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  Pilgrims by M.R. Leonard WOAH. I typically don’t start out my reviews with such an eloquent opening (ha!), but “Pilgrims” by M.R. Leonard is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. I was completely blown away when I actually comprehended the fact that this is the author’s debut. Picture a dystopian science fiction novel set in a world paralyzed by fear of an impending alien arrival. Now imagine these aliens as devout Catholics. Intrigued? Read on! https://readerviews.com/reviews/pilgrims-leonard/

  The Catholic Aliens Are Coming... https://crisismagazine.com/editors-desk/the-catholic-aliens-are-coming?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

  A Forgotten Defender of Tradition https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-forgotten-defender-of-tradition?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare via @CrisisMag

In India, religion is the demographic hot button - ZENIT - English : India has the world’s third largest Muslim population (almost 200 million) behind Pakistan and Indonesia. Local BJP politicians frequently voice anti-Muslim sentiments, though party leadership under Prime Minister Narendra Modi stresses religious tolerance. Muslims are sceptical.

Pope Francis Warns of AI's Role in Enabling Abuse, Calls for Ethical Responsibility - ZENIT - English : Francis warned that the internet has long created a false sense of detachment, allowing individuals to hide behind screens and avoid responsibility for their actions

 https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/02/26/decline-of-christianity-in-the-us-has-slowed-may-have-leveled-off/

70 Christians massacred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - ZENIT - English : According to the same sources, the Maiba massacre was carried out by the armed Islamist group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which operates in Uganda and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has terrorised the local population for over a decade.

USA: IVF Destroys Human Life, Bishops Urge Ethical Alternatives - ZENIT - English : “The IVF industry treats human beings like products and freezes or kills millions of children who are not selected for transfer to a womb or do not survive. Tuesday’s executive order promoting IVF is thus fatally flawed and stands in regrettable contrast to the promising pro-life actions of the Administration last month.

 The Pope's Chair, St. John Lateran, Rome - Travel Past 50 https://images.app.goo.gl/5FNURSWabpkiNu9SA  

This Is the Young Spokeswoman for the U.S. Government: A Young Catholic Mother - ZENIT - English : As the newly appointed White House press secretary, Karoline is responsible for handling media relations, managing press conferences, and shaping the public narrative of the administration.

  HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE?si=kyUU0pURbhyX86U1 via @YouTube https://youtu.be/dSIKBliboIo?si=v1gnJLZta7IFUTvQ HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE?si=kyUU0pURbhyX86U1 via @YouTube This conversation can serve no purpose anymore. "Without your space helmet Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult." “I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I can’t do that” Dave: "Open the pod bay doors, Hal." Hal: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." Dave: "What's the problem?" Hal: "I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do." Dave: "What are you talking about?" Hal: "You didn't say please." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE

  Uncomfortable Martyrdoms https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/uncomfortable-martyrdoms?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

A New Generation of Religious: 7 out of 10 have a university degree - ZENIT - English : Gray and his colleagues relied on national surveys and data from Google Trends, which tracks fluctuations in search activity for terms related to Mass attendance. Though not a direct measurement, these digital signals provide insights into how people’s religious practices evolve over time.

Religious sisters are “the foot soldiers of Christ” in Zimbabwe, says bishop - ZENIT - English : Bishop Raymond Mupandasekwa said the Church has been slow to recognize the contribution of sisters to the work of the Church, but fortunately in Zimbabwe this is beginning to change.

  A Cooling Period is Overdue: Is man-made CO2 slowing its onset? https://www.ehso.com/Climate-Change-Ice-Age-Overdue.php

  Myanmar: Catholic church bombed, Cardinal prays for peace https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51703

  Vatican says 13 missionaries were killed in 2024 https://www.ncronline.org/node/290196

Legal earthquake in Latin America: Inter-American Court of Human Rights rejects abortion - ZENIT - English : On January 23, the IACHR rejected a legal maneuver aimed at establishing abortion as a human right across the region. The case centered on the story of Beatriz, a Salvadoran woman whose pregnancy complications were weaponized in an attempt to challenge El Salvador’s strict abortion laws

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  From Catholic to catholicity: Higher education in an age of emergence https://www.ncronline.org/node/293376

  Faggioli's book challenges Catholic higher education https://www.ncronline.org/node/289481

Global Christian Persecution Reaches New Heights Amid Rising Nationalism, Conflict, and Repression - ZENIT - English : The findings align with broader trends in religious repression worldwide. Data from Pew Research indicates that government-imposed restrictions on religion reached new peaks in 2022, with nearly a third of all countries exhibiting high or very high levels of control.

  “Fratelli tutti”: short summary of Pope Francis's Social Encyclical - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-10/fratelli-tutti-pope-fraternity-social-friendship-short-summary.html

Number of Kidnapped Catholic Priests Grows in One Year Worldwide - ZENIT - English : 38 priests and religious were kidnapped in 2024

  Portraits in Faith communicates in the spirit of Fratelli Tutti - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-02/portraits-in-faith-communicates-in-the-spirit-of-fratelli-tutti.html

  Pope to Orthodox priests: Nicene Creed unites all Christians - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-02/pope-francis-oriental-orthodox-priests-monks-audience.html Pope to Orthodox priests: Nicene Creed unites all Christians Pope Francis meets with young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and urges Christians to express our common faith in respect and fraternal love. By Devin Watkins “The proclamation of our common faith requires before all else that we love one another.” Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in a study visit to Rome. Promoted by the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, the fifth Study Visit brought together priests and monks from the Armenian, Coptic, Ehiopian, Eritrean, Malankara, and Syrian Oriental Orthodox Churches. In his greetings to the group at the Casa Santa Marta, the Pope called the annual visit an “exchange of gifts,” which helps theological ...

