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Pope meets Yazidi leaders facing Islamic State persecution
Catholic Herald - Jan 9, 2015 at 4:00 am In his appeals for an end to the persecution of minorities in Syria and Iraq, Pope Francis often has mentioned both the Christians and the Yazidis attacked by Islamic State...
US, European prelates to visit Holy Land
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2015 at 3:49 am Fifteen bishops from Europe, the United States, and South Africa are making a "visit to the peripheries of the Holy Land" from January 10 to 15, according to the Council of the...
Policemen murdered in front of Catholic church in Egypt
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2015 at 3:40 am Two policemen who were assigned the task of guarding a Coptic Catholic parish in Egypt were shot to death on January 6, according to Egyptian media reports.
The incident took...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. John Vianney
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 9, 2015 at 3:30 am “When we leave the holy banquet, we are as happy as the Wise Men would have been, if they could have carried away the Infant Jesus.” (St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney, Cure d’Ars)...
Archbishop Oscar Romero was a martyr, declare Vatican theologians
Catholic Herald - Jan 9, 2015 at 3:05 am Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered “in hatred of the faith”, a panel of theologians at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints has ruled.
The decision is a huge step on the...
Head of drug war-torn Mexican diocese to become a cardinal
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 9, 2015 at 3:04 am Morelia, Mexico, Jan 9, 2015 / 02:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis announced Jan. 4 that among the 20 men who will be named cardinals at the next consistory is Archbishop...
Drawing for Papal Gifts Raffle Held at Vatican
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 9, 2015 at 2:50 am On Thursday, four blindfolded children drew the numbers from an urn of the charity lottery for the charitable works of the Holy Father. The drawing took place in the Hall of the...
Elderly Christians Expelled From Iraqi Village For Refusing to Convert to Islam
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 9, 2015 at 2:41 am Ten elderly Chaldean Christians and Syrian Catholics who refused to convert to Islam were expelled from Mosul. According to Fides News Agency, the group of elderly people were...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/01/15
Catholic Herald - Jan 9, 2015 at 2:21 am Yazidi leaders told Pope Francis about the plight of “almost 5,000 Yazidi women reduced to slavery by ISIS” during an audience yesterday.
Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga has said...
Did Vatican II Endorse Separation of Church and State?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 9, 2015 at 2:10 am
This year, 2015, marks fifty years since the close of the Second Vatican Council. Yet the “battle” for the Council, the battle for its authentic meaning, which began even before...
Prelates and Politicians Favor Cultural Suicide in Germany
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 9, 2015 at 2:00 am
Question: How would a Catholic bishop respond to tens of thousands of peaceful citizens singing Silent Night in the center of an historic European city?
Answer: He would forbid...
Video time! Get ready for GenLifeSTL!
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Jan 9, 2015 at 2:00 am Check out this sweet video from last year’s GenLifeSTL Pilgrimage to get ready! We’re just 13 days away from marching for LIFE!
The faith that has been in Iraq 2,000 years 'cannot disappear so easily'
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 9, 2015 at 2:00 am Erbil, Iraq, Jan 9, 2015 / 02:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Archbishop Emil Nona is the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, the Iraqi city overrun by the Islamic State last summer. Since then...
Vitamin D Supplements Won’t Protect Against Earthquakes
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2015 at 1:59 am Checkmate, Nutrition “Science”! What good are you anyway?
Most super-awesomest Bible stories evar!!!!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2015 at 1:56 am If you watch nothing else today, watch this.
Happy birthday to Matthean scholar Leroy Huizenga!
The Sacred Page - Jan 9, 2015 at 1:47 am Today my friend Leroy Huizenga is celebrating his birthday. Leroy is one of the most exciting young Matthean scholars around today.
I highly recommend his monograph, The New Isaac...
"He Will Baptize You With the Holy Spirit": Readings for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
The Sacred Page - Jan 9, 2015 at 1:47 am This Sunday the Church celebrates the Baptism of Jesus, an event that is every bit as important as it is rich in meaning, and this week’s readings help to draw us deeper into the...
Acts of the Apostasy is having fun
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2015 at 1:39 am GLOBAL WARMING SPIKES IN ADVANCE OF POPE’S ENCYCLICAL; BLOGGERS’ REACTION CITED
When Francis-haters have that many cows, it’s bound to create a lot of methane. Just wait till the...
Pope's Morning Homily: 'Only the Holy Spirit Can Free Soften Your Heart'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 9, 2015 at 1:35 am In his homily at Casa Santa Marta this morning, Pope Francis said that true peace and freedom can only be found through the Holy Spirit. According to Vatican Radio, the Holy...
Vatican theologians reportedly recognize martyrdom of Oscar Romero
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 9, 2015 at 1:35 am Vatican City, Jan 9, 2015 / 01:35 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- According to Italy's daily Catholic newspaper, the commission of
theologians at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints...
