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‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’: Profanity-laced and momentarily profound
Aleteia - Aug 18, 2017 at 5:00 am Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds team up for this summer's "odd couple on the run" flick.Third Brother Films made headlines recently when it was announced they would be...
Pope prays for the victims of the Barcelona attack
Vatican Insider - Aug 18, 2017 at 4:03 am Pope Francis is greatly disturbed by what has happened in Barcelona last night. In a telegram issued by Vatican spokesman Greg Burke, the Pontiff said he had learned with great...
In Ontario, legal assisted suicide could kill conscientious objection
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 18, 2017 at 3:54 am Toronto, Canada, Aug 18, 2017 / 02:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Conscience protections for Catholic hospitals and other organizations could soon come under fire in the Canadian...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 18, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Aug 18, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12
When I was exploring the teachings of the Catholic Church, I wasn’t convinced. I agreed to go to RICE classes, which I later learned were actually...
Faith is like wi-fi: It’s invisible yet it allows you to connect with what you need the most.
Aleteia - Aug 18, 2017 at 3:00 amChristian Ethics in Action
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 18, 2017 at 2:37 am This is beautiful: There are many headlines in the news today about fighting white supremacy and the Ku Klux Klan with violence. However, decades ago 58-year-old Blues musician...
A Hell of an Argument
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 18, 2017 at 2:29 am Here’s my latest over at The Catholic Weekly: So recently retired Episcopalian cleric John Shelby Spong was in the news offering the absolutely predictable opinion that Hell was “...
Pope Francis prays for victims of Barcelona terror attack
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2017 at 2:21 am Pope Francis has offered prayers for the victims of a terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain, that left at least 12 people dead and injured dozens of others. “With great concern the...
Pope Francis prays for Barcelona victims
News.va - Aug 18, 2017 at 1:35 am (Vatican Radio) The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke has said that Pope Francis was greatly disturbed by what had happened in Barcelona.
He also said that the...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/08/17
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2017 at 1:31 am Cardinal Pietro Parolin will not discuss a papal visit to Russia when he visits Moscow next week (Iacopo Scaramuzzi). The Trump administration is reportedly “poised” to overturn...
Poverty is Not What You Think It Is
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 18, 2017 at 1:10 am
Poverty fell off a cliff after the Second World War. It fell like a stone, including for American blacks. The economy was booming and everyone benefited. The poverty rate dropped...
No end in sight as Uganda receives one million South Sudanese refugees
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 18, 2017 at 1:02 am Kampala, Uganda, Aug 18, 2017 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The tally of South Sudanese refugees entering Uganda for shelter and safety marked 1 million this week, in what is now...
No end in sight as Uganda receives one million South Sudanese refugees
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 18, 2017 at 1:02 am Kampala, Uganda, Aug 18, 2017 / 01:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The tally of South Sudanese refugees entering Uganda for shelter and
safety marked 1 million this week, in what is now...
Charlottesville: A Clash of False Alternatives
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 18, 2017 at 1:00 am
The events in Charlottesville have shaken the nation, and many have rightly condemned the violence at the August 12 protest that resulted in one tragic death and many wounded....
Parolin to Russia from 21 to 24 August, meeting with Putin in Sochi
Vatican Insider - Aug 18, 2017 at 1:00 am Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will be in Russia from Monday 21 to Thursday 24 August. Just a few days before departure, the Holy See Press Office...
Sharing the Word for August 18, 2017
Franciscan Media - Aug 18, 2017 at 12:00 am Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
August 18, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Joshua 24:1-13
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Mayweather, McGregor, and the Martial Way
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 18, 2017 at 12:00 am Today, Jared Zimmerer discusses the growth of mixed martial arts as entertainment and points out that modernity, in secularizing everything, has also effected the way we view...
Pope Francis calls for prayers following terror attacks in Spain, Finland
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 18, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis has asked the world to pray for peace and healing in the wake of terror attacks in Spain which left 14 dead and up to 130 injured. This ...
Mother shares heartbreaking photo of her dying daughter as she pulls the plug following overdose
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 18, 2017 at 12:00 am Cheryl Towery has shared a dramatic photo of her dying daughter, as she prepared to pull the plug on her life support. Her daughter, Elaina overdosed ...
New Jersey Mayor dismantles shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 18, 2017 at 12:00 am Hector Loya, mayor of Passaic, New Jersey, has ordered the removal of a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, which he says is illegal because it is ...
