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“Destroy the darkness of disrespect for human life and the darkness of vengeance”

Vatican Insider - Sep 7, 2017 at 4:30 pm

A swaying rain soaked the Simón Bolívar Park where Pope Francis celebrated his first Colombian Mass, at the same place where, 31 years ago St. John Paul II celebrated Mass before...

#RNA2017: Religion journalists gather in Music City — and GetReligion is on the scene

GetReligion - Sep 7, 2017 at 4:27 pm

If you're not following it already, here's a Twitter hashtag for you: #RNA2017. The Religion News Association's 68th annual conference is underway is Music City — Nashville, Tenn...

Attorneys General in 20 States Want Supreme Court to Lift Ban on New Planned Parenthood Expose’ Videos

LifeNews.com - Sep 7, 2017 at 4:25 pm

Attorneys general in 20 states asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow the release of undercover footage of abortion activists by pro-life investigator David Daleiden...

Pope Francis addresses the Conference of Latin American Bishops

News.va - Sep 7, 2017 at 4:15 pm

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis appreciated the efforts of the Conference of Latin American Bishops (CELAM) of making their conference a home at the service of communion and the...

The significance of Pope Francis' speech to Latin America's bishops

Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 7, 2017 at 4:09 pm

Bogotá, Colombia, Sep 7, 2017 / 03:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- What is likely one of the most important speeches of Pope Francis' visit to Colombia, political processes aside, and one...

Pope Francis lays out his vision for Church's mission in Latin America

Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:55 pm

Bogotá, Colombia, Sep 7, 2017 / 02:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic Church must avoid a sense of superiority and clericalism and instead teach forgiveness, reconciliation, and...

St. Willebrord Church hosts meeting about DACA ruling

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:43 pm

GREEN BAY – President Donald Trump’s Sept. 5 ruling to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an executive order that was implemented under President Barack...

St. Louis Catholic schools respond to hurricane relief efforts

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:38 pm

By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker It began with a video on Facebook — students at St. Norbert School in...

Anti-Catholics Left and Right

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:35 pm

In this corner, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, bringing her astonishing mind reading powers to bear on Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s nominee to the Seventh Circuit: The Daily Caller has ...

St. Mary of Victories first Rosary Run is a “devotion in motion”

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:15 pm

By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker It's not just a run and not just a walk, but a "devotion in motion."...

Tim Tebow’s Mother Pam Tebow Will Headline 2018 March for Life

LifeNews.com - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:12 pm

Pam Tebow, the mother of Christian sports star Tim Tebow, will headline the 2018 March for Life dinner that precedes the March for Life march and rally. Tebow is best known for...

Pope in Colombia tells young people to dare to dream big

News.va - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:10 pm

(Vatican Radio) Calling himself a pilgrim of peace and hope Pope Francis urged some 22,000 young people gathered in Bogotá’s Bolivar Square not be afraid of the future: “Dare to...

Pope Francis in Colombia: Key points from speech to bishops

News.va - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:10 pm

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ met on Thursday with Colombia’s bishops, encouraging them to provide practical guidance and spiritual leadership at this crucial moment of their...

Pro-life leaders beseech Congress to follow through on promise to defund Planned Parenthood

LifeSiteNews - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:08 pm

A letter was sent to Capitol Hill on Tuesday reminding legislators to act quickly to stop taxpayer funding for abortion.

The Feast of St Cloud

New Liturgical Movement - Sep 7, 2017 at 3:00 pm

September 7th is noted in the Martyrology as the feast day of St Clodoaldus, whose name in English is “Cloud”, and usually pronounced by English-speakers as it is written, as in “...

Bishop backs British politician for ‘fearlessly’ defending life, marriage

LifeSiteNews - Sep 7, 2017 at 2:58 pm

Shrewsbury Bishop Mark Davies applauded MP Jacob Rees-Mogg for speaking publically about 'Christian convictions on which our society was built.'

Cardinal Burke: Formal correction would ‘require’ Pope Francis to teach what Church ‘has always taught’

LifeSiteNews - Sep 7, 2017 at 2:52 pm

The formal correction would 'require the Pope...to teach what the Catholic Church has always taught and practiced.'

Daily Readings for Friday, September 08, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 7, 2017 at 2:50 pm

Reading 1: Micah 5:1-4, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 13:6, Gospel: Matthew 1:18-23, Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16

A Prayer for Grandparents.: Prayer of the Day for Friday, September 08, 2017