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Prayer Corner: May 23, 2016
CatholicMom.com - May 23, 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 of Interst
The Religion Clause - May 23, 2016 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Michael James Novotny, Excluding Non-Federally Recognized Tribal Members from Obtaining Eagle Parts Under 50 C.F.R. Section 22.22 Violates Post-Burwell RFRA, (May 16,...
Slovak nun, shot in South Sudan, dies
Franciscan Media - May 23, 2016 at 6:00 am NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- A Slovak nun shot and wounded in Yei, South Sudan, died May 20 at a hospital in Nairobi.
Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Veronika Terezia Rackova, director...
Pope Benedict denies latest rumors about Fatima 'secret'
Franciscan Media - May 23, 2016 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Sixteen years after the Vatican released the text of the so-called Third Secret of Fatima, rumors cyclically arise claiming that the Vatican still is keeping...
NY dioceses file suit against abortion insurance mandate
Catholic Culture - World News - May 23, 2016 at 5:41 am Joined by Episcopalian, Lutheran, and Baptist bodies, two dioceses in New York State—the Diocese of Albany and the Diocese of Ogdensburg—have filed suit against the New York ...
Pope Francis sends message of condolence following EgyptAir crash
Catholic Herald - May 23, 2016 at 5:29 am Pope Francis sent a telegram on Friday expressing his condolences for the loss of EgyptAir Flight MS-804, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last week en route from Paris to...
Pope: pray for humanitarian summit, China's Catholics
Catholic Culture - World News - May 23, 2016 at 5:24 am Following the recitation of the Angelus on May 22, Pope Francis asked the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for the World Humanitarian Summit, which begins on May 23...
Was it a mistake to lift the arms embargo against Vietnam?
EWTN - US Latest News - May 23, 2016 at 5:18 am Washington D.C., May 23, 2016 / 05:18 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As the U.S. lifted its decades-long arms embargo with Vietnam during
President Barack Obama's visit there, human rights...
Italian priest beatified
Catholic Culture - World News - May 23, 2016 at 5:12 am Father Francesco Maria Greco (1857-1931), an Italian diocesan priest who founded the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts, was beatified in Cosenza on May 21.
Cardinal Angelo Amato...
Pope asks Catholics to pray for Turkey humanitarian summit
Catholic Herald - May 23, 2016 at 5:05 am Pope Francis has asked for prayers so that participants at a humanitarian summit in Turkey fully commit to achieve what he defines as their main aim: saving the life of every...
Pope Francis: through baptism, we are placed in the Trinity's life
Catholic Culture - World News - May 23, 2016 at 5:00 am In his Trinity Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis reflected on the day’s Gospel reading (Jn. 16:12-15) and on the relation between baptism and the Trinitarian life.
“The ...
Corpus Christi at Holy Innocents in New York City
New Liturgical Movement - May 23, 2016 at 5:00 am The Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City will hold a Solemn Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi, followed by an outdoor procession in midtown Manhattan on Thursday, May...
Pope Benedict: �the publication of the Third Secret of Fatima is complete'
Catholic Culture - World News - May 23, 2016 at 4:40 am Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has denied a report that he once told Father Ingo Dollinger, a German priest who lives in Brazil, that the third secret of Fatima has not been published...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 23, 2016
CatholicMom.com - May 23, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 10:17-27
When our third child, Clare, was about 15 months old, she discovered how to climb on our kitchen chairs, which quickly led to the table. Her two...
Philippine president-elect attacks Catholic Church and bishops
Catholic Herald - May 23, 2016 at 4:16 am The presumptive Philippine president-elect has launched a verbal attack on the country’s dominant Church as “the most hypocritical institution” and accused some of its bishops of...
Belarusian president meets with Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - May 23, 2016 at 4:10 am Pope Francis received President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus in audience on May 21.
Following their meeting, the Belarusian leader met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the ...
Nun attacked in South Sudan dies from gunshot wounds
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 23, 2016 at 3:58 am Juba, South Sudan, May 23, 2016 / 03:58 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A Slovak nun and medical doctor died Friday from gunshot wounds she suffered in an attack in Yei, South Sudan last...
Diplomatic agreement between Holy See, DR Congo
Catholic Culture - World News - May 23, 2016 at 3:45 am Representatives of the Holy See and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed a framework agreement at the Apostolic Palace on May 20. Since 1977, the Holy See has had...
Slovak nun, shot in South Sudan, dies in Nairobi hospital
Catholic Herald - May 23, 2016 at 3:04 am A Slovak nun shot and wounded in Yei, South Sudan, died May 20 at a hospital in Nairobi. Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Veronika Terezia Rackova, director of St Bakhita Medical...
Help traditional Catholics fight sex trafficking
Rorate Coeli - May 23, 2016 at 3:00 am Sex trafficking is a horrific reality for all of us -- regardless of your country of origin. Please read the following report and pray on it. Go to the bottom of the post to see...
