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Why Pope Francis' visit matters to Armenians
EWTN - Vatican News - May 13, 2016 at 5:45 am Vatican City, May 13, 2016 / 05:45 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis' visit to Armenia this summer comes at a poignant time in the country's history.
ABP Auza to UN: 'Stop terrorism by winning hearts of youth'
News.va - May 13, 2016 at 5:35 am (Vatican Radio) Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, called for world leaders to “strike terrorism at its...
Do Whatever He Tells You
Dominicana - May 13, 2016 at 5:30 am Today is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, marking the day when the Blessed Mother first appeared to the three Portuguese children. What makes this particular apparition really...
Patriarch calls on Pope Francis to condemn West's Syria policy
Catholic Culture - World News - May 13, 2016 at 5:12 am The head of the Syriac Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, praised Russia’s intervention in Syria and said that the United States and...
Pope calls for commission to study possible ordination of female deacons
Catholic Culture - World News - May 13, 2016 at 4:47 am Pope Francis plans to set up a commission to study the possibility that women might be ordained as deacons.
In a May 12 meeting with representatives of the International Union of...
Don’t expect Duterte to be the Donald Trump of the Philippines
Catholic Herald - May 13, 2016 at 4:43 am After a landslide victory in Monday’s Philippines election, Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte is set to become the country’s new president. The straight-talking mayor of Davao has been...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 13, 2016
CatholicMom.com - May 13, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 21, 15-19
Peter, do you love me? Lord, you know that I do. Feed my sheep.
I have always loved this analogy of the Shepherd and his sheep. These images would...
Japanese prince, princess meet with Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - May 13, 2016 at 4:22 am Pope Francis received Fumihito, Prince Akishino and Kiko, Princess Akishino in a 20-minute private audience on May 12.
Prince Akishino, who is second in line to the Japanese...
This year is a chance for Catholics to rediscover Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Herald - May 13, 2016 at 4:17 am When I moved to my present parish almost five years ago I inherited a longstanding devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Each Saturday at the morning Mass, a novena prayer is...
A debate on women’s ordination is the last thing the Church needs right now
Catholic Herald - May 13, 2016 at 4:10 am Yesterday, during a question and answer session with the International Union of Superiors General, Pope Francis was asked a number of questions about the role of women in the...
Vatican bank reports decline in profit
Catholic Culture - World News - May 13, 2016 at 4:08 am The Vatican bank, the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), had a net profit of 16.1 million euros ($18.3 million) in 2015, a 77% decline from the previous year.
In an...
This man was 9 years-old when he saw John Paul II get shot
EWTN - US Latest News - May 13, 2016 at 4:01 am Washington D.C., May 13, 2016 / 04:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Thirty-five years after Saint John Paul II was shot in St. Peter's
Square, a witness on the from the front rows of the...
This man was 9 years-old when he saw John Paul II get shot
Catholic News Agency - General - May 13, 2016 at 4:01 am Washington D.C., May 13, 2016 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Thirty-five years after Saint John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square, a witness from the front rows of the security...
Cardinal announces Paralympic partnership between Italian team, Rio parish
Catholic Culture - World News - May 13, 2016 at 3:48 am Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, announced at a Vatican press conference that a parish will serve as the Italian base of operations...
Terminally ill woman fulfils her dream of a pilgrimage to meet the Pope
Catholic Herald - May 13, 2016 at 3:28 am The military mantra of “suck it up” and an intense love for the Catholic faith drove Cheryl Tobin to reach new heights – the cupola of St Peter’s Basilica and a personal blessing...
Italian archbishop: approval of civil unions reflects radical 'new vision of society'
Catholic Culture - World News - May 13, 2016 at 3:06 am Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, said that Italy's legal acceptance of same-sex unions was "a defeat and also an impoverishment of democratic life on a question that...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/05/16
Catholic Herald - May 13, 2016 at 2:50 am South Korean Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung has told Buddhists that he prays that “the mercy and compassion of Buddha can be granted in abundance to our society”.
A Catholic priest...
Buying the Right Toys from Faiths R Us
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 13, 2016 at 2:10 am A couple of weeks ago I was staying at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as a guest speaker for a symposium on the role of Dominicans in the life of the...
The Feast of Weeks and the Significance of Pentecost
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 13, 2016 at 2:00 am
The feast of Pentecost, known as the birthday of the Church, marks the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the bestowal of the Spirit’s gifts that enables the...
Pope Francis visits home for disabled persons for the Jubilee of Mercy
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 13, 2016 at 1:37 am Rome, Italy, May 13, 2016 / 01:37 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- On Friday afternoon Pope Francis made an surprise visit to a community in Italy which houses and cares for persons who have...
