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Vatican Meeting next week to decide fate of Belgian Brothers of Charity
Catholic Herald - Sep 18, 2017 at 6:02 am The superior general of the Belgian Brothers of Charity is to meet with Vatican officials next week after a hospital group sponsored by the Brothers decided to keep offering...
Loneliness: A silent killer
Aleteia - Sep 18, 2017 at 6:00 am Loneliness and social isolation could now be a greater risk factor for premature death than obesity.Of all the health threats we hear about on a near-daily basis – smoking,...
Confidence and Humility: The perfect balance
CatholicMom.com - Sep 18, 2017 at 6:00 am Copyright 2017 Marya Jauregui. All rights reserved.
Why am I drawn to this topic? First of all, it is the type of person that I LOVE to be around. Also it’s the person I strive to...
Israel's High Court Erodes Rabbinate's Monopoly On Kosher Certification
The Religion Clause - Sep 18, 2017 at 6:00 am By a vote of 5-2, last week an expanded panel of Israel's High court of Justice handed down a ruling which moves toward breaking the Chief Rabbinate's monopoly on designation of...
Archbishop calls for peace amid protests over St. Louis verdict
EWTN - US Latest News - Sep 18, 2017 at 5:29 am Washington D.C., Sep 18, 2017 / 05:29 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Archbishop of St. Louis called for prayer and peace after a judge acquitted a former St. Louis police officer in the...
Historic Armenian church desecrated in southeast Turkey (World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 5:09 amPope Francis: Angelus address on Mt. 18:21-35 (full text) (Holy See Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 5:09 am A video of the address is available here.
Federal court: farmer's market cannot ban vendor who won't host same-sex weddings (Religion Clause)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 5:09 amNepal's new criminal code punishes all religious conversions (AsiaNews.it)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 5:09 amTunisia lifts ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims (Al Jazeera)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 5:09 amPolish bishops criticise government over migrants
Catholic Herald - Sep 18, 2017 at 5:06 am Standing at an outdoor pulpit at Poland’s holiest Roman Catholic site, the nation’s top church leader delivered a message to the president and prime minister seated before him:...
Deadliest ISIS attack in Iraq in recent months (AsiaNews.it)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 4:09 am The Sunni Muslim jihadist group targeted a southern Iraqi city through which Shiite Muslim pilgrims travel.
Vatican newspaper: arms industry helps drive North Korean crisis (L'Osservatore Romano)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 4:09 am In a front-page op-ed, Giuseppe Fiorentino (the paper's vice-editor) argued that the Korean peninsula is the most heavily armed area in the world and that the armament industry...
Slaves on our streets: Cardinal Nichols chairs think tank's first roundtable on abolishing modern slavery (The Independent)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 4:09 amAbducted priest Fr Suganob rescued by Philippine troops
Catholic Herald - Sep 18, 2017 at 4:08 am Philippine troops have rescued Catholic priest Fr Chito Suganob and another civilian who were among dozens of people abducted in May when hundreds of militants aligned with the...
In fight against sex abuse, Australian archbishop sees progress, challenges
EWTN - World Catholic News - Sep 18, 2017 at 3:50 am Sydney, Australia, Sep 18, 2017 / 03:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Amid ongoing controversy surrounding clerical sex abuse in Australia,
one of the country's archbishops believes that...
Daily Gospel Reflection for September 18, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Sep 18, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 7:1-10
“Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof…”
At Mass when the priest speaks these familiar words, “Behold the...
Cardinal Nichols offers prayers for victims of London bombing (Catholic Church in England and Wales)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 3:09 am On September 15, a bomb exploded at the Parsons Green tube station in London, injuring 30. Click here for an updated summary of news on the explosion.
Cardinal Farrell discusses his new dicastery's work (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 3:09 am Cardinal Kevin Farrell has led the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life since its inception a year ago.
North Korea launches another missile, escalating crisis (New York Times)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 18, 2017 at 3:09 am The Vatican newspaper gave this story front-page coverage in its 9/16 edition.
