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Make a daily commitment to spreading God’s mercy, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 20, 2016 at 5:46 am Vatican City, Feb 20, 2016 / 04:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday Pope Francis held his second Saturday general audience of the Jubilee, encouraging pilgrims to make a daily...
Pope Audience: Deepen your commitment to express God's mercy
News.va - Feb 20, 2016 at 5:10 am (Vatican Radio) This was Pope Francis’ second “Jubilee Audience” in St. Peter’s Square and he used his catechesis to focus on the Year of Mercy, especially in this season of Lent...
St. Peter's Basilica altar boys, priests join Rome soccer series
Franciscan Media - Feb 20, 2016 at 5:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Clericus Cup soccer series for priests and seminarians studying in Rome welcomed three new teams to its 2016 league....
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 20, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 20, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 5, 43-48
Today’s Gospel read cuts right to the chase. Jesus doesn’t give a way out or alternatives. He is very specific, perhaps painfully so: “Love your...
Two Newly Discovered Tolkien Poems Speak of Light and Love
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2016 at 11:04 pm Two poems by Catholic author J. R. R. Tolkien were discovered in the archives of a school near Oxford. The principal of Our Lady’s, Abingdon, found the poems after being contacted...
Transfiguration and the Cross
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 19, 2016 at 11:04 pm Appearances can be deceiving. After all, Jesus was just another Galilean. His hands were the rough hands of a workman. People in Nazareth knew his mother. Some even remembered...
Daily Lenten Reflection — From the Heart
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 19, 2016 at 11:03 pm “This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul.” (Deuteronomy...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 19, 2016 at 11:02 pm “For we never give more honor to Jesus than when we honor his Mother, and we honor her simply and solely to honor him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to...
Encountering the Word — Philippians 3:7-11
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 19, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of...
Lucifer in the City of Angels
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm If you’ve been channel surfing over the past few weeks, you might have run across the devil on your television screen. No, I don’t mean on the various political debates. I’m...
WATCH: Basketball Player With Down Syndrome Wins Game for Team
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm Robert Lewis has Down syndrome and has served as his team’s manager since he started high school. At a basketball game on Senior Night, his coach decided to let him get into the...
Finding Strength for What Lies Ahead: Reflecting on the Sunday Gospel
Aleteia - Feb 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm The Second Sunday of Lent (Year C) February 21, 2016 Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearance and...
Appeals court rules against EWTN, other Catholic entities on mandate
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 19, 2016 at 9:36 pm The head of the Eternal Word Television Network said Feb. 18 that a federal appeals court ruling handed down earlier that day "in effect" orders the Catholic global network "to...
The Holy Father’s Mass at the Mexican Border
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Feb 19, 2016 at 8:14 pm Hello and welcome,
I want to begin this week saying how saddened we are by the sudden loss of Justice Antonin Scalia, who was a brilliant jurist and a man who lived his faith very...
Manny Pacquiao doubles down on pro-family views
LifeSiteNews - Feb 19, 2016 at 6:02 pm 'What I am condemning is the act. I’m happier because I’m telling the truth.'
Archbishop Gomez: The Pope's focus is human suffering, not Donald Trump
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 19, 2016 at 5:20 pm Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 19, 2016 / 04:20 pm (CNA).- The controversy surrounding Pope Francis’ off-the-cuff statements on his return flight from Mexico – and Donald Trump’s...
Returning from Mexico trip, Pope again venerates icon of Salus Populi Romani
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 5:11 pm Following his usual practice, Pope Francis visited the basilica of St. Mary Major, to pray before the icon of the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi Romani, after his return from a...
French Cardinal Barbarin under pressure for failure to remove accused priest
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 5:06 pm Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon, France, is under pressure to resign after acknowledging that he allowed a priest to remain in parish ministry after learning that the priest...
And there is one more thing: Did press hear what Pope Francis said about abortion?
GetReligion - Feb 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm
So Pope Francis had something to say about the theological views of one Donald Trump. You probably heard about that.
During the same in-flight presser while returning to Rome...
New Priceline Ad Mocks Adoption of Babies From Other Countries: “That Would Have Been Bad”
LifeNews.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:58 pm A new Priceline advertisement that makes fun of overseas adoptions is causing outrage among adoptive families.
The ad shows a young couple excitedly preparing a nursery and making...
