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Plenary Indulgence on Solemnity of Christ the King
Big C Catholics - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:43 am A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who participate in the public recitation of the "Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ King."Requirements for...
Daily Reading for Friday, November 24th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:41 am Reading 1, First Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59
36 Judas and his brothers then said, 'Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to purify the ...
Church leaders decry Homeland Security plan to end TPS for Haitians
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:26 am WASHINGTON — Advocates and church leaders rallied around 58,000 Haitians living in the United States since a ferocious 2010 earthquake after the Trump administration moved to end...
Campus ministers put FOCUS on missionary discipleship
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:20 am OSHKOSH — Leading college and university students to lives of purpose and missionary discipleship is the goal of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS).
FOCUS...
Holy Cross sisters focus on putting end to human trafficking
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:14 am DE PERE — India, Kenya, Brazil and the Czech Republic are worlds away, but the epidemic levels of human trafficking experienced there and in other countries are also experienced...
VICTORY: Federal judge strikes down buffer zone law at abortion clinics
LifeSiteNews - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:14 am The U.S. District Court ruling negates a New Jersey city's ordinance banning pro-lifers from coming near abortion centers.
Missionary says Haiti unprepared to accept thousands returning from US
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:08 am Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov 22, 2017 / 07:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Trump administration announced Monday it will be ending protected legal residency for an estimated 60,000...
‘Future of church in good hands,’ says Archbishop Gomez at closing Mass
Franciscan Media - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:04 am
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — When Indianapolis Archbishop Charles C. Thompson thanked Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez for celebrating the Nov. 18 closing Mass of the National...
10 Low-stress discussion topics for your big family this Thanksgiving
Aleteia - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:00 am Bring up your latest Pinterest fail, or better yet, play football. Who can argue about politics when you’re busy pulling a hamstring?It’s about that time again. Drag out the...
The best-kept secrets of resilient people
Aleteia - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:00 am Like a palm tree, a person with resilience bends in the storm, but doesn't break.Like it or not, one of the great paradoxes of life is that the only permanent thing is change. And...
Latin: The Sacramental Language
OnePeterFive - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:00 am There is a hierarchy of language. This is true for secular politics and cultural commerce, as well as in terms of religion. In this hierarchy, some languages are higher than...
Does no one in the Church of England dare oppose top cleric? Britain's Independent suggests so
GetReligion - Nov 22, 2017 at 8:00 am
The Church of England and its leader, the Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, whom I've observed close up, command a sizeable presence in the global...
Resources for Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation
CatholicMom.com - Nov 22, 2017 at 7:30 am Catholic Relief Services offers a number of resources for lay ministry formation programs that can be incorporated into courses on moral theology, social justice, Catholic social...
Another Court Enjoins Trump's Transgender Military Ban
The Religion Clause - Nov 22, 2017 at 7:17 am Agreeing with a decision last month by a D.C. federal district court (see prior posting), yesterday in Stone v. Trump, (D MD, Nov. 21, 2017), a Maryland federal district court...
There’s a proper way to bless a cheeseburger. And it’s in the Rituale Romanum.
Aleteia - Nov 22, 2017 at 7:00 am Well, kind of. In “Tradition,” the opening theme of Fiddler On The Roof, a young man asks a Rabbi if there’s a proper blessing for the Tsar. “A blessing for the Tsar?” replies the...
Bishop of Copenhagen to Lead Next Year’s Populus Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 22, 2017 at 7:00 am The organisers of the Populus Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage have announced the dates of next year’s pilgrimage to Rome, October 26-28, 2018, and that it will be led by His...
Court Refuses To Dismiss Constitutional Challenges To City's Civil Rights Law
The Religion Clause - Nov 22, 2017 at 6:29 am In Country Mill Farms v. City of East Lansing, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191658 (WD MI, Nov. 16, 2017), a Michigan federal district court refused to dismiss a number of plaintiff's...
Martyrs of Armenia
Communio - Nov 22, 2017 at 6:27 am Those called the Martyrs of Armenia are understood today to be the forerunners of the WWI Armenian genocide by the Turks.
Between 1895–96, eight Franciscans martyed by invading...
Dad writes super-hero comic book inspired by son who has Down syndrome
Aleteia - Nov 22, 2017 at 6:00 am 'Metaphase' features a father and son team working together to overcome obstaclesWhen Chip Reece learned that his son Ollie had Down syndrome, the lifelong fan of comic books...
In the Pretzel and Chip Aisle
CatholicMom.com - Nov 22, 2017 at 6:00 am Copyright 2017 David and Mercedes Rizzo. All rights reserved.
During the Thanksgiving season, you will undoubtedly make a visit to the grocery store. For most people, a trip to...
