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Pope’s last ‘Mercy Friday’ visit is with former priests, their families
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 11, 2016 at 2:17 pm Nearing the end of the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis paid a visit to seven families formed by men who left the priesthood to marry. The Vatican said the visit was a sign that God...
To all the “sit down and shut up” folks
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 11, 2016 at 2:13 pm Listen to your President:
21 States do not have rules against faithless Electors in the Electoral College
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 11, 2016 at 2:08 pm If those guys meet on 12/19 and say, “Screw it. Hillary is president” that would be *hilarious* (and also, of course, terrifying). The perfect capstone to the most bizarre...
Earthquake Topples Benedictine Basilica
CatholicMom.com - Nov 11, 2016 at 2:00 pm Last December I reviewed Benedicta, an album of Marian chant as prayed by the Monks of Norcia. This calming, serene album is packed with 33 chants honoring the Blessed Mother....
Romanian Orthodox Church supports constitutional amendment to protect marriage
LifeSiteNews - Nov 11, 2016 at 1:55 pm A petition drive aided by priests and bishops resulted in more than three million signatures asking the government to protect natural marriage.
Odd to live in a time when Glenn Beck is a voice of reason
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 11, 2016 at 1:54 pm …but so he is, in a remarkably good piece in the NY Times.
Rebecca Hamilton Brings Common Sense
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 11, 2016 at 1:32 pm …to those Trump supporters who, scant days ago, were threatening the peace of the nation themselves and who are now telling those with tons of reasons to be terrified by our...
Nations prepare for biggest vote on gay agenda the UN has ever faced
LifeSiteNews - Nov 11, 2016 at 1:24 pm The African Group said it was 'disturbed' by the incessant focus on 'sexual interests and behaviors' and asked that these notions not be linked to binding human rights law.
Anti-Trumpers Smashing Stuff for Good Government
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 11, 2016 at 1:15 pm You guys are everything you said you hated and feared. Folly. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your...
BREAKING: Pro-life VP-elect Mike Pence takes over Trump transition effort
LifeSiteNews - Nov 11, 2016 at 1:02 pm The news gives hope to social conservatives that the administration will stand with them on policy issues.
Planned Parenthood, UN sound alarm (AGAIN) over fake ‘contraception crisis’
LifeSiteNews - Nov 11, 2016 at 1:02 pm In fact, the truth is exactly the opposite of what they claim.
To all the Veterans in my life, living and dead
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:56 pm Thank you for everything you’ve done for us! God love you!
Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
Big C Catholics - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:46 pm On November 12th, the Church celebrates the memorial of Saint Josaphat, (1584-1623) the 17th century Orthodox monk, archbishop and martyr of the Ruthenian rite, (Ukrainian Greek...
On last Mercy Friday, Francis meets men who left the priesthood
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:43 pm Rome, Italy, Nov 11, 2016 / 12:43 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- For his last "Mercy Friday" during the Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis spent the afternoon visiting seven young men who have...
Practical Homework Tips
CatholicMom.com - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:30 pm
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We’ve managed to take our homework time from gory to glory. Well, maybe not “glory.” But our homework time now is generally...
Mercy Fridays give pope a year of stories, tears, hugs
Franciscan Media - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:26 pm Pope Francis talks with residents during a May 13 visit at the “Chicco” Community in Ciampino, Italy, for his monthly Mercy Friday in the Jubilee Year of Mercy. The community was...
The Prophet Chesterton on the recent election
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:23 pm But there is not a grain of evidence that primitive government was despotic and tyrannical. It may have been, of course, for it may have been anything or even nothing; it may not...
What Pope Francis Thinks of a Donald Trump Presidency
ChurchPOP - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:20 pm Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari just published an interview with Pope Francis that touched on a number of subjects, including the controversial political
The post What Pope...
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
Commonweal - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:19 pm Leonard Cohen has died at 82. Cohen's cryptic, longing musings on love and loss elide, as does the best such music, the human and the transcendent and spiritual. You may have met...
60% of Trump voters were impacted by GOP’s pro-life, pro-religious liberty platform: poll
LifeSiteNews - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:19 pm It was the party platform that brokered the deal between Trump and Christian conservatives.
