Latest News
Book Notes - Discover The Franciscan Saints
CatholicMom.com - Oct 18, 2017 at 6:00 am
St. Francis’ feast day is October 4, which makes this time of year perfect for reading about St. Francis and other saints who have followed in his footsteps. Robert Ellsberg...
Pope Francis prays for victims of bloody Somalia 'massacre'
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:43 am Vatican City, Oct 18, 2017 / 05:43 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Wednesday Pope Francis offered prayers for the more than 300 victims
of a terrorist bombing in the African country of...
Pope Francis prays for victims of bloody Somalia 'massacre'
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:43 am Vatican City, Oct 18, 2017 / 04:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis offered prayers for the more than 300 victims of a terrorist bombing in the African country of...
Assisted suicide legislation advances in Australia's Victoria state
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:41 am Melbourne, Australia, Oct 18, 2017 / 05:41 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- American-inspired legislation to legalize assisted suicide has advanced in the Australian state of Victoria,...
Archbishop Gänswein denies rumours Benedict XVI close to death
Catholic Herald - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:12 am Archbishop Georg Ganswein has rejected rumours Benedict XVI is close to death. The former Pontiff’s personal secretary said a quote circulating on social media, attributed to...
Pope deplores Mogadishu terror attack (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:10 am Click here for more information about the attack.
Church in India prays for imprisoned Orissa Christians (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:10 am The eastern Indian state of Orissa was the site of an anti-Christian pogrom in 2008.
Pope Francis deplores Mogadishu terror attack
News.va - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has condemned the terrorist attack that killed over 300 people, including children, in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Speaking during the weekly...
Pope General Audience: English Summary
News.va - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday reminded Christians that Jesus came to heal us and to save us from death.
He was addressing the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square...
Pope devotes Wednesday general audience to Christian hope and the reality of death (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 5:10 amKidnapped Italian priest Fr Maurizio Pallù freed
Catholic Herald - Oct 18, 2017 at 4:18 am An Italian priest kidnapped in Nigeria has been freed, foreign minister Angelino Alfano has said. Fr Mauizio Pallù was kidnapped last weekend in the south of Nigeria, where he had...
French Protestants commemorate Reformation anniversary with Luther opera (OperaLuther.com)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 4:10 amThe czar, his lover and Russia's church collide (CBC News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 4:10 amPhilippine president declares Marawi liberated as battle goes on (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 4:10 am In May, Islamist militants stormed the city, desecrating the cathedral and taking the vicar general and others hostage.
Caritas distributes food to 70,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 4:10 am Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Myanmar and Bangladesh in late November and early December.
Department of Justice announces settlement in HHS mandate suits (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 4:10 amPatriarch Kirill: address to Russian lawmakers (full text) (Moscow Patriarchate)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2017 at 4:10 am The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church said that law should be based on morality. He added, “My meeting with Pope Francis of Rome in February 2016 has become an example of the...
Wealthy donors working to limit 'inappropriate' religious freedom
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 18, 2017 at 3:51 am Denver, Colo., Oct 18, 2017 / 02:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A network of wealthy donors is funding a series of well-organized lobbying campaigns to restrict legal protections for...
Wealthy donors working to limit 'inappropriate' religious freedom
EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 18, 2017 at 3:51 am Denver, Colo., Oct 18, 2017 / 03:51 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
A network of wealthy donors is funding a series of well-organized lobbying campaigns to restrict legal protections for...
The Pope condemns the attack in Somalia: and implores the conversion of those who are violent
Vatican Insider - Oct 18, 2017 at 3:41 am Today’s general audience ends with the Pope’s appeal for peace in Somalia after the massacre in Mogadishu, “This terrorist act, he said, deserves to be most strongly deplored,...
