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Francis continues visit to dicasteries, answering employees’ questions
Vatican Insider - Feb 4, 2016 at 7:23 am Pope Francis paid a private visit to the Vatican dicasteries in Via della Conciliazione, starting at 9 in the morning. He visited the congregation for the Oriental Churches and...
Archbishop Gomez: social justice needs a pro-life foundation
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 4, 2016 at 7:22 am Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 4, 2016 / 06:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Efforts to combat social injustice cannot forget that the right to life is foundational, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of...
The Case for Jesus: Interview with Dr. Brant Pitre
Brandon Vogt - Feb 4, 2016 at 7:00 am
In his classic book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis posed his famous trilemma: based on what we read in Scripture, Jesus Christ was either a liar, lunatic, or Lord. Anyone who...
Small Success Thursday: The Benefits of Forced Stillness
CatholicMom.com - Feb 4, 2016 at 7:00 am
We’ve survived a ten-day unintentional winter break. We’ve dug out. Real life returned today.
I have to say, I feel incredibly relaxed, really at deep peace because we got the...
Bizarre details emerge as 'fake priest' gets busted in LA
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 4, 2016 at 6:39 am Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 4, 2016 / 06:39 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- For months, Erwin Mena donned vestments, called himself "Padre," and
convinced Southern California Catholics that he...
Saudi Court Reduces Sentence From Death To 8 Years and 800 Lashes In Apostasy Case
The Religion Clause - Feb 4, 2016 at 6:10 am CNN reported yesterday that a court in Saudi Arabia has upheld the guilty verdict on a charge of apostasy that was handed down against Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh. However the...
City Adopts Moment of Silent Prayer To Stop Scheduled Satanic Invocation
The Religion Clause - Feb 4, 2016 at 6:05 am After hours of discussion, the Phoenix, Arizona City Council last night voted 5-4 to begin council meetings with a moment of silent prayer, replacing the 65-year old tradition of...
Tech Talk: Grown and Flown Helps Parents Navigate the World Beyond the Nest
CatholicMom.com - Feb 4, 2016 at 6:00 am I don’t usually write about blogs here at Tech Talk, but every once in a while, I stumble across one I really enjoy. My latest must-read, Grown and Flown, is geared for parents of...
President Obama Speaks At Baltimore Mosque
The Religion Clause - Feb 4, 2016 at 6:00 am Yesterday President Obama made his first visit to a mosque in the United States and gave a wide-ranging 45-minute address (full text) emphasizing both the contributions and...
Leading Orthodox theologian: forthcoming council is �extraordinary and exceptional event'
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:31 am A leading Eastern Orthodox theologian has offered an overview of the upcoming Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church.
Writing in First Things, Archdeacon John Chryssavgis...
Rivalry
Dominicana - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:30 am “Rivalry ought really to be considered a good.” The Dominican saint Catherine de Ricci wrote this provocative statement in a letter on Palm Sunday. Her words seem to parallel...
Don’t feel up to the task of spreading the Gospel? You are not alone
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:10 am Pope Francis, in his recent apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, on the joy of the Gospel, has invited us to become a missionary Church. Each and every parish has been called...
We cannot ignore this genocide
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:10 am Just before Christmas 75 parliamentarians, from both Houses and all parties – including the former head of our Armed Forces, the ex-head of MI5, and former cabinet ministers –...
Meet the cardinal who ‘recharges for battle’ by fasting from food and water
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:10 am God or Nothing by Cardinal Robert Sarah, Ignatius, £12.99
I would bet that many Catholics in the West had not heard of Cardinal Sarah of Guinea before the family synod in October...
Henry VIII, stinking sadist
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:10 am How would King Henry VIII react to the news that Cardinal Vincent Nichols will preside at Catholic Vespers in the Chapel Royal of Hampton Court Palace on February 9? Not just by...
Poor government, not mosquitoes, is the real culprit behind the Zika virus
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:08 am The Zika virus is the latest horror to hit humanity, but it is a horror that is only too familiar to us, sadly, as we have been here before. Without wishing to minimise the threat...
Pope: The Faith is the greatest inheritance we can leave
News.va - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:00 am (Vatican Radio) The most beautiful inheritance we can leave to others is the Faith: that was Pope Francis’ message during Holy Mass on Thursday morning at the Casa Santa Marta. In...
Jordan says it cannot bear brunt of Syrian refugee crisis
Franciscan Media - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:00 am AL-KHALDIYA, Jordan (CNS) -- As a donors conference to stem the Syrian refugee crisis opens in London, Syria's neighbors, which have hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees for...
Relics of St. Padre Pio, St. Leopold arrive in Rome
Franciscan Media - Feb 4, 2016 at 5:00 am ROME (CNS) -- Thousands of people waited hours outside a Rome church to glimpse the mortal remains of St. Padre Pio and St. Leopold Mandic, two Capuchins popular as miracle...
Objections raised to Anglican-Presbyterian agreement
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 4, 2016 at 4:57 am The Church of England and the Church of Scotland have agreed to the Columba Declaration, an ecumenical statement that calls for closer cooperation between the two bodies and...
