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Cardinal visits displaced Iraqi people to convey pope's concerns
Franciscan Media - May 7, 2015 at 6:00 am IRBIL, Iraq (CNS) -- The head of the Vatican's Congregation for Eastern Churches visited Iraq to convey Pope Francis' blessing and concern for church officials and the displaced...
Spiritual refuge helps women overcome addictions
Franciscan Media - May 7, 2015 at 6:00 am
ALBANY, Ga. (CNS) -- Struggling with alcoholism, Regina knew she had to get "re-centered" with God to help with her addiction.
A Catholic from Atlanta, Regina had been...
Witness to the Gospel of the family amid divorce and polygamy, Pope tells Mali's bishops
Catholic Culture - World News - May 7, 2015 at 5:41 am Pope Francis received the bishops of Mali in audience on May 7 and praised them for their witness of charity and interreligious dialogue in the midst of a "difficult context"--...
Divided Christians should turn to Scripture, tradition, says Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - May 7, 2015 at 5:26 am Pope Francis received European bishops and non-Catholic Christian leaders in audience on May 7 and gave thanks for the ecumenical progress of recent decades.
Acknowledging "...
Prayer breakfast speakers urge supplication for religious liberty, family
EWTN - US Latest News - May 7, 2015 at 5:23 am Washington D.C., May 7, 2015 / 05:23 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Prayer is sorely needed as existential threats face faith, the family,
and religious liberty in the U.S., Catholic...
Pope meets with Harlem Globetrotters
Catholic Culture - World News - May 7, 2015 at 5:09 am Pope Francis met briefly with members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in St. Peter's Square on May 6.
The team named the Pope an honorary Globetrotter and gave him a...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 7, 2015
CatholicMom.com - May 7, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 15:9-11
We are in the fifth week of Easter, so it is fitting that today the focus of the readings are love, joy, and freedom of the children of God. The...
Learning from a Saint Who Served People on the Periphery
Brandon Vogt - May 7, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today we continue our regular series called “Learning from the Saints.” Our guide is expert Bert Ghezzi, a dear friend of mine and the author of numerous books including Voices...
Swiss Catholics call for blessing of same-sex partnerships, change in teaching on Communion
Catholic Culture - World News - May 7, 2015 at 4:54 am Five months before the upcoming Synod of Bishops, the Swiss Bishops' Conference has published a report summarizing the results of recent discussions by Swiss Catholics on marriage...
French court orders removal of St John Paul II statue
Catholic Herald - May 7, 2015 at 4:45 am A French court has ordered the removal of a statue of St John Paul II which it said violated the separation of Church and state.
Authorities have been given six months to remove a...
KGB created liberation theology, defector alleges
Catholic Culture - World News - May 7, 2015 at 4:29 am A former Romanian three-star general has alleged in an interview that the Soviet secret police created liberation theology.
Ion Mihai Pacepa left Romania in 1978, becoming the ...
How can all Christians face today's crises? With a single voice, leaders say
EWTN - Vatican News - May 7, 2015 at 4:21 am Vatican City, May 7, 2015 / 04:21 pm (EWTN News).- Inter-church leaders from around Europe have joined voices in calling
for greater ecclesial communion in the face of modern...
Dublin archbishop discusses opposition to same-sex marriage
Catholic Culture - World News - May 7, 2015 at 4:09 am In an address to diocesan communications officers, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin explained why he will cast a vote of no in the May 22 referendum on same-sex marriage.
"For...
Papal envoy in Iraq comforts refugees waiting to go home
Catholic Herald - May 7, 2015 at 4:08 am The head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Eastern Churches has visited Iraq to convey Pope Francis’s blessing and concern for Church officials and the displaced living and...
Ahead of Ireland's marriage referendum, Dublin archbishop looks to Pope Francis
Catholic News Agency - General - May 7, 2015 at 4:01 am Dublin, Ireland, May 7, 2015 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Both Pope Francis’ clear affirmation of marriage as a union of a man and a woman and his efforts to reach out to those...
Ahead of Ireland's marriage referendum, Dublin archbishop looks to Pope Francis
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 7, 2015 at 4:01 am Dublin, Ireland, May 7, 2015 / 04:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Both Pope Francis' clear affirmation of marriage as a union of a man and
a woman and his efforts to reach out to those...
An Alternative to Catholic Sexual Ethics?
Crisis Magazine - Church - May 7, 2015 at 4:00 am
The Catholic Church’s teachings regarding sexual congress, marriage, and the family are clear and coherent. If you disagree with one or another of them, you place in jeopardy the...
Saint of the week: St Brendan (May 16)
Catholic Herald - May 7, 2015 at 4:00 am Brendan of Clonfert, known as “the navigator” and “the bold”, is one of the best-known Irish saints, though much of his life remains a mystery.
He was born around AD 484 and lived...
Post-crash Ireland desperately needs the faith
Catholic Herald - May 7, 2015 at 4:00 am Since 2008, Ireland has been marked by a deep economic crisis, a series of corruption scandals and a once stable political system sliding into dysfunction. Yet the Catholic Church...
