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Pope's Address to the Pontifical Council for Culture
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:44 am The Holy Father, Pope Francis, received in audience the participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture, which concludes its works today on the theme: “...
Pontifical abuse commission studying accountability of bishops
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:39 am The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, led by Cardinal Seán O'Malley of Boston, is discussing "accountability of bishops and working on policy recommendations for...
Tristram Hunt avoids nun questions in TV interview
Catholic Herald - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:26 am Labour’s education spokesman Tristram Hunt refused several times to say that nuns can be good teachers in a television interview.
Mr Hunt, who was on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC...
Proclaim the Gospel with simplicity, Pope tells African bishops
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:25 am Pope Francis met with representatives of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar on February 7 and urged those in attendance to proclaim the Gospel.
"To...
Pope Mass: Protecting Creation a Christian responsibility
News.va - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:25 am (Vatican Radio) Christians are called to care for God's creation. That was the Pope’s message at Mass this Monday morning at the Casa Santa Marta. The Holy Father also spoke about...
Pope calls upon laity to evangelize cities
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:16 am In a February 7 address to the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which gathered to reflect on the topic of "encountering God in the heart of the city," Pope Francis called upon...
Most Catholic Colleges Hosting ‘V-Monologues’ in 2015 Are Jesuit Institutions
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:02 am At least eight Catholic colleges and universities will be hosting performances of The Vagina Monologues or have student groups putting on the play in 2015, The Cardinal Newman...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 9, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 6:53-56
The people knew Jesus everywhere He went. The moment Jesus arrived, the moment He climbed out of the boat onto their shores, they knew they were in...
House Speaker Boehner announces Pope Francis will address Congress
Franciscan Media - Feb 9, 2015 at 5:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- House Speaker
John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Feb. 5 that Pope Francis will address a
joint meeting of Congress Sept. 24.
What are the theological criteria for reform of the Church and the Roman Curia?
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 9, 2015 at 4:46 am Vatican City, Feb 9, 2015 / 04:46 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The reform of the Roman Curia must be an example for the spiritual
renewal of the entire Church, the prefect of Congregation...
Prince Charles meets Iraqi Christian refugees in Jordan
Catholic Herald - Feb 9, 2015 at 4:32 am Prince Charles has met Iraqi Christian refugees during his trip to Jordan.
The Prince, who has met with Iraqi Christians in Britain and given public support to Aid to the Church...
Address structural causes of hunger, Pope tells officials
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2015 at 4:26 am Some 500 officials gathered in Milan on February 7 to work on a draft of the "Charter of Milan"--a document on hunger that Italy will present to the international community.
In a...
Saint Louis Univ. Dialogues with Students Opposed to Pro-Traditional Marriage Event
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 9, 2015 at 4:15 am The administration at Saint Louis University has opened a dialogue with a student homosexual advocacy group which protested a pro-traditional marriage conference and demanded a “...
Pope Francis reflects on role, generativity, and exploitation of women
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2015 at 4:04 am Women and men have equal dignity but are not interchangeable, Pope Francis emphasized during a February 7 address to the Pontifical Council of Culture, whose members and...
Exercisie authority in service, Pope tells Italian officials
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2015 at 3:38 am Pope Francis received Italy's interior minister and the prefects of several cities in audience on February 6.
After thanking them for their work in receiving migrants, the Pope...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 9, 2015 at 3:30 am “We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary.” (...
Catholic Colleges Must Motivate Alumni to Stand for Religious Freedom
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 9, 2015 at 3:30 am Catholic colleges and universities should rally their alumni networks to defend religious freedom, argued David French, senior counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice,...
St. Gregory’s U. Praised for Healthy Campus, Supports Growth ‘in Mind, Body and Spirit’
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 9, 2015 at 3:27 am St. Gregory's University in Shawnee, Okla., was recently recognized as a Certified Healthy Campus and Business by the Certified Healthy Oklahoma program, the University announced...
Liturgy and New Evangelization Conference to Feature Franciscan U. Profs, Alumni
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 9, 2015 at 3:16 am Dr. James Pauley and Dr. Petroc Willey, along with alumni Jim Beckman and William Keimig, will present at the Liturgical Catechesis and the New Evangelization Conference in...
Pope Francis pays surprise visit to shanty town
Catholic Herald - Feb 9, 2015 at 3:11 am Pope Francis surprised residents of a shanty town on the outskirts of Rome by paying them a visit yesterday.
The Pope made an impromptu stop in the Tiburtina area, according to...
