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Catholics’ post-election to-do list: work for unity, healing
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:15 pm WASHINGTON — All the distrust, vitriol and rancor stirred up during the 2016 presidential election campaign did not go away when votes were tallied.
The Nov. 8 election’s outcome...
Pope Francis on the young who like Latin Mass: ‘Why so much rigidity?’
LifeSiteNews - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:11 pm Young Catholics who like the Latin Mass have a 'rigidity' which suggests 'insecurity of even something else,' Pope Francis said.
Pope tells homeless greater solidarity is found in poverty than wealth
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 11, 2016 at 12:01 pm Vatican City, Nov 11, 2016 / 12:29 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After hearing testimonies from two homeless men Friday, Pope Francis spoke off-the-cuff about the dignity and solidarity...
Death penalty foes are 'abolitionists,' says the Los Angeles Times -- but does the name fit?
GetReligion - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:58 am
Are death penalty foes modern abolitionists? Some mainstream media are reaching for that innocence by association, seeking the reflected glory of the 19th century anti-slavery...
Trudeau’s Supreme Court pick highlights why conservatives keep losing
LifeSiteNews - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:55 am The consistent failure of conservatives to seize the opportunities given to them is the reason that secular progressives continue to march from strength to strength.
On last Mercy Friday, Francis meets men who left the priesthood
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:43 am Rome, Italy, Nov 11, 2016 / 10:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For his last “Mercy Friday” during the Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis spent the afternoon visiting seven young men who have...
A Thanksgiving Blessing HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:37 am Father in Heaven, Creator of all and source of all goodness and love, please look kindly upon us and receive our heartfelt gratitude in this time of ...
Paraguay: bishops say drug traffic corrupts state institutions
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:31 am The Catholic bishops of Paraguay have issued a call for action against the influence of drug trafficking on the nation’s political system.
Pope tells homeless greater solidarity is found in poverty than wealth
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:29 am Vatican City, Nov 11, 2016 / 10:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After hearing testimonies from two homeless men Friday, Pope Francis spoke off-the-cuff about the dignity and solidarity...
Pro-life vow eliminated from statutes for Pontifical Academy for Life
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:28 am The newly revised statutes for the Pontifical Academy for Life no longer require members to sign a declaration that they will follow Church teachings on the sanctity of human life...
NBA Commentator Reveals Christian Faith in Viral Election Response
ChurchPOP - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:24 am If you follow sports, you’ve most certainly seen Ernie Johnson before. He’s been a fixture of NBA commentary for many years. Yesterday, his
The post NBA Commentator Reveals...
Ex-priests meet with Pontiff
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:19 am Pope Francis met on November 11 with several young men who have left the priesthood, in the latest of his monthly gestures for the Year of Mercy.
Vatican Nativity will include replica of Maltese fishing boat to evoke migrant crisis
Catholic Herald - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:10 am The Vatican’s Christmas tree and Nativity scene will feature unique designs and decorations highlighting several issues close to Pope Francis, including care for the environment,...
Letters show brotherly love, developing thinking on moral challenges
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:09 am Imagine St. Paul, Isaiah or Jeremiah — any key prophetic figure — with a brother or close companion, one who could be a support and encouragement at times when life got rough....
Pope Francis meets young men who have left the priesthood
News.va - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:02 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday met a group of young men who have left the priesthood during the past years to show his closeness and affection towards them. His surprise...
Pope Francis: “I ask poor for forgiveness on behalf of Christians who ignore them”
Aleteia - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:01 am Pope Francis on Friday asked the poor for forgiveness for all the times Christians turned away when they saw a poor person or a person living in a state of poverty. The Pope’s...
Religious leaders petition ABC over cuts to religious programming
Catholic Herald - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:00 am Faith leaders have met the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) after the public broadcaster decided to axe some of its religious programming, with...
Sharing the Word for November 12, 2016 – Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time – Year 2
Franciscan Media - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:00 am Memorial of St. Josaphat
November 12, 2016
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Luke 18:1-8
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The parable of...
Meatless Fridays: Fattet Laban from Lebanon
CatholicMom.com - Nov 11, 2016 at 11:00 am
One reason for the Catholic tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays is solidarity. Meat, by and large, is a luxury and one that many live without. By abstaining, we place...
Flashback: Obama said Trump will ‘reverse every single thing that we’ve done’
LifeSiteNews - Nov 11, 2016 at 10:51 am Much of Obama's 'progress' chipped away at religious liberty, advanced abortion, and promoted the LGBT cause.
