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Three-Dimensional Wooden Crucifix Icon by Francis Koerber
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 21, 2017 at 8:00 am I received a note from the multifaceted artist Francis Koerber of Jackson, Wyoming, concerning a project he recently completed: an interpretation, in three dimensions, of the...
Religion is always political, but it can never be partisan: What’s Jesus telling us today?
Aleteia - Oct 21, 2017 at 7:00 am Jesus’ interlocutors were not asking a sincere question, but his answer aids us who are sincerely discerning today.“Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what...
Pope slams 'eugenic' mentality that seeks to eliminate disability
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 21, 2017 at 5:47 am Vatican City, Oct 21, 2017 / 04:47 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday Pope Francis issued a harsh condemnation of the underlying eugenic mentality in society that leads many to...
History of Astronomy at the University of Notre Dame
The Catholic Astronomer - Oct 21, 2017 at 5:00 am
Roughly sixty students and scholars from around the globe convened in Indiana this past July for the University of Notre Dame Thirteenth Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop,...
Daily Gospel Reflection for October 21, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Oct 21, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 12:8-12
Saint Francis is credited with the saying, “Preach the Gospel always, sometimes use words.” When we preach the Gospel we acknowledge Jesus who is the...
Catechesis must encounter the disabled with love, archbishop says
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 21, 2017 at 3:01 am Rome, Italy, Oct 21, 2017 / 02:01 am (CNA).- The Church must learn “how to encounter disabled people today, how to allow them to have an encounter with Christ in the silence of...
To love God is something greater than to know him.
Aleteia - Oct 21, 2017 at 3:00 am St. Thomas Aquinas
The Sheer Orwellianism of Crisis
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 21, 2017 at 2:07 am For months I’ve listened to this sleight of hand from the “prolife” Right: Black people protesting the latest murder of some black person by the cops: Black Live Matt… Good White...
If you want to defeat the ‘alt-right’, try reading Benedict XVI
Catholic Herald - Oct 21, 2017 at 1:45 am The strange phenomenon of the alt-right is now well fixed in the public consciousness. As a complex confluence of different groups clustered together online, it is hard to codify...
Galileo’s Rivals
The Catholic Astronomer - Oct 21, 2017 at 1:33 am
Our very own Chris Graney has a new book! It's called Mathematical Disquisitions: The Booklet of Theses Immortalized by Galileo published by the University of Notre Dame Press....
Censorship fears as Philippine parliament fails to renew Catholic radio licence
Catholic Herald - Oct 21, 2017 at 1:30 am The Philippine House of Representatives has not renewed the licence of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines to operate dozens of radio stations across the country....
Sharing the Word for October 21, 2017
Franciscan Media - Oct 21, 2017 at 12:00 am Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
October 21, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Romans 4:13, 16-18
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Render Unto Caesar
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 20, 2017 at 11:04 pm When the Pharisees and the Herodians brought up the issue of paying taxes to the Emperor, Jesus uttered the famous line “render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s...
Born at sea
Aleteia - Oct 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: October 21, 2017CARIBBEAN SEA (Oct. 17, 2017) – Sailors aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) say a prayer for Sara Victoria...
6 Types of unhealthy mother-child relationships that affect our adulthood
Aleteia - Oct 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm Despite good intentions, unhealthy family relationships can sometimes have long-term effects.Relationships with moms can be difficult. In the beginning when we are children, moms...
Pope backs “Marshall Plan” for bringing Christians back to Iraq
Aleteia - Oct 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm Nineveh Reconstruction Committee has decided to focus on people’s housing needs.Now that ISIS has been defeated in northern Iraq, many Christians who were forced to flee three...
Why not #MeToo? Because I have sons
Aleteia - Oct 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm I count myself among the brave women coming forward and saying "enough," but I don't want to assist in hurting menAnyone who has read me or my story knows that I was the victim of...
Living Fatima: Beyond the 100th anniversary
Aleteia - Oct 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm The centennial of the most dramatic of Marian apparitions has passed, but there is much for us to learn and to ponder, still.On October 13, 2017, the universal Catholic Church...
5 Things to try if you find the homily boring
Aleteia - Oct 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm How is a well-meaning Catholic to keep from daydreaming or nodding off if the priest isn't dazzling?Chances are you’ve had to sit through at least one uninteresting homily in your...
An essential key to holiness we often forget
Aleteia - Oct 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm Hint: It doesn't involve any extra prayers or devotions.Prayer is essential to growth in the spiritual life, but so are basic human virtues — building blocks of daily life that...
