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German bishops speak out against proposal to open stores on Christmas Eve (SIR)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 4:11 amFather Solanus Casey to be beatified in November (OSV Newsweekly)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 4:11 am This article discusses the life of the Capuchin Franciscan priest, who died in 1957 after ministering in New York, Detroit, and Indiana.
Former Irish president praises impact of Pope's encyclical on environment (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 4:11 am Mary Robinson, Ireland’s president from 1990 to 1997, met with Pope Francis on 11/6.
Pope recognizes 2 martyrdoms, declares 6 Servants of God 'venerable' (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 4:11 am The martyrs are a priest slain in Hungary in 1957 and a religious sister killed in Somalia in 2006 after Pope Benedict’s famed Regensburg address. Pope John Paul I is among the...
Europe's Eastern Catholic bishops pledge to proclaim Christ through the sacred liturgy (CCEE)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 4:11 am The Eastern Catholic bishops of Europe recently took part in a 4-day meeting in London. The bishops pledged to proclaim Christ “by means of a catechesis and a mystagogy that arise...
Cardinal Nichols, other leaders urge corporations to join fight against modern slavery (Diocese of Westminster)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 4:11 amComing soon: A virtual tour of the tomb of Jesus
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 9, 2017 at 4:08 am Washington D.C., Nov 9, 2017 / 03:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Next week, the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., will open a 3D virtual tour of the Holy Sepulchre, the...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 9, 2017 - Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
CatholicMom.com - Nov 9, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 2:13-22 – Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Today’s reading is all about housekeeping.
“Zeal for your house will consume me.”
Does the zeal for your house...
It's official: John Paul I moves forward on path to sainthood
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 9, 2017 at 3:22 am Vatican City, Nov 9, 2017 / 02:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican on Thursday announced that Albino Luciani – better know as Pope John Paul I – has moved forward on the path to...
Brazil begins largest-ever tropical reforestation (Fast Company)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 3:11 am Reflecting the Vatican’s emphasis on ecology, L’Osservatore Romano (11/9 Italian ed.) devoted prominent front-page coverage to this story and other climate news, including Syria’...
Papal praise for Poland's solidarity with persecuted Church (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 3:11 am “Next Sunday, upon an initiative of the Polish Episcopal Conference and the Association Help to the Suffering Church, you will celebrate the 9th Day of Solidarity with the...
Truce between Colombian government, ELN 'at serious risk' (AFP)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 3:11 am The Colombian conflict, which began in 1964 and has led to the death of over 175,000 civilians, has pitted the Colombian government against leftist guerillas. FARC (the main rebel...
Trump to talk North Korea, trade with Chinese leader Xi (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 3:11 amResignations and appointments (11/8) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 9, 2017 at 3:11 am Pope Francis named a Polish auxiliary bishop.
Pope seeks to defuse Korea nuclear tensions at Vatican meeting
Catholic Herald - Nov 9, 2017 at 2:32 am Pope Francis is seeking to defuse rising nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula and boost support for disarmament efforts with a Vatican conference that brings together 11 Nobel...
Pia Luciani, “He will be blessed, but to me he will always be Uncle Albino”
Vatican Insider - Nov 9, 2017 at 2:26 am We are happy. It's really an honor. Pia Luciani, niece of Albino Luciani, passed down in history as John Paul I, commented on the decree of the Causes of Saints that proclaims the...
Overlooking the Failings of Catholic Democrats
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig’s inaugural essay as an opinion columnist at the Washington Post critiques the performance of Catholic Republicans in allowing Church teaching to guide...
Has Government Become Too Big?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 9, 2017 at 2:00 am
Thomas Jefferson is said to have quipped, “a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.” While...
Like Mother Cabrini, treat migrants with charity and justice, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 9, 2017 at 2:00 am Vatican City, Nov 9, 2017 / 02:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis praised St. Frances Cabrini in the preface to a book about her life for her foresight in addressing the needs...
