues to Stop Missouri Law Requiring It to Protect Women’s Health
LifeNews.com - Nov 30, 2016 at 5:24 pm Encouraged by a win at the U.S. Supreme Court in June, abortion activists filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that challenges two Missouri abortion laws.
The lawsuit is one of three that...
The Weekly Francis – 30 November 2016
Jimmy Akin.org - Nov 30, 2016 at 5:24 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 10 November 2016 to 30 November 2016.
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Francis appeals to the martyrs in ecumenical message to Patriarch
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 30, 2016 at 5:15 pm Vatican City, Nov 30, 2016 / 04:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Bishop of Rome sent a message to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople on Wednesday, continuing a recent tradition...
"Silence" = the antithesis of "A Man for All Seasons"
Rorate Coeli - Nov 30, 2016 at 4:50 pm In 1966 the movie "A Man for All Seasons" was released in the U.S., the same year Japanese author Shūsaku Endō wrote the historical fiction novel "Silence."
Last night, the...
