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Fr. Z’s Kitchen: A lunch tribute to #MaximumBeans

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 16, 2017 at 3:01 pm
Each time tweet attention hungry Massimo “Beans” Faggioli encounters a traditional or faithful person, position, or has a set back, he gets a little sour.  He can’t really help it...

Cop23, Francis: on climate-change, willingness to cooperate among states is needed 

Vatican Insider - Nov 16, 2017 at 3:01 pm
"In defining the guidelines that will lead to the application of the "historic Paris Agreement" (Cop21) on the climate, it is necessary to maintain a high level of international...

THE STAR Shines as a New Christmas Classic for Families

CatholicMom.com - Nov 16, 2017 at 3:00 pm
For many of us of a certain age, our family Christmas season officially began with the showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas or Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. In those pre-on-...

Devoted dad designs a 3D-printable arm for his son

Aleteia - Nov 16, 2017 at 3:00 pm
He intends to make them available for all amputee children at as little cost as possible.Ben Ryan’s son, Sol, lost his left arm shortly after his birth due to a blood clot. The...

More from the Lorenzetti Show in Siena

New Liturgical Movement - Nov 16, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Following up on a post from yesterday, here is some more of the splendid work of the painter Ambrogio Lorenzetti (ca. 1290-1348), currently being shown at an exhibition in his...

Planned Parenthood Expands to Bigger Clinic Because Women “Deserve a Beautiful Space” to Have Abortions

LifeNews.com - Nov 16, 2017 at 2:55 pm
Planned Parenthood is finishing up another multi-million dollar abortion mega-clinic this fall in Texas, all while closing dozens of rural facilities and complaining about rural...

Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua, Performer of Miracles: Prayer of the Day for Friday, November 17, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 16, 2017 at 2:50 pm
Dear Saint Anthony, your prayers obtained miracles during your lifetime. You still seem to move at ease in the realm of minor and major miracles. ...

Student-run health clinic fills critical need for foot care

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Nov 16, 2017 at 2:38 pm
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Rosie Booker took a bus, then walked to the Health Resource Center Foot Health...

Daily Readings for Friday, November 17, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 16, 2017 at 2:15 pm
Reading 1: Wisdom 13:1-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 19:2-5, Gospel: Luke 17:26-37

House Passes Tax Plan Recognizing Unborn Children are Human Beings From Conception

LifeNews.com - Nov 16, 2017 at 2:03 pm
The House of Representatives today passed the GOP tax plan that allows expectant parents to contribute to their unborn baby’s 529 college savings account. The tax plan, for the...

What female preppers care about the most

Aleteia - Nov 16, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Women who prepare for potential disasters do things a little differently ... One of the reasons we evacuated before Hurricane Irma was that we weren’t prepared — we didn’t have...

Spaghetti Bowl: Fitness, camaraderie part of U.S. seminary life in Rome

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:59 pm
A seminary is not typically known for its emphasis on physical activity and fitness, but many seminarians see it as an integral part of daily life.

NASCAR Driver Requests Prayers “For All the Poor Souls in Purgatory” After Major Win

ChurchPOP - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:54 pm
This is so cool! NASCAR driver Johnny Sauter recently won the Jag Metals 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. In a post-race interview, he added The post NASCAR Driver Requests Prayers “...

Professor Says Having Kids is an “Indulgence” That’s Bad For The Earth

LifeNews.com - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:44 pm
Professor Travis Reider of Johns Hopkins University boosted population control as a solution for climate change in a Wednesday op-ed for NBCNews.com. Reider, an assistant director...

Quick fixes, denial won’t stop climate change, pope says

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:42 pm
Denial or indifference when it comes to climate change will not help further honest research or facilitate finding adequate solutions, Pope Francis told government leaders...

A Miscarriage Story

CatholicMom.com - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:30 pm
By Jorge Kuzmaite via Unsplash (2016), CC0 Public Domain Losing a child – through miscarriage or anywhere else along the journey to heaven, is perhaps the most painful experience...

Chinese officials pay poor to trade religious images for portraits of Xi

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:29 pm
HONG KONG — Officials in China’s eastern Jiangxi province have replaced religious images displayed by Christian families with portraits of the country’s leader, Xi Jinping....

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Her Life and Miracles

Big C Catholics - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:24 pm
Optional Memorial - November 16th There are people who make a lasting impact on the world even though their earthly lives are very short. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary or Saint...

Cardinal Dolan: Humanae Vitae’s warnings about contraception coming true ‘in so many ways’

LifeSiteNews - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:15 pm
Warnings about the decline of morality have very obviously come true, Cardinal Dolan told his fellow U.S. bishops.

Climate change a problem we can't ignore, Pope Francis says

Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 16, 2017 at 1:08 pm
Vatican City, Nov 16, 2017 / 12:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis sent a message Thursday to a conference on climate change, telling participants the problem is something that...
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