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Pope and Kirill: A joint testimony in a war-torn world
Vatican Insider - Feb 7, 2016 at 6:55 am After the two-hour meeting they are due to hold in a room at Havana’s José Martí airport, the historic encounter between Pope Francis and the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox...
Vatican financial reform aims to help the Church do its job better
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 7, 2016 at 6:23 am Vatican City, Feb 7, 2016 / 06:23 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Vatican's recent financial reforms have the common good – not just efficiency – as their end, said an economist on the...
NFL, CTE, SB50
Commonweal - Feb 7, 2016 at 5:03 am One by one, the gridiron gods of my youth are proving terribly mortal. It is not just that a lot of ex-football players are dying. It is how they are dying. Their brains, to put...
European bishops welcome EU classification of ISIS 'genocide'
Franciscan Media - Feb 7, 2016 at 5:00 am MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- A European bishops' commission has welcomed a move by the European Parliament to classify atrocities and religious cleansing by the Islamic State as...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 7, 2016 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Feb 7, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 5, 1-11 – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel, we meet Simon, before he becomes Peter. Peter is just a hard working fisherman, cleaning up after a...
Abuse survivor refuses to take ‘leave of absence’ from Vatican commission
Catholic Herald - Feb 7, 2016 at 2:17 am An outspoken British abuse survivor has said he will defy a Vatican commission’s request for him to take “take a leave of absence”.
Peter Saunders described a vote of no...
Practical Lessons for a Deeper Faith this Lent
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 6, 2016 at 11:04 pm An Invitation to Enter the Desert with Christ As we begin this Lenten season this Wednesday, we are called to enter the desert with Christ; to turn away from sin and towards our...
The Mysterious JFK and Other Secrets of a Catholic Voter
Aleteia - Feb 6, 2016 at 11:04 pm You know those Americans who were born to love the excitement and global influence of our nation’s politics, and who are energized every election season by opportunities to sell...
A Year in the Word: Don’t Be a Pharisee This Lent
Aleteia - Feb 6, 2016 at 11:03 pm Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping and mourning. Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God. For he...
Have You Been Tempted to Think Too Highly of Yourself?
Aleteia - Feb 6, 2016 at 11:02 pm It would be like telling the story of World War II and leaving out Hitler. That’s what telling the story told in the gospels would be like without taking account of the devil. He...
WATCH: Dogs of New York
Aleteia - Feb 6, 2016 at 11:00 pm He’s only been doing this for two years, but taking photos of dogs in New York City has become a kind of spiritual experience for Elias Weiss Friedman. Known as the “Dogist,” the ...
Suit Over Religious Themed Donor Plaque Dismissed After School Removes All Plaques
The Religion Clause - Feb 6, 2016 at 6:12 pm Last year, Michael Lucas, an alumnus of the Colorado School of Mines, filed suit against the school after it rejected the text he chose for a donor plaque. The school's...
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2016
Big C Catholics - Feb 6, 2016 at 6:09 pm In this, the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis prepares the Church and the world to experience the mercy and redemption won through our Lord's Passion, Death and Resurrection.
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Priest stood aside from ministry
The Catholic Leader - Feb 6, 2016 at 6:00 pm FR Malachy Onuoha has been stood aside from ministry by his home diocese in Nigeria pending an investigation into allegations of misconduct some years ago in his native country....
Francis makes urgent appeal for Syrian peace talks, political solution
Vatican Insider - Feb 6, 2016 at 5:21 pm Pope Francis on Sunday strongly called on the international community to find a way to facilitate negotiations among the warring parties in Syria, saying he is watching the...
Is religion good or bad for society? Two experts debate
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 6, 2016 at 5:07 pm Boulder, Colo., Feb 6, 2016 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An auditorium on the campus of the University of Colorado bustled with hundreds of people as a crowd of students and non-...
My Gifts from God?
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Feb 6, 2016 at 4:07 pm This morning started out like any other morning on which I have errands to run. I tapped the "snooze" button on my iPod touch twice. "Oh, I can get ready in under 10 minutes," I...
“Those Who Shone Forth in the Ascetic Life”
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 6, 2016 at 3:00 pm Rejoice, faithful Egypt; rejoice, holy Libya; rejoice, o chosen Thebaid; rejoice, every place, and city, and land that nourished the citizens of the kingdom of heaven, and raised...
New traditional Catholic college in three years
Rorate Coeli - Feb 6, 2016 at 1:01 pm We we alerted to a new traditional Catholic college starting in 2019 (there is already an online high school education being offered). The following was written for us by Rev. Mr...
WDTRPS: Quinquagesima Sunday – Prepare for battle!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 6, 2016 at 1:00 pm In our traditional Roman calendar tomorrow, Sunday, is Quinquagesima, Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before Easter. Today is one of the pre-Lenten Sundays which prepare us...
