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The battle to recognise Archbishop Romero’s sacrifice is over at last
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2015 at 8:09 am Yesterday was the feast day of the St Ansgar who was Archbishop of Hamburg and known as the Apostle of the North. It was also amazingly the 38th anniversary of Oscar Romero’s...
Pope Francis urges end to scandal of 'fratricidal' violence in the Ukraine
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 4, 2015 at 8:07 am Vatican City, Feb 4, 2015 / 07:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the number of deaths in Ukraine continue to rise amid escalating violence, Pope Francis has called the war “a scandal,”...
Bishops Decry Vote to Allow 3-Parent Embryos
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 8:05 am On Tuesday the House of Commons voted 382-128 to allow the creation of embryos with DNA from two women and one man. The technique is designed for women who have mitochondrial...
Pope renews ‘heartbroken’ appeal for the people of Ukraine
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2015 at 8:01 am Pope Francis has renewed his “heartbroken appeal” for prayer and dialogue in order to resolve the crisis in the Ukraine.
According to a translation by Zenit, Pope Francis made the...
Signs of Hope: The Under-35 Priest
Catholic Vote - Feb 4, 2015 at 8:00 am Is an American Catholic renaissance possible in our lifetime?
Nine years ago I started writing as the “American Papist” because I was, and remain, proud to be both Catholic and an...
Los Angeles Times cheers on Muslim women, instead of reporting
GetReligion - Feb 4, 2015 at 8:00 am
The way the Los Angeles Times reports on a new women's-only mosque, you'd think it was a story on secular feminism in the early 1970s.
Women in authority? Check. Breaking...
My 15 Favorite Books of 2014
Brandon Vogt - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:50 am
At the beginning of each year, I reflect back on some of my favorite books of the past year. I usually try to have this list up by early January but alas, here it is. Better late...
Pope tells fathers to be examples of love and dignity
News.va - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:30 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has encouraged fathers to be a daily example of love and integrity for their children.
Addressing the pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Hall for the...
Murder at Mass shows Archbishop Romero was killed in ‘hatred of the faith’, says Vatican official
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:19 am It’s clear that Archbishop Oscar Romero was killed “in hatred of the faith” because he was shot dead while celebrating Mass, a Vatican official has said.
Archbishop Vincenzo...
Archbishop Oscar Romero: Pastor and Martyr
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:16 am “I put my whole life under the loving providence of Jesus’ Heart and I accept my death with faith in Him, no matter how difficult it is. Nor do I want to give it an intention, as...
Controversial or consistent? San Fran archdiocese weighs in on teacher rules
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:06 am San Francisco, Calif., Feb 4, 2015 / 07:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Archdiocese of San Francisco says that far from being condemnatory,
the morality clauses in its new teacher...
After pilot's heinous execution, Jordan's Christians pray for religious harmony
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:01 am Amman, Jordan, Feb 4, 2015 / 07:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Christians in Jordan have responded to the Islamic State's gruesome
execution of a captured Jordanian pilot with sorrow,...
Dorothy – At her Kitchen Table!
CatholicMom.com - Feb 4, 2015 at 7:00 am
Dorothy — Image courtesy of Cathy Baugh
This year as we sat around our Thanksgiving table, I shared stories about Dorothy, my mother. It was fun watching the reaction of my son-...
Christians Join in Prayer for Murdered Jordanian Pilot
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:56 am The bells of all the Catholic Churches across Jordan will ring in mourning for Muath al-Kaseasbeh, the 26 year old Jordanian pilot who was murdered by the Islamic State....
Archbishop Durocher Says Trafficking Conference Was Eye-Opener; Shares Stories From Canada
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:45 am Here is a message for the 1st International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, to be marked Sunday, written by Archbishop Paul-André Durocher of Gatineau,...
Iraqi Christians form militia to fight ISIS
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:45 am Christians in Iraq have formed a militia to take back their Nineveh Plains homeland from ISIS.
The organisation, the Nineveh Plains Protection Units, has more than 3,000 troops...
United by His Wounds
Dominicana - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:30 am Today the Dominican Order celebrates the feast of St. Catherine de Ricci. She’s known for her mysticism and her devotion, as found in her Canticum de Passione Domini. The...
Books for Lent
Snoring Scholar - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:30 am My reading time has been dissolved into something akin to “other people’s normal” lately, and it’s killing me.
Even so, with Lent around the corner, I can’t help but look to my...
Reasons to Swear (and Reasons Not To)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:26 am Is it just me, or is profanity suddenly showing up where it never did before? Watch American Sniper, and there it is in the private, loving conversations between husband and...
Suit Against Legion of Christ Over Bequest Settled
The Religion Clause - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:20 am According to Monday's Providence Journal, a Rhode Island federal district court lawsuit against the scandal-ridden Catholic order, the Legion of Christ, has been settled out of...
