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Pepper the robot gives evidence in Parliament

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Douglas Noel Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Audiobook HD 2017

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - Trailer

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St Peter Claver, St Ciaran | ICN

St Peter Claver, St Ciaran | ICN : Missionary and patron saint of the African slaves. The son of a Catalonian farmer, Peter Claver was born at Verdu, in 1581. He obtained his first degrees at the University of Barcelona. At the age of 20 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Tarragona. While he was studying philosophy at M...

Saint Genesius of Rome is the Roman Catholic patron saint of comedians, ...

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St. Genesius Video

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St Bartholomew | ICN

St Bartholomew | ICN : Biblical scholars these days generally think St Bartholomew was the same person as Nathaniel, but nothing is known for certain about him.The Roman Martyrology says he was one of the apostles who went to India and Armenia, and was eventually tortured and put to death there.

Holiness Builds Up the Church - Aug 24 - Homily - Fr Dominic

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Leah Libresco | The Gist

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St Maximilian Kolbe | ICN

St Maximilian Kolbe | ICN : Franciscan priest and martyr. He is a patron saint of journalists, drug addicts, political prisoners, families, prisoners, and the pro-life movement. Maximilian was born near Lodz in Poland, in 1894, while the country was under Russian rule. His parents were Franciscan tertiaries. He jo...

Il martirio di san Massimiliano Kolbe nel braccio della morte di Auschwi...

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Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: The Future Pope Pius VII

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: The Future Pope Pius VII : Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, the future Pope Pius VII, was born on August 14, 1742. He joined the Benedictine order when he wa...

Former Atheist Turned Catholic Blogger Leah Libresco Speaks at Mary

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Catholic Online School - Faithful Education, Like Never Before HD

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St Landry of Paris june 10

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St Landry of Paris-June 10

St Boniface | June 5

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St Boniface June 5 St Boniface | ICN https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/166#.WxaYbJOApD8.twitter via @icn_uk

San Francisco - Scott McKenzie

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St Bona of Pisa-May 28

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St Bona of Pisa-May 28

St Germain of Paris-May 28

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St Germain of Paris-May 28

St Philip Neri May 26

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St. Julia, Roman Catholic Martyr she refused to sacrifice to Pagan Gods, disrespecting the state gods was a crime punishable by death, which the magistrate could only overlook at his own risk. Feastday May 23

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St. Julia, Roman Catholic Martyr she refused to sacrifice to Pagan Gods, disrespecting the state gods was a crime punishable by death, which the magistrate could only overlook at his own risk. Feastday May 23

Saint Rita of Cascia and Tragedy of her marriage

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St Andrew Bobola

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St Andrew Bobola May 21

St Felix of Cantalice-May 18| ICN

St Felix of Cantalice | ICN : Franciscan brother. Felix of Cantalice, OFM Cap, was born on 18 May 1515 to peasant parents in Cantalice, Italy, He was the third of four sons born...

St Paschal Baylon-May 17| ICN

St Paschal Baylon | ICN : Franciscan laybrother. Patron of Eucharistic devotions. St Paschal was born in 1540 at Torre Hermosa in Aragon. He came from a poor shepherd family...

St Simon Stock | ICN

St Simon Stock | ICN : Carmelite friar. According to tradition St Simon Stock was born somewhere in Kent, possibly the village of Stockbury, and lived in Aylesford. The s...

Contraception and the Manipulation of Language - Crisis Magazine

Contraception and the Manipulation of Language - Crisis Magazine : Individual Americans have enjoyed more personal freedom, individual rights, and collective liberty than most, if not all, other civilizations in history. Yet we are living in a time when freedom, rights, and liberty have been so thoroughly redefined and distorted that we struggle to communicate with each other. A faithful Catholic uses the same words …

St Dympna | ICN

St Dympna | ICN : Martyr. Possibly seventh century. Patron of the mentally ill. Few facts are known about this ancient saint but her memory has been very influential...

Runaway slave-turned-priest moves closer to beatification

Runaway slave-turned-priest moves closer to beatification : The first African American priest in the U.S. could become the country’s first African American saint as his cause took another step forward this week.

St Matthias | ICN

St Matthias | ICN : Apostle. Matthias was chosen by the apostles, to fill the place left vacant by Judas Iscariot. He was with them at Pentecost. According to legend h...

