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Minnesota gets a married priest
The Deacon's Bench - May 3, 2015 at 7:56 am Details: Vaughn Treco, a married man, grandfather of two and former Anglican priest, has received the approval of Pope Francis to be ordained to the Catholic diaconate and...
Unity with Christ will transform your life, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - May 3, 2015 at 7:07 am Vatican City, May 3, 2015 / 06:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his Sunday Regina Coeli address Pope Francis focused on the parable of the vine and the branches, saying that it reveals...
Unity with Christ will transform your life, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - May 3, 2015 at 7:07 am Vatican City, May 3, 2015 / 07:07 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In his Sunday Regina Coeli address Pope Francis focused on the parable
of the vine and the branches, saying that it reveals...
WDTPRS: 4th Sunday after Easter (1962MR) – “values”, and the smoke of Satan
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 3, 2015 at 6:48 am This is the 4th Sunday after Easter according to the older, traditional Roman calendar.
Today’s Collect survived the slash and hack editors of the Novus Ordo. Find it for the...
Justice Department Wins Its Suit Against Florida To Require a Kosher Meal Program In Prisons
The Religion Clause - May 3, 2015 at 6:30 am The U.S. Department of Justice has won it long-running lawsuit against the state of Florida over its prisons' kosher meal policy. In United States v. Secretary, Florida...
Pope: Bear the fruits of membership in Christ and the Church
News.va - May 3, 2015 at 6:10 am (Vatican Radio) On Sunday, Pope Francis spoke about Jesus' parable of the vine and the brances - Jesus is the true vine, and we are the branches, dependent on Him. Through this...
California's soon-to-be saint hailed as a man ahead of his time
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 3, 2015 at 6:02 am Rome, Italy, May 3, 2015 / 06:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Experts in California history, archeology and the life of Bl. Junipero
Serra have praised him as a passionate missionary with...
Helena Diocese Posts List of Alleged Abusers As Part of Settlement
The Religion Clause - May 3, 2015 at 6:00 am As reported by the Ravalli Republic, last Wednesday, as part of the non-monetary terms of the settlement with 362 sex-abuse victims, the Catholic Diocese of Helena, Montana posted...
At Expo 2015, Vatican pavilion offers space for learning, relaxation
Franciscan Media - May 3, 2015 at 6:00 am
MILAN (CNS) -- The Holy See's official pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015,
the newest edition of the every-five-years world's fair, will be a
public space of relaxation and learning...
Funeral for Germanwings crash victims held in Barcelona
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 3, 2015 at 5:18 am Barcelona, Spain, May 3, 2015 / 05:18 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia Basilica hosted a funeral for the 150
passengers of the Germanwings flight that...
Funeral for Germanwings crash victims held in Barcelona
Catholic News Agency - General - May 3, 2015 at 5:17 am Barcelona, Spain, May 3, 2015 / 04:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia Basilica hosted a funeral for the 150 passengers of the Germanwings flight that...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 3, 2015
CatholicMom.com - May 3, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 15:1-8
The image of the vine and branches is used first in the Old Testament (Psalm 80 and the Book of Isaiah). In the Gospels, Jesus refers to Himself as...
The Gospel of Nicodemus in the Liturgy of Eastertide
New Liturgical Movement - May 3, 2015 at 5:00 am By “the Gospel of Nicodemus”, I mean not the apocryphal gospel of that title, but the passage of St John’s Gospel in which Christ speaks to Nicodemus, chapter 3, verses 1-21. This...
The artist who painted transcendence while others denied God (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 3, 2015 at 4:19 am To view the video click here
Special Delivery for the Pope: Children write letters, calling for violence to stop (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 3, 2015 at 4:18 am To view the video click here
Bishop Brian Farrell, LC, ordains 20 Legionaries of Christ deacons in Rome
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 3, 2015 at 4:15 am Bishop Brian Farrell, LC, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, ordained 20 Legionaries of Christ deacons in the chapel of the Legion of...
Gospel Reading for Sunday, May 3rd
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 3, 2015 at 4:12 am Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so...
Pope Francis: We Must Become Living Branches in the Church
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 3, 2015 at 4:06 am Christians are called to be like the branches on a vine and “bring fruits of this common belonging to Christ and to the Church” to the world. This was the central theme of Pope...
Regina Coeli: On the Fruits of the Union With Christ and the Church
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 3, 2015 at 2:52 am Here is the translation of the Holy Father’s address before and after the recitation of the Regina Coeli to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square today: * * *
Dear...
Remember the faces of the poor and hungry, Pope urges Expo visitors
Catholic Herald - May 2, 2015 at 11:56 pm People need to stop destroying the planet and instead find ways to safeguard it and share its resources, particularly to feed the hungry, Pope Francis has told officials from...
