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Bishops want Nigeria to invest in small businesses
Franciscan Media - Feb 27, 2016 at 5:00 am LAGOS, Nigeria (CNS) -- Nigeria's Catholic bishops called on the government to become less dependent on crude oil as the driver of the country's economy and to strengthen...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 27, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 27, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
The story of the prodigal son is so familiar that it’s almost hard to read. Even so, it’s a story that has long struck me close to my heart....
Francis makes a surprise visits to addicts
Vatican Insider - Feb 27, 2016 at 3:30 am This afternoon, Pope Francis made a surprise visit to addicts at the Don Mario Picchi Italian Centre for Solidarity [CEIS]. After the strong admonishment against drug trafficking...
LENTCAzT 18 – Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent: The Backbone
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 27, 2016 at 3:00 am
It is Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent. Today’s Roman Station is Saints Marcellinus and Peter on the Via Labicana.
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Comment on Retired sheriff has a new beat by Ariana
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 27, 2016 at 2:04 am Really. It is in such poor taste.
I wonder what happened to all those who were “dropped off at the county line”. He could do that, knowing they had no where to go, nothing to eat...
Comment on Retired sheriff has a new beat by Ariana
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 27, 2016 at 2:02 am Excuse me? “drive them to the county line and let them go”??? Are you aware of what you are printing??? This is your “Catholic Neighbor”?? I don’t know who you worship up there,...
Fast so as to Feast
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:04 pm “But the goal is to save our appetite so that we can feast on other things… the Word of God… the Eucharist.” Some think Lent is a time for fasting. I see it as a time of feasting...
Daily Lenten Reflection — God Understands and Loves You
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:03 pm “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made” (Psalm 145:8-9). To...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Francis
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:02 pm “It is not easy to entrust oneself to God’s mercy, because it is an abyss beyond our comprehension. But we must! … ‘Oh, I am a great sinner!’ ‘All the better! Go to Jesus: He...
Encountering the Word — Isaiah 1:18
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like...
“Repent or Perish”: Reflecting on the Sunday Gospel
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:00 pm The Third Sunday of Lent (Year C) February 28, 2016 Jesus told them a parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of...
Diapers, Jesus and Batman
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:00 pm “Honey, Jesus doesn’t care about your diaper.” I said that a number of years ago to my eldest child. Keep in mind I’m not actually proud of this. Mostly. We were leaving Mass, and...
A Year in the Word: When You Run, He Will Follow
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:00 pm It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you and will never fail you or forsake you. So do not fear or be dismayed.—Deuteronomy 31:8 Which one of you with a hundred...
Findings May Lead to Therapies for Down Syndrome
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:00 pm Researchers announced a possible breakthrough this week that could help people with Down Syndrome. A finding that lifelong changes in gene expression in the brains of people born...
St. Gregory of Narek: “Speaking With God from the Depths of the Heart”
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:00 pm St. Gregory of Narek was a saint, priest, mystic, composer, astronomer, theologian and poet, honored as the first poet of Armenia and revered by Armenians as a “watchful angel in...
Against Liturgy Shaming
Aleteia - Feb 26, 2016 at 11:00 pm Last month on Facebook a Catholic humor site shared a public photo album uploaded by a Catholic parish in Seattle. The photos were of their liturgy, which featured liturgical...
Our Annual Vocation Discernment Retreats
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Feb 26, 2016 at 8:19 pm Hello and welcome!
This past weekend, we held our annual vocation discernment retreats for Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary and St. John’s Seminary in different locations....
Archd. Philadelphia: Catholic High School might wrestle girl in tourney
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 26, 2016 at 7:08 pm How stupid do things have to get before we either come to our senses and start behaving normally or have violent whiplashes?
From CBS in Philly.
Catholic League Wrestler Will Not...
God’s Boundless Mercy and the Forgiveness of our Sins, the Major Point of Emphasis in Lent
Catholic Hot Dish - Feb 26, 2016 at 6:26 pm A Vertical Thread. The readings for Lent in each of the three liturgical years have a “vertical thread,” a unifying theme or topic that runs “up and down” over a series of...
She Travels Around the Country to Tell the Stories of Women Who Aborted Their Babies
LifeNews.com - Feb 26, 2016 at 6:21 pm Women on both sides of the abortion issue have been eager to make their voices heard as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a major abortion case out of Texas.
Stories from...
