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How Pope Francis thinks we should change marriage prep
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 10, 2016 at 6:39 am Vatican City, Apr 10, 2016 / 05:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Among the less-noticed passages of Pope Francis’ new exhortation was a lengthy section on marriage preparation, a subject...
How Pope Francis thinks we should change marriage prep
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 10, 2016 at 6:39 am Vatican City, Apr 10, 2016 / 06:39 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Among the less-noticed passages of Pope Francis' new exhortation was a
lengthy section on marriage preparation, a subject...
Pope Francis: Regina coeli appeal for captive priest's release
News.va - Apr 10, 2016 at 6:00 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis appealed for the immediate release of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, SDB, who was taken captive on March 4th during the course of a murderous terror attack on a...
Observers say apostolic exhortation can help church model mercy to families
Franciscan Media - Apr 10, 2016 at 6:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on love and the family invites the church to see the daily struggles of families as an opportunity to encounter people the...
Who's the chaplain behind college basketball's new champion?
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 10, 2016 at 5:04 am Washington D.C., Apr 10, 2016 / 05:04 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- 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
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 10, 2016 at 4:52 am Dohuk, Iraq, Apr 10, 2016 / 04:52 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
On his second full day in Iraq, Cardinal Timothy Dolan traveled three hours to Dohuk, the city where the majority of those...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 10, 2016 - Third Sunday of Easter
CatholicMom.com - Apr 10, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 21, 1-19 – Third Sunday of Easter
Jesus’s closest friends and disciples don’t recognize him. Why not? A literal person wants to know but, apparently, people...
“Do You Love Me? Feed My Sheep.”
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 9, 2016 at 11:04 pm In the twenty-first chapter of St. John’s Gospel, we find a gut-wrenching encounter between Jesus and Peter that defines the essence of Peter’s mission. To make this encounter...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Francis and Amoris Laetitia
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 9, 2016 at 11:02 pm “The word of God tells us that the family is entrusted to a man, a woman and their children, so that they may become a communion of persons in the image of the union of the Father...
Encountering the Word — John 21:25
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 9, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain...
What Baseball Can Teach Us About Those Heart-Clutching Moments
Aleteia - Apr 9, 2016 at 11:00 pm It was 2003. Eight innings into yet another nail-biter of a series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, there came a guttural wail from the stands at Fenway Park...
Taming My Inner Martha When I Long to Be a Mary
Aleteia - Apr 9, 2016 at 11:00 pm My spiritual director often gives me a biblical passage to meditate upon for the weeks between our meetings. I’m always a bit tickled by the passages he selects, as they indicate...
Being a “Good Person” Is Not Enough
Aleteia - Apr 9, 2016 at 11:00 pm He who loves correction loves knowledge but he who hates reproof is stupid.-Proverbs 12:1 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not knowing that you are...
“Homeless Jesus” Is Homeless No More
Aleteia - Apr 9, 2016 at 11:00 pm “Homeless Jesus” is homeless no more. You find him everywhere. One of the most audacious and surprising depictions of Christ—and one of the most controversial, as well—this...
True Humility
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 9, 2016 at 10:09 pm Sent by a priest friend…
True Humility
Bishop: “I’m afraid you’ve got a bad egg, Mr Jones”.
Curate: “Oh, no, my Lord, I assure you that parts of it are excellent!”
Thus, the...
PODCAzT 143: Fulton J. Sheen – “In the face of this false broadmindedness, what the world needs is intolerance.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 9, 2016 at 9:55 pm
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With a biretta tip to my friend Fr. Heilman at Roman Catholic Man, this PODCAzT welcomes today’s guest Ven. Fulton J. Sheen. We will hear his
Plea for Intolerance
… yes,...
Bernie Sanders Accepts Invitation To Conference In Vatican On Social Justice and the Environment
The Religion Clause - Apr 9, 2016 at 9:03 pm Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced yesterday that he has accepted an invitation from the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences to attend an April 15...
Break-Away Presbyterian Church Settles Suit By Paying $1.1M For Its Building
The Religion Clause - Apr 9, 2016 at 8:49 pm According to yesterday's St. Louis Post Dispatch, a break-away Presbyterian congregation in Chesterfield, Missouri has settled a lawsuit against it by the Giddings-Lovejoy...
State Trooper Fired For Proselytizing During Traffic Stop
The Religion Clause - Apr 9, 2016 at 8:37 pm According to WCPO News, last Thursday the Indiana State Police fired state trooper Brian Hamilton after a formal complaint was filed against him by motorist Wendy Pyle who charges...
Abstention Required In Suit For Defamation In Excommunication Proceedings
The Religion Clause - Apr 9, 2016 at 8:21 pm In Pfeil v. St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, (MN Sup. Ct., April 6, 2016), the Minnesota Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision (2 justices...
