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New evidence reveals Blackbeard’s taste in reading material

Aleteia - Jan 13, 2018 at 6:00 am

Remnants of literature discovered on the wreck of 'Queen Anne's Revenge'In the early 18th century a man named Edward Teach, a British privateer who fought for the English during...

Talking to Holly Ordway about ‘Apologetics and the Christian Imagination’

Aleteia - Jan 13, 2018 at 5:00 am

If you sense something missing in your approach to sharing the Faith, this book might be a huge helpIn her book, How the West Really Lost God, Mary Eberstadt wrote, “The Christian...

How inmates at a Chilean women's prison are preparing for the Pope

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 13, 2018 at 5:00 am

Santiago, Chile, Jan 13, 2018 / 04:00 am (ACI Prensa).- As Pope Francis prepares to visit Chile next week, the inmates at San Joaquin Women's Penitentiary Center in Santiago are...

Catholic Churches in Jordan celebrate pilgrimage day to the Baptism Site

Vatican Insider - Jan 13, 2018 at 4:06 am

Catholic Churches in Jordan marked on Friday, January 12 the 18th Christian and national pilgrimage day to the Baptism Site which is located on the eastern bank of the River...

Stuff Happens?

The Catholic Astronomer - Jan 13, 2018 at 4:00 am

It seems that the Governor General of Canada and some of my students at Jefferson Community & Technical College in Kentucky have a thing in common: They seem to be of the...

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Aleteia - Jan 13, 2018 at 3:00 am

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Euthanasia law ‘abused to kill people without consent’, Belgian Church warns

Catholic Herald - Jan 13, 2018 at 2:30 am

Catholics in Belgium are concerned the country’s euthanasia law is being abused to kill patients without legal checks and safeguards. Auxiliary Bishop Jean Kockerols of Mechelen-...

Our faith grows when we stop sentimentalising God

Catholic Herald - Jan 13, 2018 at 2:00 am

Professor Ulrich L. Lehner, who teaches religious history and theology at Marquette University, has written a book with the provocative title, God is not Nice (Ave Maria Press/...

Talked with Deacon Steven Greydanus on Connecting the Dots

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 13, 2018 at 1:28 am

…about the Golden Globes, #metoo, Oprah, structures of sin, The Last Jedi, War of the Planet of the Apes, Dunkirk, and his picks for the Best Film and Second Best Film of 2017....

How Parenthood Brought a Dad Back…

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 13, 2018 at 1:09 am

…to being a fully active and participating Catholic: Therefore I see no reason to accommodate the Faith to liberalism—to mute the Church’s claims to universal authority, to...

Sharing the Word for January 13, 2018

Franciscan Media - Jan 13, 2018 at 12:00 am

Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time January 13, 2018 Daily Reading from the USCCB: Mark 2:13-17 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SW_011610_II.mp3...

Saint and Witness

Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 12, 2018 at 11:04 pm

Yes, we are called to holiness. But no, vocation is not a matter of a particular state in life. Holiness surely involves purity. Yet it does not include a prudish disdain for...

Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Hilary of Poitiers

Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 12, 2018 at 11:02 pm

“Little children follow and obey their father. They love their mother. They know nothing of covetousness, ill-will, bad temper, arrogance and lying. This state of mind opens the...

Encountering the Word — Psalm 31:1-2

Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 12, 2018 at 11:01 pm

“In thee, O Lord, do I seek refuge; let me never be put to shame; in thy righteousness deliver me! Incline thy ear to me, rescue me speedily! Be thou a rock of refuge for me, a...

Daily Gospel Reflection for January 13, 2018

CatholicMom.com - Jan 12, 2018 at 11:01 pm

Today’s Gospel: Mark 2:13-17 We human beings are often quick to judge others through what we hear or observe. But what we cannot hear or observe is a person’s heart. Only God can...