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Polish Army brought in to help secure World Youth Day
Catholic Herald - May 20, 2016 at 4:28 am Polish Army troops will help secure a meeting at World Youth Day between Pope Francis and two million or so youths from around the world in southern Poland, a spokesman said on...
Retired admiral appointed to US bishops' National Review Board
Catholic Culture - World News - May 20, 2016 at 4:09 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has named two new members of the National Review Board, the lay body established that assists the US bishops’ conference...
A bizarre ruling in Colombia bans civic prayer...and hugs
Catholic News Agency - General - May 20, 2016 at 4:02 am Cartagena, Colombia, May 20, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA).- In what's been labeled an “absurd” move, a judge in Colombia has banned prayer and “fraternal hugs” at the start of Cartagena...
Pope to meet with leading Sunni imam
Catholic Culture - World News - May 20, 2016 at 3:57 am Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 23, according to the director of the Holy See Press Office.
“It will be a ...
Vatican newspaper praises TV mini-series
Catholic Culture - World News - May 20, 2016 at 3:35 am In rare front-page praise of a work of popular culture, the Vatican newspaper has published an article lauding The Night Manager, a television mini-series based on a novel by John...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/05/16
Catholic Herald - May 20, 2016 at 2:54 am Francis will become the first pope to meet the spiritual leader of Sunni Muslims on Monday.
A bishop has volunteered to die in place of death row criminals if the Philippines...
Archbishop says Pope will visit Ireland in 2018
Catholic Herald - May 20, 2016 at 2:37 am Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has confirmed that Pope Francis, or his successor, will visit Ireland in 2018 for the World Meeting of Families.
Archbishop Martin said that...
Alas, the Little Sisters Are Not Going to Jail
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 20, 2016 at 2:15 am
A few weeks ago I gave a talk in Omaha called “No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic.”
In the talk I argue that it is the finest time to be a faithful Catholic not in spite of...
Let Us Work Together: On Jewish-Christian Relations
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 20, 2016 at 2:10 am
Editor’s note: The following address was delivered on April 15, 2016 before the Harvard Hillel Society and is printed with permission of the author.
I am so glad to be back in...
Hook-up culture is making women miserable, study finds
Catholic News Agency - General - May 20, 2016 at 1:02 am New York City, N.Y., May 20, 2016 / 12:02 am (CNA).- Leah Fessler considers herself a feminist.
And the standard feminist narrative is that women can have, and indeed enjoy,...
WDTPRS – Trinity Sunday: Shared glory, Majesty’s gift
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 20, 2016 at 12:01 am The Trinity is the hardest, most mysterious of all dogmas.
There is a logic to the timing of this feast.
We focus on the Son’s Ascension to the Father, then the Holy Spirit on...
Domestic violence, separation and Church teaching
The Catholic Leader - May 20, 2016 at 12:00 am SHOULD I stay, or should I go now? It is the title of a chart-topping single by British punk band The Clash, but also a life-defining, cry-in-the-dark question facing many couples...
Bishop Barron's Top 10 Resources on the Trinity
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - May 20, 2016 at 12:00 am This Sunday we'll celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. To help you prepare we've gathered the top ten resources from Bishop Barron and Word on Fire on the Trinity....
Bill Clinton, America's favorite rapist?
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 20, 2016 at 12:00 am As Hillary Clinton declares herself the presumptive nominee of the Democratic party amid the cheers of millions of millennial supporters, few people ...
'I am not talking about some cult, I am talking about an exorcism by the Catholic Church in Rome': Live exorcism recorded at Vatican?
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 20, 2016 at 12:00 am William Friedkin, the director of famous horror film "The Exorcist," described a time he was invited to document a real exorcism at the Vatican.
Judge SPANKS Obama's attorneys who LIED to the court!
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 20, 2016 at 12:00 am An angry federal judge has ordered Justice Department attorneys to take annual ethics classes for lying. The lies told by Justice Department ...
'Lord, have mercy!': Over 2,000 people witness miracle in the skies
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 20, 2016 at 12:00 am It's a major miracle that you've probably never heard of.
'Shame, shame, shame': House Democrats boo Republicans
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 20, 2016 at 12:00 am Chaos erupted as the US House of Representatives failed to pass an amendment meant to protect the LGBT community at the expense of religious freedom.
'The blood you have sucked from of all these people ... is a cry to the Lord': Pope Francis calls for justice
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 20, 2016 at 12:00 am During his Mass on Thursday, Pope Francis preached a warning to the rich who oppress the poor, focusing on employers who accumulate wealth by ...
The Story of St. Mary Major: A Protectress, a Council, and a Relic
Integrated Catholic Life - May 19, 2016 at 11:04 pm Spring always makes me think of Rome, since two of my springs were spent as a student there, entering into the graces of Roman Lents and Triduums, celebrating the entire fifty...
