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We Need More Tentmakers
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:04 pm I love C. S. Lewis. So it’s perhaps not a surprise that my favorite part of my book club’s pick this month was the letters from Lewis to the author. In his memoir, A Severe Mercy...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope St. John Paul II
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:02 pm “We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his Son.” (Pope St. John Paul II, World...
Encountering the Word — Luke 12:32-34
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide...
Putting Kipling Back in “The Jungle Book”
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm Is there any way to watch Disney’s 1967 version of The Jungle Book and not come away humming The Bare Necessities? I’d venture it takes a supreme effort of the will to avoid...
Christian Woman in Indonesia Caned for Selling Alcohol
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm A woman who sells spirits for a living was publicly caned in Indonesia under Sharia law. Sharia is Islamic law. The worrying thing about the news is that the woman is not Muslim....
Pope Francis’ Trip to Greece to Include Visit With 250 Asylum Seekers
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has announced the official program for Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to the Greek island of Lesvos, Greece, on Saturday, April 16, a visit intended to...
Lord, May I Never Lose Sight of You
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm Just one thing I ask: to dwell in the house of the Lord. A song that came from of a moment of deep intimacy with God. “Ao eterno Rei” (The Eternal King), from singer and...
Kobe Bryant, Formed and Saved by His Catholic Faith
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm On Wednesday, April 13 Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest athletes of all time, ended his 20-year basketball career with a bang, scoring 60 points in his last game. While Bryant’s...
Where Exactly Did Hannibal Cross the Alps? Follow the Trail of … Manure
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm The year is 218 BC. Hannibal is crossing the Alps with an army of approximately 30,000 soldiers, infantry and cavalry, including 37 war elephants, brought all the way from...
Remains of 18th Century Slaves to be Reburied in Catholic Cemetery
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm Over 10 years ago, construction workers in Menands, NY were shocked to find a dozen human bodies while digging for a sewer line. After much research and DNA testing it was...
“Born to Be Blue”: Hi-Hats, Heroin and the Search for Happiness
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm Ethan Hawke gives the performance of his career as the heroin-addicted trumpeter Chet Baker in the new drama Born to Be Blue. In capturing the rise and fall (and rise, and fall)...
Bono goes to Washington, gets tough on refugee crisis
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 14, 2016 at 9:02 pm Washington D.C., Apr 14, 2016 / 08:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- With global conflicts spurring refugee crises around the globe, a widening shortfall in funds needs to be remedied...
Experts rebut Trudeau gvmt’s claim that euthanasia bill protects doctors’ conscience rights
LifeSiteNews - Apr 14, 2016 at 7:26 pm ‘It doesn’t say doctors have conscience rights. It doesn’t say anything about it.’
Barbershop: The Next Cut
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 14, 2016 at 7:11 pm NEW YORK — “Barbershop: The Next Cut” (Warner Bros.), director Malcolm D. Lee’s third entry in a franchise that began in 2002, is a fundamentally moral film. As scripted by Kenya...
The Jungle Book
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 14, 2016 at 7:05 pm NEW YORK — Forest, fauna and beast never looked as good as they do in “The Jungle Book” (Disney), a lavish retelling of the 1894 collection of stories by British author Rudyard...
Why every Catholic should read ‘The Joy of Love’: Q&A with Jean Stolpestad
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 14, 2016 at 6:50 pm I think many people were looking for a completely new approach to marriage and family life. That just did not happen. Pope Francis affirms all of the doctrinal understanding of...
Victory: Tenn. School Board stands up to LGBT pressure—protects students from high school “gay” club!
LifeSiteNews - Apr 14, 2016 at 6:31 pm Sets strong rules restricting how “gay” club can operate. Will likely cause club to eventually shut down!
Canadian Euthanasia Bill Lacks Oversight, Provides Perfect Cover for Murder
LifeNews.com - Apr 14, 2016 at 5:56 pm Bill C-14, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying),” was tabled [introduced] today in the House of Commons....
Landmark Vatican conference rejects just war theory, asks for encyclical on nonviolence
Vatican Insider - Apr 14, 2016 at 5:33 pm The participants of a first-of-its-kind Vatican conference have bluntly rejected the Catholic Church’s long-held teachings on just war theory, saying they have too often been used...
