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Pope Francis: Divine Mercy excludes no one
News.va - Apr 6, 2016 at 5:25 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, during the course of which he began a new chapter in his catecheses on mercy, one...
An Open Letter to Catholic Educators
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 6, 2016 at 5:11 am I consider my family a modern day “Pilgrim” story. My husband and I are both Catholic, and raised our four children in a church-going, close-knit family. We did the modern day “...
Franciscan convent opens doors to offer refugees shelter
Catholic Herald - Apr 6, 2016 at 5:08 am A medieval convent near Assisi has opened its doors once again to offer refugees sanctuary and assistance.
With the support of the Order of Friars Minor in Umbria, the local...
Pope Francis reflects on Christ as mercy incarnate
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 5:03 am Continuing his series of Wednesday catecheses on mercy, Pope Francis devoted his April 6 general audience to “God’s mercy fulfilled in Jesus, who is mercy ...
Pope Francis: General Audience summary
News.va - Apr 6, 2016 at 4:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, during the course of which he began a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical...
Newman Society Interviews President of Wyoming Catholic on Decision to Step Down
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 6, 2016 at 4:41 am Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyo., announced this week that he will be leaving the College to take position in the public policy arena in...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 6, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Apr 6, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 3, 16-21
John 3:16 is perhaps one of the most powerful verses in Scripture for us to know, that God’s great love for us surpasses even our own sinfulness and...
Report: 2.7 million have fled homes because of Boko Haram
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 4:26 am Attacks by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram have caused 2.7 million people to flee their homes in the Lake Chad basin, according to the Doctors Without Borders.
“A conflict...
Nuncio says Pope considering invitation to visit Canada
Catholic Herald - Apr 6, 2016 at 4:05 am The apostolic nuncio to Canada said Pope Francis is considering an invitation for a visit, during which many Canadians hope he will apologise for the Catholic Church’s role in...
FDA expands use of RU-486 abortion pill
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 4:04 am The US Food and Drug Administration has announced that the RU-486 abortion pill may now be used in the first ten weeks following the mother’s last period.
The FDA, which approved...
How a sketchbook led one Chinese woman to the Catholic faith
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 6, 2016 at 4:02 am Rome, Italy, Apr 6, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Yan Xu is an artist from the central China city of Wuhan. What she drew one day would change her life.
Confused about her...
How a sketchbook led one Chinese woman to the Catholic faith
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 6, 2016 at 4:02 am Rome, Italy, Apr 6, 2016 / 04:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Yan Xu is an artist from the central China city of Wuhan. What she drew one day would change her life.
The Canard of Islamophobia
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 6, 2016 at 3:50 am
After the bombings in Brussels and Lahore, brief, perfunctory comments of sympathy were made, and then non-Muslims were ordered to be nice to Muslims. Muslims are now what...
The Misguided Compassion of Social Justice Catholics
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 6, 2016 at 3:45 am
There are many reasons for the downfall of our urban public schools, but beyond the undeniable corruption of those sucking the system dry for financial gain, the greatest...
Cardinals Baldisseri, Schönborn to present Papal exhortation
News.va - Apr 6, 2016 at 3:41 am (Vatican Radio) The Press Office of the Holy See has called a conference and briefing for journalists in connection with the publication of Pope Francis’ highly anticipated post-...
Zambia's bishops attempt to counter pre-election violence
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 3:32 am The Zambian Episcopal Conference, joined by two Protestant bodies, recently hosted a meeting between President Edgar Lungu and 17 opposition party leaders in an attempt to end pre...
Mississippi governor signs religious freedom bill
Catholic Herald - Apr 6, 2016 at 2:56 am Mississippi’s governor signed a law on Tuesday allowing religious groups and private businesses to deny services to same-sex couples and transgender people – echoing attempts made...
Nepal removes Christmas from list of public holidays
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 2:55 am Citing a “need to control the rising number of public holidays,” the government of the largely Hindu nation of Nepal has removed Christmas from the list of approved days, ...
Pakistan: Christian, Muslim clergy mourn victims of Easter attack
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 2:39 am Christian and Muslim clergy gathered at the Dominican Peace Center in Lahore to take part in an interfaith vigil in memory of the victims of the Easter Sunday suicide bombing....
The best way to experience Lourdes
Catholic Herald - Apr 6, 2016 at 2:33 am This Easter saw the 60th Anniversary of HCPT (The Hosanna House and Children’s Pilgrimage Trust). It was in the 1950s that Dr Michael Strode (Now Brother Michael Strode) first...
