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Iraq: Catholic, Orthodox leaders concerned by clashes between government, Kurds (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 4:10 amPakistan: progress is being made regarding the law on civil recognition of Christian marriages (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 4:10 amVatican cardinal, in Uganda, calls for heroic obedience to God, renewed evangelization (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 4:10 am Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, visited Uganda for the 50th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Kampala, the nation’s...
Canadian Parliament may repeal law against disrupting religious services (CCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 4:10 am The president of the Canadian bishops’ conference, joined by Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto, urged Parliament to retain a law that “makes it an indictable offence to obstruct...
Daily Gospel Reflection for October 31, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 13:18-21
In the Gospel today, Jesus tells two now-familiar parables about the Kingdom of God. The parable of the mustard seed tells us how a tiny seed grows...
Catalonia crisis: Spanish bishops plead for unity, Catalan Catholics slam Madrid
Catholic Herald - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:25 am Spanish church leaders reiterated support for their country’s unity as the Madrid government imposed direct control over Catalonia. However, Catholic organizations in the...
Vatican official writes book on marriage vows (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:10 amEU Parliament VP welcomes Vatican-hosted conference on Europe and Christianity (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:10 am Mairead McGuinness, the Parliament’s point person for dialogue with religions, said that parishioners have become disconnected from the EU and expressed hope that the conference...
Pope Francis: Angelus address on Matthew 22:34-40 (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:10 am “What Jesus proposes in this page of the Gospel is a marvelous ideal, which corresponds to the most authentic desire of our heart.” the Pope said as he reflected on Christ’s...
Italian missionary priest beatified in Brazil (Pioneiro)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:10 am Pope Francis paid tribute to Blessed Giovanni Schiavo (1903-67) at the conclusion of his 10/29 Angelus address.
Pope visits 2 Vatican offices (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:10 am On 10/30, Pope Francis visited two curial offices that he established: the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Pope outlines his vision of Christian contribution to Europe's future (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:10 am In a lengthy address (video), Pope Francis discussed the person and community (as opposed to individualism), dialogue (as opposed to “groupthink”), inclusivity and solidarity (as...
Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.
Aleteia - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:00 am G.K. Chesterton
Islam: A Giant Step Backwards for Humanity
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 31, 2017 at 3:00 am
One of the big mysteries of our day is how so many supposedly enlightened Catholics have managed to get it so wrong about Islam for so long. It’s understandable that in the 1960s...
A pretty good recap of where the Russia Investigation is So Far
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 31, 2017 at 2:46 amI enjoy anything by Rod Bennett
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 31, 2017 at 2:36 am …but I especially enjoy Rod Bennett when he holds forth on Halloween: Today is Halloween — and, as you may have noticed, many of our Evangelical friends now shun America’s October...
How Sola Scriptura Led to the Secularization of America
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 31, 2017 at 2:00 am
During her confirmation hearing last September, Notre Dame law professor, Amy Coney Barrett, was openly interrogated about her faith. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) brazenly...
'Bubble zone' law could end Ontario’s March for Life, bishop warns
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 31, 2017 at 1:09 am Ottawa, Canada, Oct 31, 2017 / 12:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa, Canada, called into question Ontario’s new “bubble zone law,” which he said...
Death and Dry Bones
Dominicana - Oct 31, 2017 at 1:00 am Bones through a gap in the broken wall. Bones old and dry strewn in their subterranean tomb. Why stop and stare, why feast the eyes on the fleshless remains of some dead ancient...
The Three Living and Three Dead and YOU! Also, wherein @fatherz has an idea for @jamesmacm
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 31, 2017 at 12:01 am I read a truly fascinating post at the blog of the British Library for Digitised Manuscripts.
It is about medieval trope of the Three Living and Three Dead.
Given the time of year...
