Latest News

Tech Talk Digest for Last Week

CatholicMom.com - Feb 8, 2015 at 6:00 am

Here are the Tech Talk highlights from last week. Lenten Prayer: Making a Human Connection More Real with the CRS Rice Bowl App Catholic Relief Services has updated the Rice Bowl...

Pope Francis prays for victims of human trafficking

News.va - Feb 8, 2015 at 5:55 am

(Vatican Radio) Following the Angleus prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis spoke about first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, the promoted by the...

Daily Gospel Reflection for February 8, 2015

CatholicMom.com - Feb 8, 2015 at 5:00 am

Today’s Gospel: Mark 1:29-39 “Everyone is looking for you.” Upon reading today’s Gospel passage, this one sentence really stood out to me. I grew up using those extreme phrases...

Catholic, Orthodox leaders urge 'unity against aggression' in Ukraine

Franciscan Media - Feb 8, 2015 at 5:00 am

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- Catholic and Orthodox archbishops in Ukraine appealed for national unity against pro-Russia separatists as calls mounted for the United States to help arm...

Three Mexican sisters traveled with their 80-year-old aunt to meet Pope Francis (Video)

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 8, 2015 at 3:44 am

To view the video click here

Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Ignatius of Loyola

Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 8, 2015 at 3:30 am

“If God causes you to suffer much it is a sign that He has great designs for you and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint,...

Pope's Address to Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 8, 2015 at 3:04 am

Here is a translation of the Holy Father's address to participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. * * * I joyfully receive the Pontifical...

Gospel Reading for Sunday, February 8th

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 8, 2015 at 2:26 am

On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He...

Fighting Slavery

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 8, 2015 at 2:23 am

This Sunday was the first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against human trafficking. In the Vatican press conference held last Tuesday it was explained that the day...

Parish dedicated to Rome's poor gets a visit from Pope Francis

EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 8, 2015 at 2:01 am

Vatican City, Feb 8, 2015 / 02:01 pm (EWTN News).- Pope Francis traveled in the eastern outskirts of Rome on Sunday afternoon to hear confessions and say Mass at a parish known...

Encountering the Word — Mark 2:18-20

Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 8, 2015 at 1:30 am

A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the...

Pope Francis: 'The Sick Are the Flesh of Christ'

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 8, 2015 at 1:26 am

The care of the sick is "an integral part of the mission of the Church." These were the words said by Pope Francis during his Sunday Angelus address from the window of the...

Angelus Address: On the Meaning and Value of Sickness

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 8, 2015 at 12:51 am

Here is the translation of Pope Francis' words before and after the recitation of the Angelus prayer to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square. * * * Dear brothers and...

New Vatican commission seeks ‘firm action’ against bishops ignoring abuse guidelines

Catholic Herald - Feb 8, 2015 at 12:50 am

Prelates who do not comply with child protection norms adopted by their bishops’ conferences and approved by the Vatican must face real consequences, Cardinal Seán O’Malley has...

How am I to understand suffering?

Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 7, 2015 at 11:01 pm

One of the things with which we so often struggle is to understand our condition in a fallen world. Each of us, in our own way, has experienced the pain and suffering so often...

2nd Circuit OK's Differential Child Protection Requirements In Public and Private Schools

The Religion Clause - Feb 7, 2015 at 6:20 pm

In U.L. v. New York State Assembly, (2d Cir., Feb. 5, 2015), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a minor student...

Could two new laws suffocate the Catholic Church in DC?

Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 7, 2015 at 6:09 pm

Washington D.C., Feb 7, 2015 / 05:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops and several other Catholic and pro-life groups are asking Congress to nullify two new Washington, D.C....

#CRS Media Mission Shows Your Rice Bowl Gifts at Work

CatholicMom.com - Feb 7, 2015 at 6:02 pm

I’d say that today, a full week later, my body has finally realized that it’s no longer in Eastern Africa. Unfortunately, I think I left a piece of my heart their permanently with...

How much do you know about St. Peter's tomb? (Video)

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 7, 2015 at 6:00 pm