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Peter Claver vs. Immanuel Kant
Integrated Catholic Life - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:04 pm One of the greatest heroes of the social justice wing of the Church is, quite rightly, the seventeenth century “slave of the slaves,” St. Peter Claver. Born in Barcelona, Claver...
Catholic laity and the undiscussed sex scandal of our times
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm Bad clergy are always problematic, but it's Catholic parents who are these days helping along a serious strain of sin.What group is responsible for the biggest sex scandals...
How to celebrate the Church’s liturgical year when you’re single
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm You don't need a spouse or children to benefit from the rich celebrations and events in the life of the Church.If you’re like me, you notice when the priest wears a different...
5 Saints who could fly
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm Through divine intervention, these saints defied the laws of gravity.Being the creator and sustainer of the universe, God has the power to bend the rules every once and a while....
Standing for life, while on his knees
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: September 18, 2017Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, of the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, was arrested on September 15, 2017 for praying and handing out...
The tragic story of the “lost” Spanish mission discovered on a Georgia barrier island
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm Archaeologists discover over 2 million artifacts from the site where 5 Franciscan friars were martyred.In the early 1590s, decades before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, six...
Why you need to buck up and start being the “mean mom”
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm It's really doing my kids a disservice to try to give them the most awesome childhood ever.I don’t know about you, but I find it difficult to tell my kids “no.” Sometimes it’s...
Monks shall not live on beer alone
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm Monastic pairings: A guide to enjoying Trappist cheese and beers.Chimay is perhaps one of the best-known of all Trappist beers available on the market, if not the most popular of...
Internet challenges: Help your kids be white knights, not “blue whales”
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm Having a proactive, mediated approach to tech helps to maintain a bulwark against things like the Blue Whale challenge. The “Blue Whale” controversy has once again brought front-...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Sep 17, 2017 at 7:29 pm In Canada v. Gregg, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146892 (WD VA, Sept. 12, 2017), a Virginia federal district court dismissed a Muslim inmate's complaint that changes in the common fare...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/09/17
Catholic Herald - Sep 17, 2017 at 6:01 pm Catholics “must always forgive”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). A Filipino priest held captive by ISIS-affiliated militants has been released....
Bishop Schneider on Prof. Seifert, Cardinal Caffarra, and the Duty to Resist
OnePeterFive - Sep 17, 2017 at 5:20 pm Editor’s Note: the following is an interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider, conducted by OnePeterFive’s Dr. Maike Hickson. Bishop Schneider is Auxiliary Bishop in the...
Take in more refugees, not fewer, bishops urge White House
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 17, 2017 at 5:07 pm Washington D.C., Sep 17, 2017 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Trump administration is reportedly planning to further reduce the number of refugees the U.S. will accept in the...
Japan, the Pope: suicides and divorces? May the Church be light
Vatican Insider - Sep 17, 2017 at 2:49 pm We must not resort to a "paralysing" dialogue. Faced with "the high rate of divorce, the number of suicides, even among young people, and the phenomenoon of hikikomori - people...
Daily Readings for Monday, September 18, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 17, 2017 at 2:10 pm Reading 1: 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 28:2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 28:7-9, Gospel: Luke 7:1-10
St. Joseph of Cupertino: Saint of the Day for Monday, September 18, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 17, 2017 at 2:10 pm St. Joseph was born in 1603 at Cupertino, in the diocese of Nardo in the Kingdom of Naples. After spending his childhood and adolescence in ...
Body of Christ, Save Me!: Prayer of the Day for Monday, September 18, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 17, 2017 at 2:10 pm Body of Christ, save me!
Save me from my great arch-enemy,
my weak and faltering self.
Save me from all greed of money,
of power, and of ...
Two Prayers for St. Joseph of Cupertino’s Intercession
Big C Catholics - Sep 17, 2017 at 2:00 pm These prayers to St. Joseph of Cupertino, the patron of students and those who study, are most beneficial for those taking all manner of examinations. They have to be said before...
St. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor and Mystic
Big C Catholics - Sep 17, 2017 at 1:12 pm Optional Memorial - September 18thSt. Joseph of Cupertino is an inspiration for anyone who has felt they can never do anything right. This slow, clumsy and most unlikely saint is...
Hildegard of Bingen: A mystic and musician ahead of her time
Aleteia - Sep 17, 2017 at 1:00 pm This Doctor of the Church was a real Renaissance woman.Having established herself as an authority in theology, philosophy, science, medicine, Christian mysticism and natural...
