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Catholics express excitement, hope for new archbishop
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 14, 2016 at 9:17 am Even if they had not previously met him, Catholics attending Archbishop Bernard Hebda’s May 13 installation Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul used some of the same...
Piety is like pity, says Pope Francis - Saturday audience
News.va - May 14, 2016 at 7:34 am (Vatican Radio) For those gathered at an extraordinary Jubilee General Audience at St Peter’s Square Saturday, Pope Francis said piety is not necessarily about devotion but more...
Pope Francis visits L’Arche ‘Chicco’ and shares a snack
News.va - May 14, 2016 at 7:21 am (Vatican Radio) For his monthly ‘Mercy Friday’ in the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis visited on Friday the Community of ‘Chicco’ in Ciampino, on the outskirts of Rome.
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Pope Francis: True piety inspires compassion for those in need
Catholic News Agency - General - May 14, 2016 at 7:06 am Vatican City, May 14, 2016 / 06:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his catechesis for this Saturday's Jubilee of Mercy audience, Pope Francis addressed the theme of piety, and how it...
Pope Francis: True piety inspires compassion for those in need
EWTN - Vatican News - May 14, 2016 at 7:06 am Vatican City, May 14, 2016 / 07:06 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In his catechesis for this Saturday's Jubilee of Mercy audience, Pope Francis addressed the theme of piety, and how it...
Generate new models of economic progress, Pope urges business leaders
Catholic News Agency - General - May 14, 2016 at 7:04 am Vatican City, May 14, 2016 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Economic worldviews based only on material well-being cannot contribute to dignified labor and new models of economic...
Generate new models of economic progress, Pope urges business leaders
EWTN - Vatican News - May 14, 2016 at 7:04 am Vatican City, May 14, 2016 / 07:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Economic worldviews based only on material well-being cannot contribute to dignified labor and new models of economic...
The Gist: Vocations
CatholicMom.com - May 14, 2016 at 7:00 am
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The CatholicTV Network’s series for Catholic women, The Gist, airs every Tuesday morning at 11 AM Eastern. Tune in to CatholicTV to see this show...
Everything can be taken from you – except your conscience, says former political prisoner
EWTN - US Latest News - May 14, 2016 at 6:54 am New York City, N.Y., May 14, 2016 / 06:54 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Everyone must be true to their own conscience, a religious freedom advocate and former political prisoner told a...
Paris-Chartres Pilgrimage begins
Rorate Coeli - May 14, 2016 at 6:41 am The Pentecost Weekend "Notre-Dame de Chrétienté" Paris-Chartres pilgrimage began earlier today. The first event was the Mass in Notre-Dame de Paris:Godspeed to all pilgrims!(Image...
The (Non) Apology Tour
Commonweal - May 14, 2016 at 6:25 am As the New York Times has reported, President Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month, the first sitting American president to do so since the U.S. destroyed the city with an...
Pope's call for dialogue can lead to peace, nuncio tells U.N.
Franciscan Media - May 14, 2016 at 6:00 am UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- The Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations called on the world to reaffirm its resolve to overcome violent extremism, terrorism, intolerance...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 14, 2016 - St. Matthias
CatholicMom.com - May 14, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 15, 9-17 – St. Matthias
As a mother, how often must you tell your children: “No”? How many times do you have to explain that, even though some activity or...
Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrim Statue Passes through Holy Door at St. John Lateran
Aleteia - May 14, 2016 at 3:59 am ROME — The pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima passed through the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on Friday, May 13, marking 99 years since the Blessed...
Seven Mysterious Facts About Fatima
Regina Magazine - May 14, 2016 at 2:00 am Miracles of the sun witnessed by tens of thousands. Little children in a remote hamlet claiming apparitions of Mary. Three mysterious ‘secrets’ revealed — or not — over the course...
Burning ugly vestments!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 14, 2016 at 12:01 am It was a tough week. There were good moments, however.
I enjoyed getting the new pontifical vestments… and…
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… and I went to the range with a parishioner who is deploying...
The fruits of the Holy Spirit
Catholic Hot Dish - May 13, 2016 at 11:42 pm The Fruits of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is one of the three persons of the Triune God, the Most Holy Trinity, and St. Paul in his letter to the Galatians provides a list of...
The Difference that the Spirit Makes
Integrated Catholic Life - May 13, 2016 at 11:04 pm As a teenager, I thought the clergy were supposed to do everything. We laity were just called to pray, pay, and obey. Oh yes, and keep the commandments, of course. The original...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Augustine of Hippo
Integrated Catholic Life - May 13, 2016 at 11:02 pm “O Holy Spirit, love of God, infuse Thy grace, and descend plentifully into my heart; enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling, and scatter there Thy cheerful beams...
Encountering the Word — Acts 1:26
Integrated Catholic Life - May 13, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthi′as; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.” (Acts 1:26) Print this entry