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Broken and Blessed #LawnChairCatechism
Snoring Scholar - Jul 30, 2014 at 8:00 am Being a sinner sure isn’t easy.
Wait. Yes it is. It comes all too naturally to me.
I no sooner walk out of confession, clean as a whistle, than I’m back at it, somehow.
But the...
Members mourn Atlanta church; why don’t they talk?
GetReligion - Jul 30, 2014 at 8:00 am When a congregation has to leave its church building, it’s like moving away from home. Members remember all the things that happened there. They think of fun and funny anecdotes,...
Chapter 10: Steamrollers: Sacraments of Healing {Lawn Chair Catechism}
CatholicMom.com - Jul 30, 2014 at 8:00 am Welcome to this summer’s Lawn Chair Catechism! We’re reading Joe Paprocki’s best-selling book, A Well-Built Faith: A Catholic’s Guide to Knowing and Sharing What We Believe. We’re...
The Cardinal Virtues and You: Part I
Making Things Visible - Jul 30, 2014 at 8:00 am Today the concept of a “virtuous life” is foreign to most Western minds. Yet, there is often discourse on the “good old days” or some arbitrary time when things were “different.”...
Michael Perry: From a guitar playing teen to the Head of the Franciscan Order (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 30, 2014 at 7:53 am To view the video click here.
Pope sends off Cardinal Francesco Marchisano in funeral Mass (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 30, 2014 at 7:50 am To view the video click here.
Pregnancy Resource Center Reaches Mark of 2M People Helped
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 30, 2014 at 7:38 am Heartbeat International, a pregnancy resource center, announced that two million people have now reached out to its 24-hour hotline Option Line®, designed for those seeking...
The View in El Salvador
CatholicMom.com - Jul 30, 2014 at 7:00 am Editor’s Note: Thanks to Rachel Balducci for sharing the incredible experience she had on a recent trip to El Salvador. -SR
It was a moment of grace that brought me to El...
Editor's Notebook — Violence rages as Pope pleads for peace; immigrants welcomed in Pittsburgh; the return of Albert Cutie; Pope Francis' keys to happiness.
OSV Daily Take - Jul 30, 2014 at 6:58 amThe Devil’s Martyrs and Contrition
Dominicana - Jul 30, 2014 at 6:30 am To depart from evil is understanding (Job 28:28).
Sin is something altogether mysterious and awful: a turning away from God and a turning to the changeable good. As broken human...
Protestors slam global failure to save missing Nigerian girls
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 30, 2014 at 6:19 am Washington D.C., Jul 30, 2014 / 06:19 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Gathering outside the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C. to mark the
100th day since the kidnapping of nearly 300...
California Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Police Officer's Religious Discrimination Claim
The Religion Clause - Jul 30, 2014 at 6:14 am In Longmire v. City of Oakland, (CA App., July 28, 2014), a California appellate court upheld a trial court's dismissal of a religious discrimination suit filed by a police...
He’s back: Albert Cutié, five years later
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 30, 2014 at 6:10 am Five years after he left the Catholic Church under a cloud of scandal, the Father talks about fatherhood. From Huffington Post: “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” recently caught up...
Even Congratulating The Pope Has Fallen Victim To Politics
The Religion Clause - Jul 30, 2014 at 6:05 am The Hill reported yesterday that the seemingly routine H. Res. 440, a House Resolution that would congratulate Pope Francis on his election last March and recognize his...
Peru's bishops call for �new battle' against threats to life, family
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 30, 2014 at 6:01 am Recalling the example of national military heroes, Peru's bishops called for "a new battle against selfishness, hedonism, and relativism" in a message for the nation's...
Catholic Techie Thomas Deliduka
CatholicMom.com - Jul 30, 2014 at 6:00 am
In my never-ending quest for Catholic Techies, I recently realized that no laptop should be left unturned. So who better to attack harass interview that Thomas Deliduka?
You may...
Agency seeks donations for emergency aid for fleeing Iraqi Christians
Catholic Herald - Jul 30, 2014 at 5:48 am A US-based international Catholic agency has issued a plea for emergency funds to help tens of thousands of Christians forced to flee their homes in the northern Iraqi city of...
Dallas bishop asks lawyers to assist migrant children
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 30, 2014 at 5:42 am Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas, joined by Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, appealed to lawyers to volunteer to assist unaccompanied migrant children.
The children "are running...
Bishops' plea to US government: help Iraqi Christians
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 30, 2014 at 5:41 am Washington D.C., Jul 30, 2014 / 04:41 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops have urged the U.S. government to assist Iraqi Christian victims of persecution, while France has...
Bishops' plea to US government: help Iraqi Christians
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 30, 2014 at 5:41 am Washington D.C., Jul 30, 2014 / 05:41 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. bishops have urged the U.S. government to assist Iraqi Christian victims of persecution, while France has...
