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Pope prays for victims, rescue workers of Sierra Leone mudslide that killed hundreds...
Published: 17/08/2017With hundreds dead and nearly 600 more still missing as a result of a giant mudslide that ravished Sierra Leone's capital, Pope Francis has prayed for the victims, their families and rescue workers pr ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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Have you ever received a robocall about a free cruise? You might have $900 coming to you. Check here.....
Published: 17/08/2017If you have received a robocall about a free vacation, you could receive to up to $900 through a class action lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, Charvat v. Carnival et al, a third-party travel agency ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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On the Last Day, the sheep will march off to heaven, and the goats will break into small discussion groups.....
Published: 17/08/2017C. S. Lewis was a university professor, and knew about the wheels within wheels of committees, with their informal “rings” that use the official bodies and their meetings to get done what they want, b ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org
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If you want to understand the times we’re living in, here’s what you should read.....
Published: 17/08/2017Reading matters. It trains the brain in a particular way. The printed word has two great advantages over a culture based on images: permanence (or at least stability) of the word and the mental discip ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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I used to be a white supremacist, and here's what I think about Charlottesville...
Published: 17/08/2017As I read reports of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and their opponents, it brought back memories of my own battle-scarred past. As an angry young man in my nati ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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How mega-ships drop their giant anchors...
Published: 17/08/2017In the simplest sense, anchors are pretty straightforward. Heave a heavy chunk of metal overboard to weigh down a ship so it doesn't drift away. Of course in practice, the process is a lot more nuance ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org
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Memento mori: In the midst of death, you must look...
Published: 17/08/2017It had been a good day, the day one year ago Facebook just reminded me about. My wife and I were in Portland, Maine, taking care of my very ill sister. Having finished a round of chemotherapy, my sist ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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Catholic school's expulsion of girls upheld; judge lashes out at parents...
Published: 17/08/2017A judge on Monday refused to order a Catholic school to accept two girls who were denied re-enrollment after their parents sued the school to get one of the daughters on a boys basketball team. "The c ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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A priest’s Q&A about the upcoming solar eclipse...
Published: 17/08/2017What is it like to experience a total eclipse? For places within the 70-mile-wide “path of totality” of this Monday’s eclipse, it will be like night suddenly arriving in the middle of the day. The air ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org
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Did medieval medicine ever work? Researchers who studied this question were shocked when they discovered the answer.....
Published: 17/08/2017It all began as one of those Friday afternoon projects that medical researchers sometimes do to satisfy curiosity. No one expected it to work. The researchers were testing medieval medical remedies by ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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From NPR: Catholic poet with cerebral palsy imagines life inside a 1910 institution that eugenics built...
Published: 17/08/2017Growing up in southwestern Virginia in recent decades, poet Molly McCully Brown often passed by a state institution in Amherst County that was once known as the "Virginia State Colony for Epileptics a ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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The trouble with converts (and everyone else!)...
Published: 17/08/2017“Brother in Christ.” Whenever I visit a certain parish nearby, that is how I am always greeted by several people. If I can be perfectly honest, they probably don’t even know my name. They don’t know w ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org
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Use of surrogate mothers to produce children is a ‘moral evil’, warns Madison bishop...
Published: 17/08/2017Because a surrogacy business opened in Waterloo, Wisc., the Catholic bishop of Madison, Robert Morlino, held a talk at a local parish to explain why surrogate motherhood, along with artificial insemin ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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We live on a privileged planet, where perfect eclipses are no coincidence...
Published: 17/08/2017On August 21st, we Americans get to see a total solar eclipse. As I mentioned in my previous piece, we can see solar eclipses only because our planet, our Moon and our Sun sometimes come together in a ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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Set your sights on the great things: Pray for humility...
Published: 17/08/2017St. Thomas Aquinas describes the task of humility: “to temper and restrain the mind, lest it tend to high things immoderately” (Summa theologiae, II-II, q. 161, a. 1). It is truly one of the most impo ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org
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Texas governor signs bill banning taxpayer funding of abortions...
Published: 17/08/2017Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill today that bans taxpayer funding of abortions via the insurance industry. Abbott signed House Bill 214 (HB 214) that will protect Texans from paying for the ab ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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Knights of Columbus answer some frequently asked questions about new Fourth Degree uniform...
Published: 17/08/2017Earlier this month, the Knights of Columbus board of directors unanimously voted to adopt a new uniform for the Fourth Degree. The decision was made with the good of the entire Order in mind. While we ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org -
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Possible “formal correction” of Pope Francis?
Published: 16/08/2017If you read the LifeSite account, you have the impression that Card. Burke may be going for the “formal correction” option. HERE They seemed to have based their piece on Part 2 of an inte ... Read moreSource: wdtprs.com
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Pope Francis prays for victims of Sierra Leone mudslide
Published: 16/08/2017(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has expressed his “closeness” to those who have loved ones in the tragic mudslide that struck Sierra Leone . A telegram signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Paroli ... Read moreSource: www.news.va -
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Solemnity of the Assumption: ‘Mary brings new joy and meaning to mankind’...
Published: 16/08/2017On the Feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis said that in bringing Christ to the world, Mary also provides the joy and grace of her Son, which not only sustain us in difficulty, but are primarily inte ... Read moreSource: feeds.newadvent.org
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