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Josef Pieper and the Exaltation of Wonder
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Apr 14, 2016 at 12:00 am Both Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas agree that "philosopher begins in wonder." But what do they mean by wonder? Brother Philip Neri Reese, O.P. explains how true wonder is a...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Francis and Amoris Laetitia
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:02 pm “Here let me say a word to fiancés. Have the courage to be different. Don’t let yourselves get swallowed up by a society of consumption and empty appearances. What is important is...
Extraordinary Faith from Ordinary Catholics
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:01 pm “In the doctrine of Christ there is no invitation to mediocrity, but a clear call to Heaven, to love and to cheerful sacrifice.” (Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God)...
Encountering the Word — 1 John 4:11-12
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his...
Amoris Laetitia: Confused by Footnote 351? A Look at 329 Can Help
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm In the few days since the Vatican’s release of Amoris Laetitia, there has been talk of footnote 351 being a “smoking gun” that endorses communion for the divorced and remarried...
The New Rembrandt, Painted By a Computer
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm “So far we have used data to improve our business life, but we have not used data in ways that allow us to touch the depths of the human soul.” This is how Ron Augustus,...
Atheist Blogger Challenges New Russian “Blasphemy” Law
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm In a twist that would have been unthinkable five decades ago, a man in Russia could go to jail for blogging that God does not exist. Ironically, Viktor Krasnov’s day in court was...
How I Am Living Through the 5 Stages of Grief Before My Son Is Born
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm There are few concepts in modern psychology that have endured in popular culture better than Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’ model of the stages of grief, developed in her 1969 book On...
Religious Nonprofits Give Supreme Court Path Out of Obamacare Quandary
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm The religious nonprofits fighting a provision of Obamacare object to methods of distribution of contraceptives that involve them, said Mark Rienzi, senior counsel at the Becket...
Finding God in Coffee
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm Beauty is its own end. Beauty does not need an apologetic. What’s the answer to the question, Why do something beautiful? Because it’s beautiful. I was intrigued by his sound and...
Finding Joy in the Marriage Mess
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm Modern marriage is in a mess. For many complex and interwoven reasons the traditional Christian understanding of marriage has hit the rocks, and we’re clinging to the wreckage. I’...
WATCH: Elderly Husband Dances to Wife’s Piano Tune
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm They still bring forth fruit in old age, they are ever full of sap and green.—Psalm 92:14 There is great beauty in a married couple who remain young at heart. A son captured this...
When a 2-Year-Old Taught Me How We Cheat Love
Aleteia - Apr 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm In the concern (Jesus) shows for children … Jesus goes so far as to present them as teachers, on account of their simple trust and spontaneity toward others. “Truly I say to you,...
What exactly is an annulment?
The Catholic Leader - Apr 13, 2016 at 10:46 pm Paul Shogren is back with another episode of Marriage Matters, this time to explain what an annulment is and what it is not.Transcript:Question: We hear the word all the time,...
Court: Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster Not a Religion
Creative Minority Report - Apr 13, 2016 at 10:35 pm The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster isn't real and it's followers, who call themselves Pastafarians, are just kinda' being jerks, a federal court in Nevada. (OK, the court...
Health minister ‘hypocritical’ for denouncing sex-selection abortion: Campaign Life Coalition
LifeSiteNews - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:14 pm 'What they’re saying .. is that it’s bad to kill a child for that reason, but it’s okay to kill a child for other reasons.'
Cardinal Wuerl to offer Mass for Life in response to Planned Parenthood CEO’s Georgetown speech
LifeSiteNews - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:01 pm The cardinal will 'spotlight ... the role that Catholic institutions have in forming Catholic identity among its students.'
CU Weekly 310: Shakedown Retreat Cruise
Catholic Underground - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:00 pm This episode, we talk about finding a good retreat, some themes to keep in mind while reading Amoris Laetetia, and The ABCs of Divine Mercy.
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Bishop Tobin shares birthday celebration with 106-year-old parishioner
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 13, 2016 at 6:21 pm Providence, R.I., Apr 13, 2016 / 05:21 pm (CNA).- As part of his birthday celebration April 1, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, R.I., had the privilege of meeting and sharing...
