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Global Warming: philosopher suggests we stop having babies
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 23, 2016 at 12:00 am Global warming is real and getting worse. There is no more credible scientific debate on this issue. However, there is plenty of debate over how we ...
'Vanity is like osteoporosis of the soul' - Pope Francis warns against false saints
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 23, 2016 at 12:00 am Pope Francis delivered his morning homily on Friday, where he told the crowd which sin "sickens the soul."
The Fascinating and Frightening Padre Pio
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Sep 23, 2016 at 12:00 am St. Pio of Pietrelcina, or "Padre Pio," has always been somewhat of a frightening figure to Fr. Steve Grunow. But, for him, Padre Pio evokes the same sort of fright that we speak...
Cardinal pleads for kidnapped priests' lives
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 23, 2016 at 12:00 am Priests continue to be kidnapped and slaughtered in the world's most dangerous country for the clergy - Mexico.
Misquoting St. Francis
Integrated Catholic Life - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:04 pm In a few weeks, I get to go back to one of my favorite places in the world: Assisi. The medieval hillside town is like no other place in this world, and there’s something about...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Pio of Pietrelcina
Integrated Catholic Life - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:02 pm “Temptations, discouragement and unrest are the wares offered by the enemy. Remember this: if the devil makes noise, it is a sign that he is still outside and not yet within. That...
Encountering the Word — 1 Peter 3:15
Integrated Catholic Life - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence...
Swedish scientist conducting embryo experiments previously thought to be taboo
Aleteia - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm A scientific procedure once considered taboo is apparently now being tried in Sweden. Developmental biologist Fredrik Lanner has started trying to edit the DNA in healthy human...
Woman set from from abortion shame recalls trauma: ‘He dropped me off outside a surgery and drove off’
The Catholic Leader - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm This is the testimony of Sue*, aged 47, about how her abortion affected her life.WHEN I was 20, I met a young man and we started a relationship. We moved in to a flat together and...
Scientists see inside extremely fragile Dead Sea scrolls
Aleteia - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm Imagine finding a precious heirloom in your attic and not being able to look at it. Perhaps it’s a long-lost letter to your ancestor from President Abraham Lincoln, thanking him...
The instrument King David used for his psalms draws crowds on the internet
Aleteia - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm “Here in Camaldoli, many people come to the ‘Divine Master oasis’ for a time of silence and prayer. They often attend the liturgy and are attracted by the instrument I play,...
“Exorcist” miniseries: A diabolical sequel set in the modern day
Aleteia - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm This is not a remake or a reboot or a reimagining or whatever they’re calling such things nowadays. That should come as a relief to the legions of fans who believe the idea of...
The healing power, and victory, of embracing change
Aleteia - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every thing under the heavens. Ecclesiastes 3:1 It was an epiphany of sorts, coming forth as a season of change presents...
My mystifying and miraculous “spiritual childhood” with St. Padre Pio
Aleteia - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm I confess, I have a crush on St. Padre Pio. It’s a full-on saint crush, and I’m not apologizing; just explaining. Had I known what this saint might one day mean to me, I wouldn’...
Leonard Cohen faces a holy darkness in new single
Aleteia - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm In God, a poet once wrote, there is “a deep but dazzling darkness” – and the same could be said of the music of Leonard Cohen. Best known for “Hallelujah,” which has been...
Care to see what the Holy Mass looked like in the 15th century?
Aleteia - Sep 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm This video, shared by UCatholic on their YouTube channel, beautiful and interesting as it is, is not a liturgical celebration. It is, instead, just a historical recreation of how...
7 Insanely Bad TV Shows and Movies Featuring Popes
Creative Minority Report - Sep 22, 2016 at 9:29 pm Many Catholics are upset about the scandalous anti-Catholic new HBO show called "The Young Pope." But Hollywood has been attacking the Church for years. I went back and looked up...
MEXICO: Another priest kidnapped after two were murdered
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Sep 22, 2016 at 9:08 pm Recently two priests in Mexico were kidnapped and killed.
Now I read that another priest in Mexico is missing.
Via Crux:
Another Catholic priest in Mexico kidnapped, remains...
Gregorian chant enthusiast admits tradition can be boring without proper teaching
The Catholic Leader - Sep 22, 2016 at 7:00 pm GREGORIAN chant promoter Ronan Reilly is the first to admit traditional church music can seem uninspiring in the beginning.As a young Catholic, the Sacred Music Association member...
