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Vatican newspaper tribute to Bishop Hu Xiande (L'Osservatore Romano)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 2:10 am The Chinese prelate, who died on 9/25, “suffered greatly for the Church during his lifetime, and despite the trials, he persevered in the faith and in fidelity to the Pope” (p. 2...
Florida layman has put up hundreds of pro-life billboards (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 2:10 am Ed Daccarett is responsible for over 1,000 pro-life ads, including 300 billboards, nearly 600 bus ads, and nearly 150 ads on taxis and train platforms.
109 Claretian martyrs beatified in Barcelona (Claretian Missionaries)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 2:10 am Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided at the 10/21 beatification Mass in Sagrada Família Basilica. The 109 martyrs were slain...
Leading Russian Orthodox official: Europe without Christ is 'destined to annihilation' (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 2:10 am “I think the immigration policy of most countries of the EU is very shortsighted and in the long run it may bring disastrous results for European identity,” Metropolitan Hilarion...
Vatican diplomat's statement on 'safe, orderly, and regular migration' (L'Osservatore Romano)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 2:10 am “Indubitably, every state has the sovereign right and responsibility to regulate the movement of people and should do so with a clear system of migration laws,” Archbishop Ivan...
Robert Frost’s “The Death of the Hired Man”
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 23, 2017 at 2:00 am
Robert Frost’s classic poem captures the essence of the home as a place of belonging and hospitality where a person experiences love, welcome, care, worth, and dignity and where...
Papal audiences (10/21) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 1:10 am In separate audiences, the Pontiff received the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, the community of the Pontifical Pio Brazilian College of Rome, and participants in a...
Pope Francis declares October 2019 to be 'extraordinary missionary month' (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 1:10 am Scroll down for an English translation of the Pope’s letter. Recalling that 2019 is the 100th anniversary of Maximum Illud, Pope Benedict XV’s apostolic letter on the propagation...
Help the disabled encounter Christ, Pope tells catechists (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 1:10 am Pope Francis made his remarks to participants in a conference on catechesis and persons with disabilities. The Pope also decried “the eugenic tendency to suppress unborn children...
Pope addresses Brazilian seminarians (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 1:10 am Recalling the 300th anniversary of the finding of the statue of Our Lady of Aparecida, the Pope commented on the spiritual, academic, human, and pastoral dimensions of the...
Resignations and appointments (10/21) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 23, 2017 at 1:10 am The Pope appointed a member and a consultor of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and an office head of the Vatican Apostolic Library.
Francis, “We shall preserve the precious gift of water for the future of humanity”
Vatican Insider - Oct 23, 2017 at 1:05 am It is necessary “to identify the ways through which the precious gift of water is preserved for the future of humanity”. The Pope wrote it in a message read by Cardinal Pietro...
He Remains Faithful
Dominicana - Oct 23, 2017 at 1:00 am The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; if we are faithless, he...
“The Status Quo of Jerusalem must be defended; no more violence and discrimination”
Vatican Insider - Oct 23, 2017 at 1:00 am “The Status Quo of Jerusalem must be defended and preserved. We shall increase efforts to achieve peace based on justice and recognition of the rights of all people.” We need to “...
Sharing the Word for October 23, 2017 – Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Franciscan Media - Oct 23, 2017 at 12:00 am Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
October 23, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Romans 4:20-25
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In the Light of the Lord
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Oct 23, 2017 at 12:00 am Christ called all of us to be light to the world. Today, Fr. Billy Swan reflects upon how we must be a reflection of the light of God if we are to truly bring others into His...
Are you called to be a missionary? The answer is YES YOU ARE!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 23, 2017 at 12:00 am In a press conference ahead of World Mission Day, Cardinal Fernando Filoni stressed the importance of missionary work, saying that it is a necessary ...
Skeptic filmmaker explores demonic possession, admits it can be 'very real'
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 23, 2017 at 12:00 am A new documentary explores the rise of exorcisms around the world. Italian filmmaker, Federica Di Giacomo followed a popular Sicilian exorcist as he ...
Saint Thérèse, Teacher and Thaumaturga
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 22, 2017 at 11:04 pm Twenty years ago today was one of the most remarkable days of my life. It occurred during a phone call with my mother. And I would challenge those who doubt that miracles happen...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Ignatius of Antioch
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 22, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your hearts.” (St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, Letter to the Romans) The Memorial of St. Ignatius, Bishop and...
