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Pope tells Catholic legislators: heed Church’s social and moral teaching
Catholic Herald - Aug 28, 2017 at 8:32 am Pope Francis has urged Catholic legislators to follow the Church’s moral and social teaching when making laws. Speaking at a meeting of the International Catholic Legislators...
Vandalism and repentance: New York Times tells story of a mosque and its attacker
GetReligion - Aug 28, 2017 at 8:11 am
A 21-year-old drifter helps deface a mosque in Arkansas and gets prison time for it. Who’d think there was much of a story in this?
But the New York Times just ran a beautiful...
Vatican appoints opponents of Church teaching on birth control to pro-life academy
LifeSiteNews - Aug 28, 2017 at 8:09 am Five and possibly six new members support more liberal interpretations of moral theology, artificial contraception, and Communion for the divorced-and-remarried.
Iraq, spokesman for the Sadrist Movement: Muqtada al-Sadr will pay a visit to the Vatican
Vatican Insider - Aug 28, 2017 at 8:04 am Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr will set on a European tour responding to official invitations, including a visit to the Vatican and a meeting with...
Suffering and Discipleship (The Mass Readings Explained)
The Sacred Page - Aug 28, 2017 at 8:03 am My latest video is now out. I hope it is helpful for this Sunday. And, please like and share if you'd like to share this with others who may want to be aware of this series. ...
The Paradox of Christian Autobiography
Dominicana - Aug 28, 2017 at 8:00 am “Know thyself,” proclaimed the oracle at Delphi. St Catherine of Siena echoed this teaching with her emphasis on the importance of the “cell of self-knowledge” to the spiritual...
Vatican releases logos for Pope Francis' visit to Bangladesh, Myanmar
News.va - Aug 28, 2017 at 7:43 am (Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Monday released the official logos for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Myanmar and Bangladesh.
The Pope travels to Myanmar (also known as Burma...
4 Back-to-School Traditions to Skip This Year
CatholicMom.com - Aug 28, 2017 at 7:30 am Via Unsplash, CC0 Public Domain. Text added by author.
August’s days are numbered. September looms before us. Back-to-School season is in full swing. Organized parents probably...
Brazilian priest murdered; police say killer was an acquaintance
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2017 at 7:02 am A Catholic priest was found dead at his home on August 24, the victim of multiple stab wounds.
Experiencing God In Totality: Reflections On How The Solar Eclipse Stirred Religious Experience.
The Catholic Astronomer - Aug 28, 2017 at 7:00 am
The other day, I called a good friend of mine with some "priest business." The call had nothing to do with astronomy or the eclipse, but the first words out of Brian's mouth...
The Priest at Eucharistic Adoration
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 28, 2017 at 7:00 am My favorite book of spiritual reading, hands down, has become In Sinu Jesu: The Journal of a Priest at Prayer (Angelico Press, 2016). Although NLM has not run a proper review of...
South Sudan: diocesan justice-and-peace official arrested
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2017 at 6:58 am An official of the Diocese of Wau, in South Sudan, has been arrested.
Iraqi Shi’Ite leader to meet with Pontiff?
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2017 at 6:52 am A spokesman for Muqtada al Sadr says that the Iraqi Shi’ite leader will meet with Pope Francis during a tour of Europe.
Papal trip to Colombia will be balancing justice and mercy
Vatican Insider - Aug 28, 2017 at 6:42 am When Pope Francis lands in Colombia in September, he will encounter a population that is still torn over a peace deal ending a bloody 50-year war between the government and rebel...
Pope Francis to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh in November
News.va - Aug 28, 2017 at 6:23 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Myanmar from 27 to 30 November 2017 and to Bangladesh from 30 November to 2 December 2017.
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If we want converts, we must be as uncompromising as Blessed Dominic Barberi
Catholic Herald - Aug 28, 2017 at 6:04 am On Saturday the Catholic Church in England celebrated the memorial of the Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God, the Passionist beatus better known as Dominic Barberi, whose major...
Philadelphia archdiocese warns donors: some funds mishandled
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2017 at 6:04 am The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has notified donors that their contributions may have been mishandled, after the arrest of a bank employee who was handling the funds.
God's gift of your body
CatholicMom.com - Aug 28, 2017 at 6:00 am
Image by Yanlev via Dollar Photo Club, licensed by author
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Aug 28, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
David W. Opderbeck, Lex Machina Non Est: A Response to Mark Lemley's 'Faith-Based Intellectual Property', (Seton Hall University School of Law, Legal Studies Research...
Vatican doctrinal congregation no longer cautions dissident theologians
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2017 at 5:54 am The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has been not taken disciplinary action against dissident theologians since the election of Pope Francis, the...
