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St Hilda of Whitby
Communio - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:14 am Today, we recall at the Divine Office and Holy Mass the venerable monastic mother, St. Hilda (AD 614-680), abbess of the double monastery at Whitby. The Church historian Venerable...
Resignations and appointments (11/16) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:11 am Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a California auxiliary bishop for reasons of age.
Buddhist-Catholic dialogue on nonviolence concludes with joint statement (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:11 am Meeting in Taipei, participants in the session organized by Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue agreed to a 10-point statement lamenting “unbridled nationalism, sexism...
House tax reform bill 'unacceptable' as written, say US bishops chairmen (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:11 am The bishops issued their statement before the House passage of the proposal.
Papal audiences (11/16) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:11 am In separate audiences, the Pontiff received participants in the International Assembly of the Confederation Apostolic Union of Clergy, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen...
‘Justice League’: One part religious allegory, one part slapstick jokefest
Aleteia - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:00 am DC Comics demonstrates the truth that a house divided cannot stand.Following the critical lambasting of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Comics decided a little course...
Who was Albino Luciani, the 'smiling Pope'?
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:41 am Vatican City, Nov 17, 2017 / 05:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Last week Albino Luciani, better known by his papal name, John Paul I,
took the next step on the path to sainthood. Yet...
Adoration may seem useless – but the world needs it desperately
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:38 am Of what use is Adoration? To the modern mind, Adoration does not seem particularly useful, unless it is understood as some form of mindfulness. It comes as no surprise that the...
US scientists try 1st gene editing in the body (AP)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:11 amAt Nigeria's reconsecration to Our Lady, participants reported seeing the sun dance (La Stampa)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:11 am An Italian priest’s account of his recent captivity in Nigeria has drawn greater attention to a reported solar phenomenon there on 10/13, as the hierarchy reconsecrated the...
Ecuador's bishops emphasize importance of stable families, parental rights in education (Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:11 am At their fall meeting, the bishops also called for a more just distribution of wealth and greater dialogue within civil society. They also reported on a recent 3-hour meeting with...
Vatican Secretary of State laments global disparity in access to basic health care (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:11 amLeading Mexican prelate: recent natural disasters have spurred some to turn to God, help others (Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:11 am As the Mexican bishops gathered for their fall meeting, Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega of Guadalajara also said that the Church should not endorse particular political parties,...
Dangerous abortion drug pulled in France still pushed on global south (C-FAM)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:11 amWho was Albino Luciani, the 'smiling Pope'?
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 17, 2017 at 4:01 am Vatican City, Nov 17, 2017 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Last week Albino Luciani, better known by his papal name, John Paul I, took the next step on the path to sainthood. Yet...
Pope Francis: the kingdom of God grows quietly within us, through the Holy Spirit (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 3:11 am Pope Francis devoted his 11/16 weekday Mass homily to Luke 17:20-25.
France and Germany call for greater effort to curb climate change (Financial Times)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 3:11 am L’Osservatore Romano (11/17 Italian ed.) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Missionary priest, abducted in Nigeria and released, meets with Pope (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 3:11 am Father Maurizio Pallu said he experienced the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a special way during his 5-day captivity in Nigeria in October. He hopes to return “with a double...
'Worried' UN appeals for peaceful end to Zimbabwe crisis (AFP)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 3:11 am L’Osservatore Romano (11/17 Italian ed.) devoted prominent front-page coverage to this story.
Pope Emeritus Benedict pays tribute to St. Bonaventure (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 17, 2017 at 3:11 am The Pope Emeritus addressed his message to those taking part in an international conference on the Seraphic Doctor.
