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Blessed Pius IX visited Chile as young priest in 1823 (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:01 am Blessed Pius IX (profile), who reigned from 1846 to 1878, was thus the first Pope who had set foot in North or South America.
Bishops from Europe, North America begin annual visit to Holy Land (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:01 am Click here for additional information about the 2018 Holy Land Coordination.
Death toll from Boko Haram attacks falls in Niger (Punch)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:01 am Boko Haram, the jihadist group based in Nigeria, is also active in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Punch is a leading Nigerian newspaper.
In the Philippines, a bishop finds his cathedral destroyed, but keeps hope (Aid to the Church in Need)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:01 am The Philippine army earlier defeated ISIS-affiliated militants in a five-month battle for control of Marawi.
New survey of Catholic women in US finds 24% attend Mass at least weekly (Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:01 am The survey of 1,508 Catholic women, conducted for America Magazine, found that 47% attend Mass at least monthly and 30% go to Confession at least yearly. 51% pray daily, 68% say...
Before leaving for Chile, Pope met with family in mourning (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:01 amPope addresses prisoners at female penitentiary in Chile's capital city (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:01 am Click here for a video of the visit.
Join the 9 Days for Life campaign of prayer and action
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:01 am Washington D.C., Jan 17, 2018 / 05:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The US Conference of Catholic Bishops have beefed up their social media presence for the 9 Days for Life novena, calling...
Who cheats? The demographics of faith and infidelity
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 17, 2018 at 5:00 am Denver, Colo., Jan 17, 2018 / 04:00 am (ACI Prensa).- Last week, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens admitted to an extramarital affair with his former hairdresser, although he denied...
Pope emphasizes democracy, listening, ecology in address to Chile's political leaders (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 4:01 am Click here for a video of the Pope’s meeting with political authorities and the diplomatic corps at the Palacio de La Moneda in Santiago.
Chile's president offers warm welcome to Pontiff (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 4:01 am Saying that “we open the doors of Chile to a friend,” President Michelle Bachelet offered a warm welcome to Pope Francis during a meeting at La Moneda Palace.
Dolores O’Riordan ‘took a lot of influence from her spirituality’, bishop says
Catholic Herald - Jan 17, 2018 at 3:59 am The Cranberries’ frontwoman, Dolores O’Riordan, has been described as a woman of soul and courage by the bishop of Limerick, where she honed her musical talent at a Catholic...
Trump to deliver video address to March for Life
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 17, 2018 at 3:50 am Washington D.C., Jan 17, 2018 / 03:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- U.S. President Donald Trump will address participants in the 45th
national March for Life via live video, the White...
China's Xi tells Trump hard-earned easing of tensions on Korean peninsula must continue (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 3:01 am L’Osservatore Romano (January 17 Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Palestinian leaders call for suspending recognition of Israel (Agence France-Presse)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 3:01 am L’Osservatore Romano (January 17 Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Bangladesh agrees to return over 650,000 Rohingya to Myanmar in 2 years (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 3:01 am L’Osservatore Romano (January 17 Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story. Pope Francis’s apostolic journey to Myanmar and Bangladesh began on November 26 and...
Volunteers arrested for giving food to homeless people in a California park (Los Angeles Times)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 17, 2018 at 3:01 am The arrests took place in El Cajon, a city of 100,000 in southern California.
A man is happy, so long as he chooses to be happy.
Aleteia - Jan 17, 2018 at 3:00 am Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
We should force criminals to confront their moral failings
Catholic Herald - Jan 17, 2018 at 2:49 am There are two principal reasons for enjoying (if that is the right word) the writings of Theodore Dalrymple, a retired prison doctor and psychiatrist: he is a very good writer,...
Pope Francis meets with survivors of clerical sexual abuse
Catholic Herald - Jan 17, 2018 at 2:32 am Pope Francis has met in private with survivors of sexual abuse by Chilean clergy, the Vatican has said. Spokesman Greg Burke said the Pope met with “a small group of victims of...
