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ISIS threats on Vatican are ‘worrying,’ Cardinal Parolin admits
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2017 at 5:46 am Cardinal Pietro Parolin has admitted that “one cannot avoid worrying” about the possibility of a terrorist attack on the Vatican, particularly after a new public threat in a video...
Pontiff to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh in November
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2017 at 5:31 am Pope Francis will visit Myanmar and Bangladesh in November, the Vatican has confirmed.
Pope Francis to visit Burma and Bangladesh in November
Catholic Herald - Aug 28, 2017 at 5:24 am Pope Francis is to visit Burma and Bangladesh at the end of November, the Vatican has confirmed. The Pontiff will visit the Burmese cities of Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw from 27 to 30...
Francis to Myanmar and Bangladesh from 27 November to 2 December 2017
Vatican Insider - Aug 28, 2017 at 4:17 am The Vatican confirms: Pope Francis will visit Myanmar and Bangladesh for an apostolic journey scheduled from 27 November to 2 December....
Cardinal Parolin: anti-Francis jihadist threat video ‘worrying’
Catholic Herald - Aug 28, 2017 at 4:16 am One of Pope Francis’s top aides has said a pro-ISIS video that targets the Pope is worrying but notes Vatican security is already at a high level. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the...
Bethlehem and that bread oven that brings Christians and Muslims together
Vatican Insider - Aug 28, 2017 at 3:57 am This story – which grows out of the good seed of proximity in a land filled with tensions and conflicts - began in the second half of the nineteenth century when Don Antonio...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 28, 2017 - St. Augustine
CatholicMom.com - Aug 28, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 23:13-22 – St. Augustine
Whenever I see a Gospel reading with Jesus talking to the Pharisees, I take it as a direct, personal reprimand from our Lord. And...
It's official: Pope Francis to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh in November
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 28, 2017 at 3:00 am Vatican City, Aug 28, 2017 / 03:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On Monday the Vatican confirmed rumors that have been swirling the past few weeks about a papal visit to Myanmar and...
It's official: Pope Francis to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh in November
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 28, 2017 at 3:00 am Vatican City, Aug 28, 2017 / 02:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday the Vatican confirmed rumors that have been swirling the past few weeks about a papal visit to Myanmar and...
The Hell You Say!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 28, 2017 at 2:59 am In which Yr Obdt. Svt continues arguing with unbelievers about Hell and what it does and does not mean: Last time in this space I told the tale of my conversation with an amiable...
When exorcists need help, they call him
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 28, 2017 at 2:49 am Here’s a fascinating story about a psychologist who helps exorcists with the trick task of discerning the distinction between the demonic and mental illness: A small group of nuns...
Truman’s Decision Was a Great Moral Evil
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 28, 2017 at 2:15 am
Editor’s note: Due to the continued interest of our readers in the issues raised by Deacon Jim Russell in his defense of Truman’s decision to use atomic weapons against Japan in...
Truman’s Decision Was the Best of the Bad Options Available
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 28, 2017 at 2:10 am
Editor’s note: The following essay by Deacon Toner is a response to Prof. John Paul Meenan’s critique of Deacon Jim Russell’s defense of President Truman’s decision to use atomic...
The Seven Ages of Man in Shakespeare’s As You Like It
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 28, 2017 at 2:00 am
In the famous speech from Shakespeare’s As You Like It that begins “All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women merely players,” the melancholic Jaques laments the...
Books That Rocked My World: Aristotle's “Nicomachean Ethics”
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 28, 2017 at 12:00 am We recently asked our writing team to consider what book, not published in the last century, has most impacted their life? Today, Fr. Damian Ference considers how Aristotle made a...
Whose Truth Will Set You Free?
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 27, 2017 at 11:04 pm “It’s a non-denominational Bible Study,” my friend’s wife said at the restaurant. “It’s not tied to one Church or another, so it’s really good for everyone,” she explained with a ...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Augustine of Hippo
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 27, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.” (St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions –...
Encountering the Word — Luke 24:13-14
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 27, 2017 at 11:01 pm “That very day two of them were going to a village named Emma′us, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.” (Luke 24...
Comment on Pray for those who have gone before us by Anne Mangen
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 27, 2017 at 10:56 pm Thank you I love that poem, I lost my sister almost 2 yrs ago and still grieve for her, miss her so much. And as the anniversary of her death gets closer I get very emotional....
Be ready to help Hurricane Harvey victims, U.S. bishops say
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 27, 2017 at 10:38 pm Washington D.C., Aug 27, 2017 / 09:38 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The damage done by Hurricane Harvey is a cause for prayer and preparation to help the storm’s victims, the U.S....
