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Catholic Priest Stabbed by ISIS-supporter in Indonesia, Parishioners Come to Rescue

On Sunday, August 28, 2016, a young jihadist would-be suicide bomber who appears to have been inspired by the Islamic State attempted to detonate an explosive device carried in his backpack during Sunday Mass at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, a parish in the Archdiocese of Medan, Indonesia. Medan is the capital city of the region

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20 Times Catholic Tumblr Was Literally The Best Thing

1. You gon learn today https://www.tumblr.com/catholicmemes/82699226880/person-so-why-are-you-catholic-me-cracks   2. Ssssso wasssssted https://www.tumblr.com/otherfunnystuff/113745252979/go-home-snakes   3. I would be 1000% more into Church history if it was all presented in video game memes https://www.tumblr.com/heckyeahorderofpreachers/61594777277   4. lolsob https://www.tumblr.com/cometojoseph/139620519788/%E3%83%84   5. Brutal, bruh https://www.tumblr.com/hislittleflower-throughconcrete/50587641456   6. -sips tea- https://by-grace-of-god.tumblr.com/post/64542854778/courtesy-of-matt-fradd/embed   7. Night Tumblr needs Jesus https://runofthemillsocialist.tumblr.com/post/128811434833/me-especially-those-most-in-need-of-your/embed   8. Only

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43 of Simcha Fisher’s Most Witty and Inspiring Articles from the National Catholic Register

Did you click for the puppies or for Simcha? Be honest. Simcha Fisher is a phenomenal writer. With her natural love for telling others about the trials and triumphs of daily life as a Catholic, to her fecund ability to make us spit out our food while wondering how her mind comes up with what

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The Poignant but Triumphant Story of the Yugoslavian Nun Who Was Raped

Particularly inspiring in this Year of Mercy, here is an extraordinary letter written by a young nun, Sister Lucy Vertrusc, to her mother superior. Sister Vertrusc became pregnant after she was raped in 1995 during the war in the former Yugoslavia. The letter appeared in an Italian newspaper at the behest of her Mother Superior.

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Bishops offer hope to the struggling this Labor Day

WASHINGTON—As families all over the world struggle with access to higher education, job loss, and other economic pressures this Labor Day, Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski offers a sign of hope in a recent address to American Catholics. Citing Pope Francis’ discourse to U.S. Congress, Archbishop Wenski expressed concern for those whose family relationships dissolve due

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20 Times Mark Shea Blew Us Away at the National Catholic Register

Mark Shea is a blogger, book author, Catholic speaker and a self-proclaimed ‘double jump convert’ – first from an agnostic pagan to non-denominational Evangelical, and then to the Catholic Church. Many of us were converted from his wonderful apologetics work from Ignatius Press, By What Authority: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition.      Mark Shea    

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From Surviving to Thriving with 13 Kids: Inspiration from a Faithful Catholic Family

In August of 2016, both The Washington Post and Business Insider chronicled the financial success of Rob and Sam Fatzinger, a dynamic husband and wife team, and how they have managed to raise their thirteen children debt-free in one of the most expensive regions in the United States. These two articles are very worthwhile, both

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Why Catholics Must Know the Bible: Bible Basics for Catholics by Dr. John Bergsma

Catholics sometimes have the ignoble distinction of not being sufficiently familiar with the Bible, or as familiar as we ought to be. That is unfortunate, in either appearance or actuality, particularly considering that the Catholic Church provided all twenty-seven books of the canon of the New Testament, not to mention going on two-thousand years of

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Before you get on the Nike-Madonna Buder bandwagon, read this

If you haven’t seen it by now, there’s a great Nike commercial going around featuring Madonna Buder, nicknamed the “Iron Nun”. Check it out: https://youtu.be/SEf7MoQYgzE In typical Nike fashion, the video is well executed and inspirational, but I love that it features an athlete that isn’t one of the typical, beautiful, young, we-already-know-how-good-they-are, Nike athletes.

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