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Proclaim Christ the king of mercy, pope says at end of Holy Year
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 20, 2016 at 12:55 pm Following Christ the King, whose regal power is love and mercy, means the whole church and each Christian must "follow his way of tangible love," Pope Francis said.
More letters, even from the left, mourning the Gray Lady's slide into advocacy journalism
GetReligion - Nov 20, 2016 at 12:30 pm
There she goes, there she goes again.
Right there in the sacred pages of The New York Times.
You remember, I hope, Liz Spayd -- the pro-American Model of the press scribe who is...
Year of Mercy affirmed dignity, sacredness of human life, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 20, 2016 at 12:16 pm Visiting young women rescued from forced prostitution and meeting with a mother inconsolable over the loss of one of her newborn triplets are images from the Year of Mercy that...
Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2016, Year A
Big C Catholics - Nov 20, 2016 at 12:00 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)In today’s first reading we hear the prophet Isaiah calling us to climb to the top of the mountain...
Memorial of the Presentation of Mary
Big C Catholics - Nov 20, 2016 at 11:55 am Presentation of the Virgin, Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel, c. 1305.November 21th, is the memorial of the Presentation of Mary or the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple (...
WATCH: Pope Francis closes the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica
Aleteia - Nov 20, 2016 at 11:15 am VATICAN CITY — “O Key of David and Scepter of the House of Israel; you open and no man closes; you close and no man opens. Come, and deliver from the chains of prison those who...
How an ex-prostitute's horrific suffering moved Pope Francis
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 20, 2016 at 11:02 am Vatican City, Nov 20, 2016 / 11:29 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis still remembers his meeting with a former prostitute who had suffered much.
Sunday Brunch Specials for November 20, 2016: Great Reads from This Week
CatholicMom.com - Nov 20, 2016 at 11:00 am
Welcome to the CatholicMom.com Sunday Brunch! We’re serving up a buffet of articles from the past week. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and settle in to enjoy some great reads....
How an ex-prostitute's horrific suffering moved Pope Francis
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 20, 2016 at 10:29 am Vatican City, Nov 20, 2016 / 09:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis still remembers his meeting with a former prostitute who had suffered much.
In a new interview, the Pope...
It's official: Christ, the King of Poland!
Rorate Coeli - Nov 20, 2016 at 10:25 am By
Fr. Paul McDonald
Special to Rorate Caeli
The
Lord Jesus Christ Recognized as the King of Poland
Radio
Maryja (@RadioMaryja) reports that the Bishops of Poland have enthroned...
Pope Francis at Angelus: cherish spiritual gifts of Jubilee
News.va - Nov 20, 2016 at 10:03 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, following a Mass to mark the Solemnity of Christ the King, and the...
Proclaim Christ the king of mercy, pope says at end of Holy Year
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 20, 2016 at 9:05 am VATICAN CITY — Following Christ the King, whose regal power is love and mercy, means the whole church and each Christian must “follow his way of tangible love,” Pope Francis said...
Group Launches Annual "Friend or Foe" Christmas Campaign
The Religion Clause - Nov 20, 2016 at 8:30 am Liberty Counsel announced last week that it has launched its fourteenth annual Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign, saying in part:Liberty Counsel is actively monitoring cases across...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Nov 20, 2016 at 8:00 am In Sanchez v. Mitchell, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157853 (D MA, Nov. 15, 2016), a Massachusetts federal district court dismissed an inmate's complaint that his free exercise rights...
The vaccine against polarization in the world and in the Church
Vatican Insider - Nov 20, 2016 at 6:21 am The words Francis pronounced at the Consistory for the creation of new cardinals twisted the knife in the wound.They touched a raw nerve in today's modern world. The Pope talked...
At close of Jubilee, Pope Francis says it's a reminder of what's essential
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 20, 2016 at 5:58 am Vatican City, Nov 20, 2016 / 05:58 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On Sunday Pope Francis closed the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica, officially marking the end of the Jubilee of Mercy,...
Pope: Full text of homily for Solemnity of Christ the King
News.va - Nov 20, 2016 at 5:38 am Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
20 November 2016
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, is the...
Pope Francis closes Holy Door to end Year of Mercy
Catholic Herald - Nov 20, 2016 at 5:15 am Pope Francis has pulled shut the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, formally ending the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
In his homily during Sunday morning Mass in St. Peter’s Square,...
"I am allergic to flatterers, I deserve detractors"
Vatican Insider - Nov 20, 2016 at 4:59 am Pope Francis' first interview with an Italian television channel was granted to TV2000 and InBlu Radio, the Italian Episcopal Conference's broadcasters. In a 40-minute question...
Apostolic Letter "Misericordia et Misera" and the SSPX
Rorate Coeli - Nov 20, 2016 at 4:58 am Last Friday, the Holy See announced that the Apostolic Letter Misericordia et Misera would be published on Monday -- the Pope signed it today, last day of the Jubilee of Mercy....
