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The Triumph of the People’s Church
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:15 am
Continuing his commitment to a doctrinal vision that prioritizes the lived experiences and insights of ordinary Catholics over the authoritative teachings of the Church, Pope...
What Would St. Thomas More Look Like Today?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:10 am
Professor Benjamin Wiker’s new book, Saints versus Scoundrels, introduces readers to some of the “greatest questions” in life and philosophy by imagining what two historical...
Schedule released for papal visit to Chile, Peru (Crux)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am The Vatican has updated the official schedule for the visit by Pope Francis to Chile and Peru, which will take place January 15 to 21.
The Pope's Epiphany homily: 'the Magi see the star, they set out, and they bring gifts' (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am Click here for the video and here for the booklet for the papal Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on January 6. In some areas...
Pope Francis baptizes 34 babies of Vatican employees in Sistine Chapel (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am Click here for the video and here for the booklet for the papal Mass of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, celebrated in the Sistine Chapel on January 7. In some areas (such...
More than half of Iraq's displaced have returned home (AFP)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am 5.8 million Iraqis fled their homes for other areas of Iraq when ISIS invaded in 2014. 3.6 million have returned home.
North and South Korea agree to first talks in two years (AFP)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am L’Osservatore Romano (1/6 Italian ed.) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Remember the significance of your baptism, Pope tells faithful (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am Click here for video of the Pope’s Angelus address for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, delivered on January 7 to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.
Ukrainian bishop: 'most important mission of the Church is to bring God to the people' (Aid to the Church in Need)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am “We should not only give [the needy] bread and forget the soul,” said Bishop Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, a Latin-rite prelate in war-torn Ukraine. “It is not enough to just do good...
Jesus is met with 'careful searching, indifference, fear,' Pope says in Epiphany Angelus address (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am Click here for a video of the Angelus address, delivered on January 6 to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.
Papal audiences (1/5) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:01 am Pope Francis received, in separate audiences, the new ambassador of Lebanon, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, the apostolic nuncio in India and Nepal, and...
Spiritual Pride and Honest Humility in G.K. Chesterton’s “The Hammer of God”
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:00 am
Of the many symptoms and manifestations of pride—disobedience, stubbornness, willfulness, boastfulness, vanity, presumption, arrogance—spiritual pride does not express itself in...
The Pope: “Bullying is the work of Satan. At times, there is much evil in children!”
Vatican Insider - Jan 8, 2018 at 2:00 am “It starts from childhood, from when we are children and at school the weakest ones are attacked because they are fat, black, foreigner or just a little bit off. It is that...
Rely on God the Father's love, Sister of Life advises youth leaders
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 8, 2018 at 1:50 am Chicago, Ill., Jan 8, 2018 / 01:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The love of God the Father is an inexhaustible source of fulfillment for the human heart, Sr. Bethany Madonna of the...
Amoris Laetitia Stuff
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 8, 2018 at 1:17 am Since people have asked, here are my complete thoughts on Amoris Laetitia. I don’t care about it. At all. Okay. That’s probably not enough to satisfy so permit to elaborate a...
Nothing Ever Conceived by the Mind of Man Can Ever Equal This
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 8, 2018 at 1:13 amEarendel’s Light
Dominicana - Jan 8, 2018 at 1:00 am N.B.- O Earendel was the Old English poetic rendering of the Antiphon “O Oriens,” the fifth of the Great “O” Antiphons chanted in the seven days before Christmas Eve. It was an...
Pope Francis’ trip to Chile, Peru may help restore trust in church
Vatican Insider - Jan 8, 2018 at 1:00 am Pope Francis’ most recent foreign trips have seen him tackle some of the world’s most difficult geopolitical issues. In September, he traveled to Colombia to back an unpopular...
Sharing the Word for January 8, 2018
Franciscan Media - Jan 8, 2018 at 12:00 am The Baptism of the Lord
January 8, 2018
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7
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The Lesson of Christ's Baptism
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jan 8, 2018 at 12:00 am Today, Father Steve Grunow offers his homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and proposes that we understand the extraordinary revelation of this day as the fulfillment...
