Latest News
The Code Breaker
The Reason for Our Hope - Feb 22, 2016 at 7:00 am A couple of months ago I saw an interesting movie about code breaking in the Second World War. It told the story of British people of extraordinary intellect investing enormous...
Mother Angelica still in 'delicate' condition, fellow nuns ask for prayers
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 22, 2016 at 7:00 am Irondale, Ala., Feb 22, 2016 / 06:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The nuns of Mother Angelica's monastery have thanked those who have prayed for the EWTN founder and have asked continued...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Feb 22, 2016 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
George Mader, Binding Authority: Unamendability in the United States Constitution — A Textual and Historical Analysis, (Marquette Law Review, Forthcoming).
Nathan S....
Prayer Corner: February 22, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 22, 2016 at 6:00 am
Welcome to the CatholicMom.com Prayer Corner!
In this space, readers are invited to share their prayer intentions and give thanks for prayers answered. When requesting prayer,...
St Peter’s Basilica altar boys and priests join Rome football league
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:50 am Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Clericus Cup football competition for priests and seminarians studying in Rome welcomed three new teams to its 2016 league.
Priests and altar...
Fidelity and mercy are inseparable, Pope tells Curia and Vatican personnel
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:41 am Pope Francis celebrated a special jubilee year Mass on February 22, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, for the staff of the Roman Curia, the Governorate of Vatican City State,...
800 Years
Dominicana - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:30 am This year marks the 800th Jubilee of the Dominican Order. But if you’re like me, it’s hard to imagine exactly what 800 years of preaching looks like. So, I’ve compiled a list to...
CMAA Summer Chant Courses, June 27- July 1
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:30 am The CMAA is pleased to announce new chant courses for 2016, to be held from June 27 to July 1 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The church on Duquesne University’...
Work for the dignity of Jesus, Pope tells Mexico's Jesuits
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:23 am In a brief video-message, Pope Francis called upon Mexico’s Jesuits to “keep working for the dignity of Jesus.”
Jesus “is working in every man and woman in ...
Voting in the EU referendum is not a question of faith for Catholics
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:13 am Can you be a Catholic and a Eurosceptic? This was the question raised recently in the letters page of the Catholic Herald, and the consensus seems to be that this is a question to...
Indian bishop works to counter suicides among farmers
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:00 am An Indian bishop is striving to counter the high suicide rate among impoverished farmers in his diocese.
“The Catholic mission Diocese of Amravati is one of the drought-hit areas...
Bishop Bradley decries shootings in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Franciscan Media - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:00 am KALAMAZOO, Mich. (CNS) -- Expressing shock and sadness, Bishop Paul J. Bradley of Kalamazoo offered prayers for the six people who were killed and two others who were injured by a...
Thousands pay respects to Scalia at Supreme Court
Franciscan Media - Feb 22, 2016 at 5:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On most days when the Supreme Court is in session, only a relative handful of people can get inside.
Outside, advocates both pro and con on the major issues of...
Myanmar cardinal calls for greater respect for religious liberty
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 22, 2016 at 4:45 am As a new government assumes power in Myanmar, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon expressed hope for national reconciliation, including forgiveness of the military leaders who...
Pope calls on international leaders to abolish death penalty
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2016 at 4:38 am Pope Francis has called again for the abolition of the death penalty calling on “the consciences of government leaders” to join the “international consensus for the abolition of...
Pope tells Curia and Vatican personnel to practice mercy daily
News.va - Feb 22, 2016 at 4:35 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has told members of the Curia to tend to their flocks with generosity and mercy and has urged them to become a ‘model’ for all.
The Pope was speaking...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 22, 2016 - Chair of St. Peter
CatholicMom.com - Feb 22, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 16, 13-19 – Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
Today’s Gospel reading is of key importance for Catholics because is one we often use as an argument for papal...
Nicaraguan priest who defied Vatican dies aged 82
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2016 at 4:11 am Fr Fernando Cardenal, a priest involved in the Sandinista movement in Nicaragua, has died aged 82.
Fr Cardenal was suspended from the priesthood after refusing to stand down from...
Harvard Admissions Report Recommends Changes Already Found at Many Catholic Colleges
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 22, 2016 at 4:11 am It’s no secret that the college application process, especially at prestigious secular institutions, has become more of an arms race than an exercise in character building. It’s a...
Christians are determined to remain in Syria, says prelate
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 22, 2016 at 4:00 am The Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, has told Aid to the Church in Need that Christians are determined to remain in the war-torn ...
