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Looking for Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm What if you looked for Christ and you could not find him? Not counting looking in a church, in which building might you be most likely to find Christ? Recently, I went looking for...
Healing for the Wounds I Inflicted
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm A few mornings ago the happy sound of singing birds suddenly turned into an angry ruckus. A confused sparrow had made a mistake and wandered too far out of its territory; the...
Bishop Barron: “Miracles from Heaven” and the Problem of Theodicy
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm As any apologist worth his/her salt will tell you, the great objection to the proposition that God exists is the fact of innocent suffering. If you want a particularly vivid...
A Song that Captures the Joy of the Gospel
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm You’re raising up my heart from the dead. If you’ve been following our coverage of the seven part video series by the Vigil Project throughout Lent and Easter, you’ll notice a...
The Joy of Love: Parsing Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia, titled “Accompanying, Discerning and Integrating Weakness,” has been called the most controversial section of the post-synodal exhortation. Many...
WATCH: The Man and the Dog Who Rescued Each Other
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm Six years ago, Eric O’Grey was in serious trouble. He weighed 340 pounds, was diagnosed with high blood pressure, super high cholesterol, and Type II Diabetes. He was taking a...
Sometimes God Wants You to Shut Up
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm It was a honking big needle the nurse held up as my very sick friend pulled up his sleeve. I really, really don’t like needles, but I stayed by his chair as the nurse pushed the...
Pacific Island bishops make surprise but welcome visit to Papua
The Catholic Leader - Apr 12, 2016 at 10:56 pm VISITING Pacific island bishops have heard of on-going violence and repression faced by Papuan people during a rare visit to Indonesian’s most easterly province.A delegation of 20...
Mom Fighting Cancer Gives Birth
Creative Minority Report - Apr 12, 2016 at 10:17 pm Let's make it a day with no bad news, shall we? A woman who got herself checked out due to headaches only because she was pregnant and learned she had brain cancer just gave birth...
An Inspirational Man Passes Away
Creative Minority Report - Apr 12, 2016 at 9:56 pm My friend Philip Hawley Jr., a medical missionary, posted this and sent it to me.These are the kinds of people that give me great hope. They are the true heroes even though most...
Amoris Laetitia is "non-magisterial"? Not even close
Rorate Coeli - Apr 12, 2016 at 9:02 pm The following piece was written exclusively for Rorate by a wise -- and very informed -- holy priest who felt compelled to speak out: By Father IgnotusThe contents of Amoris...
Too many indigenous Australians in jail, trends show
The Catholic Leader - Apr 12, 2016 at 9:00 pm ABORIGINAL deaths in custody are in decline, but indigenous Australians remain grossly over represented in jail.There were 339 recommendations handed down by the Royal Commission...
What is the difference between a Sacramental and a civil marriage?
The Catholic Leader - Apr 12, 2016 at 8:50 pm If a non-Catholic asked you to explain the difference between marriages in the Catholic Church and marriages outside the Church, could you do it?If you think you’d be scratching...
France backs off Cold War with Vatican over reputed ‘gay’ ambassador
LifeSiteNews - Apr 12, 2016 at 7:35 pm France has finally acknowledged the Vatican's silence as its normal diplomatic way of rejecting a country’s appointed ambassador.
Ten questions about Amoris Laetitia with Archbishop Mark Coleridge
The Catholic Leader - Apr 12, 2016 at 7:30 pm What is God’s plan for the family, how does the Church support couples in crisis, and what should be the role of priests regarding failing marriages? Archbishop Mark Coleridge...
European Council accuses Italy of discrimination because so many doctors refuse abortions
LifeSiteNews - Apr 12, 2016 at 7:30 pm Abortion is readily available, a pro-life leader notes, but the council wants to 'oblige abortion everywhere.'
Polish pro-life activists work to promote abortion ban amid foreign misinformation
LifeSiteNews - Apr 12, 2016 at 7:14 pm While the effort heats up, the president and prominent politicians of Poland want the debate to cool off.
Alabama abortion center hospitalized patient, failed to record possible viability of 16 aborted babies: gvmt report
LifeSiteNews - Apr 12, 2016 at 6:48 pm West Alabama Women’s Center also had expired medical equipment, according to the government deficiency report.
Pope’s outgoing US ambassador: ‘This is an age when we need great courage’
LifeSiteNews - Apr 12, 2016 at 6:39 pm The archbishop urged seminarians to 'be strong in the face of evil.'
Shakespeare visits the Vatican for the first time
The Busy Catholic - Apr 12, 2016 at 6:28 pm Globe to Globe's production of Hamlet performs for the first time
The cast of the "Globe to Globe" production of Hamlet rehearse. The play comes to the Vatican on April 13, 2016...