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Pope: "I have my doubts but these help deepen my faith"
Vatican Insider - Nov 22, 2016 at 5:07 pm "I have so many... Of course, we all sometimes have doubts!" At today's General Audience in the Paul VI hall, following the conclusion of the Jubilee, the Pope continued his...
My latest at Catholic Weekly
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:45 pm …on the gospel’s power to conquer sin.
The Many Paradoxes of Thanksgiving
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:43 pm A fun piece I wrote some years back on the poor Puritan and his forced submission to becoming venerable.
WATCH: Cardinal Cupich: Anyone who ‘doubts and questions’ Amoris needs ‘conversion’
LifeSiteNews - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:24 pm 'The Holy Father doesn’t have to, in any way, defend a teaching document of the Church,' Chicago's Blase Cupich said.
Obama Gives Presidential Medal of Freedom to Abortion Activists Bill and Melinda Gates
LifeNews.com - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:21 pm Longtime pro-abortion activists Bill and Melinda Gates today received the highest honor the Untied States can bestow upon a citizen who is not a member of the U.S. military. Obama...
No mention of abortion in Trump plan, but pro-lifers optimistic
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:14 pm Washington D.C., Nov 22, 2016 / 03:14 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Specific pro-life policies are missing from President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda for his first 100 days in office, yet...
He’s thankful for church’s guiding light
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:09 pm ALLOUEZ — When driving into the Town of Freedom, Riley Garbe is struck by the image of the St. Nicholas Church steeple. In his eyes, the steeple appears to be “watching over the...
Neenah parish hosts ‘Advent by Candlelight’ Dec. 12
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:06 pm NEENAH — Advent is one of the most anticipated times of the church year. However, the Christmas season can be stressful, especially for women who have traditionally taken on many...
From a year to a life of mercy
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:05 pm After a year of proclaiming and practicing acts of mercy as part of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis officially concluded the extraordinary jubilee celebration by closing...
Society’s chef stays cool as cucumber turning out 4,500 meals daily
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:02 pm Chris Hoffman is cooking for 4,500 guests this holiday season, yet he's cool as a cucumber.
Missionary of Mercy took on the burdens of NSW’s far-flung faithful and will do it again in 2017
The Catholic Leader - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:00 pm TRAVELLING Missionary of Mercy Fr Richard Shortall has finished an exhausting mission to lift the burdens of people in regional Australian communities. Living out of a motor home...
Were U.S. bishops really sending Trump (or Rome) a message through Archbishop Gomez?
GetReligion - Nov 22, 2016 at 4:00 pm One really annoying thing about the secular media is the inability of many in it to see anything outside the political grid. When I saw this headline over this article in the Los...
Who are these four cardinals who wrote the ‘dubia’ to the Pope?
LifeSiteNews - Nov 22, 2016 at 3:58 pm Cardinals Walter Brandmüller, Raymond Burke, Carlo Caffarra, and Joachim Meisner are all longtime defenders of the Catholic faith.
St. Thomas More’s hair shirt now enshrined for public veneration
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 22, 2016 at 3:52 pm The hair shirt worn by St. Thomas More as he contemplated a martyr's death in the Tower of London has been enshrined for public veneration.
Conception Abbey’s 10th Abbot: Benedict Neenan
Communio - Nov 22, 2016 at 3:44 pm This afternoon the capitulars of Conception Abbey elected Father Benedict Neenan as their 10th abbot, succeeding Abbot Gregory Polan who was elected abbot primate in September....
U.S. bishops are trying to figure out how to deal with postelection animus
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 22, 2016 at 3:39 pm Like many others, the U.S. Catholic bishops are trying to figure out how to deal with a president-elect who's different from anyone they've dealt with in the past and one involved...
New Resources for Advent from Ignatius Press
CatholicMom.com - Nov 22, 2016 at 3:30 pm
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Ignatius Press has released three lovely new books for the little ones in your life along with a beautiful Advent calendar, just...
Bishops approve moving forward four possible saints’ causes
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 22, 2016 at 3:27 pm During the U.S. bishops' fall general assembly Nov. 14-16 in Baltimore, they approved by voice vote the sainthood causes of four men and women as part of the episcopal...
Polish bishop backs Four Cardinals: Their request is ‘not just a right, but a duty’
LifeSiteNews - Nov 22, 2016 at 3:02 pm Bishop Jozef Wrobel supports the four Cardinals who requested clarification from Pope Francis.
The Dies Irae in English
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm One of the gifts which the Church has received through the promulgation of the Ordinariate Liturgy is a model for vernacular liturgy that preserves some of the great treasures of...
