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Prayer Corner: February 15, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 15, 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,...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Feb 15, 2016 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Adriaan Lanni & Victor Bers, Disqualified Olympians: The Skeptical Greek View of Divine Judges, (Mermerlstein & Holtz, eds., The Divine Courtroom in Comparative...
Pope’s Two Secrets to Healing: “Kindness-Therapy” and Our Lady of Guadalupe
Aleteia - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:59 am Greeting of His Holiness Pope Francis at the “Federico Gómez Pediatric Hospital Mexico City Sunday, 14 February 2016 Madam First Lady, Director, Members of the Board of Governors...
In Mexico City, Pope laments drug trade, calls upon faithful to imitate St. Juan Diego
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:51 am On February 13, his first full day in Mexico, Pope Francis addressed political leaders at the National Palace, spoke to bishops at the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, and...
Did a Massachusetts court ruling essentially ban Catholic schools?
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:45 am Boston, Mass., Feb 15, 2016 / 04:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Massachusetts court ruling against a Catholic school may have set a dangerous precedent that interferes with religious...
WATCH: Young Cancer Patient Sings Ave Maria for Pope Francis
Aleteia - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:43 am MEXICO CITY — On Sunday, Pope Francis visited the Federico Gómez Pediatric Hospital in Mexico City. There he had a special encounter with a young cancer patient who sang for him...
Pope in Mexico: Fr. Lombardi hails exuberant welcome
News.va - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:41 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday made his way through one of Mexico City's most lawless neighborhoods, Ecatepec, to celebrate Mass for a massive crowd of faithful.
Fr....
Living the Gospel
Dominicana - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:34 am Living the Christian Life is radical. Our life is concerned with achieving the goal for which we were created: the beatific vision and life with the Triune God. And it really does...
Spotlight director pays tribute to ‘inspirational’ Peter Saunders at Baftas ceremony
Catholic Herald - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:15 am The director and co-writer of Spotlight, the Hollywood film about the Boston Globe’s investigation into the cover-up of clerical abuse in the Archdiocese of Boston, paid tribute...
Meeting with Russian patriarch was candid and fraternal, says Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:10 am During his two-hour flight from Havana to Mexico City on the evening of February 12, Pope Francis spoke with reporters about the historic joint statement he had just signed with...
Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court justice, dies
Franciscan Media - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court, died of apparent natural causes at a resort in West Texas Feb. 13. He...
At children's hospital, pope prescribes 'kindness therapy'
Franciscan Media - Feb 15, 2016 at 5:00 am MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- A little bit of kindness can go a long way when recovering from illness, Pope Francis told a group of young patients.
"Not only medicine but also 'kindness...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 15, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 15, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 25, 31-46
As a mom, it’s easy for me to hear today’s Gospel and think “I’m totally nailing this! I give drink, visit the grounded (that’s like being...
The Perfect Gift: A Custom Baptismal Candle
Snoring Scholar - Feb 15, 2016 at 4:00 am A baptism is a baptism is a baptism.
Except when it’s your kid. Or your godchild. Or your niece or grandchild or special friend’s kid or…
So maybe I should just say…
Except when...
Pope Francis preaches conversion during Mass in crime-plagued Mexican city
Catholic Herald - Feb 15, 2016 at 3:26 am Pope Francis began his travels to Mexico’s “peripheries” by visiting the overcrowded, sprawling settlement of Ecatepec, on the northern edge of Mexico City, known internationally...
Pope Francis in Mexico heads south to Chiapas
News.va - Feb 15, 2016 at 2:50 am (Vatican Radio) On Monday Pope Francis flies south west to Chiapas landing in this most southern Mexican state's capital city, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, before making his way to San...
Pope Francis visits Mexico City children’s hospital
Catholic Herald - Feb 15, 2016 at 2:48 am A little bit of kindness can go a long way when recovering from illness, Pope Francis told a group of young patients.
“Not only medicine but also ‘kindness therapy’ can make you...
How Scalia Inspired a Generation to Defend the Constitution
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 15, 2016 at 2:15 am
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at age 79 of natural causes Saturday in Texas is an ideal occasion to reflect on the profound influence he had on the legal...
Is It Over Yet? Lessons for Lent
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 15, 2016 at 2:10 am
“Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still
Even among these rocks…”
∼ Ash WednesdayT.S. Eliot
Can you believe it? It’s only the first week of Lent, and I’m already...
Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown: The American Nightmare
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 15, 2016 at 2:00 am
The surrender to sin in America is a species of Satanism. Whether through seduction or submission, depravity is the mantra of the modern world and the modern world makes excuse...
