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Sunday Soundbite for September 24, 2017
Franciscan Media - Sep 20, 2017 at 12:30 am Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle A
September 24, 2017
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I once heard a quotation, and I’m sorry...
Sharing the Word for September 20, 2017
Franciscan Media - Sep 20, 2017 at 12:00 am Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions
September 20, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: 1 Timothy 3:14-16
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“Abducted in Iraq: A Priest in Baghdad” An Interview with Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Sep 20, 2017 at 12:00 am How do we respond in the face of evil, especially to those who inflict grave evil upon us? Abducted in Iraq is Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna’s firsthand account of his abduction in 2006...
MIRACLE: St. Januarius' blood liquefies in Naples - recreating blood miracle
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 20, 2017 at 12:00 am St. Januarius' blood miraculously liquefies three times a year: the Saturday before the first Sunday of May, September 19 and December 16.
Pope Francis changes status of John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 20, 2017 at 12:00 am On Tuesday Pope Francis issued a new motu proprio changing the legal status of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, making it a ...
It's time to pray for all those afflicted by disaster!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 20, 2017 at 12:00 am The Americas have been hit with an unprecedented string of disasters from fires, to hurricanes, to earthquakes. In response, millions of people have ...
Hundreds dead, missing as Mexico City recovers from massive quake that hit just two hours after nationwide earthquake drill
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 20, 2017 at 12:00 am A massive quake rocked Mexico City on the anniversary of the city's 1985 disaster. The quake, which measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale, has ...
Is the Virgin Mary appearing in a small Bavarian village? A thousand onlookers say yes
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 20, 2017 at 12:00 am Something is happening in the town of Unterflossing, Bavaria, but the Church is unsure what. However, hundreds of pilgrims say they know, they say ...
What We Learn From Darkness
Integrated Catholic Life - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:04 pm “I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel, who even at night directs my heart.” ~ Psalm 16 For decades I’ve called myself a morning person, an early bird. I am drawn to the...
3 Prayers of an exorcist that can drive out evil
Aleteia - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm An exorcist who performed 70,000 exorcisms recommended these powerful prayers.Since Eden, the devil has been “prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour...
Find out why this doctor sings to each baby he delivers (VIDEO)
Aleteia - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm This amazing doctor welcomes each new life into the world with song!When Dr. Carey Andrew-Jaja began as a resident, he met an OBGYN on staff who sang to each baby he delivered....
When spiritual desolation hits, here’s how to fight back
Aleteia - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm Difficult times are also opportunities for us to strengthen the musculature of our faith.Fourth in a Series on Jesuit Wisdom for Praying through Desolation As Archbishop Fulton...
Just clowning around
Aleteia - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: September 20, 2017Sister Veritas of the Sisters of Life spends some time playing with a group of young children in New York City at the 25th Anniversary Block...
What it’s like to be overweight in France
Aleteia - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm Gabrielle Deydier's account of discrimination is positively shocking and deserves to be taken seriously. To many, France is home to the Eiffel Tower, romance, and impossibly...
How not to read the Bible
Aleteia - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm If you're keen to break open holy Scripture, then whatever you do, don't do this.Contrary to some caricatures, plenty of Catholics are very familiar with the Bible, but there are...
American students ask prayers for French attacker who threw acid at them
Aleteia - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm Two Boston College students forgive attacker on social media.After being attacked in Marseilles, France, on Sunday by a woman who threw acid at her and three of her companions,...
The poor R us: Deal with it
Aleteia - Sep 19, 2017 at 11:00 pm I can’t think of a more idiotic idea than “Life does not deal you cards.”The crippled man on the bus had finished his community service; he’d been let down by a social worker who...
Standing for truth amid same-sex marriage protests at university
The Catholic Leader - Sep 19, 2017 at 9:45 pm WILSON is a 19-year-old homosexual university student opposed to same-sex marriage. In the heat of a national postal survey debate on whether to allow same-sex marriage, he stood...
Togo's bishops call for peace while reform goes to public vote
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 19, 2017 at 9:02 pm Lome, Togo, Sep 19, 2017 / 08:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Following Togo's largest protests in over a decade, the bishops of the small African country urged political leaders toward a...
A Legacy Co-Opted: What Really Lies Behind Changes to John Paul II Institute?
OnePeterFive - Sep 19, 2017 at 8:44 pm Image: modified screengrab of the current website for the Pontifical John Paul II Instittue in Washington, DC
Today in Rome, Pope Francis issued the sixteenth Motu Proprio of his...
