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Number of German priest ordinations plummets to new low
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 18, 2016 at 4:15 am Munich, Germany, Aug 18, 2016 / 04:15 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Never before have so few Catholic priests been ordained in the Church in
Germany: a total of 58 men joined the clergy...
The fascinating (and problematic) history of athletes doping
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 18, 2016 at 4:02 am Washington D.C., Aug 18, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA).- As the world's eyes are on Rio de Janeiro for last days of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the topic of performance-enhancing drugs has...
Head Knight of Columbus takes on idea of 'pro-choice but personally opposed'
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 18, 2016 at 3:09 am New Haven, Conn., Aug 18, 2016 / 03:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Since it was first used by Mario Cuomo in 1984, many Catholic
politicians have taken up the argument that they are "...
Actor playing Jesus in Ben-Hur ‘received blessing from the Pope’
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2016 at 3:05 am It’s been 57 years since the last film version of Ben-Hur hit movie theatres. That alone is, for most Hollywood types, reason enough for a remake.
But when the husband-and-wife...
French president meets Pope to thank him after terrorist attacks
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2016 at 3:03 am Pope Francis met privately at the Vatican with French President Francois Hollande, who said he felt it necessary to thank the Pope in person for his words after the slaying of a...
Interesting piece on the Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 18, 2016 at 2:41 am and what happened in the seconds, minutes, hours, days and years that followed. One of the things I find fascinating is the extreme leisure God displayed in creation. We are the...
Hey Colorado! Get out the vote!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 18, 2016 at 2:34 am And destroy the assisted suicide measure that is on the ballot there this November! Reason #98798237 that having two awful candidates for President should never give anybody an...
Simcha Fisher and I Yak about the Graded Nature of Revelation
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 18, 2016 at 2:17 am …and the odd magical thinking of some atheist critiques of the Faith:
Women Should Appreciation Masculine Virtues
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 18, 2016 at 2:10 am
In this column, I will do something a little bit unprecedented. I specifically wish to address my female readers, and to issue a challenge. Can we make a special resolution to be...
The Abolition of God and the Annihilation of Man
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 18, 2016 at 2:00 am
“It is not true, as is sometimes said, that man can organize the world without God. What is true is that, without God, he can ultimately only organize it against man. Exclusive...
Obama administration to issue transgender rules for homeless shelters
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 18, 2016 at 1:52 am The Obama administration is poised to issue regulations requiring homeless shelters to accommodate transgendered individuals according to their declared gender identity rather...
New Philadelphia mayor sought additional $4M reimbursement for papal visit
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 18, 2016 at 1:34 am In May, the administration of Philadelphia’s new mayor, Jim Kenney, sent the World Meeting of Families an additional $4 million bill for expenses incurred during the September...
Pittsburgh: Mass attendance down 40% since 2000
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 18, 2016 at 1:18 am Commenting on sobering demographic and financial trends, Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that “the number one priority has to be, ‘We need to...
Memory of botched Jesus painting preserved in comedic opera
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 18, 2016 at 1:01 am New York City, N.Y., Aug 18, 2016 / 12:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- It’s a bit of church news you’re not likely to have forgotten.
Four years ago in the little town of Borja, Spain,...
Memory of botched Jesus painting preserved in comedic opera
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 18, 2016 at 1:01 am New York City, N.Y., Aug 18, 2016 / 01:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
It's a bit of church news you're not likely to have forgotten.
Pope calls for collaboration between pontifical academy, institute
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 18, 2016 at 12:42 am In a chirograph to Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, Pope Francis expressed esteem for the prelate’s past work as president of the Pontifical Council for the Family and said that as he...
Catholic school honours two former students killed in Vietnam War on Long Tan 50th anniversary
The Catholic Leader - Aug 18, 2016 at 12:35 am THIRTY-EIGHT men who left the same high school to fight in the Vietnam War, including one who died in the Battle of Long Tan, have been immortalised on a memorial plaque on the...
Russian patriarch pays tribute to Fidel Castro
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 18, 2016 at 12:08 am The head of the Russian Orthodox Church offered “cordial congratulations” to Fidel Castro on his ninetieth birthday.
Great battle for Aleppo imminent, says bishop
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 18, 2016 at 12:01 am The bishop who ministers to Latin-rite Catholics in Aleppo said that fighting is intensifying as belligerents sense that whoever wins control of the city may win the Syrian Civil...
