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About those new cardinals: the Vatican’s explanation
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 6, 2015 at 8:15 am From Vatican Radio: Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, head of the Holy See Press Office, has published the following “notes” on the new Cardinals, whose names were announced by Pope...
Blessing of Epiphany water
Rorate Coeli - Jan 6, 2015 at 7:50 am The photo above comes from the great St. Anne Church, a Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) parish in San Diego (they have a new website here).
They blessed epiphany water ...
ROME DAY 2: Franciscan Friars
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 6, 2015 at 7:47 am The was a beautiful Mass at the FSSP church today, a Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool, Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli.
Many Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate were there in...
Attentive, tireless, courageous – this is Christian life, Pope says on Epiphany
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 6, 2015 at 7:24 am Vatican City, Jan 6, 2015 / 07:24 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Like the Magi who followed the star from the East, Christians are called to follow the light of the Gospel attentively,...
Top Vatican Official: Washington, NYC likely stops on papal trip
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 6, 2015 at 7:15 am Vatican City, Jan 6, 2015 / 07:38 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Although it's still not official, the Vatican's Secretary of State
confirmed today that Pope Francis will most likely visit...
A Look Inside the Papal Plane (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2015 at 7:07 am It's not the Vatican's property, rather it's a regular airline, usually Alitalia. To view the video click here: http://www.romereports.com/pg159769-a-look-inside-the-papal-...
The Pope's Weekly Schedule: From Mass to Baptizing Newborns (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2015 at 7:04 am The Pope's weekly schedule: From Mass to Baptizing newborns in the Sistine Chapel. The Pope will also lead his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square.
To view the video...
What The World Needs Now
CatholicMom.com - Jan 6, 2015 at 7:00 am
Photo Credit: Judy Klein
“I didn’t know it would be so hard!” That was the second time in a week I’d heard those words from a mother’s lips, this time before morning Mass from a...
Christendom College to Host Relic of Pope St. John Paul II
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 6, 2015 at 7:00 am The relic, which was taken directly from the late pontiff during his final hospital stay prior to his death, is being presented as part of a cross-country pilgrimage by the...
Faculties to Absolve From Censures
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:55 am Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum university. Q: I hear that some of the religious...
Welcome to 2015: New year brings happy new developments to the Godbeat
GetReligion - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:55 am
Already, Terry Mattingly shared the news that former GetReligionista Sarah Pulliam Bailey — now a national correspondent with Religion News Service — will join The Washington...
Top Vatican Official: Washington, NYC likely stops on papal trip
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:38 am Vatican City, Jan 6, 2015 / 05:38 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Although it’s still not official, the Vatican’s Secretary of State confirmed today that Pope Francis will most likely visit...
Pope Francis: Epiphany Mass and Angelus
News.va - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Tuesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, to mark the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. In his homily, Pope Francis focused on the...
Fontgombault Sermon - Epiphany - "The Wise Men really found Jesus."
Rorate Coeli - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:34 am Epiphany
Sermon of the Right Reverend Dom Jean Pateau
Abbot of Our Lady of Fontgombault
(Fontgombault, December 8, 2014)
Invenerunt puerum.
They found the child. (Matt. 2:11)...
Embracing the Future with Hope
Dominicana - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:30 am Pope Francis has designated this year as the “Year of Consecrated Life,” inviting the Church to come to a deeper understanding of the gift of the consecrated life in the midst of...
Benedictine College Mourns Loss of Monk Who Brought Marian Consecration to College
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:26 am Benedictine College in Atchison, Kans., is mourning the passing of one of its Benedictine monks, Father Bruce Swift, OSB, according to The Gregorian Institute. The 82-year-old...
Former CUA President Bishop O’Connell Recovering from Amputation Surgery
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:25 am Bishop David O’Connell of the Trenton Diocese, who has devoted a great deal of his priesthood to Catholic higher education, is recovering from a surgery which required the...
Study Provides Religious Affiliation of Members of Incoming Congress
The Religion Clause - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:15 am Pew Forum yesterday published its study of The Religious Composition of the 114th Congress which is sworn in today. It is 57.2% Protestant; 30.7% Catholic; 5.2% Jewish; 3% Mormon...
True models of conversion: wise men believed in love, not worldly power
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:10 am Vatican City, Jan 6, 2015 / 07:05 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On the solemnity of the Epiphany, Pope Francis said that the journey of
the three wise men reflects a path of conversion...
Religious School Exempt From Arizona Unemployment Insurance Tax
The Religion Clause - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:10 am In Above and Beyond Child Care Inc. v. State of Arizona, (App. Bd., Dec. 19, 2014), the Arizona Department of Economic Security Appeals Board held that a church-affiliated pre-...
