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How a 5-year-old boy inspired J.R.R.Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’
Aleteia - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm The renowned author had a great respect for children, beginning with his own. When Christopher and Michael Tolkien were young, their father would tell them tales of dwarves, elves...
4 Stories we tell ourselves that distract us from the truth
Aleteia - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm If you are an Instagramming, video-game playing, Disney-obsessed political nut, you may need a reboot.Christians shape cultures, we know — but cultures also shape Christians....
Ordinations in South Korea
Aleteia - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: November 13, 2017Candidates to the priesthood in Seoul, South Korea, lie prostrate on the floor while the bishop, priests, and parishioners recite the Litany of...
How the patron saint of immigrants was almost sent back to her home country
Aleteia - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm She very simply informed the bishop, “I have letters from the pope,” and she stayed. Do not be satisfied with loving God by yourselves alone; make all those around you love him...
How did these pop culture gargoyles end up on a medieval church in France?
Aleteia - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Stone carvings of the monster from the movie 'Alien' and other 20th-century grotesques now grace a 15th-century chapel in Brittany.The 15th-century Chapel of Bethlehem in Saint-...
Why Millennial women are rejecting the pill
Aleteia - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Fertility tracking and natural family planning is easier and more accurate than ever before.When I was 18, I was prescribed birth control for some dubious reason … dubious...
How do you imagine Heaven? Here are 7 different images of it
Aleteia - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Scripture presents us with these beautiful visions, giving us all something to long for.As humans, we all desire Heaven, a place where our tears will be wiped away and our...
Our “culture of tolerance” was shaped by modern thinkers and St. Paul alike
Aleteia - Nov 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm St. Paul wrote "Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels."Contrary to notions like justice and prudence, which have been...
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Vincent edition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 12, 2017 at 9:00 pm Most of my meals are accomplished alone. As a result, I don’t always make food that is complex. I do, however, sincerely enjoy making a larger meal for guests and consuming it...
Cardinal Parolin invokes God's wisdom on the US bishops
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 12, 2017 at 8:38 pm Baltimore, Md., Nov 12, 2017 / 07:38 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking to the US bishops gathered for the opening Mass of their plenary assembly on Sunday, the Vatican Secretary of...
Kickboxing champion continues his fight to live but family hope to relocate to Iran
The Catholic Leader - Nov 12, 2017 at 8:00 pm FORMER kickboxing champion Masoud Abdollah Pouri marked his 37th birthday recently – inside an aged-care nursing home in Brisbane’s northern suburbs. The one-time member of Iran’s...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/11/17
Catholic Herald - Nov 12, 2017 at 6:01 pm ”Faith inspires charity and charity keeps faith”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). Cardinal Charles Bo has urged religious leaders in Burma to “...
On Bench's 100th, (Vice-)Pope's Prayer For "Wisdom"
Whispers in the Loggia - Nov 12, 2017 at 5:18 pm BALTIMORE – Obviously, we've been building up to this for a good while... and now, you'll understand why.Well, we can always hope.Bringing the expected mix of affirmation and...
Remembrance Day
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 12, 2017 at 4:18 pm In these USA we have observed Armistice Day, commemorating the 11th day of the 11th month when, at the 11 hour, 99 years ago, hostilities ceased and WWI closed. This coincides...
Daily Readings for Monday, November 13, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 12, 2017 at 2:15 pm Reading 1: Wisdom 1:1-7, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 139:1-10, Gospel: Luke 17:1-6
A Prayer for the Faithful Departed: Prayer of the Day for Monday, November 13, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 12, 2017 at 2:15 pm O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful,
grant to the souls of Thy servants
departed the remission of their sins, that,
through pious ...
ASK FATHER: The usual requirements for gaining indulgences
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 12, 2017 at 1:27 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
Do all indulgenced works (eg visiting the Bl Sacrament for 30 mins) carry with them the three usual requirements (Communion, Confession & prayer for...
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Missionary and Foundress
Big C Catholics - Nov 12, 2017 at 1:17 pm Sometimes the things we believe we are supposed to do in life are merely a variation on what God actually has in mind for us. Such was the case with a young Italian girl named...
On Plenary Eve, Lockdowns and Ballots
Whispers in the Loggia - Nov 12, 2017 at 12:18 pm BALTIMORE – In the life of a 1.2 billion-member church, there's no event quite like this.Among global Catholicism's other major outposts, the Italian bishops meet at the Vatican...
Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost
Regina Magazine - Nov 12, 2017 at 12:08 pm Today is the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost. by Fr. Francis...
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