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Pope Francis to open Lenten pastoral effort on social media

News.va - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:50 am

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is the inaugural contributor to a Lenten pastoral effort of the Prelature of the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii. “Keep Lent” is an...

Pope Francis to Capuchins: awareness of sin key to mercy

News.va - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:50 am

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis was the principal celebrant at a Mass offered for the worldwide Capuchin community on Tuesday morning in St. Peter’s Basilica. The Mass was offered in...

American, Indonesian officials renew push for family planning

Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:27 am

Government officials from the United States, Indonesia, and other nations renewed their push for family planning at 2016 International Conference on Family Planning, which...

New nuncio to Botswana, South Africa 'humbled' by appointment

Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:07 am

Vatican City, Feb 9, 2016 / 02:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday it was announced that Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Peter Bryan Wells, the highest ranking American in the...

Pope to spend two hours with Russian patriarch in Cuba

Catholic Herald - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:36 am

Pope Francis is scheduled to have more than two hours alone with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in Cuba in addition to signing a declaration with the patriarch before...

How to be a great confessor – Pope Francis' advice to priests

EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:20 am

Vatican City, Feb 9, 2016 / 02:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Priests who are good confessors must recognize their own sins in order to forgive and comfort penitents, Pope Francis said...

Well-Being vs. Well-Feeling: On Defining True Happiness

Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:10 am

In the twenty years since the publication of Deal Hudson’s marvelous book Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction, the eclipse of Greek and Christian ideas about happiness by...

On Going to Gaming

Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:00 am

When I was a graduate student at the Angelicum back in the 1980s, I sat at the feet of learned and clever Dominicans who were determined to teach me theology. It was a heady...

LENTCAzT 00: Shrove Tuesday

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 9, 2016 at 12:01 am

Today is Shrove Tuesday, a day upon which many would seek to be “shriven” before the beginning of Lent. In other words GO TO CONFESSION! It is “Fat Tuesday”. When the...

How to Avoid a Fractured Spirituality

Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 9, 2016 at 12:00 am

If you look at what all successful people have in common—from sports to entertainment to business—it’s that they have a singular devotion to a specific goal. But when it comes to...

Say What? Catholic Homeschool Family Turned International Pop Sensation

Aleteia - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:10 pm

But the number of times he’s made me smile, I can’t count that high. Two things you don’t normally see together in the same sentence: Catholic homeschool family + international...

5 Tips from Pope Francis for a Merciful Lent

Aleteia - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:04 pm

Have you been doing anything special for the Jubilee Year of Mercy? Or do you have lots of good intentions but haven’t done anything yet, (except maybe walk through the Holy Door...

Does God Change?

Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:04 pm

An extraordinary tale is spun by the second century heretic, Marcion, in his understanding of the story of Salvation History, which he arrives at through an assiduous, yet flawed...

Pope Francis to Visit Border: Focus on Migrants and Refugees

Aleteia - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:03 pm

Even if Pope Francis doesn’t say a word when he visits the border town of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, directly across from the city of El Paso, Texas, he’s already sent a message in...

2 Super Bowl Ads That Gave a Little Hope for Humanity

Aleteia - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:02 pm

Super Bowl ads are often a mixed bag for family friendly material. They can either inspire and affirm the beauty of life or create emotions of disgust and outrage. This year there...

Catholic Quote of the Day — from C. S. Lewis

Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:02 pm

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is...

Encountering the Word — Matthew 4:23

Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:01 pm

A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every...

“No Matter What You Do, You’re Gonna Die …” The Ash Wednesday Sermon I’d Give

Aleteia - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:01 pm

The Ash Wednesday wake-up call is the start of a spiritual spring-cleaning I always love, even when the spiritual work is heavy and messy. I love the mass readings (“Even now,...

A Plant to Teach Us the Lessons of Lent

Aleteia - Feb 8, 2016 at 11:00 pm

Whenever Lent begins, even though it’s a season of penitence, excitement fills a gardener’s heart. Most of us are familiar with the origins of the word Lent, meaning the...

At Lent, a Protestant Looks to the First Christians