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima | ICN

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima | ICN : On 13 May 1917, three children were shepherding their little flock in the Cova da Iria, parish of Fatima, town of Vila Nova de Ourém - today the d...

St Pancras | ICN

St Pancras | ICN : Martyr. Little is certainly known of the life of Saint Pancras. According to legend, he came from Phrygia and was martyred in Rome at the age of 14...

St John of Avila, St Damien | ICN

St John of Avila, St Damien | ICN : Priest, writer, mystic. John was born in 1500 in New Castile to wealthy Jewish parents. He studied law at Salamanca but then gave the subject up to...

St Peter of Tarantaise | ICN

St Peter of Tarantaise | ICN : Cistercian archbishop. Born in Dauphine, France in 1102, Peter joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of 20 with his two brothers and...

St Jutta | ICN

St Jutta | ICN : Married woman. St Jutta lived in 13th century Thuringia. She was married at the age of fifteen to a nobleman and bore children by him. During their...

St Philip and St James the Younger | ICN

St Philip and St James the Younger | ICN : Apostle. St Philip was from Bethseda in Galilee. Soon after Jesus called him to be an apostle, he began to convert others, finding his friend Natha...

St Athanasius | ICN

St Athanasius | ICN : Bishop. Patriarch of Alexandria. Born in 296, to Christian parents, Athanasius became deacon and secretary to Bishop Alexander. He attended the Cou...

St Joseph the Worker | ICN

St Joseph the Worker | ICN : Foster father of Jesus and husband of Our Lady. Patron saint of families, homes, hospices, manual workers, especially carpenters, and those who des...

St Pius V | ICN

St Pius V | ICN : Pope. Anthony Ghislieri was born in 1504 in Pieddmont, Itay. He joined the Dominicans in 1518, was ordained in 1540 and then taught philosophy and ...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Eighth Day Institute's 2018 "Synaxis"

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Eighth Day Institute's 2018 "Synaxis" : The latest issue of Synaxis is out. Eighth Day Institute (EDI) held a Benedict Hour Friday afternoon and evening at The Ladder to distri...

St Catherine of Siena | ICN

St Catherine of Siena | ICN : Mystic. Dominican tertiary. St Catherine was born in 1347, the youngest of about 20 children of a Sienese dyer, Giacomo Benincasa. From a very earl...

St Peter Chanel and St Louis de Montfort | ICN

St Peter Chanel and St Louis de Montfort | ICN : St Peter Chanel was born in 1804 near Cras in France. His parents were peasants. His parish priest, the Abbe Trompier, took him on as a pupil becau...

St Zita | ICN

St Zita | ICN : Domestic servant. Patron of maidservants. Born at Monsagrati, in 1218, she worked for the Farinelli household all her life from the age of 12. She ...

St. Justin Martyr & Paschaltide

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St Pedro de Betancur | ICN

St Pedro de Betancur | ICN : Priest and the first saint of Guatemala.Born into a poor family on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Pedro was a shepherd until he was 24 whe...

St Mark | ICN

St Mark | ICN : Evangelist. St Mark was the first Gospel writer. He is usually associated with John Mark, whose mother's house in Jerusalem was a meeting place for...

Sin as an Offense Against the Body - Crisis Magazine

Sin as an Offense Against the Body - Crisis Magazine : “Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the impure person sins against the body itself.” More than any other type of sin, St. Paul is suggesting that impurity is a sin against ourselves. A deep healing of such sins cannot be limited to a correction of external behavior, but must …

St George | ICN

St George | ICN : Martyr. Patron saint of England, Venice, Genoa, Portugal and Catalonia. He is highly revered in Germany, Russia, Ethiopia and a patron of soldiers,...

Mexico: Two priests murdered in one week | ICN

Mexico: Two priests murdered in one week | ICN : The bishops of Mexico have launched an urgent appeal for a culture of peace and reconciliation after two Catholic priests were murdered in differen...

St Theodore of Sykeon | ICN

St Theodore of Sykeon | ICN : Monk and Bishop of Anastasiopolis in Galatia. This seventh century saint was the son of a prostitute who lived in a brothel. His father was a circu...

St Agnes of Montepulciano | ICN

St Agnes of Montepulciano | ICN : Dominican nun and mystic. Born in 1268, to a wealthy family in Gracchiano-Vecchio, in Italy, Agnes is said to have entered a convent in Montepulcia...

