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Catholic Candlemas and Punxsutawney Phil
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 2, 2015 at 12:00 am What does today's Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (or "Candlemas") have in common with Punxsutawney Phil? Ellyn von Huben reveals the surprising connections.
Pope to Farmers: 'Work of Cultivating and Preserving the Earth is a True Vocation'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 11:20 pm In a meeting with Italy's National Federation of Farmers on Saturday, Pope Francis renewed his call to protect the Earth while denouncing a culture of waste that has caused "...
What It Means to be a Champion…or a Saint
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 1, 2015 at 11:02 pm I remember when the Buckeyes won their last national championship. There was hoarseness the next day (it was QUITE a game) and there was ordering of shirts immediately. We were...
Candlemas — The Light to the Nations
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 1, 2015 at 11:01 pm I’ve led a groups of pilgrims to Jerusalem. One time, as we stood at the foot of the Temple Mount and remembered the Presentation of Jesus, several people had questions. There...
RORATE EXCLUSIVE Video of Franciscans of the Immaculate Seminary the day it was shuttered by Commissioner VolpiWhen will the mainstream media demand answers?
Rorate Coeli - Feb 1, 2015 at 11:00 pm On December 8, 2013, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the the Theological Seminary of the Immaculate Mediatrix (STIM) of the Franciscans of the Immaculate (FI) was closed...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/02/15
Catholic Herald - Feb 1, 2015 at 11:00 pm Pope Francis announced that he will visit Sarajevo on June 6 at his Angelus yesterday (full video).
Francis will take part in a live video chat with disabled children around the...
Tennis club serves up proud new chapter in history
The Catholic Leader - Feb 1, 2015 at 10:45 pm By Paul Dobbyn DOOMSAYERS who’ve written off club tennis may need a rethink given the experience of the Morningside Tennis Centre. Not only is the centre, also headquarters to the...
Comment on St. Norbert College and the Catholic vision of life by Arcturus
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 1, 2015 at 9:40 pm Why don’t you pay attention to your pope and move into the 21st century?
No outstanding debt for new Gold Coast church
The Catholic Leader - Feb 1, 2015 at 9:00 pm GENEROUS donors and a bequest of $1.2 million will leave Surfers Paradise parish “completely debt free” when the new Stella Maris Church opens in February. For four years, parish...
Real Talk ready to spread message in state schools
The Catholic Leader - Feb 1, 2015 at 9:00 pm By Emilie Ng MORE Australian schools will hear the truth about sexuality as Real Talk Australia’s team expands their audience and staff in 2015. The Brisbane-based ministry has...
Monday Morning Links
Commonweal - Feb 1, 2015 at 8:52 pm In the latest issue of The New York Review of Books, Eamon Duffy creates a portrait of Pope Francis by reviewing three recent books on the pope: The Great Reformer: Francis and...
New Abbess of Regina Laudis
Communio - Feb 1, 2015 at 8:37 pm Today, began a new transition in the life of the Benedictine community of the Abbey of Regina Laudis with the election of Reverend Mother Lucia Kuppens as the Third Abbess. The...
Palm Beach’s Bishop Barbarito to undergo brain surgery
The Deacon's Bench - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:45 pm A son of Brooklyn needs our prayers: Palm Beach Diocese Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito has announced that he will have surgery Monday to remove a benign brain tumor. In a statement...
A beacon of hope
The Catholic Leader - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:30 pm By Paul Dobbyn TO a passer-by it would be a non-descript house in a typical Dutton Park street, but the Romero Centre is much more than that. The centre is a beacon of hope and...
Pope Calls on Lithuanian Bishops to Help Families, Vocations
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:00 pm "I encourage you, as Pastors, to give your contribution in this great work of discernment, and above all to care for the family pastoral [ministry], so that couples can feel the...
Catholic Bishop of Chinese Underground Church Dies at 94
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:00 pm A Chinese Bishop of the underground Church who was arrested 14 years ago and held in a secret location has died. According to UCA News, the great-niece of Bishop Cosmas Shi...
Francis at the Angelus: Jesus does not let logistical problems stop him (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:00 pm To view the video click here.
Bishop Named for Shinyanga, Tanzania
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis has named Monsignor Liberatus Sangu as bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania. The 51-year-old prelate succeeds Bishop Aloysius Balina, who died at the end of 2012....
Archbishop Matin's Pastoral Letter for Year of Consecrated Life
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:00 pm Here is a pastoral letter written by Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, for the Year of Consecrated Life. Today, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord...
Does 'never again' have any meaning? Human rights after the Holocaust
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 1, 2015 at 5:01 pm Washington D.C., Feb 1, 2015 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Even though it ended seventy years ago, the Holocaust still gives a stark and relevant warning on dehumanization and...
