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Missionary priest discusses Liberian presidential election (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 4:10 am “The Church has invited the faithful to a novena for prayer for the peaceful conduct of the vote, and appealed to voters to vote freely,” said Father Eric Aka. Liberia, an African...
'The Declaration of Rome': final statement of conference on child dignity in the digital world (ChildDignity2017.org)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 4:10 am The rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University discussed the statement in recent remarks to Pope Francis.
Apostolic nuncio decries Mexico's high murder rate (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 4:10 amUSCCB raps EPA decision to revoke Clean Power Plan (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 4:10 am The 2015 Clean Power Plan “may not have been the only possible mechanism for addressing carbon emissions, but, unfortunately, the Administration does not propose an adequate...
DC seminary founded in 2011 is 'bursting at the seams' (OSV Newsweekly)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 4:10 am'Speak out to protect DREAMERS' (Catholic Charities USA)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 4:10 am Catholic Charities USA has launched a new advocacy campaign.
Pakistani police torture, murder Christian teen who refused to convert to Islam (Christians in Pakistan)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 4:10 am The Fides news agency also reported on the incident.
Indonesian bishop resigns amid embezzlement, affair accusations
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:39 am Ruteng, Indonesia, Oct 11, 2017 / 03:39 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- An Indonesian prelate resigned Wednesday as Bishop of Ruteng amid mounting concerns surrounding an alleged mistress...
Daily Gospel Reflection for October 11, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
October 11 is a very important day for me: it was on October 11, 2004 that my loving father Larry passed away.
I remember the day so vividly. How we...
Papal trip to Burma and Bangladesh: here’s what you need to know
Catholic Herald - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:17 am Pope Francis’ trip to Burma (Myanmar) and Bangladesh will offer moments to recognize each nation’s struggle for independence, underline interreligious respect and encourage the...
Papal audiences (10/10) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:10 am The Vatican Press Office announced that on the previous day, the Pope received the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Pope Francis recalls 300th anniversary of finding of statue of Our Lady of Aparecida (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:10 am Our Lady of Aparecida is the patroness of Brazil. In 1717, 3 fishermen discovered “a small, dark colored image of Our Lady with a smiling face, which they saw come out of the...
Resignations and appointments (10/10) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:10 am Pope Francis appointed a new Prelate Secretary of the Vicariate of Rome and a Consultor for the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State.
Edward Peters: A few thoughts on Pope Francis' remarks on the centenary of codified canon law (In the Light of the Law)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:10 am Peters is a professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. Click http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=33247 for CWN coverage of the Pope’s recent...
Review of Senator Ben Sasse's The Vanishing American Adult (Catholic World Report)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:10 am Sen. Sasse (R-NE) is the former director of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
Why every Catholic should applaud Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:10 am “His moral vision is compatible with the Church’s own insistence that the truth is knowable, and that we ignore it at great cost to our own human flourishing,” reviewer Joan...
When Elephants Fight, It is the Grass That Suffers
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:58 am So the open secret that Harvey Weinstein is a vile swine and sex predator is out. He’s been doing it for decades, lots of people knew it, and lots of people worked to cover it up...
Pope Francis creates new Syro-Malabar dioceses in India
Catholic Herald - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:44 am For centuries, Catholics in India have drawn support from and expressed their faith through the liturgies, traditions and spiritualities of three different rites; Pope Francis...
The interchangeability of Gun Cult and Abortion Rhetoric
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:10 am People are baffled at what I meant by “Gun Cult”. I do not mean “People who like guns or shooting”. Fire away. I don’t care. I’m not a bad shot myself and have no objection to...
