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As terrorists attacked, one church opened its doors. Here's what happened next
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 23, 2017 at 12:00 am During the terrorist attacks in Barcelona on August 17, hundreds of people fled the area and sought refuge where they could find it. Stores locked ...
Forget Winter, Recession is Coming
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 23, 2017 at 12:00 am The economy is about to go into recession according to several Wall Street firms. They are warning investors to prepare for an end to the bull market ...
Priest admits to being former member of KKK, and speaks out about his past
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 23, 2017 at 12:00 am An Arlington priest revealed Monday that he was a former member of the Ku Klux Klan before converting while in prison, and has asked for a temporary ...
‘We need fear nothing,’ Burkina Faso bishop says following terrorist attack
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:35 pm Following an August 13 jihadist terrorist attack in Burkina Faso’s capital, a bishop encouraged the Catholic faithful not to be afraid.
Canadian prelate denounces racism following Charlottesville violence
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:23 pm The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops offered prayers and expressed condolences to the bishops of the United States following the violence in...
Paraguayan bishop: ‘there is no justice’ in region
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:15 pm A bishop who ministers in Paraguay’s sparsely populated Chaco region said that the region’s public defenders obtain their positions through political connections, but then choose...
Ask for a Sign
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:04 pm I wasn’t looking for anything—not a sign from God, anyway. Long before that moment, I had abandoned asking God for signs. Maybe it was that it seemed superstitious or petulant or…...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Rose of Lima
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.” (St. Rose of Lima) The Optional Memorial...
Encountering the Word — Matthew 20:16
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:01 pm “So the last will be first, and the first last.” (Matthew 20:16) Please share on social media. Print this entry
The Catholic pioneer of germ theory and antiseptic procedures
Aleteia - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:00 pm Ignaz Semmelweis' name doesn't quite roll off the tongue the way Lister's does, but he saved many lives by his observations.When we think of pre-surgical ablutions, and general...
Ancient Roman tips to stay cool during summer
Aleteia - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:00 pm Have you visited your local frigidarium lately? Some stereotypical references to Ancient Greeks and Romans characterize the former as “heavenly-oriented,” mostly dealing with...
Matthew McConaughey talks biblical baby names
Aleteia - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:00 pm The Oscar winner shares a little of his faith with Michael Strahan.Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey appeared on Good Morning America to plug his new film, The Dark Tower....
Confessathon
Aleteia - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: August 23, 2017Catholic priests hear confessions from penitents during a “Confessathon” ahead of Pope Francis’ upcoming visit, in Bogota on August 20, 2017. Pope...
This is how to bless your children
Aleteia - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:00 pm It is an ancient tradition that parents can do every day.Parents have the weighty task of bringing their children to God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains how, “...
How do we maintain perspective in this battle between darkness and light?
Aleteia - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:00 pm We mustn’t be blinded by the real darkness around us and within us; likewise we mustn’t be lulled by the twinkling of the hopeful stars. At night, do you see dark sky or do you...
How to give up control and find peace in surrender
Aleteia - Aug 22, 2017 at 11:00 pm We can put the surrender into play by practicing five specific acts.Shannon Popkin, author of Control Girl, confesses that just because she wrote a book about the all-too-common...
Nigerian bishops warn of simmering ethnic, regional tensions
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2017 at 10:57 pm Recalling the 50th anniversary of the Nigerian Civil War (1967-70), the bishops of Nigeria have issued “Enough of This Drum Beat of War,” a statement warning that simmering ethnic...
Virginia congressman: ‘something bold’ must be done to help Iraq’s Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2017 at 10:38 pm Following a visit to Iraq, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) offered policy recommendations to assist Iraq’s beleaguered Christians.
Report: 3 Kenyan Christians killed after refusing to convert to Islam
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2017 at 10:28 pm Members of the jihadist group Al-Shabaab hacked three Kenyan Christians to death after they refused to heed a demand to convert to Islam, according to World Watch Monitor, which...
Kirill, “The Catholic and Orthodox Church brings peace to Ukraine and the Middle East”
Vatican Insider - Aug 22, 2017 at 10:19 pm "Greetings to my brother Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia." With this personal message from Pope Francis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin presented himself to the head of the...
