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Will the appointment of new cardinals advance reform?
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:32 am Vatican City, Jan 5, 2015 / 01:32 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In creating 20 new cardinals – 15 of whom will be cardinal electors –
Pope Francis has continued to set his sights on the...
Encountering the Word — Amos 5:24
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:30 am A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.” (Amos 5:24) Print this entry
The Most Bible Geekiest Thing in All of Space and Time
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:24 am I dedicate this post to Scott Hahn, Michael Barber, Ted Sri, and Tim Gray.
You can pre-order Sherry Weddell’s next book!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:19 am It will be coming out January 15 and is the follow up to her smash best-seller Forming Intentional Disciples. It is called Becoming a Parish of Intentional Disciples and Sherry...
“Let y’all know!” The Epiphany chant announcement of 2015’s liturgical dates
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 5, 2015 at 12:01 am
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Someone posted a printable image of the Noveritis (“Let y’all know”) in Gregorian chant notation for the singing of the liturgical dates for 2014 which takes place...
Cuts Like a Knife: The Scandal of Christ's Circumcision
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jan 5, 2015 at 12:00 am Last Thursday, January 1, was the Solemnity of the Mother of God, a commemoration formerly known as the Circumcision of the Lord. Fr. Steve Grunow wonders if the Circumcision of...
Publication of the Date of Easter 2015 on the Day of the Epiphany
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 4, 2015 at 11:26 pm For general explanations about this very old use of publishing the date of Easter after the gospel of the Epiphany, see our previous post of 2012 here!ROMAN RITEHere is the chant...
Encountering Jesus on Epiphany
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 4, 2015 at 11:01 pm Even though I’ve been at this mom thing for ten years, I catch myself learning things all the time in the arena of motherhood. In the past, I’ve blamed this on the fact that I’m a...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/01/15
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2015 at 11:00 pm We must always believe that peace is possible, “despite any appearances to the contrary”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, short video, full video).
The...
The deacon serves “on his knees looking up, not on his throne looking down”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2015 at 10:46 pm Those words came from a homily delivered at an unusual ordination this weekend in Albany. From The Troy Record: Frederick Richard Lesser, a widowed father of three grown children...
Studying the Mass Taken to the Next Level with Altaration
Snoring Scholar - Jan 4, 2015 at 8:28 pm Brand-new and not-yet-released from Ascension Press and one of my very favorite youth ministry people (Mark Hart): Altaration. (I don’t even have a link to share yet. It’s THAT...
Priest Says Super Typhoon Yolanda Claimed More Than 15,000 Lives
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm The onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013 claimed far more lives than originally estimated. At a Mass yesterday, Fr. Mario Sobrejuanite, a priest from Tacloban in...
Christian Schools in Jordan Welcome Iraqi Children
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm Iraqi children forced to flee have been welcomed by Christian schools in Jordan. According to Fides, Caritas Jordan has been instrumental in having a government committee...
Vatican Official, Soon to Be Cardinal Speaks on Pope's Choices
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis' choices for who will be made new cardinals reflect the universality of the Church. This is the view of Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme...
Church in US Celebrating National Migration Week
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm National Migration Week 2015 is underway in the United States through Saturday with the theme, "We are One Family under God.” The celebration of National Migration Week provides...
The Vatican Has Long Promoted Intangible Values; Can They Be Measured?
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm The single most important paradigm shift of this century, indeed the hallmark of our understanding of today's new society, is that "total value" represents not only "financial...
Pope: There's no Future without Peace (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm To view the video click here.
2014 Was a Record Year for Pope Francis
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm 2014 was a record year for Pope Francis, which ended with more than 6 million people attending Vatican events, as recorded by the Prefecture of the Papal Household, between...
Church in Sri Lanka, Ready to Welcome Pope Francis, Offers Roadmap for Peace
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm This report is contributed by Reinhard Backes of Aid to the Church in Need. * * *
Deep wounds have barely begun healing. Only a few years have passed since Sri Lanka’s civil...
For the record: Papal Announcement of New Cardinals
Rorate Coeli - Jan 4, 2015 at 5:12 pm Below, please find the complete text of the Pope’s announcement, with the names of all those set to be elevated to the Cardinalate:
“As was already announced, on February 14 next...