St Bernadette | ICN

St Bernadette | ICN : Visionary, and later nun. Born in 1844, Bernadette was the eldest of six children born to Francois Soubirous, a miller, and his wife Louise. The fa...

St Martin I | ICN

St Martin I | ICN : St Martin was the last Pope to be venerated as a martyr. Born in the Italian town of Todi in Umbria, as a young man he rose rapidly in the church, ...

St Teresa of the Andes | ICN

St Teresa of the Andes | ICN : Carmelite novice. Chile's first saint. Teresa was one of six children born in 1900 in Santiago, Chile, to a well-to-do family of mixed Chilean, Eng...

St Stanislaw | ICN

St Stanislaw | ICN : Bishop and martyr. Patron saint of Poland. St Stanislaw was born in 1010 to a noble family in Szczepanow. After his ordination, he received a canon...

Feast of the Annunciation | ICN

Feast of the Annunciation | ICN : Feast of the Annunciation This feast is usually kept on 25 March, but because that date was ...

St Julia Billiart | ICN

St Julia Billiart | ICN : Nun and foundress. St Julia Billiart was born in Cuvilly, France in 1751. The fifth of seven children, she attended a little one room school. She e...

St John Baptiste de la Salle | ICN

St John Baptiste de la Salle | ICN : Priest teacher and founder.St John was born at Rheims in France, in 1651 to a wealthy family. He was given a canonry as a young man. He...

St William of Aebelholt | ICN

St William of Aebelholt | ICN : Augustinian abbot. Born in France in 1127, William of Aebelholt went on to become one of Denmark's most revered saints. His letters are a valuable ...

St Vincent Ferrer | ICN

St Vincent Ferrer | ICN : Friar. St Vincent Ferrer was born in Valencia in Spain, in 1357. His father was an Englishman, married to a Spanish lady. At the age of 18 he joine...

St Benedict the African | ICN

St Benedict the African | ICN : Laybrother. Born in Sicily in 1526, of African slave parents, St Benedict was freed by his owner at a young age. When he was 21 some Franciscan her...

St Luigi Scrosoppi | ICN

St Luigi Scrosoppi | ICN : Italian priest and founder of the Sisters of Providence. St Luigi was born on 4 August 1804, at Udine in Italy, the youngest of three sons of Domen...

St Francis of Paola | ICN

St Francis of Paola | ICN : Patron saint of seafarers. Founder of the Franciscan Minim Friars, Born at Paola in Calabria, in 1416, St Francis lived at a friary for a year when...

St Hugh of Grenoble | ICN

St Hugh of Grenoble | ICN : Bishop and monk. St Hugh was born in 1052, at Chateauneuf in France. He was the son of a knight called Odilo and educated at the cathedral school a...

St Acacius | ICN

St Acacius | ICN : Bishop of Antioch. According to legend, this 3rd century saint was so revered by his flock that they nicknamed him 'Agathangelus' which means 'The ...

St Cyril of Alexandria, Champion of Our Lady

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St John of Egypt | ICN

St John of Egypt | ICN : Hermit. Born in Asyut, Egypt, in 304, St John was a carpenter. When he was 25 he went out into the desert to pray and was to became one of the most...

The Corrosion of the British Spirit - Crisis Magazine

The Corrosion of the British Spirit - Crisis Magazine : If you’ve seen Dunkirk, or Darkest Hour, you got a glimpse of Britain’s fighting spirit in the face of great peril. If you know a little bit more about that period, you know why Churchill could say of the British people, “this was their finest hour.” You could hardly say that now. With a few …

Feast of the Annunciation | ICN

Feast of the Annunciation | ICN : In both the East and West, Mary is the most important of saints - although little is known of her life. St Matthew describes how, when the angel Ga...

The Donkey That No One Could Ride

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Blessed Oscar Romero | ICN

Blessed Oscar Romero | ICN : Archbishop and martyr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero was born into a family of ten on 15 August in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador. His father was in charge of ...

Korean Catholic Martyrs - Special Exhibit at Vatican Museums - EWTN Vati...

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St Joseph | ICN

St Joseph | ICN : Foster father of Jesus and husband of Our Lady. Patron saint of families, homes, hospices, manual workers, especially carpenters, and those who des...

