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The Church is about Christ – not an NGO, Pope tells Swiss bishops
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 2, 2014 at 5:30 am Vatican City, Dec 2, 2014 / 05:30 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In an address to the Swiss bishops on Monday, Pope Francis urged them maintain a lively faith, lest their country's...
Westminster and Northampton Dioceses Prepare for Year of Consecrated Life
Diocese of Westminster - Dec 2, 2014 at 5:24 am On Saturday 15 November fifty Religious from various Congregations and from Westminster and Northampton Dioceses assembled at the Niland Centre to prepare for the celebration of...
Putting ourselves in the hands of surgeons and God
Catholic Herald - Dec 2, 2014 at 5:05 am I have just been reading Do No Harm, the memoirs of Henry Marsh, a neurosurgeon. It would make a good Christmas present for someone connected to the medical world as it is an...
'Year for Vocations': English diocese stresses universal call to sainthood
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 2, 2014 at 5:04 am Shrewsbury, England, Dec 2, 2014 / 04:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Alongside the Year for Consecrated Life called for by Pope Francis, the Diocese of Shrewsbury, England, is observing...
Daily Reflection for December 2, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Dec 2, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 10: 21-24
I fall into this trap all too often. Fear, doubt, pride and envy always lead me to believe that I have nothing of worth to offer. This causes me...
Police officer leans on Catholic faith during Ferguson crisis
Franciscan Media - Dec 2, 2014 at 5:00 am
ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- Among the iconic images of the 9/11 tragedy,
photographs of policemen and firefighters stand out: The first
responders were entering the doomed World Trade...
Ukrainian Catholic leader: �as long as we are on the side of good, we are invincible'
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2014 at 4:44 am The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the largest of the Eastern Catholic churches in full communion with the Holy See, recently marked the first anniversary of...
Jerusalem vicar: coexistence of Hebrew, Arab Catholics is sign of hope for Holy Land
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2014 at 4:12 am Amid rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, the patriarchal vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics said that the coexistence of Hebrew and Arab Catholics...
Thousands of Tango dancers to perform for Pope's birthday
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 2, 2014 at 4:01 am Rome, Italy, Dec 2, 2014 / 04:43 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis enjoys the customs of his native Argentina. He drinks mate – an Argentinean tea – he follows soccer, and likes...
Problems for Iraq's Christian refugees are �totally overwhelming,' says nun
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2014 at 4:00 am The prioress of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Iraq has described the difficult circumstances of refugees who have fled the advance of the Islamic State.
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ASK FATHER: “To contribute to the support of one’s pastor.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 2, 2014 at 4:00 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
If one spends hundreds of dollars a years on Mass stipends, can that be considered keeping the precept of the Church that says one must “contribute to...
Don’t let the Church become just another NGO, Pope tells Swiss bishops
Catholic Herald - Dec 2, 2014 at 3:55 am The Catholic bishops of Switzerland have a serious obligation to ensure that the Church does not become just another non-governmental organisation (NGO), Pope Francis has said....
Vatican cricket club pay tribute to Phillip Hughes
Catholic Herald - Dec 2, 2014 at 3:47 am St Peter’s Cricket Club, the Vatican’s cricket team, has paid tribute to Phillip Hughes, the Australian batsman who died last week.
The players joined the ‘#putoutyourbats’...
Thousands of Tango dancers to perform for Pope's birthday
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 2, 2014 at 3:43 am Rome, Italy, Dec 2, 2014 / 02:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis enjoys the customs of his native Argentina. He drinks mate – an Argentinean tea – he follows soccer, and likes...
Boko Haram escalates terror campaign in Nigeria; Christian town attacked
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2014 at 3:33 am Militants attacked the northeastern Nigerian town of Shani, a largely Christian town in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria.
The Islamist movement Boko Haram, whose campaign of...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 2, 2014 at 3:30 am “Kindness has converted more people than zeal, science, or eloquence.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta; No Greater Love) Print this entry
Archbishop Cupich on Holy Communion and pro-abortion politicians
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 2, 2014 at 3:17 am During an appearance on the television news show Face the Nation, Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago addressed questions about the reception of Holy Communion by pro-abortion ...
Pope: Knowledge alone doesn't reveal God; humble prayer does
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 2, 2014 at 2:47 am Vatican City, Dec 2, 2014 / 02:47 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In his homily on Tuesday, Pope Francis said that no matter how much we
study, we will never know anything about God unless...
Ferguson Highlights the Neglect of Boys
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 2, 2014 at 2:10 am
A couple of years ago, a fellow professor at my school, not indicative of the quality of the education we provide, began her course by informing the students that if they were...
Popularity of Latin Liturgy is Not “Unfortunate”
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 2, 2014 at 2:00 am
In an article on the website Millennials, sponsored by Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, William Bornhoft accuses “TLM Millennials” of hindering the new evangelization...
