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Needed: A New Church Policy toward Islam [Pt. 2]
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 4, 2015 at 2:00 am
In my last column, I promised to propose an alternative to the Church’s current policy toward Islam. The main question I raised then can be put this way: If there is something in...
Holocaust Survivor…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:50 am …meets the man who liberated him from Dachau in an emotional reunion. Very moving.
Political instability, war, and terrorism know no borders – Vatican official
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:40 am Monaco, Feb 4, 2015 / 01:40 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As the Vatican's Secretary of State addressed the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Mediterranean on Monday regarding the shared...
So a short while ago I ignorantly popped off
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:33 am …about an experiment to try to crash the mosquito population in an area with a lot of mosquito-borne diseases. A reader sends along this reply from somebody involved in the...
Encountering the Word — Psalm 130:1-2a,6
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:30 am A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord… Lord, hear my voice! My soul hopes in the Lord more than watchmen for daybreak.” (Psalm 130:1-2a,6; De...
84% of Americans would ban abortion…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:28 am …after three months of pregnancy.
And around 70% oppose taxpayer funding for abortion, with the biggest percentages coming from Millenials, cuz the prolife movement is getting...
Inspired by St Don Bosco, Indian Church prepares youth to be tomorrow's leaders
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:25 am Miao, India, Feb 4, 2015 / 02:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
In the north-easternmost reaches of India, the Diocese of Miao is celebrating the bicentennial of St. John Bosco's birth by...
This is a Big Deal
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:23 am Lower rent Egyptians got mummy masks made from scraps of papyrus, sort of like papier mache. So what?
So this: it looks like at least one mummy mask dating from the first century...
Pope Francis Renews Call for Peace in Ukraine
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:08 am At the conclusion of his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis once again renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine. The conflict between Ukraine and rebel forces continues to...
Inspired by St Don Bosco, Indian Church prepares youth to be tomorrow's leaders
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 4, 2015 at 1:04 am Miao, India, Feb 4, 2015 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In the north-easternmost reaches of India, the Diocese of Miao is celebrating the bicentennial of St. John Bosco's birth by...
General Audience: On the Positive Role of Fathers
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 4, 2015 at 12:46 am Here is the translation of the Holy Father's address during his weekly General Audience at the Paul VI Audience Hall. * * *
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I would like to...
The Kindness of Strangers
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Feb 3, 2015 at 11:33 pm Subtitle: Don't be Buster Keaton in the gif.I haven't blogged in a couple of days because of a series of unfortunate events (though this is far from a Lemony Snicket book.) From...
Pope gives step-by-step primer on contemplative prayer with Gospel
The Catholic Leader - Feb 3, 2015 at 11:15 pm TURN off the television, tune out the neighbours, and spend 10 or 15 minutes reading a Gospel passage and speaking to Jesus, Pope Francis told people at his early-morning Mass. “...
From Faith Came Science: Condemnations of 1277
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 3, 2015 at 11:01 pm In 1277, Étienne Tempier, the Bishop of Paris, issued a list of 219 condemned propositions relating to details of Aristotelian texts that were irreconcilable with the Christian...
Leaders scan new landscape
The Catholic Leader - Feb 3, 2015 at 11:00 pm By Paul Dobbyn SHOCKWAVES are continuing from last weekend’s election outcome and leaders of Church bodies are evaluating where their organisations stand in Queensland’s radically...
Young sisters bringing joy to the world
The Catholic Leader - Feb 3, 2015 at 10:00 pm By Emilie Ng VOCATIONS are thriving at Brisbane’s Sisters of St Paul de Chartres convent with six young sisters making their first professions at St Stephen’s Cathedral on...
Fethullah Gülen on Islam, democracy and freedom of speech
Commonweal - Feb 3, 2015 at 9:53 pm Publishing a book in 2009 about Francis of Assisi's peaceful encounter with Egypt's Sultan Malik al-Kamil during the Fifth Crusade led me to meet a lot of people with an interest...
Cape Verde, Africa is getting its first cardinal
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 3, 2015 at 8:27 pm Praia, Cape Verde, Feb 3, 2015 / 07:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At the beginning of the year, Pope Francis announced that among the 20 men he would make cardinal on Feb. 14 is Bishop...
Pope to visit nation scarred by division
The Catholic Leader - Feb 3, 2015 at 8:15 pm IN an effort to help bolster a minority Catholic population and encourage dialogue and friendship among once-warring ethnic and religious communities, Pope Francis announced he...