Catholic Kids Homilies- Lent Week 5 (Cycle B)

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St Joseph (19-March) ~ Fr Ripperger

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The Protestant Origins of Dysfunctional Education - Crisis Magazine

The Protestant Origins of Dysfunctional Education - Crisis Magazine : As a former boarding school teacher, this time of year brings memories of enormous frustration at the chaos, moral and intellectual, that is contemporary American education. While the general disorder is the fault of Adam and Eve, the particular mess has much to do with Luther and Calvin, who not only spawned the Protestant Reformation …

St Louise de Marillac | ICN

St Louise de Marillac | ICN : Widow. Foundress of the Daughter of Charity. Born in 1591 to an aristocratic family, Louise was educated by nuns at Poissy. Her mother died when sh...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: The Ides of March in Scotland, 1878

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: The Ides of March in Scotland, 1878 : Pope Leo XIII--one of my favorite popes--was elected to the  Chair of St. Peter on February 20, 1878. One of his first acts was to res...

St Philomena the "Wonder Worker" (11-Aug feast day)

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Saint Philomena Martyr of the Early Church in Rome

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Remembering the Early Christian Martyrs of Rome

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JRS calls for end to cruel detention of torture victims at Harmondsworth | ICN

JRS calls for end to cruel detention of torture victims at Harmondsworth | ICN : Jesuit Refugee Services UK has called on the government to end indefinite detention, in response to the latest damning inspection of Harmondsworth ...

Modesty: Decorum ~ Fr Ripperger

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Crowdfunding campaign launched to support Cause of John Bradburne | ICN

Crowdfunding campaign launched to support Cause of John Bradburne | ICN : A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support the Cause of John Bradburne, a lay missionary and poet, who was shot dead, almost certainly by...

St Dominic Savio | ICN

St Dominic Savio | ICN : Child saint. St Dominic was born in 1842 at Riva near Turin. He was one of ten children - his father was a blacksmith and his mother a seamstress. ...

St John of God | ICN

St John of God | ICN : Founder of the Brothers Hospitallers. Patron of hospitals, the sick, booksellers and printers. St John was born in Portugal in 1495. For a few year...

St Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor of the Church ~ Fr Ripperger

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Catholic Kids Homilies- Lent Week 3 (Cycle B)

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Lourdes in France - Ave Maria of Lourdes

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Catholic Hymnal: Lourdes Hymn with words and descant - Immaculate Mary

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Catholic Hymnal: GOD OF MERCY AND COMPASSION

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Bruegel, Tower of Babel

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Would You Be With Christ at the Foot of the Cross

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Passion of the Church: Role of Mary

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Church of Santa_Susanna_alle_Terme_di_Diocleziano The chapel of St. Lawrence which contains relics of the martyr St. Genesius, the patron saint of actors (he was also known as Genesius the Comedian), #Oscars2018 #Oscars

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Church of Santa_Susanna_alle_Terme_di_Diocleziano The chapel of St. Lawrence which contains relics of the martyr St. Genesius, the patron saint of actors (he was also known as Genesius the Comedian), # Oscars2018 # Oscars

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Blesseds Christopher Bales, Nicholas Horner, and A...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Blesseds Christopher Bales, Nicholas Horner, and A... : Blessed Christopher Bales, priest and martyr, and companions (laymen who assisted him) Blessed Alexander Blake, and Blessed Nicholas Ho...

St John the Baptist & the Virtue of Fortitude

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Cults of Personality & the Holy Name of Jesus

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St Katharine Drexel | ICN

St Katharine Drexel | ICN : Nun and foundress. Katharine Drexel was the daughter of a millionaire banker. Born in Philadelphia in 1858, she had an excellent education and trav...

Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (France)

Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (France)

St Matthias (24 February)

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St John of the Cross: 3 Cautions About The World

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CDF issues letter to bishops warning of 'new forms of old heresies' | ICN

CDF issues letter to bishops warning of 'new forms of old heresies' | ICN : The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has sent a letter to bishops warning them of 'new forms of old heresies' by stressing individu...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Mapping the Martyrs

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Mapping the Martyrs : A gentleman from Yorkshire, Graeme Garvey, who has written for the St. Austin Review and published a website on World War I veterans, am...

