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Elderly lose their rights as court-appointed guardians sell assets, control lives (The New Yorker)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2017 at 3:11 amLaicized priest resigns academic post after abuse charges become public (Washington Post)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2017 at 3:11 am A Catholic priest who was removed from ministry after being charged with sexual abuse has resigned his academic post after his past record was made public. Jaime Lara had been a...
Retired Patriarch of Jerusalem given 'Arafat Prize' for help to Palestinian cause (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2017 at 3:11 am Archbishop Michel Sabbah, the former Latin-rite Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem, has been named for the Arafat Prize for his contributions to the Palestinian cause. Palestinian...
Museum in State of Washington has world's largest Rosary collection (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2017 at 3:11 am The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center is located in Stevenson, a town of 1,500 in southern Washington.
Scholar: only 1/6 of Catholics in 2050 will be European (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2017 at 3:11 am Baylor University’s Philip Jenkins predicts that in 2050, 40% of Catholics will live in Latin America and 25% in Africa. He adds, “A southward-looking Church may be a vibrant and...
Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what.
Aleteia - Nov 13, 2017 at 3:00 am Erma Bombeck
Cardinal DiNardo: Amid division, we must look to the God who unites
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 13, 2017 at 2:45 am Baltimore, Md., Nov 13, 2017 / 02:45 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Witnessing to the Gospel is the simple but fundamental call for people of faith who live in trying times, Cardinal Daniel...
The Tragedy of Commonplace Church Scandals
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 13, 2017 at 2:15 am
Despite curbing my online reading, scarcely a day passes without noting some new scandal caused by a theologian, priest, or bishop. It’s true, of course, that small stories from...
Looking at Laudato Si’ in Theory and Practice
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 13, 2017 at 2:10 am
Ronald Reagan once said that an economist is someone who sees something happen in practice and wonders if it could work in theory. The new book, Pope Francis and the Caring...
Herodotus and the Gospel of History
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 13, 2017 at 2:00 am
Almost twenty-five hundred years ago, a Greek decided that his era was so unique and exciting that he was going to learn as much as he could about it by any means that he could....
Youth ministry must reflect young people's diversity, US cardinal says
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 13, 2017 at 1:14 am Baltimore, Md., Nov 13, 2017 / 01:14 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Young people are not a singular mass, and ministry to them must reflect their diversity, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of...
The Flesh Is Willing
Dominicana - Nov 13, 2017 at 1:00 am Any Christian wanting to pray will be tested. Difficulties in prayer often manifest themselves in weaknesses of our bodies that get in the way of our hearts and minds ascending to...
Sharing the Word for November 13, 2017 – Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Franciscan Media - Nov 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
November 13, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Wisdom 1:1-7
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Massive killer quake strikes border between Iraq and Iran, felt as far away as Israel
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 13, 2017 at 12:00 am A massive quake has killed over 400 people, and injured thousands in the border region between Iraq and Iran. The quake struck around 9:18 PM local ...
If today were your last day, would you be ready for judgement?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 13, 2017 at 12:00 am On Sunday Pope Francis encouraged people not to wait to reflect on their lives, but to ask themselves: If this was my last day on earth, am I ...
Here's the best scientific argument yet against pornography
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 13, 2017 at 12:00 am In 2013, Beyonce Knowles topped GQ's list of "The 100 Hottest Women of the 21st Century."
The Dual Citizenship of St. Frances
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Nov 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Today the Church commemorates St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint. As Br. Leo Camurati explains, though, her sanctity came...
The New Evangelizations and the Nones
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:04 pm On Monday this week I had the joy to attend the Erasmus Lecture in New York sponsored annually by First Things magazine. It has a rich history, starting in 1988 when Cardinal...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:02 pm “I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him.” (St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin and...
Encountering the Word — 1 John 3:16-17
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:01 pm “The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need...