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Charlie Gard’s Mother Helps Family of Another Baby Doctors Say Should be Left to Die
LifeNews.com - Aug 24, 2017 at 9:13 am Still in mourning, Charlie Gard’s mother is helping another British family as they fight to give their very ill son a chance at life.
Alfie Evans has been in a coma since December...
What a grandmother’s smile teaches us about civilization
LifeSiteNews - Aug 24, 2017 at 9:08 am The destruction of the family is at the root of the problems the world experiences today.
Lost Latin Gospel Commentary Found and Made Available Public Domain!
The Sacred Page - Aug 24, 2017 at 9:07 am This may be old news to some Gospel scholarship geeks, but I just came across this article this
morning: the lost Gospel commentary of Fortunatianus of Aquileia, a mid-fourth...
Let Me See If I Understand Francis' Remarks on the Irreversibility of Liturgical Reform Correctly
Saint Louis Catholic - Aug 24, 2017 at 9:07 am So Francis just said some stuff today, which, as is often the case, seems self-contradictory. This time it involves the liturgy, a subject on which much depends and on which his...
Yale University offers free online course on the Early Middle Ages
Aleteia - Aug 24, 2017 at 9:00 am Care to know some details on what happened between the years 284 and 1000? If your idea of the Middle Ages is a muddle of swords, peasants, and churches, this free online course ...
Charlottesville and America's Original Sin
CatholicMom.com - Aug 24, 2017 at 9:00 am By Sbuckley – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
I vividly remember my first visit to Charlottesville, Virginia. It was about twenty years ago, and I was on vacation with a good friend...
Revolutionary New Football Helmet Will Lower Concussion Risk
Aleteia - Aug 24, 2017 at 9:00 am A newly designed football helmet will be put to use for the first time this season.For decades football players have been protected from skull fractures by wearing helmets, but...
Pope Francis to student-inmates, “Punishment must have a horizon of hope”
Vatican Insider - Aug 24, 2017 at 9:00 am “Let us not forget, however, that, for punishment to be fruitful, it must have a horizon of hope, otherwise it remains locked in itself and is only an instrument of torture, it is...
Vatican II liturgical reform ‘irreversible,’ pope says
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:53 am VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church must continue to work to understand the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council and why they were made, rather than rethinking them,...
Top notch New York Times who-done-it story comes up short on Hindu roots of India's caste system
GetReligion - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:44 am The New York Times ran a fascinating story out of rural India over the weekend that to my mind underscored -- with one big caveat -- some of the complicated mechanics and very...
Pope Francis: “Liturgical reform is irreversible”
Vatican Insider - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:38 am With certainty and “magisterial authority”, fruit of the long path that has begun during the landmark-moment that was Vatican II, Pope Francis states that “Liturgical reform is...
Pope Francis: Liturgical reform is irreversible
News.va - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis gave an important address on the liturgical reform on Thursday, speaking to participants of the 68th Italian National Liturgical Week.
The liturgical...
Living the Wondrous Adventure
Dominicana - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:30 am An adventure is just an inconvenience rightly considered. -G.K. Chesterton He dashes down the stairs to the station with a pinched and focused look on his face, grumbling...
NYC Day 1-2: Delivery and Determination
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:29 am The city is beautiful right now, clear blue skies and mild temperatures. Couldn’t be better.
Yesterday, after settling in, I ran to the Morgan Library. There are exhibits now...
Cardinal Parolin visits Russia, focuses on ecumenism and peace
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:28 am VATICAN CITY — Although he said planning a papal trip to Russia was not on the agenda, the Vatican secretary of state said his visit to Moscow was designed to build on the meeting...
School refuses to answer parents’ questions about kindergarten transgender lesson
LifeSiteNews - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:15 am Rocklin Academy officials won't disclose the details of a 5-year-old's 'transition' in class.
The Roots of Violence is the Hatred of the Truth – Dialectical Neo-Communism in America
OnePeterFive - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:14 am Image: The Glienicke Bridge across the Havel River in Germany, where it formed the border between West Berlin and East Germany. (Source)
While reflecting on how to write with...
Up to 15,000 Iraqi Christians returning home this month
Catholic Herald - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:11 am Around 15,000 displaced Iraqi Christians are expected to return home in the space of a single month, a charity has said. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) says 3,000 families will...
Daily Reading for Saturday, August 26th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:08 am Reading 1, Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17
1 Naomi had a kinsman on her husband's side, well-to-do and of Elimelech's clan. His name was Boaz.
2 Ruth the ...
Central African priests use Facebook to express outrage, appeal for help
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 24, 2017 at 8:06 am BANGUI, Central African Republic — Catholic priests whose villages have been attacked have taken to Facebook to express outrage and appeal for help.
One priest accused U.N....
