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Pope and politics: 3 popes’ favorite social teachings
Aleteia - Nov 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm “Trump was the one man strong enough to beat Clinton’s unstoppable Democratic juggernaut.” “Clinton and the Democrats were so weak even a poorly prepared, compromised candidate...
What Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” taught my family on Movie Night
Aleteia - Nov 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm “What should we watch?” I asked. There wasn’t even a pause. “The Ten Commandments! Aren’t we going to watch The Ten Commandments?” their voices rang out in near unison. It was...
The Presentation of Mary: Celebrating something that never happened
Aleteia - Nov 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm Mary calls me back to where I most want to be: to the heart of God which, as you know, is also the heart of the world. She calls me to let the passion of Jesus become my passion...
Pope creates 17 cardinals, warns against ‘virus of polarization’
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2016 at 10:42 pm Pope Francis created 17 new cardinals during a November 19 consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, raising the membership of the College of Cardinals to 228, of whom 121 are eligible...
New cardinals, joined by Pope, greet Pope Emeritus
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2016 at 10:11 pm Following the consistory for the creation of new cardinals on November 19, Pope Francis and the new cardinals traveled to Mater Ecclesiae Monastery and greeted Pope Emeritus...
Pope, in TV interview, calls abortion ‘very grave sin,’ ‘horrendous crime’
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2016 at 10:00 pm In an interview with the Italian bishops’ radio and television stations, Pope Francis looked back upon the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, including his “Mercy Friday” visits.
Trump, Hamilton and the Tabloid Wars
Commonweal - Nov 20, 2016 at 9:45 pm Politics is starting to seem like time travel to me: some days, 1930s; other times, 1960s. But today, it's back to the New York tabloid wars of the 1980s and the transformation of...
Georgetown Hosts Slew of Abortion Advocates to Discuss ‘Reproductive Injustices’
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 20, 2016 at 8:47 pm Just eight months after being chastised by the Archdiocese of Washington for lacking an “environment of morality, ethics and human decency” on campus, Georgetown University...
My Weekly Roundup of Catholic College News
Creative Minority Report - Nov 20, 2016 at 7:16 pm University of Mary joins challenge to harmful ‘transgender’ health regulationThe Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a lawsuit in North Dakota federal district court last week...
Saint Edmund, Martyr, King
Regina Magazine - Nov 20, 2016 at 6:08 pm November 20 Today is the feast day of Saint Edmund. Ora pro nobis. Edmund was born of Saxon stock and was brought up a Christian. Though only about fifteen years old when crowned...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/11/16
Catholic Herald - Nov 20, 2016 at 6:01 pm At yesterday’s Angelus, Pope Francis thanked the elderly and sick people “who prayed incessantly” during the Year of Mercy (full text).
A church in Bashiqa, northern Iraq, has...
Cardinal Cupich on the question of Pope’s animosity towards JPII Catholics
LifeSiteNews - Nov 20, 2016 at 4:47 pm Speaking to the College of Cardinals during the St. Peter's Basilica consistory adding Cupich and another 16 to their number, Pope Francis warned against the “the virus of...
St. Gelasius: Saint of the Day for Monday, November 21, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 20, 2016 at 4:02 pm St. Gelasius I, Pope (Feast day - November 21) Gelasius was born in Rome, in the fifth century, the son of an African named Valerius. Later, ordained ...
Daily Readings for Monday, November 21, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 20, 2016 at 4:02 pm Reading 1: Revelation 14:1-5, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 24:1-6, Gospel: Luke 21:1-4
Act of Contrition #2: Prayer of the Day for Monday, November 21, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 20, 2016 at 4:02 pm My God,
I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong
and failing to do good,
I have sinned against you
whom I should love ...
Saint Felix of Valois, Confessor
Regina Magazine - Nov 20, 2016 at 3:52 pm November 20 Today is the feast day of Saint Felix of Valois. Ora pro nobis. St. Felix of Valois Feast Day: November 20th (by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876) St. Felix, of...
Well-wishers endure long flights, long lines to see their new cardinals
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 20, 2016 at 3:48 pm Balancing a cup in one hand and a small sandwich over the plastic plate on her lap while a grandchild played on the floor next to her wheelchair, Marie Terese Tobin beamed with...
Church must know situation of couples it tries to help, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 20, 2016 at 3:33 pm Discerning the best way to help a couple whose marriage has failed is not easy, Pope Francis told a group of bishops, but he said he was certain that with study and prayer they...
Pope Francis closes Year of Mercy: “Make Jesus the King of your life”
Aleteia - Nov 20, 2016 at 2:27 pm VATICAN CITY — The grandeur of God’s kingdom is not power as defined by this world, but a divine love capable of encountering and healing all things, Pope Francis said today in...
NASCAR Champion Boldly Thanks “Blessed Mother & Sacred Heart of Jesus”
ChurchPOP - Nov 20, 2016 at 1:00 pm What a great public show of his faith! Johnny Sauter just won the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship. In a TV
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