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Parents dismayed as Catholic school removes statues of Mary
Catholic Herald - Aug 29, 2017 at 8:10 am A Catholic school in California has removed several religious statues because of concerns that they would “alienate” prospective students and their parents. The San Domenico...
VIDEO: Venezuelan exile proposes to girlfriend in front of Pope Francis
Catholic Herald - Aug 29, 2017 at 8:05 am An exiled Venezuelan politician surprised both Pope Francis and his girlfriend by proposing to her in front of the Holy Father on Sunday. Dario Ramirez, a local councillor who was...
The fascinating reason we make snap judgments about people
Aleteia - Aug 29, 2017 at 8:00 am Somebody cut you off in traffic? They may not be a total jerk after all.You know how insulting it can be when somebody draws a sweeping conclusion about who you are, based on one...
Human Gene Editing: A Century of Tears to a Century of Fears?
Dominicana - Aug 29, 2017 at 8:00 am On August 2, 2017, Shoukhrat Mitalipov’s research lab at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland published their results on the editing of DNA in human embryos, the first...
Doing the right (reporting) thing: Washington Post keeps digging on Klanner-turned-priest tale
GetReligion - Aug 29, 2017 at 8:00 am The late Phillip Graham, onetime publisher of The Washington Post, is widely credited with saying journalism is "the first rough draft of history." But, as journalist Jack Shafer...
Court: Company can take sisters’ land to build natural gas pipeline
Franciscan Media - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:53 am
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Adorers of the Blood of Christ and other landowners in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have lost their court case to keep a natural gas pipeline from being...
Spanish bishop apologizes for Hindu ritual in Catholic church
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:40 am Bishop Rafael Zorzona Boy of Cadiz y Ceuta has issued an apology to local Catholics for an incident in which a Hindu procession honoring the god Ganesh was welcomed into a...
When Being Productive Doesn’t Look Like Much
CatholicMom.com - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:30 am Via Pixabay (2017), CC0 Public Domain. Title added in Picmonkey.
I recognize that our society tends to base a person’s worth more on what he or she accomplishes or contributes...
Chilean president, sponsor of abortion legislation, to speak at Vatican conference
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:28 am Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet, who sponsored a bid to allow legal abortion, will be one of the speakers at a November conference organized by the Pontifical Academy of...
Daily Reading for Thursday, August 31st, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:25 am Reading 1, First Thessalonians 3:7-13
7 And so, brothers, your faith has been a great encouragement to us in the middle of our own distress and ...
Attorney for accused Guam archbishop says statute of limitations bars abuse lawsuits
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:22 am An attorney for Archbishop Anthony Apuron has asked a court in Guam to dismiss sex-abuse lawsuits against the prelate, saying that the statute of limitations has expired.
Sermon preached on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost - Fr Cipolla
Rorate Coeli - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:16 am Fr. Richard G. Cipolla
St. Mary's Norwalk
You
are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
Why
Peter? Why...
Oldest Latin commentary on the Gospels rediscovered, translated
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:02 am Birmingham, England, Aug 29, 2017 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Missing for more than 1,500 years, the earliest known Latin commentary on the Gospels has been rediscovered at the...
Oldest Latin commentary on the Gospels rediscovered, translated
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:02 am Birmingham, England, Aug 29, 2017 / 07:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Missing for more than 1,500 years, the earliest known Latin commentary
on the Gospels has been rediscovered at the...
These numbers have sacred meanings in Christianity
Aleteia - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:00 am From 1-40, there is deep symbolism behind certain numerical combinations.Numbers are never without meaning, whether it be in the Bible or in other Christian contexts. Everything...
Aidan Hart on How To Make a Mosaic
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 29, 2017 at 7:00 am The English iconographer, Aidan Hart, has completed a series of wonderful mosaics for St George's Orthodox Church in Houston Texas. I have just read this long article in the...
Chinese Catholics rally to block demolition of church
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2017 at 6:50 am Hundreds of Catholics gathered outside a church in Wangcun, near Changzhi, in a bid to stop the demolition of the building.
Vatican investigation of Indonesian bishop is complete; reported expected soon
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2017 at 6:44 am An Indonesian bishop named by the Vatican to investigate complaints of corruption in another diocese has completed his assignment and will soon submit his report.
Colombia, former Minister of the Environment: “I hope the Pope brings peace”
Vatican Insider - Aug 29, 2017 at 6:42 am “Many people expect that with the Pope’s arrival, the political polarization in the country will reduce; and that in some way it will serve to create a climate of greater...
Mob invades Venezuela bishops’ headquarters
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2017 at 6:36 am A group of people broke into the offices of the Venezuelan bishops’ conference on August 25, stealing several items and leaving the building in disarray.
