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| | Headlines Pontifical Council Statement on the Violence in Iraq By Vatican Radio | August 14, 2014 No cause, and certainly no religion, can justify such barbarity. This constitutes an extremely serious offense to humanity and to God who is the Creator, as Pope Francis has often reminded us. Continue Reading... Will Suffering, Struggle, Failure and Pain Make us Bitter or Better? By Deacon Keith A Fournier | August 15, 2014 St. Paul was an extraordinary man and an extraordinary Christian. An Apostle, raised up out of the ordinary course, he accomplished great things for the Lord as he eagerly responded to His calling to build the Church and, through her, to help change the world. A man so profoundly close to the Lord he followed that he had mystical experiences arising out of his interior life, his intimate communion with God. He certainly had a strong relationship with the Lord and his prayer life was solid. Yet, this great Apostle suffered greatly. He was misunderstood and betrayed by brethren. He experienced intense emotional, economic and physical hardships. He had many reasons to become bitter. He did not. He became better. Continue Reading... LIVES - RUINED IN AN INSTANT: Iraqi Catholics in Lebanon recount their harrowing ordeal By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | August 12, 2014 Now living in Lebanon, a Catholic family who was forced to flee their home in Mosul, Iraq, have begun to share their horrific ordeal at the hands of Islamic State rebels. The family's patriarch has vivid memories of that June evening. "These people know no limits of humanity, decency, or respect for human life," he said of the Islamic State fighters. Continue Reading... Pope Francis Calls for Prayers and Action By Joseph J. Klock | August 13, 2014 In a series of tweets over recent days, Pope Francis has raised an alarm to the international community pleading for us to protect and pray for "all those suffering violence in Iraq," and to live in solidarity with them. Continue Reading... Fear is Useless! As The World Shakes, Christians Offer an Unshakeable Kingdom By Deacon Keith A Fournier | August 12, 2014 It seems like we are being bombarded with news of catastrophes, crises wars, bloodshed and calamities on a daily basis. As a writer, preacher and Catholic deacon, I regularly use these crises as an opportunity to call people of faith to prayer and effective solidarity. However, I find myself - and the people around me - overwhelmed at the magnitude of it all these days. It gets to the point where we can fear opening the laptop, listening to the radio or turning on the television. One of effects of the saturation can be an increase of one of the most crippling of human emotions, the misplaced fear and the anxiety it breeds in our daily lives. The Sacred Scriptures are filled with admonitions against this kind of fear. Yet, the admonitions alone will not help us to overcome it. Only something stronger than fear- with the capacity to change us inside - can liberate us from its chains. That something is Some One; the one who understands all of our fears and has opened the way to overcoming them through and in the embrace of His Redemptive Love. That Some-One is Jesus Christ who became like us - in all things but sin- so that we can become like Him. In Him, fear is overcome, swallowed up, and transformed by living faith and trust. Continue Reading... Chaldean Patriarch calls for ARMED RESPONSE to defend Christians from Genocide By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | August 11, 2014 Earlier we posted a misquote from our sources. We originally attributed the statement "a professional well-equipped army" to Pope Francis. This quote is correctly attributed to the Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Sako. Continue Reading... Pope Francis has joined with Christians facing genocide in Iraq and Syria, calling upon the world to join him in "Prayer and Action' to bring peace to the troubled region. Calling for international action, he has asked the world to "stop these crimes."  Son of Khaled Sharrouf poses with severed head (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) as Jihadists recruit children to behead victims By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | August 11, 2014 What's worse than jihadists beheading Christians and others, posing with their victim's heads? Child jihadists doing the same. As the Islamic State terrorists raise the ante on the world, they have made public that they are recruiting and using children as part of their operations. Continue Reading... WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTOS (RAW) - ISIS begins killing Christians in Mosul, CHILDREN BEHEADED By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | August 8, 2014 Islamic State terrorists have begun their promised killing of Christians in Mosul, and they have started with the children. According to a report via CNN, a Chaldean-American businessman has said that killings have started in Mosul and children's heads are being erected on poles in a city park. Continue Reading...    Most Popular Ancient architectural wonder of Rome Read More For Holy Saturday Reflection: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary Read More For Holy Saturday Reflection: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary Read More  Good Friday Reflection on the Nature of Sin Read More  A Good Friday Reflection: I Thirst Read More News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2014 Catholic Online. | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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