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15 Typical Catholic Reactions
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 5, 2015 at 1:08 am …to 15 Typical Phrases that We Typically Don’t Want to Hear
Much remains to be done, but Vatican-China relations may be improving
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 5, 2015 at 1:03 am Vatican City, Feb 5, 2015 / 12:03 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- Despite the recent death of a long-imprisoned Chinese bishop, there are mixed signals suggesting the People's...
Join Fr. Barron and Over 200,000 Catholics This Lent!
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 5, 2015 at 12:00 am Sign up for Fr. Robert Barron's FREE Lent reflections and join over 200,000 Catholics around the world on this journey through Lent.
Pope: Families need fathers who guide, love them through thick and thin
The Catholic Leader - Feb 4, 2015 at 11:15 pm FAMILIES need a father who shares in their joy and pain, hands down wisdom to his children and offers them firm guidance and love, Pope Francis said. Being a father was not easy...
Six Practical Steps to Catholic Joy
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 4, 2015 at 11:01 pm I recently had coffee with a fellow Catholic who gloomily shared his ongoing struggles with overtly living out his faith in the real world and reluctance to discuss his faith with...
The Places ZENIT Could Go!
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 11:00 pm Dear Reader,
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta frequently said that the worst poverty is not knowing Christ, and that if we would just open our eyes and look around, we'd see that people...
The day I was truly out of the loop on Facebook
The Catholic Leader - Feb 4, 2015 at 10:45 pm By Emilie Ng HOW did you feel the afternoon Facebook and Instagram crashed? Personally – and this may shock those who know my technology habits well – I was apathetic about the...
NBC's Brian Williams is a Big Fat Liar
Creative Minority Report - Feb 4, 2015 at 9:21 pm Stolen Valor.Brian Williams apologized today for recently saying he was on a helicopter in Iraq which was shot down. He said he misremembered or flubbed a story that hadn't...
Nepalese visitor ready to share fish-farm tales
The Catholic Leader - Feb 4, 2015 at 9:00 pm By Paul Dobbyn NEPALESE man Prakash Khadka will soon be telling fishy stories to students in Catholic schools throughout Brisbane and Toowoomba. He will be visiting the schools...
In the Forest of the Night (Secrets of Doctor Who)
Jimmy Akin.org - Feb 4, 2015 at 8:35 pm
In this podcast episode we review and analyze episode 10 of season 8, entitled ‘In the Forest of the Night’ and discuss the underlying themes, inside jokes and hidden gems.
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Audio Books, Red Shirts, and You
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 4, 2015 at 8:00 pm In addition to using my Kindle, and using regular books, I also listen to a lot of audio books as I drive or travel or putter about doing chores drinking Mystic Monk Coffee. I’...
War between Christians is a scandal; Ukrainians need peace, Pope says
The Catholic Leader - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:45 pm THE only word worthy of being heard in the throes of war is “peace”, and there is nothing more scandalous than a nation made up of Christians engaged in conflict, Pope Francis...
The Church of Vatican II: The Netherlands Without Christ - a major article for Il Foglio
Rorate Coeli - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:00 pm Iconocastic Fury [Beeldenstorm] of 1566, by Dirck van Delen
THE NETHERLANDS WITHOUT CHRIST
Matteo Matuzzi
IL FOGLIO
January 24, 2015
Catholics have practically disappeared from...
Helping the disadvantaged
The Catholic Leader - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:40 pm By Emilie Ng REGINA Caeli Church, Coorparoo parishioner Aileen Heathwood made the Australia Day 2015 Honours List for her 17 years working as a volunteer at her local court. The...
Controversial or consistent? San Fran archdiocese weighs in on teacher rules
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:06 pm San Francisco, Calif., Feb 4, 2015 / 05:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archdiocese of San Francisco says that far from being condemnatory, the morality clauses in its new teacher...
Documentary Shows Doctor Euthanizing a Suicidal Woman Battling Depression
LifeNews.com - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:01 pm A new PBS documentary glowingly features euthanasia in Belgium, including one performed on video by Dr. Marc Van Hoey, one of the leading advocates of assisted suicide in Belgium...
After pilot's heinous execution, Jordan's Christians pray for religious harmony
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:01 pm Amman, Jordan, Feb 4, 2015 / 05:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians in Jordan have responded to the Islamic State's gruesome execution of a captured Jordanian pilot with sorrow,...
Pope Francis to Address U.S. Congress
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm For the first time in United States history, a Pontiff will address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. In an announcement made today by Speaker of the House John Boehner,...
Book Review: The Life and Glories of St. Joseph
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm This book review is provided by Dennis McGeehan and republished from the Catholic Writers Guild blog. ---
Among the classics of Catholic literature, The Life and Glories of...
Pope Francis' Letter on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm Here is the text of the Holy Father's letter to the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences and Superiors of Institutes of Consecrated Life on the Pontifical Commission for the...