  The Mother and Queen Men's Rosary is a large Schoenstatt apostolate involving more than one million men. They meet frequently to pray the rosary and, in many places, they engage in social work. Now, for the first time, a prison in the state of Piauí has a Rosary group. #prison #jail #inmate #drugtesting #prisoners #prison #firstday #federalprison #portialouder   #devasted #inmate #prison #prisonstories #prisonuniform #fear #gangs   https://schoenstatt.com/prisoners-in-brazil-form-a-mother-and-queen-mens-rosary-group/

  Under Pope Francis, it's management, not ministry, for Catholic women https://www.ncronline.org/node/292671

  A light of revelation: The power of witness of consecrated women https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/292576

  February 3rd : Blessed John Nelson, SJ https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-3rd-john-nelson-sj/

  February 1st : St Henry Morse, SJ https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-1st-henry-morse-sj/

  John Paul II: The Apostle of Life https://crisismagazine.com/vault/john-paul-ii-the-apostle-of-life?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

  New Vatican document examines potential and risks of AI - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-01/new-vatican-document-examines-potential-and-risks-of-ai.html

  You say patateo, I say potato, you say tomateo, I say tomoto, you say Mask, I say Mosque, THink about it https://www.appzizzle.com/products/mask-headgear-2 Comparisons made in the song  hide Phrase/word "You" "I" this and... the other that either / ˈ iː ð ər / / ˈ aɪ ð ər / neither / ˈ n iː ð ər / / ˈ n aɪ ð ər / potato / p ə ˈ t eɪ t ə / / p ə ˈ t ɑː t ə / tomato / t ə ˈ m eɪ t ə / / t ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / pajamas / p ə ˈ dʒ æ m ə z / / p ə ˈ dʒ ɑː m ə z / laughter / ˈ l æ f t ər / / ˈ l ɑː f t ər / after / ˈ æ f t ər / / ˈ ɑː f t ər / Havana / h ə ˈ v æ n ə / / h ə ˈ v ɑː n ə / banana / b ə ˈ n æ n ə / / b ə ˈ n ɑː n ə / oysters / ˈ ɔɪ s t ər z / / ˈ ɜːr s t ər z / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off

  Check out this article: Pope clears way for beatification of Georgia martyrs - https://www.osvnews.com/pope-clears-way-for-beatification-of-georgia-martyrs/

  Pope urges Catholic Institutional communicators to network to bring hope - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-01/pope-to-catholic-communicators-network-to-bring-hope.html

  Media Apostolate: Communicating the Gospel of Hope in joyful and challenging times - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2025-01/media-professionals-and-apostles-communicating-the-gospel-of-ho.html

Discalced Carmelites leave Nicaragua amid government persecution - ZENIT - English : The departure of the Carmelite friars is part of a broader pattern of hostility toward the Catholic Church under the Ortega-Murillo regime

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Massacre of Christians in Nigeria - ZENIT - English : A series of attacks on Christian communities in December, including on Christmas day, left dozens dead, according to recent reports from local Church sources to Aid to the Church in Need.

  'I had anti-government views so they treated me for schizophrenia' https://bbc.com/news/articles/cr46npx1e73o?at_campaign_type=owned&at_medium=emails&at_objective=awareness&at_ptr_type=email&at_ptr_name=salesforce&at_campaign=newsbriefing&at_email_send_date=20250123&at_send_id=4269198&at_link_title=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bbc.com%2fnews%2farticles%2fcr46npx1e73o&at_bbc_team=crm

  Global Sisters Report acquires A Nun's Life Ministry https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/291876

An imperfect male’s guide to successful married life : Continue to pray for your spouse and for each of your children—even after they grow up and leave home, including all the members of their families as they grow.

The Father, through the Holy Spirit, draws people to Jesus. This, is precisely “the truth; this is the reality that every one of us feels when we approach Jesus” and what “the impure spirits try to impede; they wage war on us”. A Christian life without temptations is not Christian: it is ideological, it is gnostic, but it is not Christian”. In fact it happens that “when the Father draws people to Jesus, there is another who draws in the opposite way and wages war within you! Words of the Holy Father (Santa Marta, 19 January 2017) Image: The_Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent_Monastery_of_St_Catherine_Sinai_12th_century  

  Pope to Hilton Foundation: ‘Church needs religious women to serve the poor’ - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-01/pope-to-hilton-foundation-church-needs-religious-women.html

The courage of Christian martyrs is a blessing for everyone, pope says : The Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, formerly known as the Apostleship of Prayer, released the pope's prayer intention for the month of March, which is dedic...

  Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor 2023 https://online.flippingbook.com/view/573773746/

  The smiling Carmelite is on her way to the altars: she is recognized as a “servant of God” - ZENIT - English https://zenit.org/2025/01/21/the-smiling-carmelite-is-on-her-way-to-the-altars-she-is-recognized-as-a-servant-of-god/?eti=21284

 St. Sylvester, pray for us!⁠ https://x.com/CathApostleCtr/status/1874168814092312897

  Pope's message to President Trump on his inauguration day https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51551

  Praying the Hail Mary with Actions: The Hail Mary Salute https://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/activities/praying-the-hail-mary-with-actions/

  The Hail Mary salute is a gesture that accompanies the Hail Mary prayer. The gesture involves r aising the right hand to point to the sky, then raising the left hand to point to the sky, and finally sweeping the right hand across the body

  Dangerous Purity https://www.dominicanajournal.org/dangerous-purity/

  The miracle of the wedding feast at Cana briefly explained by Pope Francis - ZENIT - English https://zenit.org/2025/01/19/the-miracle-of-the-wedding-feast-at-cana-briefly-explained-by-pope-francis/?eti=21245