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Bishops Send Best Wishes to New Zambian President

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
The bishops of Zambia are exhorting their newly elected president to strengthen their nation’s unity. In a declaration of the episcopal conference of Zambia, following the...

Victims of Genocide to Be Proclaimed Saints by Armenian Apostolic Church

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
The Armenian Apostolic Church will recognize the sanctity of the victims of the Armenian Genocide on April 23 at the Patriarchal See of the Catholicosate in Echmiadzin through a...

Nigerian Priest: If Maiduguri Falls Into Boko Harams Hands, Disaster for Africa

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
"If Maiduguri falls into the hands of Boko Haram, it would be a disaster for all of Africa." This is the warning of Fr. Gideon Obasogie, head of social communications of the...

Pope Francis: We Must Rid Church of the Scourge of Child Abuse

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
In a letter addressed to Episcopal Conferences, Religious Superiors and Societies of Apostolic Life around the world, Pope Francis said that Bishops and Major Superiors have a...

Pope's Morning Homily: Many in Pews Are 'Wounded' Waiting to Be Healed

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Pope Francis says there are many “wounded” waiting in the aisles of the Church for a minister of Christ to heal them from their pains and sorrows and liberate them from the demons...

Pope Tells Greek Bishops to Transmit Hope to Their People

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
As a prolonged financial crisis continues to cripple Greece economically, Pope Francis has encouraged the nation’s bishops to transmit hope to their people and not to give in to a...

Pope to Disabled Children: 'Your Lives Are A Beautiful Treasure'

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Pope Francis today had lively chat with several disabled children from around the world. The Holy Father, who spoke with the children via Google Hangout, was sponsored by Scholas...

You’ll be Shocked When You Hear What Abortion Clinic Workers Do to Make Sure the Baby’s Dead

LifeNews.com - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:26 pm
In a Facebook post last month, former abortion clinic administrator Abby Johnson gave a horrific description of one of her duties at Planned Parenthood. She described piecing...

Editorial | Reflect the light of Christ

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Christ is the light of the world. So too, women and men in consecrated life are called to reflect the light of Jesus Christ to all people. And, indeed, that is what they do. Those...

Prayers for students, prayers for consecrated life

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @stlreviewscribe With two religious sisters in their midst, the second-graders of Christ...

Letters to the editor

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
God's message A few days ago posted on the archdiocese's facebook page were pictures of people celebrating their Catholicism by holding up signs that read "¡Somos Católicos!" (We...

What would you do? Catholic schools train for armed intruders

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @stlreviewscribe The gunfire occurred suddenly, erupting without warning from the side of...

County counts homeless, helps bring them in from the cold

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 LaMonda and Tony have stayed in a car, in laundromats, in a house that has no...

Consultation for upcoming Synod of Bishops underway

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Consultation for the upcoming Ordinary Synod of Bishops is underway in the...

FAITHFUL FAN | Hall of Famers represent the best of St. Louis

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Joseph Kenny In St. Louis, disappointment followed the announcement that the new class of inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame will...

TWENTY SOMETHING | Courage and conviction: How one young Catholic saved 2,500 kids

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Christina Capecchi Irena Sendler was 29 years old when Nazi tanks slithered into Warsaw, casting a shadow of fear over the town and slicing it...

Announcing “The QUARTERDECK” for Catholic News and Bloggery

Quartermaster of the Barque - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm
I’m excited to introduce The QUARTERDECK, the “news companion” site to the QUARTERMASTER OF THE BARQUE. Each installment will feature “what the Quartermaster is reading”, and...

Did ISIS behead a priest in Mosul?

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:18 pm
I am not sure if this is true or not.  That said…. From ABNA24.com: ISIS Beheads Iraqi Priest in Mosul According to locals and eye witnesses, ISIS beheads an Iraqi priest who...

Pro-life leader confronts congresswoman who killed the 20-week abortion ban at the March for Life (video)

LifeSiteNews - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:02 pm
It takes great courage to confront a politician who harmed the pro-life cause – especially one who just received an ovation at the March for Life. It takes even more stamina when...

Patriarchs plead on behalf of flock

The Catholic Leader - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:00 pm
THE patriarchs of the Middle East met recently to discuss the situations facing Christians in the region, particularly those who have been displaced due to conflict. Maronite...
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