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How to teach your child that it’s okay to be human
Aleteia - Aug 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm It starts by recognizing that even kids need a little grace.Lately I’ve been working on following through with my kids when I ask them to do something. I’m pretty high-strung and...
6 truths the eclipse will reveal
Aleteia - Aug 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm When the eclipse happens, and darkness falls, animals and light will do crazy things, and we will learn a lesson that we really need to take in.Today, August 21, in Atchison,...
SUPER RARE: Pope Paul VI blesses the firefighters
Aleteia - Aug 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: August 21, 2017Firemen perch on 90-foot aerial ladders in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, March 8, 1964, as crowds gathered to receive a blessing from Pope...
OSV's top reads — August 21
OSV Daily Take - Aug 20, 2017 at 11:00 pm 1. Thriving parishes (In Focus, Aug. 13-19) 2. Our Lady brings ‘Good Help’ to Wisconsin (Feature, Aug. 27-Sept. 2) 3. Your marriage is worth saving (Essay, Aug. 20-26) 4. Top 10...
Bishop demands end to Mapuche violence against churches
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 20, 2017 at 10:53 pm A Chilean bishop called upon radical activists of the indigenous Mapuche people to stop burning down churches, according to a Fides report.
Don’t watch life from a balcony, Pope tells Communion and Liberation gathering
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 20, 2017 at 10:44 pm In a message signed by the Vatican Secretary of State, Pope Francis encouraged participants in Communion and Liberation’s annual summer gathering in Rimini, Italy, not to “watch...
Pope laments ‘inhuman violence’ of recent terrorist attacks
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 20, 2017 at 10:31 pm At the conclusion of his August 20 Angelus address, Pope Francis spoke about recent terrorist attacks.
Vatican Observatory bloggers cover eclipse
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 20, 2017 at 10:25 pm Bloggers associated with the Vatican Observatory Foundation are covering the solar eclipse taking place in the United States.
Vatican Secretary of State, Russian patriarch to discuss Ukraine
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 20, 2017 at 10:13 pm A staff member of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for External Church Relations said that Ukraine is on the agenda of Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s upcoming meeting with...
Pope Francis: Canaanite woman shows us importance of faith, trust
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 20, 2017 at 9:58 pm Reflecting on the Gospel of the day (Mt. 15:21-28), Pope Francis said in his August 20 Angelus address that the Canaanite woman’s “insistence on invoking Christ’s intervention is...
Unexpected eclipses
The Catholic Astronomer - Aug 20, 2017 at 9:02 pm
"Aunt Chel," called my youngest niece as she bounded through the front door of my dad's house, "it looks funny outside." I got up and went to check. I agreed, something was off...
International aid agency helping to rebuild troubled Myanmar
The Catholic Leader - Aug 20, 2017 at 9:00 pm FOR the past 15 years, Kevin Meese has been visiting Myanmar and has witnessed hard times of suppression under the country’s strict military rulers. Now, the Melbourne director of...
Please Don’t Talk to My Children at Mass
ChurchPOP - Aug 20, 2017 at 6:48 pm My wife and I have four small children. As all parents know, attending Mass can sometimes be a challenge! The kids often
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/08/17
Catholic Herald - Aug 20, 2017 at 6:01 pm The Holy Spirit “infuses audacity into the hearts of believers”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). The Vatican could recognise the Medjugorje...
St Bernard of Clairvaux
Communio - Aug 20, 2017 at 5:03 pm St. Bernard did write great works, to become the character most of insight of his century, but his most fruitful work, the one that still reaches us today, always alive, is his...
An exorcist talks about 'Annabelle' and the power of evil
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 20, 2017 at 4:48 pm Los Angeles, Calif., Aug 20, 2017 / 03:48 pm (National Catholic Register).- What children read, what they see on the screen, can inspire them toward greater faithfulness....
The Great KENTUCKY Eclipse of August 21, 2017: Will the Weather Hold?
The Catholic Astronomer - Aug 20, 2017 at 4:37 pm
For the past week you have been seeing lots of posts about tomorrow’s eclipse and about Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the town at the point of greatest eclipse (or, to be precise,...
Getting up to date in Kansas City
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 20, 2017 at 3:19 pm This morning I had Holy Mass at St. Philippine Duschesne which is run by the FSSP. I thought it was to be a Sung Mass, but it turned out to be Solemn, which was a treat. Here are...
Saint Monica Novena 2017 | Day 4
Big C Catholics - Aug 20, 2017 at 3:00 pm August 21, 2017Saint Monica is the patron saint of alcoholics. She understood from her own life experience that addiction begins with a single temptation. All temptations come...
Saints of the Old Testament: Samuel, prophet
Rorate Coeli - Aug 20, 2017 at 2:31 pm Almost a year ago, this series on the Old Testament saints began with reflections on the commemorations of Sts. Josue (Joshua), Gedeon (Gideon), and Anna. Today, on the 11th...
