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South African bishops issue pastoral letter on racism
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:14 am Citing “the violence of centuries of colonialism and the violent decades of apartheid,” the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference has issued a pastoral letter on ...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/03/16
Catholic Herald - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:05 am Priests are not obliged to wash women’s feet on Holy Thursday, Vatican liturgy prefect Cardinal Robert Sarah has reportedly said.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin has denied covering...
Central African bishops call for peaceful, fair elections
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:04 am The Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region has issued an appeal for just and peaceful elections.
“We launch an appeal to peace, harmony and unity on the...
ASK FATHER: Priest asks for name during confession
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:00 am From a reader…
What should I say when a priest, while in the confessional, wants to know my name? Or a priest that holds the belief that by knowing me personally he, by hearing my...
Three Franciscans charged in Pennsylvania abuse investigation
Catholic Herald - Mar 16, 2016 at 3:33 am Three Franciscan priests were charged with conspiracy for endangering the welfare of children as well as for endangering the welfare of children in connection with a two-year...
European bishops' commission welcomes forthcoming EU document on social rights
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 16, 2016 at 3:24 am The EU’s executive body, the European Commission, has announced that a European Pillar of Social Rights will be drafted over the next year.
The document will outline the rights of...
Courageous Leadership Is Needed to Reverse Secular Trends
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 16, 2016 at 2:45 am
However unpleasant this might feel, it’s time for American Catholics to acknowledge that over the past decade, a tsunami wave of aggressive secularism has swept across the United...
Peter Wasn’t Afraid to Die
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 16, 2016 at 2:40 am
On Palm Sunday, and again on Good Friday, we will hear and take part in one of the most infamous scenes in Christian history. We will read the Gospel account (from the synoptics...
Peru's March for Life draws 750,000 in Lima
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 16, 2016 at 1:03 am Lima, Peru, Mar 16, 2016 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Three-quarters of a million people paraded through downtown Lima on Saturday in a massive celebration of life from conception...
Brisbane mum of four with incurable cancer meets Pope Francis
The Catholic Leader - Mar 16, 2016 at 1:00 am TERMINALLY ill mum Karen Cassady is facing the last few years of her life with supernatural joy after meeting Pope Francis in Rome.Mrs Cassady was diagnosed with stage-four lung...
On Ides of March, The Scandals Strike... Again
Whispers in the Loggia - Mar 16, 2016 at 12:50 am Simply put, in the long, horrid road of American Catholicism's tragic history of sexual abuse and cover-up, few days have been as stunning as this. Add in the mounting questions...
LENTCAzT 36 – Wednesday in the 5th Week of Lent, Passiontide: wholly, wholly, wholly
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 16, 2016 at 12:01 am
It is Wednesday in the 5th Week of Lent, Passiontide. We are getting close.
These 5 minute podcasts are intended to give you a daily boost in your discipline during this holy...
Pro-Sikh court ruling strengthens religious exemptions in Army
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 15, 2016 at 11:48 pm Washington D.C., Mar 15, 2016 / 10:48 pm (CNA).- A federal court has sided with a Sikh soldier working to secure a religious exemption for his beard and headwear under U.S. Army...
Where did all the large families go?
Integrated Catholic Life - Mar 15, 2016 at 11:04 pm “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14). “The most merciful thing that the large family does to...
The Sober Guide to St. Patrick’s Day Food, Drink and Parties
Aleteia - Mar 15, 2016 at 11:04 pm St. Paddy’s Day is almost here, and Irish bars all over the world are preparing for a profitable night. Meanwhile, police officers and emergency workers are getting ready to pull...
The Baffling Appeal of Being “Spiritual but Not Religious”
Aleteia - Mar 15, 2016 at 11:00 pm You will have heard the term “spiritual but not religious.” Depending on whose reporting you read, anywhere from one in fifteen to one in four Americans describe themselves this...
Mercy at the Bus Depot
Aleteia - Mar 15, 2016 at 11:00 pm His father caught sight of him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.—Luke 15:20 For years the image I kept in my head from the Parable of...
Watch and Pray: “Were You There”
Aleteia - Mar 15, 2016 at 11:00 pm For a moment, as I was singing this song, I forgot where I was. I remember singing this song as if I were standing at the foot of his cross. It was just me and Jesus. The Vigil...
“Moses, You Were Wrong,” Said God
Aleteia - Mar 15, 2016 at 11:00 pm I am currently reading Orthodox Archbishop Anthony Bloom’s Beginning to Pray. It’s a fascinating little book with so many valuable nuggets on each page that it’s hard to excerpt,...
