Latest News
TV Station Won’t Air Video of Kids With Down Syndrome Smiling: It Would “Disturb” Women Who Aborted
LifeNews.com - Nov 22, 2016 at 8:22 am French television officials rejected a touching video (below) about the abilities of children with Down syndrome last week because the children’s smiles might “disturb” women who...
Scottish archdiocese announces interactive PDA app to find Mass, Confession
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 22, 2016 at 8:17 am Archbishop Leo Cushley of Edinburgh, Scotland, has announced the development of a smart-phone app that will enable users to be guided by GPS to the nearest Catholic church where...
Bulgarian Orthodox leader supports ‘Mum, Dad & Kids’ natural marriage initiative in EU
LifeSiteNews - Nov 22, 2016 at 8:13 am Patriarch Neophyte gave his blessing to the pro-family movement.
French presidential candidates vie for Catholic votes
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 22, 2016 at 8:10 am Two former French prime ministers made appeals to Catholic voters, each claiming to represent the thinking of Pope Francis, is a debate between candidates for the leadership of...
France Bans Video of Children with Down Syndrome Smiling
Creative Minority Report - Nov 22, 2016 at 8:09 am Europe erasing the unfit. No worries. Nothing to see here. Deacon Greg Kandra had this story up and I just wanted to make sure you guys all saw it.The French State Counsel has...
Indiana mayor draws criticism for renaming Good Friday
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 22, 2016 at 8:02 am Indianapolis, Ind., Nov 22, 2016 / 08:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Critics say an Indiana mayor's decision to rename the city's Good Friday holiday in the name of inclusivity ended up...
Pope: Death is not to be feared if we’re faithful to God
News.va - Nov 22, 2016 at 8:00 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said death is not frightening if we are faithful to the Lord but warned against being trapped into basing our lives around superficial things that are...
Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 22, 2016 at 8:00 am Since the time of Pius XI’s Quas primas in 1925, the following was to be recited on the Feast of Christ the King, which in the traditional calendar falls on the last Sunday of...
Vatican launches web site for Peter’s Pence
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 22, 2016 at 7:30 am The Vatican has unveiled a new web site for Peter’s Pence, the annual collection for the needs of the Roman Pontiff.
Moscow Patriarch says Russian Orthodox will never accept independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 22, 2016 at 7:23 am The leader of the Russian Orthodox Chuch has vowed that the Moscow patriarchate will never accept the independence of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
Rwandan bishops beg pardon for Christian involvement in 1994 massacres
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 22, 2016 at 7:12 am The Catholic bishops of Rwanda have issued a public apology for the involvement of Catholics and Church officials in the genocidal massacres of 1994.
Indiana mayor draws criticism for renaming Good Friday
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 22, 2016 at 7:02 am Indianapolis, Ind., Nov 22, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Critics say an Indiana mayor's decision to rename the city's Good Friday holiday in the name of inclusivity ended up...
Pope: “We need not fear death if we are faithful to God”
Vatican Insider - Nov 22, 2016 at 7:00 am “We do not like to think of these things,” this is the reality of human existence: death and the fear of dying. A fear that vanishes if we remain faithful in God, Pope Francis...
How Hard is it to Pay Attention at Mass? An Advent Discipline Challenge
CatholicMom.com - Nov 22, 2016 at 7:00 am
Photo [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons. Text added by author.
Many of us have been there. The kids are fussing. It’s a visiting priest who has a new accent that everyone is learning...
What We in the Roman Rite Should Take From the Iconographic Tradition: Some Thoughts
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 22, 2016 at 7:00 am Using the example of the School of St Albans, I have been discussing how one might re-establish a tradition of sacred art for the Roman Rite, in such a way that it might have the...
Washington state's bishops listened to the poor. Here's what they heard.
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 22, 2016 at 6:50 am Seattle, Wash., Nov 22, 2016 / 06:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The stories of poor people – and the need for Christians to help them – are the focus of the Washington state bishops'...
St Cecilia
Communio - Nov 22, 2016 at 6:45 am O Christ, who summoned all
To follow in your way,
That we might bear our cross
And live in endless day:
We thank you for Cecilia’s stand;
And trusting in your loving hand,
We too...
Prominent Italian philosopher explains his response to doubts surrounding the Amoris Laetitia
Vatican Insider - Nov 22, 2016 at 6:09 am The discussion surrounding the Amoris Laetitia has been expanded and enriched by the contribution of four eminent cardinals Walter Brandmüller, Raymond L. Burke, Carlo Caffarra...
Kyrgyzstan Criminalizes Religious Marriage of Minors
The Religion Clause - Nov 22, 2016 at 6:05 am According to Interfax, in Kyrgyzstan last week, President Almazbek Atambayev signed amendments to the country's Family and Criminal Codes banning religious consecration of...
Vatican announces themes for upcoming World Youth Days
News.va - Nov 22, 2016 at 6:02 am (Vatican Radio) The Dicastery for Laity, the Family, and Life issued a communiqué on Tuesday listing the themes for the next three World Youth Days (WYD).
The press release notes...
