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Amoris Laetitia: Families and the “necessary” grace of the sacraments

Vatican Insider - Apr 9, 2016 at 6:57 am

“Reality must be accepted as it comes,” Pope Francis always says. This criterion is also applied in the Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia”, in which the Bishop of Rome gives...

Pope: When giving to the poor, look them in the eyes

EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 9, 2016 at 6:44 am

Vatican City, Apr 9, 2016 / 06:44 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In Saturday's address for the monthly Jubilee of Mercy general audience, Pope Francis said almsgiving is not just about the...

Pope: When giving to the poor, look them in the eyes

Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 9, 2016 at 6:44 am

Vatican City, Apr 9, 2016 / 05:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In Saturday's address for the monthly Jubilee of Mercy general audience, Pope Francis said almsgiving is not just about the...

The Heroic Minute Challenge: Day 6: The Joy Comes With the Morning

Saints 365 - Apr 9, 2016 at 6:30 am

I often wonder what it must have been like for the Blessed Mother and the Apostles to wake up on Holy Saturday morning consumed with an overwhelming feeling of loss, hopelessness...

Philippine cardinal challenges participants at Montreal oratory Mass

Franciscan Media - Apr 9, 2016 at 6:00 am

MONTREAL (CNS) -- Church authorities in Montreal said they were expecting 1,000 people at St. Joseph's Oratory for a special Mass with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. When Mass...

Sweden can't send Christian convert back to Iran

EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 9, 2016 at 4:52 am

Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 9, 2016 / 04:52 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Religious liberty advocates applauded a European court's ruling in favor of asylum for an individual fleeing life-...

Pope speaks on Mercy and Almsgiving at Jubilee Audience

News.va - Apr 9, 2016 at 4:50 am

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday held his special monthly Jubilee Audience in Saint Peter’s Square. The Holy Father focused his remarks on “Mercy and Almsgiving.” Below,...

Main Vatican (Ecclesia Dei) official: Vatican II disagreements no obstacle to SSPX structure

Rorate Coeli - Apr 9, 2016 at 4:41 am

Abp. Pozzo, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, spoke to the semi-official daily of the French episcopate, La Croix, on the relations between the Holy See and the...

Daily Gospel Reflection for April 9, 2016

CatholicMom.com - Apr 9, 2016 at 4:30 am

Today’s Gospel: John 6, 16-21 In today’s Gospel from John, the disciples find themselves at the end of a day, expecting Jesus, but finding he has “not yet come to them.” Since he...

Cardinal Dolan in Iraqi seminarians: you will convert the world

EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 9, 2016 at 4:08 am

Erbil, Iraq, Apr 9, 2016 / 04:08 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After spending his first full day in Erbil, Iraq, Cardinal Timothy Dolan gave a special message to men studying in Iraq's...

Bishop Barron Q&A on “Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love)

Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Apr 9, 2016 at 12:00 am

From NPR and Twitter to Catholic websites and blogs, the whole world is buzzing about Pope Francis' new exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love). Bishop Barron published...

When the Lord asks, “Do you love me?”

Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 8, 2016 at 11:04 pm

On many occasions I’ve heard non-Catholics object to the papacy. Often, they say something like this: “I just can’t believe that one man on earth, the Pope, is holier than...

Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Ignatius of Antioch

Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 8, 2016 at 11:02 pm

“No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place...

Encountering the Word — Psalm 27:4

Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 8, 2016 at 11:01 pm

A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “One thing have I asked of the Lord that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the...