Latest News
Pope Francis gently tiptoes into the dangerous territory of those digital trolls
GetReligion - Jan 30, 2016 at 9:00 am
Long ago, during one of the Key West, Fla., "Faith Angle" conferences run by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life (click here for amazing transcripts), journalist and...
Mercy and mission go hand-in-hand, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 30, 2016 at 7:50 am Vatican City, Jan 30, 2016 / 08:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Mercy and the Christian responsibility to be missionaries are closely connected, Pope Francis said Saturday, kicking off...
Pope mourns Casa Santa Marta worker
News.va - Jan 30, 2016 at 7:39 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday spoke of his sadness at the death of one of the workers at his residence at the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican.
The Holy Father said the...
Cardinal Zen on the Traditional Mass:School of adoration, strength for martyrs.
Rorate Coeli - Jan 30, 2016 at 7:37 am Just before retiring in 2009 Joseph Cardinal Zen celebrated his last public Mass as Bishop of Hong Kong in the Traditional Roman Rite. He told the many journalists who attended...
María Ruiz Scaperlanda Shines Light on Life of Father Stanley Rother
CatholicMom.com - Jan 30, 2016 at 7:30 am I don’t remember the exact day it happened, but I do remember that my very first acquaintance with the spiritual heroism of Venerable Father Stanley Rother came to me in a...
Mercy and mission go hand-in-hand, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 30, 2016 at 7:18 am Vatican City, Jan 30, 2016 / 06:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Mercy and the Christian responsibility to be missionaries are closely connected, Pope Francis said Saturday, kicking off...
Members of Vatican healthcare commission have been chosen
Vatican Insider - Jan 30, 2016 at 7:16 am The nominations were made on 14 January but were made public today: The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, announced the names of the members of the “Pontifical...
Candlemas Events: Philadelphia, Jersey City and Grand Rapids
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 30, 2016 at 7:00 am Once again, it is very heartening to hear from churches which are making a real effort to celebrate the liturgy of a great feast day with high-quality sacred music from the great...
Catholics crowdsource in hopes of rescuing alleged St. Kateri relic
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 30, 2016 at 6:13 am Albany, N.Y., Jan 30, 2016 / 06:13 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Catholic faithful are banding together to help rescue a possible relic
of St. Kateri Tekawitha in a strange – and...
Tech Talk Game Review: Crysis 3
CatholicMom.com - Jan 30, 2016 at 6:00 am Why, oh why did I bother with this video game? After reviewing Crysis 2, I was promised that Crysis 3 would be better. I was promised that it was more of an open world. I was...
The Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for February 2016
Big C Catholics - Jan 30, 2016 at 6:00 am Please remember the Holy Father Pope Francis' intentions in prayer through the month of February:
General Intention: That we may take good care of creation – a gift freely given–...
Pope Francis asked for missionaries – and the US listened
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 30, 2016 at 5:35 am Vatican City, Jan 30, 2016 / 06:02 am (EWTN News).- Out of more than 1,000 priests picked as missionaries of mercy for Pope
Francis' jubilee, 125 of them come from the United...
For these Benedictine monks, to brew well-made beer is to pray
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 30, 2016 at 5:03 am Rome, Italy, Jan 30, 2016 / 04:03 am (CNA).- A group of Italy-based monks pray and work at their monastery at St. Benedict's birthplace. Now the fruits of their labors – Belgian-...
Cardinal Dolan: power of Eucharistic Congress in community, example
News.va - Jan 30, 2016 at 5:00 am (Vatican Radio) The 51st International Eucharistic Congress is taking place in Cebu, Philippines drawing thousands of delegates from around the globe to reflect on the central...
German, Austrian bishops urge their countries to keep accepting refugees
Franciscan Media - Jan 30, 2016 at 5:00 am BERLIN (CNS) -- Catholic bishops in Germany and Austria have urged their countries to continue accepting refugees, despite demands for new restrictions after New Year's Eve...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 30, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Jan 30, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Mark 4, 35-41
How many times has a violent squall erupted in our lives, leaving us wondering if Jesus is asleep at the wheel? There was a year when a Category Five...
Jubilee audience: Mercy and mission
News.va - Jan 30, 2016 at 4:25 am
(Vatican Radio) In the first monthly Jubilee audience during this Year of Mercy, the Holy Father on Saturday spoke about the close relationship between mercy and mission. ...
“Mercy is not given to us as a private consolation but makes us missionaries”
Vatican Insider - Jan 30, 2016 at 3:34 am “The mercy we receive from the Father is not given to us as private consolation but makes us tools so that others can receive the same gift.” Francis said this in his first...
Do you shoot the messenger?
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 29, 2016 at 11:04 pm “In polite conversation, never bring up politics or religion.” That’s the advice I was given as a child. And it’s good advice, too, if your aim is to be well-liked. Politics...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 29, 2016 at 11:02 pm “The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.” (Pope Benedict XVI) Print this entry
