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Prelate: termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti is 'deeply troubling' (USCCB)

Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:11 am
Earlier, the US bishops’ conferences and other Catholic organizations had urged an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. The program “permits individuals to...

Can the Church Recover Its Fighting Spirit?

Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:10 am
The Islamic world is waging—and winning—a war on Judeo-Christian civilization. With 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, the Catholic Church is potentially one of the most powerful...

How Not to Analyze the Modern Family Crisis

Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:00 am
The Sexual Revolution continues to inspire an outpouring of new books, not all of which present a benign picture of the consequences. Yet it is still rare for a scholar employed...

“The Church in Myanmar defends human rights and supports democracy” 

Vatican Insider - Nov 29, 2017 at 2:00 am
“The Church in Myanmar witnesses daily to the Gospel through its works of education and charity, its defence of human rights, its support for democratic rule. May you enable the...

A reader asks me a stumper about relics and cremains

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 29, 2017 at 1:57 am
Sez he: I’d been meaning to contact you in light of your recent post about Bp. Barron & the teeth of St. Ambrose & how Catholicism is weird.  I tend to agree, though I’m a...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/11/17

Catholic Herald - Nov 29, 2017 at 1:51 am
National Geographic has revealed the results of scientific tests on Jesus’s burial place. Catholic actor Eduardo Verástegui could run in Mexico’s 2018 presidential elections. The...

Hey Redmond, Washington!

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 29, 2017 at 1:28 am
I’m coming to speak at St. Jude’s tonight at 7:00 PM!  We’re doing a three part series on Scripture that will give you an overview of natural revelation and the Old Testament, the...

The Gods of the Heathens

Dominicana - Nov 29, 2017 at 1:00 am
Popular Hollywood movies seldom express deep theological insights. The recent Wonder Woman film, while not exactly an exception to this rule, allows the opportunity to reflect a...

Spanish Planned Parenthood subsidiary stripped of government benefits

Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 29, 2017 at 1:00 am
Madrid, Spain, Nov 29, 2017 / 12:00 am (ACI Prensa).- Spain’s National Court has ruled that the Family Planning Federation, a subsidiary of Planned Parenthood International, can...

FOLLOW UP: Traditional Confirmations in Madison

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 29, 2017 at 12:47 am
On Tuesday 28 November in Madison, the Extraordinary Ordinary confirmed using the traditional Roman Rite.  There were quite a few confirmands.  We had people from Kansas,...

Pastor of new parish for North Lakes, Mango Hill and Griffin says community’s first priority is ‘to be Christ’

The Catholic Leader - Nov 29, 2017 at 12:30 am
IF there’s a Gospel reading Fr Bryan Roe wants his new parish to know by heart, it’s the one he proclaimed on Sunday. Fr Roe intends to make the Gospel reading from Matthew 25:31-...

Sunday Soundbite for December 3, 2017

Franciscan Media - Nov 29, 2017 at 12:30 am
First Sunday of Advent Cycle B December 3, 2017 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ssad0201.mp3   The box-office success of the film version of J.R.R....

Sharing the Word for November 29, 2017

Franciscan Media - Nov 29, 2017 at 12:00 am
Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time November 29, 2017 Daily Reading from the USCCB: Daniel 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/...

The one amazing fact the media isn't telling you about Christ's Tomb

Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 29, 2017 at 12:00 am
Christians are proud to have shrines dedicated to the life of Jesus Christ across the Holy Land. However, after nearly two thousand years of history, ...

Pope Francis in Myanmar: Revenge doesn't heal wounds

Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 29, 2017 at 12:00 am
Encouraging Burma's minority Catholic community on Wednesday, Pope Francis preached the forgiveness and compassion of Christ in the face of violence ...

Did St. Pope John Paul II foresee an Islamic invasion of Europe?

Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 29, 2017 at 12:00 am
A former confidant to St. Pope John Paul II has released a startling secret. Monsignor Mauro Longhi, who was a confidant to St. Pope John Paul II, ...

Jim Carrey’s Christ-Consciousness

Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Nov 29, 2017 at 12:00 am
Something has changed for Jim Carrey since the days of “Dumb and Dumber” and “Ace Ventura.” The actor now spends much of his time pursuing spiritual truth. Today, Matthew Becklo...

The Nature of Music and the Soul

Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 28, 2017 at 11:04 pm
The Nature of Music and the Soul by Matthew Cole Austin and Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg “…when lawlessness has established itself there [in music and poetry], it flows over little...

Daily Gospel Reflection for November 29, 2017

CatholicMom.com - Nov 28, 2017 at 11:01 pm
Today’s Gospel: Luke 21:12-19 My children often exclaim “What a time to be alive!” whenever I marvel at some new technology. It’s in good fun, a declaration of wonder and...
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