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The secret lives of 6 Elizabethan heroes who risked death to remain Catholic
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Whatever your spiritual commitments are, these brave souls will inspire you.Reformation Day was this past week and a number of my friends were celebrating. As a convert, I have...
Witnessing for life in New York City
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: November 5, 2017Early in the morning, on the first Saturday of the month (November 4, 2017), the Witness for Life Mass is celebrated as part of the 40 Days for...
That time I took on the housework, like a man!
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Filling in for his recovering wife taught an 87-year-old man a few things about "women's work" “Man may work from sun to sun, But woman’s work is never done.” —Old Proverb That...
In November, grief for my sister brings lessons about eternal life
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm The world doesn’t talk about this much because it wants us completely wrapped up in the present.If I were in charge, I think I’d made All Souls a holy day of obligation along with...
Joseph Muzquiz didn’t plan on becoming a priest, until he met a saint
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Everything changed when he encountered St. Josemaria Escriva.Born on October 14, 1912, in Badajoz, Spain, Joseph Muzquiz was the son of a military colonel and turned out to be a...
5 Organization tips for more meaningful family time at night
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm You make a plan for the start of your day, but don't forget about the end of it!Advice abounds on how to start the day well, but evening habits are not always given the same...
4 Saintly prayers for a happy death
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm Even the saints prayed for a happy death.As humans, we naturally do not seek out death, especially unexpected deaths. Most of us would prefer to die in our sleep, drifting off...
Saudi Arabia arrests 11 princes, including one who was a Georgetown benefactor
Aleteia - Nov 4, 2017 at 10:04 pm University's Prince Alwaleen Bin Talal Center is named for royal who donated $20 million in 2005Establishment of a new anti-corruption committee in Saudi Arabia has resulted in...
Chabad Gets Partial Win Under RLUIPA In Long-Running Suit
The Religion Clause - Nov 4, 2017 at 9:12 pm In a case that has wound its way through the courts for nearly ten years, this week a Connecticut federal district court gave a partial victory to the Orthodox Jewish Chabad...
Pope Francis sides with Benedict by saying Christ shed blood ‘for many’
Catholic Herald - Nov 4, 2017 at 5:53 pm Pope Francis has appeared to wade into one of the most contentious rows over liturgical translations, and agreed with Benedict XVI that Christ shed His blood “for many” rather...
Relics of St Charles Borromeo
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 4, 2017 at 4:32 pm Our thanks once again to Fr Adrian Hilton of the Cincinnati Oratory for sharing with us these photos from his relic collection, this time of St Charles Borromeo, whose feast is...
U.S. bishops’ conference arose out of a national crisis a century ago
Franciscan Media - Nov 4, 2017 at 3:44 pm
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops arose out of a national crisis a century ago, when the U.S. entered the First World War.
In responding to this historic...
WDTPRS – 31st Ordinary Sunday: We stumble mostly by choice.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 4, 2017 at 3:02 pm EXPERIMENT:
Here is recording of the entry:
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The Collect for the 31st Ordinary Sunday, which...
The University of the People transforming lives to build a better world
News.va - Nov 4, 2017 at 3:00 pm (Vatican Radio) One of the organizations represented at this week’s conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University on the role and the responsibility of universities and...
Prayer to Saint Michael for Powerful Aid: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, November 05, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 4, 2017 at 2:25 pm Glorious Prince of the heavenly hosts
and victor over rebellious spirits,
be mindful of me who am so weak and sinful
and yet so prone to ...
Daily Readings for Sunday, November 05, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 4, 2017 at 2:25 pm Reading 1: Malachi 2:2, Reading 1: Malachi 2:8-10, Reading 1: Malachi 1:14, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 131:1-3, Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12, Reading 2: 1 ...
Cardinal Amato presides at Beatification Mass for Sr Rani Maria
News.va - Nov 4, 2017 at 1:59 pm (Vatican Radio) Martyred Indian Sister Rani Maria, who was slain by an assassin 22 years ago in central India, was proclaimed a Blessed at a beatification ceremony during Holy...
Crane’s world: Atheistic thinker’s tolerant theory of religion counters those 'new atheists'
GetReligion - Nov 4, 2017 at 1:22 pm Fellow journalists, have no fear. Publishers Weekly assures us that an intriguing and newsworthy new book about religion is “enjoyable” and The New York Times finds it “lucid.”...
The Mystery is over: an underestimated illness led to Pope Luciani's death
Vatican Insider - Nov 4, 2017 at 12:24 pm For the first time, thanks to a documented investigation, as compelling as a police investigation and as accurate as an historical research, it is been brought to light about the...
Edward Pentin’s talk at the Catholic Identity Conference 2017
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 4, 2017 at 12:09 pm Edward Pentin – at present the best English language Vaticanista in Rome – gave a talk at a conference. There is a video of his talk.
You might give it a shot.
Pentin, a sharp...
