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Pope: Those in authority can't live a 'double life,' must lead by example
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 5, 2017 at 7:06 am Vatican City, Nov 5, 2017 / 06:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis offered some punchy advise to both average faithful and people in positions of authority, saying true...
The Pope: those in authority ought to set a good example and not be vain
Vatican Insider - Nov 5, 2017 at 7:01 am It is a "help", but if it is "exercised badly it becomes oppressive, it does not allow people to grow and creates distrust, hostility" and "corruption". At the Angelus today 5...
Filipino seminarians to drug war victims: we remember you
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 5, 2017 at 7:01 am Quezon City, Philippines, Nov 5, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Victims of the deadly Philippines drug war deserve to be remembered, said Catholic seminarians as they...
How Should a Catholic ‘Remember, Remember’ Guy Fawkes Day?
OnePeterFive - Nov 5, 2017 at 7:00 am Editor’s note: The following comes from Laramie Hirsch.
So it’s Guy Fawkes Day. Thanks to the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament, English Protestants have had a Catholic...
The tempting lie at the heart of the prosperity gospel
Aleteia - Nov 5, 2017 at 7:00 am When we boast that we can know the mind of God, we’re on very shaky ground.My family has had a lot of big decisions to make lately, and none of the options look like the clear...
Dom Mark Kirby on “Ten Fruits of Summorum Pontificum”
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 5, 2017 at 7:00 am As part of the tenth anniversary celebrations of Summorum Pontificum (which ought to continue throughout the year!), I am happy to share with NLM readers a wonderful reflection on...
Pope at Angelus: Christians must have fraternal attitude
News.va - Nov 5, 2017 at 6:52 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ Angelus address focused on the words of Jesus from Sunday’s Gospel, including the Lord’s “severe criticisms” of the scribes and Pharisees, and His...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Nov 5, 2017 at 6:38 am In Bethel v. Jenkins, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 22061 (6th Cir., Sept. 22, 2017), the 6th Circuit held that a district court correctly dismissed an Establishment Clause challenge, but...
Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Bar School Administrator's Contract Claim
The Religion Clause - Nov 5, 2017 at 5:43 am In Saint Augustine School v. Cropper, (KY Sup. Ct., Nov. 2, 2017), the Kentucky Supreme Court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine does not prevent the former lay...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 5, 2017 - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Nov 5, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12 – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” I need this reminder every...
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Aleteia - Nov 5, 2017 at 3:00 am Mother Teresa
Japan, Archbishop Takami: Peace first of all
Vatican Insider - Nov 5, 2017 at 2:30 am “Peace is the greatest of the goods and our rejection of war, of every war is clear and decisive.” That is why we are opposed to changing Article 9 of the Constitution, and we...
WDTPRS – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost: Battle For The Mass
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 5, 2017 at 2:00 am This week’s Collect is an ancient prayer, found in the 9th century Liber sacramentorum Augustodunensis (Augustodunum is the ancient Roman name for Autun, France) on the 25th...
Our fellowship with the dead is no illusion, says Pope Francis
Catholic Herald - Nov 5, 2017 at 1:54 am Hope in the Lord’s promise of everlasting life does not disappoint, Pope Francis has said. “God is faithful and our hope in him is not in vain.” the Pope said in a memorial Mass...
What is a Catechesis?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 5, 2017 at 12:00 am "Catechesis is nothing other than the process of transmitting the Gospel, as the Christian community has received it, understands it, celebrates it, ...
Pope Francis sends out 'punchy' message to people in authority
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 5, 2017 at 12:00 am On Sunday Pope Francis offered some punchy advise to both average faithful and people in positions of authority, saying true power is expressed ...
Do you know Saint Death?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 5, 2017 at 12:00 am They call her Santa Muerte ('Holy Death' or 'Saint Death'), but she's no saint.
BREAKING: 'Mass Shooting' at Texas Church leaves dozens injured, including children
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 5, 2017 at 12:00 am A man "in full gear" entered the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas and opened fire around 11:30 am during the Sunday morning ...
Come, Follow Me…
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:04 pm In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Each and every one of us has a hunger and thirst for God deep within our very being. God, himself, placed...
Lessons from a sleeping babe-in-arms
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm To say that my mind and heart have been restless lately feels like an understatement.This past Sunday, somewhere around the time of the Gospel, my 8-month-old son Gabriel fell...
