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Pope Francis reflects on David's plea for mercy
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 30, 2016 at 5:25 am Pope Francis devoted his March 30 general audience to Psalm 51 (50), in which the psalmist begged God for mercy.
“This Psalm is traditionally seen as King David’s prayer for ...
South Sudan's Christian leaders lament civil war
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 30, 2016 at 5:05 am Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro of Juba, joined by other Christian leaders in South Sudan, have issued a statement lamenting the nation’s continuing civil war, which began in ...
Spanish nuns accused of stealing babies from vulnerable mothers
Catholic Herald - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:50 am Two Spanish nuns are being investigated under suspicion of stealing 13 babies from mothers who were forced to give them up for adoption.
According to a report in The Times,...
Displaced Mosul Catholics celebrate Easter
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:47 am Nearly two years after the fall of Mosul to the Islamic State, most the faithful of the city’s Syriac Catholic diocese celebrated Easter in Iraqi Kurdistan, the autonomous region...
Pope at General Audience: God pulls us up from sin
News.va - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:41 am
(Vatican Radio) “God is greater than our sin!” That’s what Pope Francis reminded pilgrims at the General Audience Wednesday 30 March. In his remarks in Italian, the Pope said...
“God ‘eradicates’ sin, not like a dry cleaner’s gets rid of stains”
Vatican Insider - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:39 am Reflecting on the words of the Psalmist (“Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin”), the Pope illustrated the dynamics of divine forgiveness with an image, continuing...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/03/16
Catholic Herald - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:34 am We must never forget that God is greater than our sins, Pope Francis said at this morning’s general audience (full video).
Indian media have claimed that ISIS has demanded a multi...
Daily Gospel Reflection for March 30, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 24, 13-35
I have experienced “my heart feeling light” as the apostles did on the road to Emmaus. You are there,God. Waiting. Listening. Coaching. Walking with...
How Mother Angelica overcame her childhood suffering
Catholic Herald - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:30 am An item in the Telegraph today had the headline, Mental illness caused by life crises, not biology, and went on to state that “mental illness is largely caused by crises such as...
Brussels archbishop: violence in the name of God cannot be tolerated
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:21 am An ecumenical prayer vigil took place in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels on Easter Monday evening following the March 22 bombings that killed 35 and...
Holy See urges recognition of women’s role in peacebuilding
News.va - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:10 am
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York has paid “special homage” to “women who have had profound and lasting effects on the lives of...
Utah anesthesia bill shows 'incoherence' of legal abortion, doctor says
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:02 am Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar 30, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A new Utah law requiring anesthesia for unborn babies during late-term abortions shows the contradiction between...
Utah anesthesia bill shows 'incoherence' of legal abortion, doctor says
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 30, 2016 at 4:02 am Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar 30, 2016 / 04:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A new Utah law requiring anesthesia for unborn babies during late-term
abortions shows the contradiction between...
Guard against Western influence, Senegal cardinal warns
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 30, 2016 at 3:59 am Cardinal Théodore-Adrien Sarr, the recently retired archbishop of Dakar, Senegal, warned West Africa’s bishops not to succumb to Western influence, particularly American ...
Salesians await further news on priest kidnapped in Yemen
Catholic Herald - Mar 30, 2016 at 3:47 am The fate of a kidnapped priest in Yemen is still unknown, his religious order has said.
The Salesians said they had received no further information about Fr Thomas Uzhunnalil, a...
Lahore archbishop: churches were guarded, but attack on park unexpected
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 30, 2016 at 3:46 am The archbishop of Lahore, the site of an Easter Sunday terrorist attack that targeted Christians in a park, said that “the government had provided all the necessary security...
Supreme Court to consider alternative plans for Little Sisters
Catholic Herald - Mar 30, 2016 at 3:39 am The Supreme Court has asked to see evidence that the Little Sisters of the Poor and other groups could draw up insurance plans which do not infringe their rights of conscience....
Georgia governor vetoes bill to protect churches from performing same-sex weddings
Catholic Herald - Mar 30, 2016 at 3:11 am The Governor of Georgia, Nathan Deal, has vetoed a religious freedom bill which would have protected pastors from being forced to perform same-sex weddings.
Gov Deal said he would...
Fr Don Smith remembered for compassion and care
The Catholic Leader - Mar 30, 2016 at 2:14 am FR Don Smith, who died in Townsville recently aged 85, was remembered as a caring and compassionate man.Fr Smith, a priest for more than 60 years, died at Townsville’s Mater...
Bishop ‘a great man, a great leader and a great shepherd’
The Catholic Leader - Mar 30, 2016 at 2:03 am THE late Bishop Raymond Benjamin was a much-loved leader of Townsville diocese, and during his Vigil and Sharing of Memories people paid tribute to him and told many stories of...
