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Pope Francis meets with "Padre Pio" Prayer Groups
News.va - Feb 6, 2016 at 5:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday greeted members of “Padre Pio” Prayer Groups, who are in Rome to venerate the relics of the great saint, which have been translated to St...
Mission dioceses welcome the stranger, disenfranchised
Franciscan Media - Feb 6, 2016 at 5:00 am RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS) -- When Aida Sarkisian and her family left their home in Iraq for the U.S., it wasn't because they wanted to. It was because their survival depended on it.
The...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 6, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 6, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Mark 6, 30-34 – St. Paul Miki & Companions
I was impatient to get to my destination – I especially did not want to be bothered by the homeless person with the...
Melkite Archbishop: French bishops too politically correct, afraid in the face of Islamists
Rorate Coeli - Feb 6, 2016 at 3:59 am Many thanks to Gallia Watch for translating this important interview with Mgr. Jean-Clément Jeanbart, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo: The last Christians in...
Annual meeting on interreligious dialogue
News.va - Feb 6, 2016 at 1:55 am
(VIS) The annual meeting between the officials of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the staff of the Office for Interreligious Dialogue and...
It is a High Adventure that Leads to Glory
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:04 pm “Being a Christian is not about getting to heaven by the skin of your teeth after a life of cautious mediocrity. It’s about high adventure that leads to glory, but only through...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Francis
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:02 pm “When in the evening of life, we are asked if we fed the hungry and gave drink to the thirsty, we will also be asked if we helped persons come out of doubt, if we were committed...
Encountering the Word — Revelation 22:12-13
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the...
WATCH: How to Gain the Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Aleteia - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:00 pm Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy,...
Mom of Two Kids With Microencephaly Speaks Out
Aleteia - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:00 pm A mother of two children with microencephaly — the birth defect at the center of a worldwide panic linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus — is urging compassion and understanding...
3 Ways to Cultivate Silence This Lent
Aleteia - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:00 pm In the midst of your busy day, could you sit in silence for 10 minutes? Five? Could you sit there and never check your phone or watch and simply listen to God? I’ll be honest — it...
Lesson in Humility: Reflecting on the Sunday Gospel
Aleteia - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:00 pm Living the Word The Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C) February 7, 2016 Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, Jesus asked him to put out a short distance...
Kenny Rogers Coffee in Manila: #UnboundAdventure Philippines Journal
CatholicMom.com - Feb 5, 2016 at 9:22 pm To enjoy all of my Philippines Journal entries and travel with me and Unbound, click here.
I’m not sure what–if anything–Kenny Rogers has to do with the Philippines, but for some...
St. John’s Seminary’s Benefactors Banquet
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Feb 5, 2016 at 7:25 pm Hello and welcome!
Last week, I attended the annual meeting of FADICA to receive an award and deliver the keynote address at the banquet celebrating their 40th anniversary.
FADICA...
The ‘traditional’ same-sex wedding
LifeSiteNews - Feb 5, 2016 at 7:03 pm Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, blamed for “chilly, hard-line stand” and “raining down prohibitions on same-sex marriage, ”
David Daleiden refuses plea deal for probation
The Busy Catholic - Feb 5, 2016 at 6:23 pm 'What We Want is an Apology'
The man behind the videos exposing Planned Parenthood has no interest in a plea deal for probation for the bogus charges filed against him. Instead,...
Washington State Senate Committee Passes Ban on Sex-Selection Abortions
LifeNews.com - Feb 5, 2016 at 5:58 pm A bill banning abortions for sex-selection purposes cleared the Senate Law and Justice Committee Wednesday night and awaits action in the Senate Rules Committee.
Calling the...
Relics of St. Padre Pio Carried in Procession to St. Peter’s Basilica
Aleteia - Feb 5, 2016 at 5:33 pm VATICAN CITY — The relics of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) and Croatian Saint, Leopold Mandic (1866-1942), were carried in procession into St. Peter’s Basilica on...
Pregnancy Center Fights Back After City Censors Ad for Helping Women Find Abortion Alternatives
LifeNews.com - Feb 5, 2016 at 5:30 pm A pro-life pregnancy center whose ads were rejected by the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana continued its fight Tuesday against the city’s discriminatory practices.
Attorneys...
BBC Tells Reporters to Call Pro-Life People “Anti-Abortion” and to Call Pro-Abortion Activists “Pro-Choice”
LifeNews.com - Feb 5, 2016 at 5:25 pm The mainstream media doesn’t appear to be even trying to hide its pro-abortion bias anymore. Whether they are reiterating Planned Parenthood’s talking points or accepting gifts...
