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Pontifical Theological Academy considers human dignity
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 2, 2016 at 3:07 am The Pontifical Theological Academy held its biennial conference on January 28 and 29 at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.
The conference’s topic was the transcendent ...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/02/16
Catholic Herald - Feb 2, 2016 at 3:02 am The Pope urged religious not to “drop a gossip bomb” in a speech marking the end of the Year of Consecrated Life yesterday.
A bill recognising same-sex unions is “fundamentally...
Church leaders condemn far-Right group’s ‘Christian’ march
Catholic Herald - Feb 2, 2016 at 2:42 am Church leaders from across Britain have condemned a far-Right group for using Christianity as a pre-text for marching through a Muslim area of Luton.
Britain First recently held a...
4,000 religious gather in Rome as Year of Consecrated Life concludes
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 2, 2016 at 2:27 am Over 4,000 consecrated persons have gathered in Rome for a five-day gathering to mark the conclusion of the Year of Consecrated Life.
All forms of consecrated life—the Order of ...
Cardinal Sarah emphasizes importance of silence in the liturgy
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 2, 2016 at 2:12 am Writing in L’Osservatore Romano, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has stressed the importance of moments of silence in the...
Be thankful – Pope Francis' message at end of Year for Consecrated Life
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 2, 2016 at 1:44 am Vatican City, Feb 2, 2016 / 01:44 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis presided over Mass on Tuesday for the conclusion of the Year for Consecrated Life, reminding religious men and...
Swiss Bishops' Conference opposes ballot measure on deportation of immigrants
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 2, 2016 at 1:34 am Swiss voters will go to the polls on February 28 to decide whether to approve a ballot initiative that would lead to the automatic deportation of foreigners convicted of any crime...
Looking Down on Africa
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 2, 2016 at 1:10 am
No better example of a tendency of the most famous to be most quickly forgotten, is Albert Schweitzer. He lived ninety glorious years as theologian, musician, missionary,...
Why Doctrine and Pastoral Practice are Indivisible
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 2, 2016 at 1:00 am
There has been a great deal of talk in the Church lately about a supposed opposition between rules and reality, theology and life, doctrine and pastoral considerations. Some of...
Candlemas
Saint Louis Catholic - Feb 2, 2016 at 1:00 am Today is the Feast of the Purification of Mary, or Candlemas, and with it comes the end of the Christmas season, broadly defined. Take one last day to celebrate the immense love...
“Ministry is not about…”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 2, 2016 at 12:01 am A friend sent this.
From the composer David Haas… from HERE
What do you, dear readers, think ministry is not about?
Ministry is not about [FILL IN BLANK] –
it is about [FILL IN...
Candlemas and the Pillar of Fire
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 2, 2016 at 12:00 am Fr. Steve Grunow writes today on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. He calls to our attention the significance of this event which commemorates the return, in Christ, of...
“We trust the Pope on Sino-Vatican dialogue. Our minds are at peace”
Vatican Insider - Feb 1, 2016 at 11:55 pm Eighty-year-old Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo has lost count of the number of times they have come to get him, either putting him in prison or placing him under house arrest. The...
Why Purgatory?
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 1, 2016 at 11:04 pm Some would call it cacophony. Others would be more blunt and describe it as tortuous noise. Be that as it may, it is my absolute favorite sound. I hear it and immediately...
Encountering the Word — Psalm 23:1
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 1, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…” (Psalm 23:1) Print this entry
Thirsting for God at the Festival
Aleteia - Feb 1, 2016 at 11:00 pm Earlier this month, in an address to pilgrimage leaders and rectors of shrines and sanctuaries, Pope Francis spoke about the phenomenon of popular religiosity. This term refers to...
Prayer for My Husband
Aleteia - Feb 1, 2016 at 11:00 pm Lord, you who know every heart and who search the depths of every soul, today I want to pray for my husband, the beloved of my heart, whom I chose, thanks to you, to be my...
U.K. Okays Genetic Modification of Human Embryos
Aleteia - Feb 1, 2016 at 11:00 pm The British regulatory body that heard arguments last month for controversial experiments on human embryos has given scientists permission to play around with certain genes in...
Byzantine Catholic Nuns Provide Place of Encounter With Christ
Aleteia - Feb 1, 2016 at 11:00 pm It wasn’t unusual for young Celeste Strohmeyer to want to get married and have a dozen kids. After all, she was one of 11 — an experience, she said, that “provided a lot of hands-...
