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At the General Audience -The Jubilee must touch the pocket
News.va - Feb 10, 2016 at 7:51 am “If the Jubilee does not touch the
pocket, it is not a true jubilee”. At the General Audience on Ash Wednesday
morning, the Holy Father stated, without mincing words, that the...
Our Nation Stands On Ashes
Commonweal - Feb 10, 2016 at 7:31 am I had planned a simple, short post to call your attention to the Ignatian Solidarity Network and its new group blog, Lift Every Voice: A Lenten Journey toward Racial Justice. ...
If mercy doesn't reach your pockets, it's not real, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 10, 2016 at 7:25 am Vatican City, Feb 10, 2016 / 08:05 am (EWTN News/CNA).- For Pope Francis, mercy isn't just spiritual, but is something that
ought to be expressed in concrete acts, such as service...
Francis receives Iraqi Prime Minister
Vatican Insider - Feb 10, 2016 at 7:23 am In an audience held with the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haydar al-Abadi, this morning, before the General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope stressed the importance of the...
Pope appoints Mgr. Peter Wells as Nuncio to South Africa
Vatican Insider - Feb 10, 2016 at 7:18 am His appointment had been in the air for some time: the Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, Peter Brian Wells is leaving the Vatican to serve as Apostolic...
If mercy doesn’t reach your pockets, it’s not real, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 10, 2016 at 7:05 am Vatican City, Feb 10, 2016 / 06:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For Pope Francis, mercy isn’t just spiritual, but is something that ought to be expressed in concrete acts, such as service...
"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." (Luke 23:46)
CatholicMom.com - Feb 10, 2016 at 7:00 am I believe it’s reasonable to say that Jesus didn’t want to die. He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane saying “Remove this cup.” It’s a powerful prayer to His Father clearly...
New Altar Cards for the Ordinariate Liturgy
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 10, 2016 at 7:00 am Following the promulgation of Divine Worship: The Missal on the First Sunday of Advent 2015, the communities of the personal ordinariates in the United States and Canada, England...
Lenten Reflections 2016
Commonweal - Feb 10, 2016 at 6:35 am Through the Lenten season, Fr. Joseph A. Komonchak, a longtime Commonweal contributor, will be providing excerpts of his translations of the writing of St. Augustine. A new...
Pope: If the Jubilee doesn’t make people reach into their pockets to help the poor, then it’s no Jubilee
Vatican Insider - Feb 10, 2016 at 6:26 am “If the Jubilee does not make people reach into their pockets, then it’s no Jubilee”. On Ash Wednesday, the day that marks the start of Lent, Pope Francis dedicated today’s...
Israel Appoints 7 New Muslim Religious Court Judges
The Religion Clause - Feb 10, 2016 at 6:15 am In Israel yesterday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked spoke at a ceremony at the President's residence marking the appointment of seven new...
National Federation of Blind Settles EEOC's Religious Accommodation Lawsuit
The Religion Clause - Feb 10, 2016 at 6:10 am The EEOC announced Monday that the National Federation of the Blind has settled a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the Commission on behalf of a Hebrew Pentecostal...
First Catholic service in centuries takes place at Hampton Court Palace
Catholic Herald - Feb 10, 2016 at 6:08 am For the first time in 450 years a Catholic prayer service has been held at Hampton Court Palace. The Anglican Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres joined Cardinal Vincent...
4th Circuit: Variance Denial For Church Does Not Violate RLUIPA
The Religion Clause - Feb 10, 2016 at 6:05 am In Andon, LLC v. City of Newport News Virginia, (4th Cir., Feb. 9, 2016), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the argument that a Board of Zoning Appeals' refusal to...
Court Says Enforcement Motion Against Kim Davis Is Moot
The Religion Clause - Feb 10, 2016 at 6:00 am A decision by a Kentucky federal district court yesterday may have nearly ended the ongoing legal saga of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis who, until court intervention, refused to...
Free Lenten Resources on the Works of Mercy
CatholicMom.com - Feb 10, 2016 at 6:00 am During this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis has called us to especially live out the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, and has placed a special emphasis on it...
Pope asks for prayers for his meeting with Russian Patrirach
News.va - Feb 10, 2016 at 5:41 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his forthcoming meeting with his “dear brother”, the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
That...
Dust and Breath
Dominicana - Feb 10, 2016 at 5:30 am Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Today millions of Catholics in America will hear these words as a priest marks their foreheads with ashes. They are...
"Be Merciful, O Lord...."
Whispers in the Loggia - Feb 10, 2016 at 5:27 am Even as it's crept up quick and early this year, with Ash Wednesday upon us, away we go....(Text/translation.)To one and all, every blessing of these 40 Days, especially to those...
Pope meets with Iraq's prime minster
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 10, 2016 at 5:25 am Pope Francis met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the Vatican on February 10 and discussed the importance of protecting the rights of Christians and other ...
