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The Missing Link in Premarital Preparation
CatholicMom.com - Nov 21, 2016 at 7:00 am
Sign of Promise and Commitment. Copyright 2016 Marya Jauregui. All rights reserved.
Since the divorce rate among Catholics is just as high as the general population, we know that...
Who Rules?
The Reason for Our Hope - Nov 21, 2016 at 7:00 am In the aftermath of the American presidential election we see that some people are having difficulty accepting the choice. This makes clear that the election of a leader is not...
Book Review: Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 21, 2016 at 7:00 am Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives. Ed. Alcuin Reid. London/New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016. xxvi + 367 pp. Paperback, $24.95. [...
Five key extracts from Misericordia et Misera
Catholic Herald - Nov 21, 2016 at 6:49 am 1. Priests’ permission to absolve the ‘grave sin’ of abortion has been extended
“I wish to restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an...
Now is a time of mercy: Pope issues new Apostolic Letter
News.va - Nov 21, 2016 at 6:02 am (Vatican Radio) Although the Extraordinary Jubilee Year has concluded, we are still living in a “time of mercy.” That was the message of Pope Francis in a lengthy Apostolic Letter...
Sacred Reading for Advent and Christmas
CatholicMom.com - Nov 21, 2016 at 6:00 am
Sacred Reading is a daily gospel reflection book put out by the Apostleship of Prayer and published by Ave Maria Press. This particular book is focused on Advent and Christmas...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Nov 21, 2016 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Amos A. Israel-Vleeschhouwer, The Mandate System as a Messianic Alternative in the Ultra-Religious Jurisprudence of Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer, (49(3) Israel Law Review 339...
Pope extends Jubilee mandate on abortion, SSPX confession
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 21, 2016 at 6:00 am Rome, Italy, Nov 21, 2016 / 06:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Although the Jubilee of Mercy has ended, Pope Francis has decided that some of the novelties he applied in the Church for...
Pope Francis releases Apostolic Letter, renews faculties to absolve abortion, extends confession for SSPX
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 21, 2016 at 5:30 am His Holiness Pope Francis has issued an Apostolic Letter for the close of the Year of Mercy. It is 6600 words long (excluding notes) and it is called Misericordia et misera, a...
Pope extends priests’ special permission to absolve ‘grave sin’ of abortion
Catholic Herald - Nov 21, 2016 at 5:20 am Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve the “grave sin” of abortion, extending special permission he had granted them in 2015 for the just-ended Holy Year of Mercy....
Apostolic Letter Misericordia et Misera merely extends SSPX confessions' provision
Rorate Coeli - Nov 21, 2016 at 5:10 am From the Apostolic Letter Misericordia et Misera, 12 -- exactly as we had predicted in our last update yesterday:
For the Jubilee Year I had also granted that those faithful who,...
'Forgive us' – Rwandan bishops on Catholic role in genocide
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 21, 2016 at 5:10 am Kigali, Rwanda, Nov 21, 2016 / 05:10 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Catholic bishops of Rwanda have apologized for Christians' role in the deadly 1994 genocide.
Full text: Pope’s apostolic letter concluding Year of Mercy
Catholic Herald - Nov 21, 2016 at 5:06 am Misericordia et misera
Apostolic Letter of Pope Francis
at the Conclusion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
FRANCIS
TO ALL WHO READ THIS APOSTOLIC LETTER MERCY AND PEACE...
Pope extends Jubilee mandate on abortion, SSPX confession
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 21, 2016 at 5:00 am Rome, Italy, Nov 21, 2016 / 04:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Although the Jubilee of Mercy has ended, Pope Francis has decided that some of the novelties he applied to the Church during...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 21, 2016 - Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
CatholicMom.com - Nov 21, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 21, 1-4
I think most of us are familiar with the story of the poor widow who puts two coins in as an offering where the rest of the people are putting in so...
Pope Francis reflects on Year of Mercy in television interview
Catholic Herald - Nov 21, 2016 at 4:14 am The Pope has described the events of the Year of Mercy which have had a lasting impression on him.
The Pontiff said that he will always remember visiting young women rescued from...
“All priests will be able to continue granting absolution for the sin of abortion”
Vatican Insider - Nov 21, 2016 at 4:03 am “Remaining only at the level of the law is equivalent to thwarting faith and divine mercy.” “Even in the most complex cases, where there is a temptation to apply a justice derived...
Canon law on abortion is going to change, says Fisichella
Vatican Insider - Nov 21, 2016 at 3:55 am The Pope’s decision to make the ability of priests to absolve the “grave sin” of abortion permanent, means Canon Law is to be updated too. Francis had granted priests this power...
Bishops apologise for Church’s role in Rwandan genocide
Catholic Herald - Nov 21, 2016 at 3:43 am The Catholic Church in Rwanda apologised on Sunday for the Church’s role in the 1994 genocide, saying it regretted the actions of those who participated in the massacres.
“We...
A great sign said to appear in the heavens as the year of Mercy closes
LifeSiteNews - Nov 21, 2016 at 3:41 am On November 20, 2016, an astronomical event begins that will last nine and a half months, culminating in startling concurrence with the vision of Revelation 12.
