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Women With Down Syndrome Respond to God’s Call
Aleteia - Mar 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm [Today is World Down Syndrome Day – Ed] To offer oneself to God, in witness to the Gospel of Life. This is the mission of the Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb, a contemplative...
Mercy-Colored Glasses: Praying to See as God Sees
Aleteia - Mar 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm 13) Take time in prayer to contemplate the good qualities of someone who is difficult for you. Do the same for each member of your family.—56 Ways to Be Merciful in the Jubilee...
Pope Francis Decries Indifference to Refugees in Palm Sunday Homily
Aleteia - Mar 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY — As Holy Week opened in Rome, Pope Francis on Palm Sunday decried what he called “indifference” to refugees and “all of those for whose fate no one wishes to take...
Restoring the Vertical and the Heavenly in the Post-Vatican II Church
Aleteia - Mar 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm Not long ago I was leading a mission in a suburban parish with a modern, fan-shaped church building. The welcome I received was kind and friendly, and the people were eager to...
Are You Compulsive About Your Lenten Penance?
Aleteia - Mar 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm Ask IPS: Advice from psychological experts, drawing on Catholic faith and modern psychology Question: I have been struggling with scrupulosity for a while now, but it has been...
Being an adoptive parent in Australia
The Catholic Leader - Mar 20, 2016 at 9:16 pm WHEN we first moved into our local suburb, the sight of my wife and children walking down the main street would cause quite a few heads to turn.It is not every day that you see a...
"For now lies dead my dear son, dear."
Commonweal - Mar 20, 2016 at 7:36 pm Here is another medieval poetic meditation on Mary’s grief at the foot of the cross, this her appeal to mothers playing with their children to look at her Son across her knees...
Morning Catholic must-reads 21/03/16
Catholic Herald - Mar 20, 2016 at 7:01 pm Pope Francis drew a parallel between the plight of refugees and the suffering of Jesus at Mass on Palm Sunday (full text, full video).
US president Barack Obama was expected to...
Homily for Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, Year C
Big C Catholics - Mar 20, 2016 at 6:30 pm Fr. Charles Irvin
Senior Priest
Diocese of Lansing
(Click here for today’s readings)
We have come here to this sacred place, in this holy time, both of which are set apart from...
Palm Sunday procession
Communio - Mar 20, 2016 at 5:55 pm Pope Benedict said, “Our procession today is meant, then, to be an image of something deeper, to reflect the fact that, together with Jesus, we are setting out on pilgrimage...
India's refusal to grant religious freedom visas a 'missed opportunity'
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 20, 2016 at 5:53 pm Washington D.C., Mar 20, 2016 / 04:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- India is making a mistake in refusing to issue visas to a U.S. international religious freedom organization, said...
Palm Sunday in Rome - The Polyphonic Settings of the Crowd
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 20, 2016 at 5:28 pm Every year on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, at the Fraternity of St Peter’s Roman parish, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, the choir sings those parts of the Passion that...
ASK FATHER: My Catholic son is marrying a Lutheran. Can a priest bless the marriage?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 20, 2016 at 4:00 pm From reader…
QUAERITUR:
My son is Catholic and woman he will marry is Lutheran. Her father is a minister and will be doing the ceremony. May a Catholic priest be present to bless...
The Facts of Crucifixion
Big C Catholics - Mar 20, 2016 at 4:00 pm Robert Gidley
This article is disturbing; there is nothing pleasant about crucifixion. However, having an understanding of crucifixion helps us understand what Jesus went through...
Your (Palm) Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 20, 2016 at 3:48 pm Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for this Palm Sunday?
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Weekend think pieces: Concering 'evangelicals' and the quest for better exit polls
GetReligion - Mar 20, 2016 at 1:00 pm
If you have been on Planet Earth in recent months, and have the slightest interest in (a) religion, (b) politics or (c) both, then you know that the rise of Citizen Donald Trump...
BURNING QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW FOOT-WASHING OPTIONS
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 20, 2016 at 12:49 pm Now that whole sad issue of the washing of the feet of women has been settled by the powers-that-be, I’m hearing from people all over the place that their “Mandatum” is being...
“Go Forward with Courage!” Pope Francis Tells Young People at Palm Sunday Angelus
Aleteia - Mar 20, 2016 at 12:45 pm VATICAN CITY — This morning, at the end of the Palm Sunday liturgy in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis told young people to “go forward with courage” in inviting peers and leaders...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Mar 20, 2016 at 11:49 am In Helling v. Johnson, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30874 (ED WI, March 9, 2016), a Wisconsin federal district court allowed an inmate to move ahead with his complaint that he was not...
Sunday Brunch Specials for March 20, 2016: Great Reads from This Week
CatholicMom.com - Mar 20, 2016 at 11:00 am
Welcome to the CatholicMom.com Sunday Brunch! We’re serving up a buffet of articles from the past week. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and settle in to enjoy some great reads.
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