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Today's Readings
- Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
  
  Reading 1 Jer 17:5-8
  Responsorial Psalm Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6
  Reading 2 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20
  Gospel Lk 6:17, 20-26
Catholic News Service
- DiNardo: Action on McCarrick 'clear signal' church will not tolerate abuse
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Vatican's removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick "is a clear signal that abuse will not be tolerated," said the...
- McCarrick removed from the priesthood after being found guilty of abuse
  
  IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has confirmed the removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick, the 88-year-old former cardinal and archbishop of...
- Update: Catholic bishops, groups oppose Trump's call for national emergency
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic bishops near the U.S.-Mexico border, joined by other U.S. prelates, voiced opposition immediately after...
- Welcome Christ present in migrants and refugees, pope urges
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even if Christians struggle to recognize him with his "torn clothes (and) dirty feet," Jesus is present in the migrants...
- Texas locality orders popular Catholic center for migrants to vacate
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A group of city commissioners in the border city of McAllen, Texas, voted in mid-February to remove from a building a popular...
Catholic News Service
Rome Reports

Word on Fire
Catholic Link
- 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...
- That Song Is Heretical – Should Catholics Listen To “Christian Music”?
  
  My husband walked into the living room, stood there for a minute, then interrupted me mid-lip-sync with, “That song is... The post That Song Is Heretical – Should Catholics Listen To “Christian Music”
- Objective Standard for Love | Liturgy Live 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
  
  This week on the podcast we talk about motivation and what is required to keep us going. A few things... The post Objective Standard for Love | Liturgy Live 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time appeared...
- “The Kids Are Alright” – Could There Really Be A Catholic Show On Network TV?
  
  “The Kids Are Alright” is a new sitcom on ABC that is somewhat inspired by the childhood of writer and... The post “The Kids Are Alright” – Could There Really Be A Catholic Show On Network TV...
News from the Vatican
- Pope asks for prayers for summit, calls clergy abuse an ‘urgent’ problem
  
  Speaking in his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis petitioned Catholics to pray for an upcoming anti-abuse summit at the Vatican, saying he wanted to call the gathering as a response to the “urgent”
- US bishops laud pope’s call to defrock McCarrick as ‘just,’ ‘determined’
  
  A range of U.S. Church leaders praised Pope Francis's decision to remove former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the clerical state.
- New book claims gay subculture flourishes at Vatican
  
  A new book alleges that 80 percent of clergy inside the Vatican is gay.
- McCarrick becomes most senior cleric to be defrocked over abuse scandals
  
  In a widely expected yet still dramatic move, the Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has approved the removal of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the clerical state, colloquially known as...
- Editor of Vatican women’s magazine aims to shatter silence on abused nuns
  
  Italian Lucetta Scaraffia is a bit of a troublemaker in the Vatican these days. She discusses women in the Church.
National Catholic Register
- Interior Peace with Brief Rule of St. Romuald, 7 Steps to Reclaim Faith in Pagan Culture, and More!
  
  By Tito Edwards | Find Interior Peace with the Brief Rule of St. Romuald ☩ Philip Kosloski of Aleteia +1 7 Steps to Reclaim the Catholic Faith in a Neo-Pagan Modern Culture ☩ Chloe Langr of...
- Catholic Royal Opens Center for Christian Renewal
  
  By K.V. Turley | On Feb. 15, 2019, Lord Nicholas Windsor opened Theodore House at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England. Lord Nicholas, who is the great grandson of King George V, and youngest son...
- Timely Read: ‘Morality Needs ... Saints to Uncover Moral Laws’
  
  By Donald DeMarco | Matters of Life & Death A Catholic Guide to the Moral Questions of Our Time By Gerard M. Verschuuren Angelico Press, 2018 210 pages, $16.95 To order:...
- The Wayward Daughters, 10 Things That Forgive Venial Sins by Thomas Aquinas, God Owns Me, and More!
  
  By Tito Edwards | The Wayward Daughters ☩ Haley Stewart of Church Life Journal +1 Ten Things That Forgive Venial Sins, According to St. Thomas Aquinas ☩ Billy Ryan of uCatholic +1 God...
- As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us
  
  By Sherry Antonetti | Want to feel more beautiful? Lighter? Younger? Braver? Happier? Stronger? More in love than you do now? There’s a drug-free, exercise-free, camp-free, guru-free means of...