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Papal audiences (11/18) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:11 am In separate audiences, the Pope received the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo (Myanmar), Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (Cuba), the head...
Papal health care message notes importance of personal contact, compassion (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:11 am Addressing participants in a conference on addressing global health inequalities, Pope Francis cited the parable of the Good Samaritan and said that “while a well-structured...
Resignations and appointments (11/19) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:11 am Pope Francis appointed a successor to a Canadian bishop who resigned for reasons of age. He also appointed new bishops in Poland and Micronesia.
Pope names Brazilian cardinal to key position for upcoming synod on youth (Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:11 am Pope Francis has named Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, archbishop of Brasilia and president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, as the relator general of the next Synod of...
Vatican questions reports on homosexuality and abuse at Italian seminary, orders new investigation (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:11 am Italian media reports alleged that the Diocese of Como, Italy, ordained a seminarian who had demanded homosexual relations with a younger seminarian under his authority. The...
Cardinal Burke laments apostasy, says the Church 'appears not to know herself' (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:11 am Speaking recently at a conference on Our Lady of Fatima, Cardinal Raymond Burke said that the Church “appears not to know herself, her identity in Christ, Who comes to us through...
Pope mourns death of Cardinal Montezemolo, long-time Vatican diplomat
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:05 am Vatican City, Nov 20, 2017 / 01:05 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis sent a telegram Monday for the death of long-time Vatican diplomat Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di...
Sports and Religion
Dominicana - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:00 am Sports are all around right about now. The NFL season is in full swing, the College Football Playoff is just around the corner, and college basketball has tipped off (Go Friars)....
Trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh may test Francis’ diplomatic skills
Vatican Insider - Nov 20, 2017 at 1:00 am Pope Francis will undertake one of the most overtly political foreign visits of his papacy in late November, traveling to the Catholic minority countries of Myanmar and Bangladesh...
Father Solanus Casey declared 'Blessed Solanus' at Detroit beatification (Detroit Free Press)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 am An estimated 60,000 people attended the beatification Mass of the Capuchin Franciscan friar, who was born in 1870 and died in 1957.
Pope Francis reflects on developments in science, technology (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 am Addressing the Pontifical Council for Culture, Pope Francis cited developments in medicine and genetics, the neurosciences, and “autonomous and thinking machines.” He then spoke...
Myanmar bishop says government, media have positive view of upcoming papal visit (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 am “Even non-Catholics are happy Pope Francis will visit us,” said Archbishop Paul Grawng. “This is truly a unique and glorious occasion for all of us.” Myanmar, a nation of 56.9...
Pope Francis confers Ratzinger Prize on German theologians, Estonian composer (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 am Pope Francis said that Pope Benedict XVI’s “work and his teaching continue to be a living and precious heritage for the Church and for our service.” During the ceremony (video),...
1500 of the poor dine with the Pope (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 am The meal took place in Paul VI Audience Hall following Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Francis: Angelus address on the parable of the talents (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 am Warning against a distorted image of God, Pope Francis reflected on Matthew 25:14-30 during his November 19 Angelus address (video).
Sri Lanka cardinal calls for prayers and practical action on World Day of the Poor (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 am “Whilst the few enjoy most of the benefits of free market economics, large numbers are condemned to abject poverty,” said Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, who served as Secretary of the...
'In the poor, Jesus knocks on the doors of our heart,' Pope preaches at Mass for 1st World Day of the Poor (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 am Click here for video of the Mass, here for the booklet for the celebration, and here for the Pope’s message for the day, entitled “Let us love, not with words but with deeds.”
Sharing the Word for November 20, 2017 – Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Franciscan Media - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:00 am Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
November 20, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: 1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63
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God Loves Me More … For You
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:00 am Love is willing the good of the other, as other. Today, Dr. Tom Neal offers a reflection on why the nature of love is a profound calling to give everything we have away.
NOT KIDDING: Atheist plans to build a robot god for other atheists to worship
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 20, 2017 at 12:00 am A former Google engineer plans to start his own religion, and he is designing the god to lead it. Anthony Levandowski, a former Google engineer and ...
