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Eight reasons God’s mercy helps us forgive ourselves #OTEM
CatholicMom.com - Aug 22, 2016 at 7:00 am This post is part of our Ordinary Time, Extraordinary Mercy series, in which CatholicMom.com contributors will share their own experiences of living the Year of Mercy. Beginning...
Traditional Liturgy Reflects the Dignity and Beauty of the Virgin Mary
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 22, 2016 at 7:00 am On this octave day of the Assumption, we may meditate with profit on a remarkable medieval poem to Our Lady, "Ave rosa sine spinis," which (in typically clever and pious fashion)...
Pope sends message of 67th National Liturgical Week in Italy
News.va - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message, signed by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to the Bishop of Castellaneta, Claudio Maniago on the occasion of...
Books blog: The perfect guide to Church teaching for young Catholics
Catholic Herald - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:38 am Ignatius Press has brought out a readable adaptation of the social doctrine of the Church. It is titled Docat, sub-titled “What to Do?”, and is a sequel to YouCat – the Catechism...
Race and Footrace
Commonweal - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:33 am “Dad,” my ten-year-old daughter asked, “why are all the fast runners dark people?”
We were watching the Olympics. Maybe it was one of the triumphs of the magnificent Usain Bolt,...
The Prophetic Words of Pope St. Pius X
Rorate Coeli - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:31 am Excerpts from: Notre Charge Apostolique"Our Apostolic Mandate"Given by Pope Pius X to the French BishopsAugust 15, 1910“We fear that worse is to come: the end result of this...
Queenship of Mary
Communio - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:23 am Today is the octave day of the Solemnity of the Assumption and we honor Mary in her Queenship.
There are a few times during the liturgical year that the Church uses royal titles...
Appeals court overturns conviction of woman for praying Rosary outside Satanic ‘Black mass’
LifeSiteNews - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:12 am Joan Andrews Bell's 2014 arrest for blocking an entrance to a public building in Oklahoma City was deemed 'unlawful' by an appeals court.
Pregnancy center sues city for blocking move next to abortion facility
LifeSiteNews - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:12 am An abortion facility sits next door to Hand of Hope, but the Raleigh City Council refuses to budge because of zoning restrictions.
Hillary Clinton: ‘I’ve been fighting to defend religious freedom for years’
LifeSiteNews - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:12 am Clinton's rhetoric and actions have not always backed up her pledge to uphold religious freedom, critics say.
Religious Worker's Challenge To Immigration Law Interpretation Dismissed On Jurisdictional Grounds
The Religion Clause - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:05 am Singh v. Johnson, (SD IN, Aug. 17, 2016), is a suit for declaratory relief and an injunction by an Indian citizen who is in the U.S. on an R-1 nonimmigrant religious worker visa...
Prayer Corner: August 22, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:00 am
Welcome to the CatholicMom.com Prayer Corner!
In this space, readers are invited to share their prayer intentions and give thanks for prayers answered. When requesting prayer,...
Recent Articles and Book of Interest
The Religion Clause - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Stephen R. Munzer, Secularization, Anti-Minority Sentiment, and Cultural Norms in the German Circumcision Controversy, (37 University of Pennsylvania Journal of...
20 years after welfare reform: Has it worked?
Franciscan Media - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:00 am WASHINGTON
(CNS) -- It was Aug. 22, 1996, when President Bill Clinton signed the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act -- known in shorthand as welfare reform.
Clinton...
Mother Teresa knew what being unloved felt like, priest says
Franciscan Media - Aug 22, 2016 at 6:00 am ROME (CNS) -- In the chapel of the first house Blessed Teresa of Kolkata established in Rome, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity talks about her life, mixing...
Pro-life campaigners welcome suspension of Marie Stopes services
Catholic Herald - Aug 22, 2016 at 5:55 am Pro-life campaigners have welcomed the suspension of some services offered by one of the country’s biggest abortion providers, after an investigation prompted serious concerns...
The Phat Man Challenge
Dominicana - Aug 22, 2016 at 5:30 am One Fat Tuesday during my dissolute youth, I accepted an invitation to participate in an annual eating contest known as the Phat Man Challenge. The test: eat a 1.5 lb triple...
Pope Francis names American as new Vatican ambassador to Guinea Bissau
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 22, 2016 at 5:10 am Vatican City, Aug 22, 2016 / 04:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday Pope Francis appointed U.S. Archbishop Michael W. Banach as Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea Bissau, marking the latest...
Pope offers prayers for victims of Turkey suicide bombing
Catholic Herald - Aug 22, 2016 at 5:06 am Pope Francis has offered prayers for the victims of Saturday’s suicide bombing in Turkey.
51 people were killed in the blast and a further 69 people were injured, including...
Pope prays for victims of suicide bombing in Turkey
Aleteia - Aug 22, 2016 at 4:57 am VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for the victims of Saturday’s bombing in southern Turkey. At least 50 people were killed, and over 90 people injured, when a suicide...
