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Pope appoints new secretary of Congregation for the Clergy
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:31 am Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Joël Mercier, a French priest as the new secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy and has elevated him to the dignity of an archbishop.
Born...
Persecution of Christians reaches �historic levels,' says group
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:11 am Open Doors, a Protestant organization that advocates on behalf of persecuted Christians, has released its annual report and found that "while the year 2014 will go down in history...
Vatican astronomers unlock the mysteries of the universe…sort of
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:03 am Rome, Italy, Jan 8, 2015 / 04:03 am (CNA).- Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno was 30 years old and just starting his career as an astronomer when he faced a personal...
What Cardinal Pell needs to know
Catholic Herald - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:00 am I have a question for Cardinal George Pell, who as prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy is supervising the reform of the finances of the Holy See. Your Eminence, are you...
The great Holy Days surrender
Catholic Herald - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:00 am I had hoped that, in the same way that the Christmas truce of 1914 has captured the popular imagination, the bishops might call a Christmas truce and decide to reinstate the...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 8, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 4:14-22
For most of the world, Christmas has been over for nearly two weeks. The decorations are packed up and stored for another year, the neighborhoods are...
Pope firmly condemns killings at French weekly
Franciscan Media - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:00 am Pope Francis condemned the killings of at least 12 people at the Paris offices of a satirical weekly newspaper Jan. 7 and denounced all "physical and moral" obstacles to the...
Cardinal Parolin: rise in US priestly vocations a sign of �great hope'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:57 am Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State, blessed a new 10-story building at the Pontifical North American College on January 6 and celebrated Mass for the feast...
Radical feminism is assaulting the Church, says cardinal
Catholic Herald - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:54 am The Catholic Church has been assaulted by radical feminism, leading to the marginalisation of men, an American cardinal has said.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, patron of the Sovereign...
Victory for Michigan company against HHS mandate
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:36 am A federal district court has permanently barred enforcement of the HHS mandate against Autocam Medical, a medical-device manufacturer owned by a Catholic family.
The judge had...
Sometimes there is a moral duty to mock religion
Catholic Herald - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:32 am One of the great, tiresome clichés of online debate is Christians responding to criticism of our faith by telling comedians: “You wouldn’t say that about Islam, would you?”
Well,...
In first, Egypt's president attends Christmas Mass
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:23 am Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has become the first Egyptian president to attend Christmas Mass.
As he entered the Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo for his unannounced visit, those in ...
A Frenchman, ‘priest educator’, is the new Secretary for the Congregation for the Clergy
Vatican Insider - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:17 amTime for a Truly Catholic Renovation
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:15 am
O magnum mysterium,et admirabile sacramentum,ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,iacentem in praesepio:Beata Virgo, cuius viscerameruerunt portare Dominum Christum.
What a great...
Conservatism after Obama
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:10 am
The final two years of two-term American presidencies are generally seen as their least significant. President Obama’s recent recourse to what some regard as extra-legal measures...
Pope Francis: �strongest condemnation' for Paris terror attack
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:09 am Pope Francis has expressed "the strongest condemnation for the horrific attack that marred the city of Paris" on January 7, "sowing death, throwing into dismay the whole of French...
French Imams Join Vatican Official in Condemning Paris Attack
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:06 am The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue published this morning a joint declaration with four French imams, denouncing Wednesday's attack on the offices of a Paris...
French analyst: Pope Francis' harshness betrays his growing isolation and weakness within the Church
Rorate Coeli - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:05 am Prof. Odon Vallet, a liberal historian of religion who is highly influential in France (he is the "progressive" go-to man for analyses of Catholic current events in French media...
Books Which Have Influenced Me
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:00 am
The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They do not pin the reader to a dogma, which he must afterwards discover to be inexact; they...
Free braille Bibles help the blind poor around the world
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 8, 2015 at 4:00 am London, England, Jan 8, 2015 / 04:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Close your eyes.