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Pope Francis discusses priestly formation (Vatican Press Office)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
Address participants in a Vatican conference on seminary formation, the Pope reflected on God as the “patient and merciful artisan of our priestly formation,” as well as the...

Papal message on 1917 Code of Canon Law (Vatican Press Office)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
In a message to a conference on the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Code of Canon Law, Pope Francis recalled the origins of the Code, assessed its significance, and offered...

Canon 915 reflects divine law, canonist argues (In the Light of the Law)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
Canon 915 states: Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are...

Papal audiences (10/6) (Vatican Press Office)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
In separate audiences, Pope Francis received the Lithuanian prime minister, the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the supreme knight of the Knights of...

US bishops' conference welcomes Trump administration decision on HHS mandate (USCCB)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
The new rules protecting conscience rights are a “return to common sense, long-standing federal practice, and peaceful coexistence between church and state,” said Cardinal Daniel...

Vatican prosecutors seek 3-year sentence in financial-misconduct case (ANSA)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
Prosecutors urged a Vatican tribunal to sentence Giuseppe Profiti, the former president of the Bambino Gesu Hospital foundation, to a three-year prison term for inappropriately...

What Happened in Vegas?

Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
At first sight, we all know what happened in Las Vegas. A man by the name of Paddock locked himself in a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Below, in...

One million Poles join in Rosary for nation (CWN)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
An estimated one million people joined in praying the Rosary at various spots on Poland’s border on October 7, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

"Respecting and protecting the dignity of children: a priority for the Society of Jesus" (ChildDignity2017.org)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
Father Arturo Sosa, the Jesuits’ superior general, delivered his brief address at a conference in Rome.

Steinmeier speaks with the Pope of post-election in Germany 

Vatican Insider - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:10 am
The Pope asked the German President about “ the consequences that the vote will have on Germany and the role of Germany in the world”, during a 55-minute interview given to Frank...

Contemplative religious sisters are coming to this English diocese

EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:01 am
Lancaster, England, Oct 9, 2017 / 02:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Diocese of Lancaster announced Friday that the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest...

Escrivarian Civics: Pax Christi in regno Christi

Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:00 am
“To be ‘Catholic’ means to love your country, and to let nobody surpass us in that love.”   — St. Josemaría Escrivá Josemaría Escrivá was canonized by Pope John Paul II on...

Church in Australia facing “greatest crisis” in its history, says archbishop 

Vatican Insider - Oct 9, 2017 at 2:00 am
Following talks with top Vatican officials last week, a prominent Australian bishop has said the Church in his country is facing the greatest crisis in its history. ...

Papal audiences (10/7) (Vatican Press Office)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 1:10 am
In four separate audiences, the Pontiff received the president of Croatia, the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, the apostolic nuncio in Ukraine, and participants in an...

Reviving the dying small-town church (The Gospel Coalition)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 1:10 am
This article examines the work of Village Missions, which assists small-town Protestant congregations.

Episcopal resignations and appointments (10/7) (Vatican Press Office)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 1:10 am
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 75-year-old Archbishop Guire Poulard of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and named another Haitian archbishop as his successor. He also accepted the...

Leading Australian bishops meet with curial officials (Vatican Press Office)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 1:10 am
The leadership of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference met with the Cardinal Secretary of State, the Secretary for Relations with States, the prefect of the Congregation for...

Oxford pilgrims recall Newman's conversion (National Catholic Register)

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 9, 2017 at 1:10 am
Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-90) was received into the Church on October 9, 1845.
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