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More on the Relics of St Charbel
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 11, 2016 at 5:58 am The relics of St Charbel Maklouf, the famous Maronite monk, will be at St Basil’s Melkite Greek Catholic Seminary in Methuen, Massachusetts, from Monday Aptil 25th to the...
Bulldozed for a shopping mall? What might happen to these church ruins
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 11, 2016 at 5:57 am Gaza City, Apr 11, 2016 / 05:57 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Newly uncovered ancient ruins of Byzantine-era church are threatened by the construction of a commercial shopping mall in Gaza...
Patriarch: ISIS murdered Christians in Syrian town
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 11, 2016 at 5:24 am The head of the Syrian Orthodox Church said that 21 Christians were slain by the Islamic State in Al-Qaryatayn when the central Syrian town was under its control.
ISIS took...
Church leaders praise Amoris Laetitia but warn against hurried reading
Catholic Herald - Apr 11, 2016 at 5:15 am Church leaders from around the world hailed the tone of mercy in Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), but cautioned against a hurried reading...
Amoris Laetitia: What people are saying
Catholic Herald - Apr 11, 2016 at 4:51 am Church leaders have welcomed the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, which was published on Friday.
Cardinal Wilfred Napier of Durban said: “What is new about this exhortation...
Pope to extend validity of confessions of SSPX priests beyond Year of Mercy
Rorate Coeli - Apr 11, 2016 at 4:33 am
Several thousand people were assembled in Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire) during the pilgrimage organized this weekend by the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X on the occasion of the...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 11, 2016 - St. Stanislaus
CatholicMom.com - Apr 11, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 6, 22-29 – St. Stanislaus
Christ teaches the crowds that there is a difference between the food of this world which is only for this lifetime and that which...
King Abdullah II of Jordan funds Holy Sepulchre restoration work
Vatican Insider - Apr 11, 2016 at 4:02 am “His Majesty King Abdullah II has issued a Royal Benefaction (makruma) to provide for the restoration of Jesus’ Tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, at His...
What Catholics can learn from the admirable Archbishop of Canterbury
Catholic Herald - Apr 11, 2016 at 4:00 am When it comes to headlines in a national newspaper, surely it doesn’t come better than this: “Outpouring of respect for Archbishop Justin Welby after DNA paternity ‘surprise’.”...
Apostolic exhortation is ‘a love letter’ to families, says head of US bishops’ conference
Catholic Herald - Apr 11, 2016 at 3:11 am The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has described the Pope’s latest apostolic exhortation as a “love letter to families” that invites all people to “never stop...
Amoris Laetitia: All Things to All Men
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 11, 2016 at 2:10 am
On the day of its release, perhaps the least quoted passage of Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation “On Love in the Family,” were the first three sentences of...
The Little Sister’s Last Stand for Religious Liberty
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 11, 2016 at 2:00 am
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in the case of Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell. This is a case in which a small order of nuns is seeking exemption from an...
Your Daily Inspirational Meme: God's grace and love
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 11, 2016 at 12:00 amPrevious Argentina President accused of money laundering
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 11, 2016 at 12:00 am After serving her country for eight years, former Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been accused of laundering hundreds of ...
Church Investigations: What ARE the IRS procedures and why are they refusing to release that information?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 11, 2016 at 12:00 am The IRS was strongarmed into creating procedures and rules to follow should it ever be forced to investigate a church. Though the rules exist, the ...
More Bishop Barron Q&A on “Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love)
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Apr 11, 2016 at 12:00 am A few days ago we published a short Q&A with Bishop Barron on Pope Francis' new exhortation, Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love). Today, we share a few more follow-up questions...
Pope reflects on the joy of encountering Christ, appeals for priest's release
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:45 pm Reflecting on the day’s Gospel reading at Mass (Jn. 21:1-19), Pope Francis said during his April 10 Regina Coeli address that St. Peter’s recognition of the Lord is “full ...
Cardinal Parolin: Catholic universities should help students counter materialism, positivism
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:32 pm The Catholic university is called to promote dialogue between faith and reason, and between theology and the other sciences, to help students counter the dominant ideologies of...
Papal condolences following Indian temple deaths
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:29 pm Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has sent a telegram of condolence in Pope Francis’s name following a fireworks explosion at an Indian Hindu temple ...
Give alms joyfully and responsibly, Pope tells jubilee pilgrims
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:26 pm On April 9, Pope Francis held his fourth special monthly Saturday audience for pilgrims who have come to Rome for the extraordinary jubilee year of mercy.
Reflecting on almsgiving...
