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Confronted by the Commandant of Auschwitz
Aleteia - Nov 16, 2016 at 11:00 pm It was a cool July night when I first heard the story of the Commandant of Auschwitz. My group was nearing the end of a tour of the infamous Nazi death camp, and, in doing so,...
What Simone Weil might say to the American people
Aleteia - Nov 16, 2016 at 11:00 pm I often assign Simone Weil’s short essay “The Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God” at the beginning of terms because she teaches so much through it. If she...
‘Energy for the common good’ will be theme of Vatican’s world-fair pavilion
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 16, 2016 at 10:49 pm Cardinal Peter Turkson, who will lead the new Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, has announced that the theme of the Vatican’s pavilion at the 2017 world fair...
Prelate: ‘Brexit is causing serious problems’
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 16, 2016 at 10:29 pm The vice president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU said in a recent interview that “Brexit is causing serious problems.”
WaPo Blames Trump Voter Who is Beaten
Creative Minority Report - Nov 16, 2016 at 9:18 pm This Washington Post headline seems to be victim blaming.Headline: "Student wearing Trump hat, arguing with protesters, is punched, kicked to ground."Does the fact that he was...
Church in Nigeria to launch TV channel
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 16, 2016 at 9:09 pm The Archdiocese of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, will launch a 24-hour satellite television channel in 2017, according to Nigerian media reports.
Syrian patriarch: persecuted Christians hope Trump will help secure Mideast peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 16, 2016 at 8:47 pm The head of the Syrian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, called upon US politicians to speak out on behalf of persecuted Christians...
How to fix our broken sexual culture, according to Archbishop Chaput
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 16, 2016 at 6:05 pm Baltimore, Md., Nov 16, 2016 / 05:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Infidelity, divorce, sexual violence, pornography, hook-up culture – all things that have both increased en masse in...
“God’s love for us is ‘crazy’, He weeps over our infidelity”
Vatican Insider - Nov 16, 2016 at 5:47 pmBoston Mayor Martin Walsh Wants City to Be an Abortion Mecca Where Women Abort Their Babies
LifeNews.com - Nov 16, 2016 at 5:42 pm Abortion advocates already are making plans for the day when Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Discussion surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court and its infamous abortion case is at a height...
The Weekly Francis – Volume 159 – 16 November 2016
The Curt Jester - Nov 16, 2016 at 5:27 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 27 October 2016 to 16 November 2016.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s...
Media Bash Pro-Life Trump Advisor Steve Bannon With Abortion Scandal They Tried To Cover Up
LifeNews.com - Nov 16, 2016 at 5:25 pm It’s called selective outrage.
The media protested when President-elect Donald Trump recently chose Steve Bannon, former executive chairman of Breitbart News, as his chief...
The Weekly Francis – 16 November 2016
Jimmy Akin.org - Nov 16, 2016 at 5:25 pm
This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 27 October 2016 to 16 November 2016.
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NCCW records a million-plus works of mercy during jubilee year
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 16, 2016 at 5:11 pm The National Council of Catholic Women said their members have recorded more than 1 million works of mercy during the Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis.
Pro-Life Donald Trump Campaign Manager: Trump “Committed” to His Lists of Conservative Judges
LifeNews.com - Nov 16, 2016 at 4:58 pm During the presidential campaign Donald Trump put forward two lists of conservative potential judges for the Supreme Court. Today his pro-life campaign manager put to rest any...
Admonish sin without putting on airs or being hypocrite, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 16, 2016 at 4:43 pm Offering counsel and admonishing sinners are works of mercy, but they are not a license to pretend to be better than others, Pope Francis said.
Blessed Lucy of Narnia
Catholic Hot Dish - Nov 16, 2016 at 4:21 pm A fresco in Narni depicting Blessed Lucy Photo by Fortunati Giuseppe / CC BY 3.0
Apparently there really is a Blessed Lucy of Narnia whose feast day is today!
Stephen Bullivant at...
Saint Gertrude the Great, Abbess and Virgin
Regina Magazine - Nov 16, 2016 at 4:15 pm November 16 Today is the feast day of Saint Gertrude. Ora pro nobis. Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus Christ, in union with the...
Pope’s new point man on family rips Abp. Chaput’s ‘Amoris’ guidelines on Communion
LifeSiteNews - Nov 16, 2016 at 4:14 pm The cardinal-designate apparently doesn't share the same views on the Apostolic Exhortation as the head of the Philadelphia archdiocese.
Saint Mechtilde
Regina Magazine - Nov 16, 2016 at 4:12 pm November 16 Today is the feast day of Saint Mechtilde. Ora pro nobis. St. Mechtilde was born about the year 1240, a countess and a cousin of the German Emperor. She belonged to...
