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The Heart of a Home
CatholicMom.com - Nov 28, 2016 at 7:00 am They say, “Where your treasure is, your heart shall be also.” Our home displays where our heart is; it should say, “We are Catholic!” Let me just give you a glimpse into our home...
Book Notice: In Sinu Jesu. When Heart Speaks to Heart: The Journal of a Priest at Prayer
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 28, 2016 at 7:00 am Angelico Press is one of the few Catholic presses today for whose new releases one could envisage having a standing subscription and not be disappointed with each title as it...
Pope offers condolences on death of Father Kolvenbach
News.va - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:58 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegram to the Superior General of the Jesuit Order, Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, expressing his “heartfelt condolences” on the death of...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:36 am From SSRN:
Carissima Mathen & Michael Plaxton, Legal Education, TWU, and the Looking Glass, ((2016) 75 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 223).
Asli U. Bali & Hanna Lerner,...
Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, former Jesuit leader, dead at 87
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:34 am Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, the former superior general of the Society of Jesus, died in Beirut on November 27, just short of his 88th birthday.
The First Candle
The Reason for Our Hope - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:33 am First of four, that is. I’m speaking of the Advent wreath. The progressive lighting of its four candles through the four weeks of Advent marks the drawing near of our celebration...
Pope Francis to visit Ireland in 2018
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:32 am Pope Francis will visit Ireland in 2018, the Irish prime minister has confirmed.
Pope Francis met Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Vatican on Monday, with the Irish prime minister...
Pope taps Tallahassee bishop to lead St. Petersburg diocese
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:31 am Vatican City, Nov 28, 2016 / 05:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has named Bishop Gregory Parkes of Pensacola-Tallahassee as the new head...
Scientists play a key role in solving global problems, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:30 am Vatican City, Nov 28, 2016 / 06:30 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Francis told a group of scientists Monday that their role in finding creative solutions to the world's problems is...
Pope: To meet Jesus, we must go on the journey
News.va - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:02 am (Vatican Radio) The Christian faith is not a theory or a philosophy – it is the encounter with Jesus. That was the message of Pope Francis at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa...
Pope thanks all involved in organising the year of mercy
News.va - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:02 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Monday with religious and civil authorities who organised the recently concluded jubilee year of mercy. They included members of the Pontifical...
Marriage Rx: Plan for Happy Holidays with your In-Laws
CatholicMom.com - Nov 28, 2016 at 6:00 am Editor’s note: Karee Santos shares this timely article from the CatholicMom.com archives about getting along with our in-laws and other extended family members for this month’s...
‘Do not be dominated by material things,’ Pope tells faithful at start of Advent
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2016 at 5:56 am Pope Francis has said Advent is an invitation to “sobriety, to not be dominated by the things of this world”.
Pope Francis was speaking to the faithful in St Peter’s Square on...
Pope Francis to scientists: commitment to sustainability
News.va - Nov 28, 2016 at 5:38 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Monday in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace in the...
Scientists play a key role in solving global problems, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 28, 2016 at 5:30 am Vatican City, Nov 28, 2016 / 04:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told a group of scientists Monday that their role in finding creative solutions to the world’s problems is...
Trying to find confession times? There's an app for that
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 28, 2016 at 5:07 am Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov 28, 2016 / 05:07 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Need to find confession nearby at the drop of a dime? There's an app for that.
Pope Francis: address to Pontifical Academy of Sciences
News.va - Nov 28, 2016 at 5:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the Participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Monday.
The Academy’s November 25-29 meeting is focused on...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 28, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Nov 28, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 8, 5-11
In today’s Gospel reading, a Roman centurion comes to Jesus to beg the Lord to heal his sick servant. However, when Jesus responds that he will...
Send snail-mail Christmas Cards to Fr. Z – 2016
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 28, 2016 at 4:00 am With the whizzing of your planet around your yellow star, we’ve come again to Christmas card season.
If you would like to send me Christmas greetings, please send a card by snail...
To forgive murder requires not just heroism but walking the way of the Cross
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2016 at 3:41 am Jesus’s prayer on the Cross, “Father forgive them, they know not what they do”, is very hard to emulate, especially when you have been wounded by others in the deepest, most...
