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Vatican reform process ‘nearly complete,’ C9 member says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Sep 11, 2017 at 1:16 pm Pope Francis' international Council of Cardinals -- the so-called C9 -- is nearly done with its work of advising the pope on a major reform of the Vatican bureaucracy, the...
16 Years Later: The Era that Ended on 9/11/2001
OnePeterFive - Sep 11, 2017 at 1:08 pm Every year, I think I’m not going to write about it, but then I start looking back. I look at the pictures people post. The memories of where they were. The footage. This year I...
Saint Bernard on the Most Holy Name of Mary
Big C Catholics - Sep 11, 2017 at 1:01 pm Look to the star of the sea, call upon Mary … in danger, in distress, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. May her name never be far from your lips, or far from your heart …...
Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary
Big C Catholics - Sep 11, 2017 at 1:00 pm Feast Day - September 12thIn accordance with Jewish custom our Lady's parents named her eight days after her birth, and were inspired to call her Mary. The feast of the Holy Name...
U.S. judge tells Christian churches they must cover abortion in insurance plan
LifeSiteNews - Sep 11, 2017 at 12:44 pm The judge told the Christian churches that they failed to state an adequate claim.
Irma weakens at it heads north, but leaves path of destruction
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Sep 11, 2017 at 12:35 pm A weakened Hurricane Irma churned in Florida after ripping through southern portions of the state and the Caribbean islands, flooding cities, knocking out power to millions,...
Toledo Ohio May Become Abortion Free: Last Clinic Fined $40,000 for Violations, Could be Closed Soon
LifeNews.com - Sep 11, 2017 at 12:19 pm Toledo, Ohio is on it’s way to becoming abortion free.
Today, Ohio Right to Life announced that the Ohio Department of Health issued a significant Civil Fine of $40,000.00 against...
Archbishop Hebda, Sen. Klobuchar ask Congress to help ‘Dreamers’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Sep 11, 2017 at 12:17 pm “Today I join the others here in calling for Congress to come together and protect the ‘Dreamers’ from deportation and secure their future,” Archbishop Hebda said.
Daily Reading for Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 11, 2017 at 12:05 pm Reading 1, Colossians 3:1-11
1 Since you have been raised up to be with Christ, you must look for the things that are above, where Christ is, sitting ...
Bruised, not broken: Pope encourages Colombians to pursue peace
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Sep 11, 2017 at 12:03 pm Pope Francis said he had no magic words or special recipes for Colombians seeking peace, but rather he wanted to listen to them, learn from them and travel a bit of the road with...
Pink dolphins and yellow-mustached lizards discovered hiding in the rainforest
Aleteia - Sep 11, 2017 at 12:00 pm 381 new species found in the Amazon.A report from the World Wildlife Fund has found that a total of 381 new species of wildlife have been discovered in the Amazon rainforest...
A List of Saints for Back-to-School Prayer Time
CatholicMom.com - Sep 11, 2017 at 12:00 pm Copyright 2008 Steve Snodgrass via Flickr, CC BY 2.0
With back-to-school season upon us in droves, I have noticed something this week: spiritual unrest. Here in Western New York,...
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The Reason for Our Hope - Sep 11, 2017 at 11:54 am This citation from Psalm 92 was in my mind today as I wandered through a grove of stunningly beautiful cedar trees in a high mountain area about two hours north of Beirut in...
Home Again
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Sep 11, 2017 at 11:52 am NEW YORK — Genteel decorum prevails in the romantic comedy “Home Again” (Open Road). At least, it does so everywhere beyond the confines of its protagonist’s bedroom. The result...
California Nursing Board Demands Pregnancy Centers Stop Training Nurses How to Reverse the Abortion Pill
LifeNews.com - Sep 11, 2017 at 11:50 am If there was any doubt about California’s status as the nation’s standard-bearer for abortion, a letter sent Sept. 5 by the state’s Board of Registered Nursing should clear that...
Hey AP: St. Nicholas Orthodox Church at 9/11 ground zero will be 'flanked by towers'?
GetReligion - Sep 11, 2017 at 11:33 am I think about 9/11 every day, during my weeks in New York City teaching at The King's College in lower Manhattan.
There's a logical reason. When in New York, I live in a residence...
Pope talks acid attack victim out of taking her own life
Catholic Herald - Sep 11, 2017 at 11:26 am An acid attack victim who planned to die by euthanasia has changed her mind after talking to Pope Francis. Consuela Cordoba planned to end her life with a doctor’s help under...
Catholic judicial nominee grilled by senators on her religious views
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Sep 11, 2017 at 11:25 am Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, spurred outrage about possible religious tests for judicial appointees when she questioned a Catholic judicial nominee Sept. 6 about what...
Christians must not allow this man to lead Alberta’s new conservative party
LifeSiteNews - Sep 11, 2017 at 11:20 am If Christians want a place in Alberta's new United Conservative Party, then they must make sure that leadership candidate Brian Jean doesn’t.
Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight press conference from Colombia
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 11, 2017 at 11:10 am Aboard the papal plane, Sep 11, 2017 / 10:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his conversation with journalists on the return flight from Cartagena to Rome on Monday, Pope Francis touched...