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Being human: Pope Francis delights many, frustrates some
Franciscan Media - Feb 21, 2016 at 5:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The pope is human. Pope Francis demonstrated that in Mexico, as he does wherever he goes, and most people find it attractive most of the time.
In Pope...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 21, 2016 - Second Sunday of Lent
CatholicMom.com - Feb 21, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 9, 28B-36 – Second Sunday of Lent
Have you ever found yourself watching a television show or talking on the phone and you started to fall asleep? You try to...
A Different Walk for Lent: Fiction as Lenten Reading
Snoring Scholar - Feb 21, 2016 at 4:00 am
I was delighted that Michelle Buckman was willing to share her thoughts today on Lenten reading and how fiction can be Lenten reading. The novel she references here is one of my...
The Second Sunday of Lent 2016
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 21, 2016 at 12:35 am At that time: Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: And he was transfigured before them. And his face did...
LENTCAzT 12 – 2nd Sunday of Lent: “We come seeking how we may find Thee.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 21, 2016 at 12:01 am
It is the 2nd Sunday of Lent.
These 5 minute podcasts are intended to give you a daily boost in your discipline during this holy season, Lent.
http://www.wdtprs.com/lentcazt16/...
Suffering Transfigured
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 20, 2016 at 11:04 pm The love in which God embraces each of us is one of the great truths revealed to us throughout salvation history, but especially through and in Jesus Christ. To come to a better...
Is Lent Feeling Limp? Maybe You Should Go Into the Wilderness
Aleteia - Feb 20, 2016 at 11:04 pm Several weeks into Lent it is not unusual to feel like our efforts are flagging, or becoming aimless. What to do about it? Jesus invites us to imitate his example and leave the...
Dead Ducks: How I Discovered the Real Problem With the Pro-Life Movement
Aleteia - Feb 20, 2016 at 11:03 pm Most mornings I wake up to the sound of distant gunfire. Duck hunters love the marshy areas near where I live. Recently, while walking my dog, Malla, we happened upon a few duck...
3 Good Reasons to Keep Priestly Celibacy
Aleteia - Feb 20, 2016 at 11:02 pm Speculation and trial balloons floating lately over the Vatican walls suggest that Pope Francis wants to open up a discussion of married priests in the Church. According to...
The Long Line: Saying Good-Bye to Antonin Scalia
Aleteia - Feb 20, 2016 at 11:02 pm The body of Justice Antonin Scalia lay in state for public viewing on Feb. 20 from 10:30 to 8 at night. By evening rush hour, the line stretched some four city blocks along East...
A Year in the Word: You Are Not Your Sin (Even if You Chat in Church)
Aleteia - Feb 20, 2016 at 11:00 pm For as the heavens are high above the earth, so strong is his love for those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins. As a father has...
Trump's Week of Controversial Religious Allusions
The Religion Clause - Feb 20, 2016 at 10:31 pm Donald Trump tonight won the South Carolina Republican primary, capping a week in which his religious rhetoric has sparked controversy. On Thursday, Trump clashed with Pope...
CW303: The Language of Catholic Christians
SQPN - Podcast Network - Feb 20, 2016 at 9:41 pm In this episode: Maria Johnson, Steve Nelson, Jeff Nielsen, Fr. Cory Sticha
First Catholic Weekend to be live-streamed on Blab! Springlike weather; Maria’s retirement; Trump and...
Prayer At School Board Meetings Governed By School Prayer Criteria
The Religion Clause - Feb 20, 2016 at 9:19 pm In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education, (CD CA, Feb. 18, 2016), a California federal district court, in a 26-page...
It’s not an urban legend, it’s a LIE: Paul VI did NOT give permission to nuns to use contraceptives.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 20, 2016 at 8:49 pm The other day Pope Francis, in the infamous post-Mexico airplane presser, said:
Paolo VI – il grande! – in una situazione difficile, in Africa, ha permesso alle suore di usare gli...
Court Rejects Free Exercise Defense To Federal Cockfighting Conviction
The Religion Clause - Feb 20, 2016 at 7:29 pm In United States v. Olney, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19947 (ED WA, Feb. 18, 2016), a Washington federal district court, after a bench trial, convicted Shane Scott Olney of sponsoring...
BREAKING: Clinton wins in Nevada, Trump takes South Carolina
LifeSiteNews - Feb 20, 2016 at 7:03 pm Networks called Trump's victory with less than one percent reporting.
Donald Trump Projected to Win South Carolina Primary, Rubio and Cruz Tied for Second
LifeNews.com - Feb 20, 2016 at 6:53 pm Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is projected to win tonight’s Republican presidential primary in South Carolina and earl results have pro-life Senator Marco Rubio...
Fr. Paul Scalia's Eulogy for His Father, Justice Antonin G. Scalia
Big C Catholics - Feb 20, 2016 at 5:15 pm Antonin Scalia 1936-2016
Your Eminence Cardinal Wuerl, Your Excellencies, Archbishop Viganò, Bishop Loverde, Bishop Higgins, my brother priests, deacons, distinguished guests,...
What's the point of fasting, anyway?
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 20, 2016 at 5:02 pm Washington D.C., Feb 20, 2016 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- God commanded it, Jesus practiced it, Church Fathers have preached the importance of it – fasting is a powerful and...
