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Pope welcomes Methodist ecumenical initiative
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:26 pm During an April 7 audience with members of the World Methodist Council, Pope Francis welcomed the group's decision to open an office in Rome.
The office in Rome will be "a sign ...
New York Times pre-thumbsucker on Francis and family COULD be ... what?
GetReligion - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:26 pm
So, journalists and news consumers, how do you feel about newspaper headlines published before major events that pivot on the word "could"?
As the clock ticks toward the family...
University of MN college students to participate in Alaska mission trip
Catholic Hot Dish - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:23 pm Our whole group at the Matanuska Glacier
It is astounding to note how one week can play such a crucial part in your life and be so impactful. For most of us, we are bustling...
Peruvian lay movement denounces founder, citing abuse
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:20 pm The Society of Christian Life, a lay movement with a growing influence in Latin America, has issued a statement acknowledging that its founder was guilty of sexual and...
Cardinal Levada accepts fine, suspended license on drunk-driving charge
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:11 pm Cardinal William Levada, the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has pleaded no contest to drunk-driving charges in a Hawaii court; he will pay a $...
St Thomas Aquinas House: A traditional Catholic religious community of men in the Archd. of Detroit
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:09 pm From a priest friend who passed this along to me:
Would you please ask Fr. Z if he might be willing to feature our new experimental, extraordinary form community on his web blog...
7 Videos Explaining the Sacraments of the Catholic Church, w/ Fr. Charles Irvin
Big C Catholics - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:06 pm These seven videos examine Baptism, The Eucharist, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick and Holy Orders. Fr. Charles Irvin, Senior Priest of the Diocese...
France withdraws controversial nominee as ambassador to Holy See
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:03 pm After a diplomatic stalemate that lasted well over a year, the government of France has dropped an effort to persuade the Vatican to accept a controversial nominee as ambassador...
Dominican Solemn Mass in Rome
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:00 pm Last month we published photos of a Solemn Mass in the Dominican Rite celebrated by priests of the Fraternity of St Vincent Ferrer on the feast of St Thomas Aquinas, at the FSSP’s...
These Iraqi children have lost everything – except their faith
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 7, 2016 at 4:30 pm Erbil, Iraq, Apr 7, 2016 / 03:30 pm (Aid to the Church in Need).- Six hundred Christian children whose families fled ISIS violence in 2014 have lost their homes, schools,...
Obama Apparently Agrees With Hillary Clinton: Unborn Children Have No Constitutional Rights
LifeNews.com - Apr 7, 2016 at 4:15 pm The top spokesman for President Barack Obama appears to agree with pro-abortion Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that unborn children do not have Constitutional...
Brother of kidnapped Salesian stays home in prayer, awaits ‘good news’
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 7, 2016 at 4:10 pm RAMAPURAM, India — The Indian government might have dispelled rumors of the Good Friday crucifixion of kidnapped Salesian Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, but Mathew Uzhunnalil still...
For Catholic astronauts, flying to space doesn’t mean giving up the faith
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 7, 2016 at 4:07 pm On the International Space Station there's a place, while filled with robotic equipment, where astronauts like to hang out. Called the Cupola, the small module has seven large bay...
Confirmed: Pope will visit Greece next week
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2016 at 3:46 pm Pope Francis will visit the Greek island of Lesbos on April 16 to dramatize the plight of migrants, the Vatican has confirmed.
The Pope has accepted an invitation to join Orthodox...
Vatican says papal post-Synod document is primarily pastoral
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 7, 2016 at 3:40 pm As the Catholic world anxiously awaits the release of a papal document concluding the work of the Synod on the Family, a Vatican "reader's guide" emphasizes that it will be ...
Michigan Attorney General Sues to Shut Down Illegal Abortion Clinic
LifeNews.com - Apr 7, 2016 at 3:23 pm Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced he is filing a lawsuit in Wayne County to shut down the Summit Women’s Center, an abortion clinic located at 15801 W....
Subpoenas an “inherent” right of legislatures
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Apr 7, 2016 at 3:04 pm Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker
The state legislature's subpoena power is not a novel idea, although its use is uncommon.
Todd Scott,...
TWENTY SOMETHING | Comfort the shipwrecked: Titanic priest a model of mercy
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Apr 7, 2016 at 3:03 pm Christina Capecchi
Father Thomas Byles was 42 when he boarded the Titanic with his second-class ticket and portable altar stone. He had made...
FAITHFUL FAN | NHL still has much to do in promoting player safety
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Apr 7, 2016 at 3:01 pm Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2
Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith should feel lucky he's not in jail...
Pro-Life Groups Demand Kamala Harris Resign After Raiding David Daleiden’s Home, Stealing Videos
LifeNews.com - Apr 7, 2016 at 3:01 pm Pro-life groups are calling on the California attorney general to resign as her ties to Planned Parenthood become increasingly apparent.
On Tuesday, in what appears to be a...
