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Pope and C9 examine bishop selection and role of nuncios
Vatican Insider - Apr 13, 2016 at 9:22 am The selection of bishops and the role of apostolic nuncios are being examined by the Pope and his nine-member Council. The C9 as it is known, is assisting Francis with the reform...
New Study Finds Sex-Selection Abortions a “Global Problem” Targeting Girl Babies With Abortion
LifeNews.com - Apr 13, 2016 at 9:18 am In advance of a Thursday House hearing on a measure that would ban abortions based on gender, a pro-life group published new research, provided exclusively to The Daily Signal,...
JRS: Pope’s visit to Lesbos a symbol of hope for refugees
News.va - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:50 am
(Vatican Radio) In a statement released ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to the Greek island of Lesbos the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) says the papal visit could not come at a more...
This State is Now Calling Babies Before Birth “Unborn Children” Instead of “Fetusus”
LifeNews.com - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:47 am Despite a great deal of controversy, Arkansas State Medical Board voted on Thursday to use the life-affirming terms “unborn child” and “unborn human individual” in abortion-...
Scandal: More ‘Drag Shows’ at Catholic Colleges
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:42 am Annual drag shows — where individuals dress up and perform as the opposite sex — have become a consistent presence on several Catholic college campuses, punctuating the spring...
CBS Show “Big Bang Theory” Celebrates the Humanity of Unborn Children
LifeNews.com - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:38 am The Big Bang Theory, arguably TV’s most popular comedy today, captured an adorable, life-affirming moment in its latest episode when three of the characters listened to an unborn...
Former Franciscan Univ. President Honored for ‘Courageous Witness to the Faith’
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:38 am Father Terence Henry, TOR, former president of Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio and a member of the Board of Directors of The Cardinal Newman Society, will be honored...
Kenyan bishop warns youth are being ‘lured’ into devil worship
Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:37 am Devil worship is a reality in Kenya, a Kenyan bishop has said adding that he hoped Pope Francis’ declaration of the Year of Mercy would help Catholics remain strong.
Bishop...
Hold on Tight
CatholicMom.com - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:30 am Mommy and Daughter, copyright 2016 Nicole Johnson. All rights reserved.
I was at our local Hallmark for the second time in the course of an hour. The first time was a total bust...
What?!? Pope Francis (again) backs right to conscientious objection for believers
GetReligion - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:22 am Time for a pop quiz on some facts linked to a major religion-news event from last year.
OK, gentle readers, do you remember Kim Davis?
That's a dumb question. Of course you...
Pope Francis asks the faithful to pray for his imminent journey among the refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos- Closeness and solidarity
News.va - Apr 13, 2016 at 8:14 am Francis will travel on Saturday, 16
April, to the island of Lesbos “in order to express closeness and solidarity
both to the displaced people and to the citizens of Lesbos and to...
One diocese is collecting hundreds of First Communion outfits - here's why
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:59 am Newark, N.J., Apr 13, 2016 / 06:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For many Catholic families, the day their child receives the Sacrament of First Holy Communion marks a pivotal moment in...
One diocese is collecting hundreds of First Communion outfits - here's why
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:59 am Newark, N.J., Apr 13, 2016 / 07:59 am (EWTN News/CNA).- For many Catholic families, the day their child receives the Sacrament
of First Holy Communion marks a pivotal moment in...
Dodging Satan
Commonweal - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:39 am My colleague at Purchase College, Kathleen Zamboni McCormick, has published her first novel, Dodging Satan, and it’s one that will be of particular interest to Commonweal readers...
Pope Francis at general audience: Jesus is the ‘Good doctor’
News.va - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:10 am (Vatican Radio) The Church is a community of disciples who follow Christ because they recognize they are sinners in need of forgiveness, Pope Francis said during the Wednesday...
Calling All Men
CatholicMom.com - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:00 am We Are In a Spiritual War
The World is Suffering
Real Men Must Respond
We are the Church Militant
All are Called
We Must Do Our Part
The Time is Now
Join the Battle
Be Strong and...
Catharsis and the Rhetoric of the Gospel
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 13, 2016 at 7:00 am Eduard Bendemann (1811-1889), Die trauernden Juden im ExilGood drama makes us feel good. We experience deep satisfaction when bad guys get their just deserts, and good guys emerge...
Pope’s trip to Greece comes at a critical time, say Catholic aid workers
Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2016 at 6:41 am Pope Francis’s trip to Lesbos, Greece on Saturday comes at a frightening and critical time for tens of thousands of refugees and migrants waiting and wondering where they will end...
Syrian Christian families who fled to Europe begin to return home
Catholic Herald - Apr 13, 2016 at 6:34 am Hundreds of Christian families are returning to Sadad, Syria, more than two years after their city was overrun by terrorists, a local official has said.
Suleiman al Khalil, the...
Ahead of Greece trip, Pope Francis asks for prayers
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 13, 2016 at 6:33 am Vatican City, Apr 13, 2016 / 06:33 am (EWTN News/CNA).- With a last-minute trip to Lesbos just days away, Pope Francis remembered the refugees and residents of the Greek island...
