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Pope marks anniversary of study center
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:24 pm Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Pontifical Oriental Institute’s Ezio Aletti Study and Research Center on the evening of April 8.
In doing so, the Pope commemorated the 25th ...
Pope to visit 3 Caucasus nations
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:21 pm The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Francis will make a two-part apostolic journey to the Caucasus region.
From June 24 to 26, the Pontiff will visit Armenia, a...
Continue works of mercy, Pope tells Papal Foundation
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:18 pm Pope Francis received members of the US-based Papal Foundation in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace on April 8 and expressed his “profound appreciation for your...
The Right Perspective—Raising Children Who Will Turn to God
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:04 pm “Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:18) Country...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:02 pm “Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what You want me to be — and becoming that person.” (St. Thérèse of Lisieux — of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church)...
Encountering the Word — Job 19:25
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth;” (Job 19:25) Print this entry
The Most Merciful Gift You Can Give to a New Mom
Aleteia - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm 16) Make a meal (or buy a gift certificate) for a mom who’s just given birth or adopted a child, or for someone who’s just gone through a loss.—“56 Ways to Be Merciful During the...
How an Expert in Blowing Things Up Decided He Had Seen Enough
Aleteia - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm In a modern culture that is adrift, it is good to be reminded of the True, the Good and the Beautiful. Each week it is my humble privilege to offer one selection from an...
2 Minutes With Nuns Might Make a Lifetime of Difference
Aleteia - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm As my four-year-old daughter and I arrived early for the Holy Thursday liturgy, we saw three religious sisters enter and sit together. My daughter immediately took notice and got...
God, the Right-Wing (and Left-Wing) Extremist
Aleteia - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm The Catechism lists four “sins that cry out to heaven” and it is a startling list if you think of it in terms of our political divisions. It is straight out of America’s culture...
WATCH: Animated Vintage Photos Bring the Old World to Life
Aleteia - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm Travel back in time with a little steampunk time machine. The main part of this video was made with camera projections based on photos. Instead of rebuilding cities like New York...
Trump and Clinton and Politics Without Mercy
Aleteia - Apr 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm It’s the Jubilee of Mercy and Abby Johnson is talking about radical mercy. The former Planned Parenthood clinic director runs a ministry, And Then There Were None, devoted to...
How to talk about sex with your kids
The Catholic Leader - Apr 10, 2016 at 9:00 pm “MUM, Dad, where do babies come from?” “Mum, Dad, what does sex mean?”The questions most parents are afraid to hear.But they will inevitably come in some shape or form. Here are...
What is love?
The Catholic Leader - Apr 10, 2016 at 7:00 pm WHEN my husband and I first started dating, we sat down and had a hard conversation, setting ground rules and getting on the same page for our expectations of the relationship.As...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter, April 17, 2016, Year C
Big C Catholics - Apr 10, 2016 at 6:15 pm Fr. Charles Irvin
Senior Priest
Diocese of Lansing
(Click here for today’s readings)
There are any number of words and phrases that we use so often that we no longer pay attention...
The Infamous #Footnote351 read through the lens of the Prodigal Son and his prostitutes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 10, 2016 at 6:05 pm In the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia, there is a footnote, an infamous footnote in par. 305 .
Context:
Because of forms of conditioning and mitigating factors...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/04/16
Catholic Herald - Apr 10, 2016 at 6:01 pm Pope Francis appealed for the release of kidnapped priest Fr Tom Uzhunnalil in his Regina Caeli address yesterday (full text, full video).
Francis will visit Armenia in June and...
Vatican ambassador Viganò urges US seminarians to defend religious freedom at home
Vatican Insider - Apr 10, 2016 at 5:59 pm The Vatican’s ambassador to the United States has encouraged American seminarians studying in Rome to be “courageous in always defending the freedom to put our Catholic faith into...
Who's the chaplain behind college basketball's new champion?
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 10, 2016 at 5:04 pm Washington D.C., Apr 10, 2016 / 04:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- He had a courtside seat to a historic college basketball game, but Fr. Rob Hagan has actually witnessed many games over...
'You are not forgotten,' Cardinal Dolan tells Iraq's Christians and Yazidis
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 10, 2016 at 4:52 pm Dohuk, Iraq, Apr 10, 2016 / 03:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On his second full day in Iraq, Cardinal Timothy Dolan traveled three hours to Dohuk, the city where the majority of those...
