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Three priests in the Turkmenistan desert
Vatican Insider - Nov 22, 2016 at 2:00 am Being a minority doesn’t mean you can’t proclaim Christ. In order to do it, what is important is to live the day-to-day life of the local people, the buildings can wait (there...
Want to stop fearing death? Trust in God, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 22, 2016 at 1:48 am Vatican City, Nov 22, 2016 / 01:48 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Death and God's judgment should be on everyone's mind, but faithfulness to God will conquer our fears, Pope Francis has...
Christianity returns to the towns of Iraq's Nineveh Plain
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 22, 2016 at 1:08 am Mosul, Iraq, Nov 22, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Two years after the sound of church bells was replaced by the sound of explosives in Bashiqa, Iraq, just north of Mosul,...
A parish TURNS TOWARD THE LORD for Advent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:37 am I had a note from a priest that St. Joseph the Worker in Berkeley, CA is going ad orientem as of Advent.
What I found most interesting, is something that the pastor wrote to the...
Theme announced for 2019 World Youth Day
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:31 am The Dicastery for Laity, the Family, and Life has announced that the theme of the 2019 World Youth Day, which will take place in Panama, will be “I am the servant of the Lord. May...
Catholic ethicist says some fertility clinics have mislead desperate couples with false success rates
The Catholic Leader - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:30 am CONCERNS have been raised by a leading Catholic ethicist that some of Australia’s major IVF clinics have been misleading couples with information about success rates. Queensland...
French cardinal asks forgiveness for not addressing abuse allegation promptly
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:22 am At a Mass of reparation for clerical abuse, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon asked forgiveness “before God and the whole of our diocese” for not investigating an abuse...
Surprise call to guide Queensland’s future priests interrupts rector’s retirement plan
The Catholic Leader - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am THE day Monsignor John Grace was told the Queensland bishops wanted him to be the rector of their seminary he thought someone was having a joke with him. He was getting ready to...
Media elites smugly show up at Trump Tower, for Trump to tell them what he REALLY thinks of them
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am Donald Trump invited all of the media's top executives and personalities to a meeting in Trump Tower. The event was a veritable A-list of media ...
Bless Friday takes on greedy Black Friday with the power of Christ's love
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am Black Friday is notably one of the largest shopping days of the year. Millions of people gather in front of stores, often camping out, to be among ...
Maintaining Inner Peace
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am Our souls can only reflect God’s love and grace if they are calm and delicately moored, as Chris Hazell explains. The peace promised to us by Jesus Christ two millennia ago only...
Washington D.C. celebrates White Mass to recognize gifts of those with disabilities
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am The kingship of Christ is lived out through service to those in need, said the homilist at the annual Washington, D.C. Mass for those with special ...
Indiana mayor renames Good Friday to 'Spring Holiday'
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am Critics say an Indiana mayor's decision to rename the city's Good Friday holiday in the name of inclusivity ended up marginalizing Christians.
Church officials in Rwanda apologize for genocide
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am The Catholic bishops of Rwanda have apologized for Christians' role in the deadly 1994 genocide.
There's a secret Catholic message hidden in 'Arrival'
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am Stop. If you haven't seen the latest sci-fi thriller, Arrival and you plan to do so, read no further. This story contains spoilers. If you've already ...
Father charged with drowning 4-year-old daughter in baptismal pool at St. John's Catholic Church
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 am Californian man has been accused of drowning his four-year-old daughter in the baptismal pool at Healdsburg's St. John's Catholic Church.
Cardinal Parolin denounces forced labor in fishing industry
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 21, 2016 at 11:45 pm The UN Food and Agricultural Organization and the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People hosted a discussion on November 21 on the exploitation...
Prelate calls for prayer, advocacy for Iraqi Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 21, 2016 at 11:22 pm The Chaldean Catholic bishop of Detroit has called upon Catholics in the US and other Western nations to “adopt parishes, adopt dioceses, and adopt people” in order to “let the...
The Law of Gift
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 21, 2016 at 11:04 pm Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles written by Dr. Edward Sri on Saint John Paul II’s Love and Responsibility. The series is reprinted here with permission...
5 Ways to find peace in the midst of chaos
Aleteia - Nov 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm I don’t know about you but I’ve reached my limit over the past weeks with social media. The amount of hate, fear-mongering, shouting down, stereotyping, passive aggressiveness,...
