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Cultivate relationship with Christ, Vatican cardinal tells French seminarians (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 6:01 am Cardinal Beniamino Stella, the prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, celebrated Mass on January 4 at the Pontifical French Seminary.
Catholic minority in Bosnia and Herzegovina suffers heavy discrimination (Aid to the Church in Need)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 6:01 am Aid to the Church in Need interviews Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Vrhbosna. The nation of 3.9 million is 51% Muslim, 31% Orthodox, and 15% Catholic.
Tech Talk: Why Bother Reading This?
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2018 at 6:00 am
I received another slew of messages in my email inbox. Too many. There were companies trying to offer me “deals that end today,” other writers needing reviews, Bible verses, work...
A Jesuit, a Dominican, and a Franciscan have a vision of the Holy Family …
Aleteia - Jan 5, 2018 at 6:00 am Another classic joke featuring three of the most popular religious orders in Catholicism.A Jesuit, a Dominican, and a Franciscan were walking around the cloister of an old...
State Department Names "Countries of Particular Concern"
The Religion Clause - Jan 5, 2018 at 6:00 am The State Department announced yesterday that it has redesignated ten countries as Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act. CPC's are...
U.S. places Pakistan on watch list for ‘severe’ violations of religious freedom
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2018 at 5:30 am The United States has placed Pakistan on a special watch list for “severe violations” of religious freedom. The US State Department said on Thursday that Pakistan had been placed...
The enduring legacy of now-Venerable Father Patrick Peyton (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 5:01 am Known for his devotion to the Rosary, Father Peyton (1909-92) founded Family Theater and the Family Rosary Crusade.
Aharon Appelfeld, Holocaust survivor who chronicled its traumas, dies at 85 (Washington Post)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 5:01 am The Vatican newspaper, paying tribute to Applefeld (p. 5), recalled his devotion to reading the Bible in Hebrew, his sense of the Fatherhood of God, and his “strong sense of...
Hindu radicals attack a Catholic college in India (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 5:01 am The attack took place in Vidisha, a city of 160,000 in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
In reversal, FEMA says houses of worship now eligible for disaster relief (ABC News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 5:01 am In 2013, the USCCB criticized FEMA’s policy of discriminating against houses of worship in disaster relief.
Indonesian president urges Catholics to work for social justice and prosperity (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 5:01 am The nation of 261 million is 87% Muslim, 7% Protestant, and 3% Catholic. Indonesia is the world’s 4th-most populous country and has more Muslims than any other nation.
Catholic laity promise new protests in DR Congo (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 5:01 am The nation’s bishops have denounced government attacks on priests and peaceful protestors opposed to President Joseph Kabila’s decision to remain in power beyond his...
Nine Days of Prayer for Family Unity with Venerable Patrick Peyton: Day Five
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2018 at 5:00 am Image courtesy of Holy Cross Family Ministries. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Join us in a #novena of thanksgiving in honor of #rosarypriest Venerable Patrick Peyton....
Those “conservatives lacking in Tradition” assessing Ratzinger on the Church’s doctrine
Vatican Insider - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:31 am Enrico Maria Radaelli’s book on Joseph Ratzinger’s theological thought, endorsed by the theologian Antonio Livi, in which it is argued that the future Benedict XVI and his work “...
Tall Trans Tales for a Gullible Age
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:20 am
My wife and I decided long ago that we would live in a double-wide down by the river rather than send our kids to government schools. We are constantly reminded of the rightness...
Despite what some adults say, young people love religious ritual
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:20 am How many of our young people are used to a variety of rituals? How many young Catholics have been exposed to religious ritual beyond the Mass? I have a running joke with one of my...
Does Identity Determine Truth?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:15 am
The truth doesn’t have a side.
That thought came to me while re-watching To Kill a Mockingbird. To view this 1962 movie is to be taken back to a time and place that was black and...
Biographical profiles of 2 recently deceased Chinese bishops (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:01 am Click here for earlier coverage of the death of Bishop Matthias Yu Chengxin, a labor-camp survivor.
