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New Liturgical Movement - Feb 7, 2015 at 10:09 am Harold Boatrite – "Art and Its Replacements" I would like to introduce the readers of NLM to an American composer, a native Philadelphian, and a great friend of sacred music,...
A Mother at Heart: Chapter 4 {My Sisters the Saints Book Club}
CatholicMom.com - Feb 7, 2015 at 10:00 am Welcome to the My Sisters the Saints Book Club! We’re reading My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir, by Colleen Carroll Campbell.
This week we’re discussing Chapter 4, “A...
Pope to experts ahead of Expo 2015: God always forgives, man sometimes, nature never
Vatican Insider - Feb 7, 2015 at 9:09 amOf vaccination, a Pope, and anti-Catholic slander
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 7, 2015 at 9:06 am At First Things there is an interesting piece about how enemies of truth, and therefore of God, created a “black legend” around a Pope with disinformation. The target Pope wasn’t...
Vatican presser on sexual-abuse commission.
Commonweal - Feb 7, 2015 at 8:52 am Days after Pope Francis instructed the world's bishops to cooperate with the commission on sexual abuse he established last year, the seventeen-member group met for the first time...
Weekly Giveaway: Super Big Book Giveaway
CatholicMom.com - Feb 7, 2015 at 8:00 am
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Pope Francis to business leaders: Prioritize human dignity
News.va - Feb 7, 2015 at 7:48 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday (February 7th) urged business leaders to prioritize human dignity, and suggested three ways to do this: Firstly, by moving beyond...
Francis calls for a more incisive female presence in Church and society and an end to violence
Vatican Insider - Feb 7, 2015 at 7:46 amFor Cardinal Baldisseri, consensus at the Synod of Bishops remains important
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 7, 2015 at 7:40 am Vatican City, Feb 7, 2015 / 08:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Even though the 2014 Synod on the Family's final report included three
paragraphs that failed to gain a consensus among the...
Crucifixion, beheading, stoning and now burning alive? What does this mean?
GetReligion - Feb 7, 2015 at 7:28 am
Despite the ancient examples of capital punishment in the Bible, in modern times there’s been broad moral concern in Christianity and Judaism on whether it should ever occur. ...
Pope Francis warns against "new and unscrupulous forms of colonization in Africa
News.va - Feb 7, 2015 at 7:15 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis warned African bishops against new and unscrupulous forms of “colonization” such as the pursuit of success, riches, and power at all costs; but also...
Could two new laws suffocate the Catholic Church in DC?
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 7, 2015 at 7:09 am Washington D.C., Feb 7, 2015 / 07:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. bishops and several other Catholic and pro-life groups are asking Congress to nullify two new Washington, D.C....
For Cardinal Baldisseri, consensus at the Synod of Bishops remains important
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 7, 2015 at 7:03 am Vatican City, Feb 7, 2015 / 06:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Even though the 2014 Synod on the Family's final report included three paragraphs that failed to gain a consensus among the...
Pope urges 'more widespread and incisive female presence' in Church
News.va - Feb 7, 2015 at 6:40 am (Vatican Radio) The challenge to find new ways for women to be “full participants in the various areas of social and ecclesial life…can no longer be postponed,” said Pope Francis...
Pope Encourages Lay Faithful to Be a “Leaven of Christian Life” for Big Cities
News.va - Feb 7, 2015 at 6:08 am
Big cities are “fertile grounds” of evangelization that allows the Church to become a “leaven of Christian life” for citizens.
This was the reflection given by Pope Francis...
"THE SUCCESSOR" - Rome in Pre-Conclave mood: What will come after the Bergoglio Papacy? - a guest-post by Father Pio Pace
Rorate Coeli - Feb 7, 2015 at 5:32 am We are very honored to post this new guest-post by a very wise, knowledgeable, and highly influential cleric, writing under the pen name of Father Pio Pace.
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The Successor
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Daily Gospel Reflection for February 7, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Feb 7, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 6:30-34
Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The metaphor of the Good Shepherd is woven throughout the readings today. The psalmist tells us that the...
The Romero case: Changing times bring changing definition of 'martyr'
Franciscan Media - Feb 7, 2015 at 5:00 am
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The classic Christian martyr accepted death when presented with the option "convert or die."
When the pagan emperors of Rome carried out bloody campaigns...
Holy See: Religions are partners for sustainable development
News.va - Feb 7, 2015 at 4:30 am (Vatican Radio) The Holy See delegation to the United Nations said on Friday “religions and faith-based organizations are partners for sustainable development, and will be potent...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 7, 2015 at 3:30 am “Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is...
