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Quebec religious community in major abuse settlement
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:44 am Attorneys for the Montreal Metropolitan Deaf Community Center have secured a $30-million class-action settlement involving the Clerics of Saint Viator.
Between 1940 and 1982, at...
Pope Francis’s prevarication over Russia will disappoint Ukrainians
Catholic Herald - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:39 am The full transcript, translated into English, of the Pope’s remarks on the plane back from Mexico, has now been published and can be read here. I was immediately interested to see...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 19, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 5, 20-26 – Day of Abstinence
Jesus is challenging our concept of sin today. Throughout Matthew 5 we hear about how sin goes beyond just committing...
Report: bishop praises Russian intervention in Syria
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:06 am Sputnik, a news agency owned by the Russian government, reported that a bishop in Syria’s largest city has praised Russian intervention in Syria as “a good ...
Report: Armenian Catholic parish destroyed in Turkey
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:42 am Amid clashes between the Turkish military and Kurdish separatists, an Armenian Catholic parish and a mosque have reportedly suffered significant damage in Diyarbakir, The Armenian...
Pope Francis’s comments will only help Trump
Catholic Herald - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:35 am The question posed to Pope Francis was about Donald Trump and the Republican presidential candidate’s promise to build a 2,000-mile wall along the US-Mexico border. And his...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/02/16
Catholic Herald - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:33 am Pope Francis “is doing a very good job” and “has a lot of energy” Donald Trump said last night.
Cardinal John Onaiyekan has called for a national spiritual rebirth in Nigeria....
In Zika outbreak, contraceptives may be ‘lesser evil,’ Pope says
Catholic Herald - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:06 am With physicians across Central and South American urging women to postpone pregnancy because of the Zika virus that causes birth defects, Pope Francis said using contraceptives...
Referencing a Newspaper, the ‘Olde-Timey’ Kind
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Feb 19, 2016 at 1:15 am For me, Louise Wibbenmeyer’s “God moment” was my lede moment. “Lede” is olde-timey newspaper lingo for the beginning of a story, which is called “content” in the language of today...
STATIONS OF THE CROSS – Audio from Fr. Z
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 19, 2016 at 12:05 am Many parishes and chapels will have the Via Crucis or Stations of the Cross during Lent.
What version does your parish use?
Let’s get some titles/versions/authors and what you...
“The Big Short” and the Fleetingness of Wealth
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 19, 2016 at 12:00 am A popular new movie, “The Big Short,” tells the true story of a small group of investors who foresaw the 2008 crash and played it to their advantage by betting against the market...
The challenge of almsgiving
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 18, 2016 at 11:04 pm Every year when Lent rolls around, we hear our three-fold calling for the next forty days: to pray, fast, and give alms. The Gospel for Ash Wednesday is always from Matthew 6,...
Daily Lenten Reflection — Out of the Depths
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 18, 2016 at 11:03 pm “Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord! Lord, hear my voice! Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who...
Leaving Stuff for the Needy: The Unsung Virtues of Blind Almsgiving
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2016 at 11:02 pm A couple of years ago, when an elusive muse was making me wonder whether I should swap writing for some less frustrating avocation, I went for a stroll. Within a block I spied a...
“Risen” Tells the Greatest Story Ever Told — and Adds Some Laughs
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2016 at 11:01 pm The names of the twelve apostles are listed four times in the New Testament, once each in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, and then again in the book of Acts. That bit of...
Encountering the Word — Apocalypse 11:17
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 18, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast, that thou hast taken thy great power and begun to reign.” (Apocalypse 11:17)...
Mexico Painted In Light: Song for the Pope’s Visit
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm Fill the darkness with light. Earlier this week we brought you a selection of songs for the Pope’s visit, featuring different selections for the various legs of his journey. We...
WATCH: Stations of the Cross for Commuters and Bikers
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm “If Easter is about the power of God, then the Friday before is about the weakness of humanity,” says Scott Erickson, an artist in Portland, Oregon, who was inspirited to bring...
Ever Ancient, Ever New: Audrey Assad Discusses “Inheritance”
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm A voice descends over lingering strings, reciting the first line of an ancient Gregorian chant: Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. “Where charity and love are, God is there.”...
