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Prayers for Puerto Rico - Residents without food, water or electricity as some facilities reopen
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 26, 2017 at 12:00 am The situation in Puerto Rico remains dire as the first shipments of food arrive. The island has been without power, or drinkable water since ...
Pope Francis speaks about 'Love of Neighbor'
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 26, 2017 at 12:00 am On Monday, Pope Francis spoke to benefactors of the Vatican Swiss Guard about love of neighbor, which he said must first be steeped in love of Christ ...
North Korea moves warplanes to intercept American bombers
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 26, 2017 at 12:00 am North Korea has moved fighter jets to airfields on the eastern side of the peninsula to intercept American bombers, should any attempt to fly near ...
Douglas Campbell, John Paul II, and Christ's "Substitutionary" Death
The Sacred Page - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:11 pm I've been reading much from Pauline scholar Douglas Campbell's work on Paul. In particular, Campbell has written much on the topic of the atonement imagery in Romans 3.
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Avoiding Embarrassing Situations Receiving Holy Communion
Integrated Catholic Life - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:04 pm I was recently making a retreat at a Monastery in the Catskills. At Sunday Mass, I was asked by the Chaplain to distribute the Precious Blood to the nuns and lay people in...
Relics and martyrs: A potent Catholic response to the Reformation
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm The discovery of catacombs with frescoes and relics of incorruptible martyrs gave irrefutable testimony of the Church's history.On the 500th anniversary of the Protestant...
Fighting breast cancer? Here is a patron saint for you
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm St. Agatha is known for her intercession against this disease that affects both women and men.Little is known about the daily life of St. Agatha, an early Christian martyr of the...
POW! 5 Catholic comic book heroes
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Surprisingly, many popular superheroes were written as Catholics.This week we celebrated #NationalComicBookDay and it’s good to know that comic books have yet to go out of style,...
Did Padre Pio’s intercession save my dying husband’s soul?
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm I am convinced the saint was present in my husband's hospital room, interceding for him. God alone, I say, can enlighten the soul with his grace and show that soul what it is. —...
Our Lady of Providence, pray for us
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: September 26, 2017A statue of the Blessed Mother is seen amid debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, on September 22, 2017. Our...
5 Classic Catholic jokes
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm "A Jesuit, a Dominican, and a Trappist were marooned on a desert island."In case you didn’t know, some saints were well-known for having a good sense of humor. Philip Neri (“the...
Having your own “she shed” could be good for your relationship
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm But be aware of retreating too deeply into such solitary spaces.The latest “she shed” phenomenon, referred to by many media outlets as the female equivalent to the man cave, is...
This woman has found the secret to happiness, and it has nothing to do with having “a perfect life”
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Interview with Meme Alsina, a tetraplegic with a degree in library science.Here’s Meme Alsina in numbers: 98 percent of her body is paralyzed, she is 36 years old, she has 7...
What to do when you find prejudice in your own heart
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Prejudice is common and ordinary and we need to stop being afraid to talk about it. I was talking recently with a friend I admire, and found the courage to admit something I’d...
You Suggest: Retreat in Rome for entrepreneurs featuring Cardinal Burke
Rorate Coeli - Sep 25, 2017 at 10:00 pm "Startup Na Maxa/Start Up With Max" is an initiative aimed at making St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe the patron saint of start-ups and entrepreneurs. Fr. Kolbe was a man whose...
The Media's Portrayal of America vs. Reality
Creative Minority Report - Sep 25, 2017 at 8:08 pm If you were new to the planet and just watched American media, you'd think that Nazis were a solid 25 percent of the country, gays were about 20 percent of the population, and...
Can You Name These American-Born Venerables?
Big C Catholics - Sep 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm Church Pop has an excellent quiz all about the American-born venerabili. Their inspiring stories show us that heroic virtue is indeed possible, regardless of our circumstances,...
Republican Susan Collins Will Vote No on Defunding Planned Parenthood, Likely Killing the Bill
LifeNews.com - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:13 pm Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine says she will vote no on the bill to defund Planned Parenthood. Her no vote likely means the bill will die when it reaches the Senate...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/09/17
Catholic Herald - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:01 pm Cardinal Reinhard Marx has criticised rising nationalism after the AfD’s election breakthrough (German report). Distrusting God’s love is “the worst of sins”, Pope Francis has...
New climate commission could advance human dignity, US bishops tell Congress
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:01 pm Washington D.C., Sep 25, 2017 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- The United States should create a commission to combat the harms of climate change and promote human dignity as a whole, the U.S....
