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Catalan bishops call for calm as Spain cracks down on independence vote
Catholic Herald - Sep 21, 2017 at 7:19 am Bishops in Catalonia have appealed for calm after Spanish raided offices and detained local politicians ahead of a planned independence referendum. Catalonia’s regional parliament...
Daily Reading for Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 21, 2017 at 7:19 am Reading 1, First Timothy 6:13-16
13 Now, before God, the source of all life, and before JesusChrist, who witnessed to his noble profession of faith ...
St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
New Liturgical Movement - Sep 21, 2017 at 7:00 am September 21st is the feast of St Matthew, and so I offer this as the latest in my running series on the images of the Saints named in the Roman Canon.St Matthew often has a long...
Bishop Schneider: priests must resist pressure on Communion for remarried
Catholic Herald - Sep 21, 2017 at 6:45 am Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said priests have to follow the Church’s constant practice on Communion, even if their bishops and religious superiors command them to do otherwise...
Pope admits Catholic church waited too long to respond to clergy abuse crisis
Vatican Insider - Sep 21, 2017 at 6:19 am Pope Francis has admitted that the Catholic church waited too long before taking reports of clergy sexual abuse seriously, suggesting that the former practice of moving priests...
How Angela Merkel and Pope Francis are reshaping the world
Catholic Herald - Sep 21, 2017 at 6:10 am When Germans go to the polls this Sunday, they are likely to re-elect Angela Merkel as chancellor, an office she has occupied since 2005. Merkel’s expected victory will be all the...
My visit to the scene of a martyrdom
Catholic Herald - Sep 21, 2017 at 6:10 am The bullet holes are still there in the room in Santiago Atitlan, in the highlands of Guatemala, where Fr Stanley Francis Rother was murdered on July 28, 1981. One is in the floor...
Why Hollywood turned against Catholic priests
Catholic Herald - Sep 21, 2017 at 6:10 am In film history, the priest has been among the most common and enduring characters, and to a large extent has been played by actors of Catholic background. From the 1930s,...
The Pope: Catholics are often scandalized by mercy
Vatican Insider - Sep 21, 2017 at 6:09 am The problem arises from “That ‘how come?’ which we’ve heard so many times from Catholics when they saw works of mercy. How come? Jesus is clear, He is very clear: ‘Go and learn.’...
Book Notes: Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) by Brandon Vogt
CatholicMom.com - Sep 21, 2017 at 6:00 am
One of the greatest commonalities I find among families is that all of us have at least one person who has left the Catholic faith. For those of us with teen or adult children...
The carillon is a 500-year-old music machine that still sounds enchanting
Aleteia - Sep 21, 2017 at 6:00 am Martin Molin builds and seeks out musical contraptions for his Youtube series Music Machine Mondays.Martin Molin is a musician and inventor who uses his skills as an engineer to...
Pope Francis receives Italian Antimafia Parliamentary Commission
News.va - Sep 21, 2017 at 5:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday met with the Italian Antimafia Parliamentary Commission in the Vatican.
In his prepared remarks to the group, the Holy Father began by...
Cardinal Sarah says we shouldn’t pray with our phones. I’m not so sure
Catholic Herald - Sep 21, 2017 at 5:37 am Until a week ago, I had generally been in total agreement with pretty much everything Cardinal Sarah says. But his remark last week gave me pause: “Perhaps it is very practical to...
UPDATE: Reversible travel vestments progress
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Sep 21, 2017 at 5:10 am Here is a VESTMENT PROJECT UPDATE. There is news about two projects, as a matter of fact.
First, there is progress on the reversible, Shantung silk travel vestments.
I have...
What is the one way in which life is actually fair?
Aleteia - Sep 21, 2017 at 5:00 am It's the thing that, if we allow it to, teaches us mercy for others. Answering the phone, I was alarmed to hear only a deep, guttural sobbing on the other end. After a moment, the...
Why we shouldn’t give in to “group-think” online
Aleteia - Sep 21, 2017 at 5:00 am Human approval is a dangerous idol.There’s this Thomas Merton quote that kind of blew my mind. He says that part of seeking God is found in love, humility, peace, and everything...
ASK FATHER: What’s so difficult about learning to say the Traditional Latin Mass?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Sep 21, 2017 at 4:25 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
Maybe this question is too broad, but here goes: What is so difficult about saying/learning the EF? My pastor recently mentioned that he simply does not...
