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There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing
Aleteia - Oct 17, 2017 at 3:00 am Aristotle
“Me too”
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:48 am So a little initiative by women on Facebook took off like wildfire the other day. It simply consisted of women who have been sexually harrassed or assaulted writing “Me too” on...
Population control is a ‘false solution’ to world hunger, Pope tells UN
Catholic Herald - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:40 am Pope Francis demanded Monday that world governments collectively commit to end rising world hunger by resolving the conflicts and climate change-related disasters that force...
Callista Gingrich confirmed as US ambassador to the Holy See
Catholic Herald - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:32 am The US Senate has confirmed Callista Gingrich’s nomination to be ambassador to the Vatican. Senators voted overwhelmingly, 70 to 23, to approve her for the post. President Donald...
Michael Gerson on the appalling idolatry of the Religious Right
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:26 am Yep: “There is more at stake here than bad politics. When Christians ally their faith with bias and exclusion, they are influencing how the public views Christianity itself. They...
College wins permanent protection from HHS contraceptive mandate (Thomas Aquinas College)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:10 amPrelate expresses concern, calls for careful implementation of health care executive order (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:10 am The statement by the chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development follows the Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and...
Resignations and appointments (10/16) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:10 am Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Newark auxiliary bishop for reasons of age, appointed a special envoy for the 9th centenary of the arrival of the icon of Our Lady of...
Eastern European Resistance to Islamization
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:10 am
If you’ve ever seen Casablanca, you won’t have forgotten the scene in Rick’s Cafe where the German officers who are singing “Die Wacht am Rhein” are drowned out by the French...
Papal audiences (10/16) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:10 am Pope Francis received, in separate audiences, the secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the vicegerent of the diocese of Rome, and...
Catholicism, the World and a Warrior Angel
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 17, 2017 at 2:00 am
Until recently, the word snowflake enjoyed only one meaning: frozen rain in winter. But in the last year or so the word assumed a secondary meaning: students in elite college...
'Clarity and charity' – the keys to defending marriage in Australia
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 17, 2017 at 1:09 am Sydney, Australia, Oct 17, 2017 / 01:09 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
As Australians return their ballots for a poll that could aid the recognition of same-sex unions as marriages, the...
'Clarity and charity' – the keys to defending marriage in Australia
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 17, 2017 at 1:09 am Sydney, Australia, Oct 17, 2017 / 12:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As Australians return their ballots for a poll that could aid the recognition of same-sex unions as marriages, the...
The Artist In Us All
Dominicana - Oct 17, 2017 at 1:00 am Earlier this month I was part of a week-long school-wide mosaic project. Every student from pre-K through 8th helped to place tiles depicting an enormous Sacred Heart, a whole mix...
The Germans are revolting.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 17, 2017 at 12:01 am And so it begins.
When Mangum principium came out (which increased the role of bishops conferences in the preparation of liturgical translations), I mentioned that the Germans are...
Sharing the Word for October 17, 2017
Franciscan Media - Oct 17, 2017 at 12:00 am Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch
October 17, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Romans 1:16-25
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Lead with Beauty: Dietrich von Hildebrand's “In Defense of Purity”
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Oct 17, 2017 at 12:00 am A probing meditation on the nature, value, and beauty of purity, “In Defense of Purity” is not a book of sexual ethics, nor a “how-to” guide to purity—but for readers with open...
Museum of the Bible set to open in D.C., will be one of the city's largest museums
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 17, 2017 at 12:00 am The Museum of the Bible is about to open in Washington D.C., but the project is already mired in controversy as Christians debate what to make of the ...
Missionary priest kidnapped in Nigeria
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 17, 2017 at 12:00 am An Italian Catholic priest, who is a member of the Neocatechumenal Way, was kidnapped on Thursday by armed men in Benin City, Nigeria, according to ...
Callista Gingrich is the next U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 17, 2017 at 12:00 am On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. The ...
