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Rejoice and Be Glad - what the letter from the Pope means to us
Read Pope Francis' letter to us -- at this link.
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- Blessings and Woes | Liturgy Live 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
  
  This week on the livestream Fr Ian and Alanna go down the rabbit hole of Blessings and Woes in the... The post Blessings and Woes | Liturgy Live 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time appeared first on Catholic...
- The Seven Sorrows of Mary: Why You Should Know Them and Pray Them
  
  The Seven Sorrows of Mary are important for us to know and pray. They are all based on scripture and... The post The Seven Sorrows of Mary: Why You Should Know Them and Pray Them appeared first on...
- What Can YOU Do When Scandal Strikes The Church (Again)
  
  The Church is in the midst of multiple crises. The sex abuse scandal reemerging, around the globe, has shown that... The post What Can YOU Do When Scandal Strikes The Church (Again) appeared first on...
- There’s Something Therapeutic About Watching This Painting Of Mary Be Restored
  
  Watch and marvel as this artist meticulously restores a 150-year-old beautiful painting of Our Lady. Julian Baumgartner of the Baumgartner... The post There’s Something Therapeutic About...
- Encounter Conversion Mission | Liturgy Live 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
  
  This week on the podcast the readings have a distinct pattern. The person has an encounter with God, is moved... The post Encounter Conversion Mission | Liturgy Live 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time...
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News from the Vatican
- Victims say sanctions against lay founder don’t go far enough
  
  The Sodality of Christian Life has announced that the appeals of its founder against sex abuse charges have been definitively rejected, so 2017 restrictions against him stand.
- Cardinal at abuse summit calls clericalism ‘distortion’ of ministry
  
  Church leaders were warned not to blame the outside world for the Church’s abuse crisis and that “the enemy is within.”
- Opening summit, Pope urges ‘concrete, effective measures’ on abuse
  
  Pope Francis opened a keenly anticipated summit on the clerical abuse scandals on Thursday by saying the People of God want "concrete and effective measures," not just "simple...
- Point out Church’s errors with love, pope tells pilgrims
  
  Catholics should speak up when things go wrong in the Church, but theirs must be constructive criticism delivered with love, Pope Francis said, otherwise the devil is at work.
- Aussie prelate says Church needs ‘Copernican revolution’ on abuse crisis
  
  Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Australia says abuse summit's action items will be the gauge of its success.
National Catholic Register
- Renewing Spiritual Fatherhood
  
  By Father Roger Landry | THE EDITORS What to Expect From the Vatican Summit? CARDINAL WILFRID NAPIER Love, Care and Justice Must Be Paramount MARIE...
- 19th Century Nun Prophesy Todays Persecuted Church, Before and After Church Redecoration, and More!
  
  By Tito Edwards | Did a 19th Century Nun Prophesy Today’s Persecuted Church? The Little-Known Revelations of Venerable Mary Potter ☩ Georgette Bechara of ChurchPOP +1 Before & After...
- How I Fell for the Out-of-Gas Scam — Or Not
  
  By Marge Fenelon | It’s happened more time than I can count. I’m heading to my car in the grocery or discount store parking lot and some guy carrying a gas can approaches me with a story about having...
- The Beatles’ Religion Was Here, There and Everywhere
  
  By K.V. Turley | In January 1969 on a rooftop in central London The Beatles played their last concert together — or rather, not so much a concert as a makeshift performance, part of a documentary...
- How a “Hidden Stigmatic” Can Help Our Embattled Priests
  
  By John Grondelski | Sr. Wanda Boniszewska (1907-2003) was a Polish nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Angels, who offered herself for the sanctification of priests. Beginning in the 1930s,
Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
- Daniel Rudd: A pioneering leader in black Catholic journalism
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy National Black Catholic Congress By Joyce Duriga CHICAGO (CNS) -- With February being both Black History Month and Catholic Press Month, Daniel Rudd's story is worth knowing.
- Vatican official urges reconsidering 'pontifical secret' in abuse cases
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Maria Grazie Picciarella, pool By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church should re-examine how "pontifical secret" is applied in clerical sex abuse cases so...
- Harming a child must be 'line in the sand' for removal, cardinal says
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For the Catholic Church, there is a "line in the sand," which can never be crossed, and that is to not allow anyone who...
- Cardinal Cupich asks for new structure to ensure bishops' accountability
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church needs "new legal structures of accountability" for bishops accused of sexual abuse or of negligence...
- Cardinal: Can the church step up, lead way in protecting children?
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Only together, by humbly sharing their experiences, encouragement and corrective advice, can the bishops and leaders in the...