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Daily Reading for Monday, September 18th, 2017 HD

Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:52 am
Reading 1, First Timothy 2:1-8 1 I urge then, first of all that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving should be offered for everyone, 2 ...

Pope contemplates Our Lady of Sorrows at Santa Marta Mass

News.va - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:36 am
Pope Francis’ homily at the Mass in the Casa Santa Marta this morning focused on the figure of Our Lady of Sorrows, whose feast day the Church celebrates on September 15th....

Pasta and Fontina Cheese Sauce

CatholicMom.com - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:30 am
Pasta and Fontina Cheese Sauce 1 lb. pasta (I like bucatini with this sauce but any pasta is good) 5 T. unsalted butter, divided 2 T. chopped red onion one clove garlic, minced 8...

Vatican recalls priest as child porn investigation opens

Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:26 am
Vatican City, Sep 15, 2017 / 06:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced Friday that after being informed by U.S. officials of a possible breach of child pornography laws on...

Vatican recalls priest as child porn investigation opens

EWTN - Vatican News - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:26 am
Vatican City, Sep 15, 2017 / 07:26 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Vatican announced Friday that after being informed by U.S. officials of a possible breach of child pornography laws on...

Was Jesus ever ignorant of his mission? That just isn’t Catholic doctrine

Catholic Herald - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:23 am
Could Jesus be ignorant and need to learn from others? The question comes up whenever Catholics go to Sunday Mass and hear Matthew 15:21-28 (as they did a few weeks ago). It’s the...

Beneficiaries give back

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:13 am
By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @legacyCatholic A little before 11 a.m. on a recent Friday, Ruth Raidt took her weekly...

The joy of giving

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:13 am
By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @legacyCatholic W ith the Annual Catholic Appeal and Beyond Sunday capital campaign...

Can’t make it to Adoration or to Mass? Try these live YouTube channels

Aleteia - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:00 am
These churches use the internet to broadcast Jesus' presence in the Eucharist to anyone in the world.There is a famous and true story about St. Clare of Assisi, the great friend...

Holy Land trip helps U.S. military veterans overcome PTSD

Franciscan Media - Sep 15, 2017 at 7:00 am
JERUSALEM (CNS) — Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, U.S. Army veteran Rocio Villanueva fell onto the stone of the unction where tradition holds that Jesus was laid out...

Daily Reading for Sunday, September 17th, 2017 HD

Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 15, 2017 at 6:44 am
Reading 1, Sirach 27:30--28:7 30 Resentment and anger, these are foul things too, and a sinner is a master at them both. 1 Whoever exacts vengeance ...

Former USCIRF Commissioner Cromartie Dies

The Religion Clause - Sep 15, 2017 at 6:10 am
A press release yesterday from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom reported that former USCIRF Commissioner Michael Cromartie died on Aug. 28. The release said...

Animal Rights Group Sues Police Over Lax Enforcement Against Kapparot Ritual

The Religion Clause - Sep 15, 2017 at 6:05 am
As the Jewish High Holidays approach, animal rights groups in California are again (see prior posting) attempting to stop the practice of using chickens for the pre-Yom Kippur...

Virtue of the Month: Trust

CatholicMom.com - Sep 15, 2017 at 6:00 am
Via Pixabay (2013), CC0 Public Domain. Text added in Picmonkey. TRUST “Trust is a fundamental basis of morality. ” Since first published by CatholicMom.com, the Virtue of the...

European Court Affirms Jurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts

The Religion Clause - Sep 15, 2017 at 6:00 am
In Nagy v. Hungary, (ECHR, Sept. 14, 2017), the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, by a vote of 10-7, upheld the exclusive jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts...

Is the Ark of the Covenant really in Ethiopia?

Aleteia - Sep 15, 2017 at 6:00 am
After the destruction of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, no one knows for sure where the Ark of the Covenant ended up.The monks living in the small Church of St. Mary of Zion...

Among 20th Century Jesuits, two heroic holy men stand out

Catholic Herald - Sep 15, 2017 at 5:57 am
The Jesuits have had a mixed press over the last half-century. During the pontificate of Pius XII they were seen as the shock troops of the Church: highly organised and very loyal...

What are the Vatican's next steps in the child porn case?

EWTN - US Latest News - Sep 15, 2017 at 5:49 am
Washington D.C., Sep 15, 2017 / 05:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- What happens when Vatican City State diplomats commit crimes? The recent recall of a Vatican diplomat from the U.S....

Cardinals Müller, Sarah urge unity, charity in liturgical matters

EWTN - World Catholic News - Sep 15, 2017 at 5:29 am
Rome, Italy, Sep 15, 2017 / 05:29 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Cardinals Gerhard Müller and Robert Sarah encouraged unity over partisanship at a conference held in Rome Thursday to mark...

Card Farrell: Importance of the Laity and hopes for World Meeting of Families

News.va - Sep 15, 2017 at 5:09 am
(Vatican Radio) It’s been just over a year since the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life was created by Pope Francis to replace the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the...
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