Rev. Paul Scalia - The Errors of Modernism

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A Medieval Remedy for Modernity’s Ills - Crisis Magazine

A Medieval Remedy for Modernity’s Ills - Crisis Magazine : Show me a Catholic not troubled by the circumstances of these days, and I will show you a Catholic asleep. Society’s woes rock his soul, but the historic perils facing Holy Church do so even more. Not only from outside her walls, but more frighteningly, from within. How are we to keep our spirits from …

The Faithlessness of Public Education - Crisis Magazine

The Faithlessness of Public Education - Crisis Magazine : In the wake of the dreadful massacre at the high school in Florida, I asked, via social media, what I thought was a question so obvious that everyone was bound to miss it, just as you do not notice the air you breathe. It was simply this. Why is no one surprised that a deranged …

Relativism ~ Fr John Riccardo

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Love and Almsgiving

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Once Upon a Saint - St. Edith Stein - August 09th

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Pope Francis: How much time do you spend judging others? | ICN

Pope Francis: How much time do you spend judging others? | ICN : In his homily, during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on the words of Jesus in the day's Gospel reading from Luke, (6:36-...

Blessed Daniel Brottier | ICN

Blessed Daniel Brottier | ICN : Priest. Born in France in 1876, Daniel began his working life as a teacher. After a few years working at home he felt drawn to the priesthood and j...

Faith & Good Works

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St Gabriel Possenti | ICN

St Gabriel Possenti | ICN : Monk. Patron of young people. St Gabriel was born in 1838, a younger son of the governor of Assisi. He studied at the Jesuit college at Spoleto whe...

Meditating on the Passion with Moses and Elias

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St Margaret of Cortona (22 February)

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Catholic Kids Homilies- Lent Week 3 (Cycle B)

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Where we are. How we got here. What we need to do. Part I

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What is Truth?

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St Porphyry of Gaza | ICN

St Porphyry of Gaza | ICN : Bishop. Born in Salonica in 352, St Porphyry became a monk and lived in the Egyptian desert and the Jordan valley. After some years he developed a ...

Catholic Prayers - Litany of Loreto, English

Catholic Prayers - Litany of Loreto, English

Dec 10 - Homily: Our Lady of Loreto

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Our Lady of LaSalette

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Our Lady: the City of God

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Mystical City of God (FULL Audiobook)

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The Mystical City of God

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Blessed Maria de Agreda, the REAL Flying Nun

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Concupiscence Part 3: Welcome to Babylon

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St Peter Damian (23 February)

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Holy Father, Teach Us to Pray! The Pope Francis Minute

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St Margaret of Cortona | ICN

St Margaret of Cortona | ICN : Franciscan sister. Margaret was the beautiful daughter of a Tuscan peasant, born in 1242. At the age of 18 she fell in love with a rich young noble...

Charity: 1 Corinthians 13

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Catholic Kids Homilies- Lent Week 2 (Cycle B)

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St Maria Goretti: the Influence of the Media

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The Donkey That No One Could Ride

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TOMKIN The Sign of the Cross

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Once Upon a Saint - St. Margaret Mary Alocoque - October 16th

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Holy Father, Teach Us to Pray! The Pope Francis Minute

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The Francis Minute: The Recipe for a Happy Family

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Why We Should Love the Virgin Mary: Pope Francis Minute

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Taking Our Place with Saint Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes

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War Against Temptation

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St Mesrop the Teacher | ICN

St Mesrop the Teacher | ICN : Bishop. Born in 345, this saint was one of the founders of the Armenian church. He worked with St Isaac the Great as a missionary among his people....

The Sorrow of the Souls in Hell

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St Elias and Companions | ICN

St Elias and Companions | ICN : Elias and four companions, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah (also known as Jeremy and Jeremias), and Samuel were Egyptian martyrs who visited Christians co...

Once Upon a Saint - St. Margaret Mary Alocoque - October 16th

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Divine Mercy Chaplet for Kids

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St Scholastica (10 February)

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Litaniae Sanctorum (Litany of the Saints)

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Litany of the Saints John Becker

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Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus - Hear and Read the Prayer - 1909 ...

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St Valentine | ICN

St Valentine | ICN : Two early Christian martyrs called Valentine are listed on this day in the Roman Martyrology. One was a Roman priest, who died for his faith on the...

Resources for Catholic singles | ICN

Resources for Catholic singles | ICN : Besides being Ash Wednesday - 14 February is also is the feast of St Valentine, traditionally the patron saint of courtship, engaged couples and ha...

St. Valentine, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He was executed on February 14, Feastday February 14

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St. Valentine, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith ineffectual, commanded him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14, Feastday February 14

The Love of God Must Motivate Us During Lent

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Seven Holy Founders (Feast 12 February)

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Detachment - Fr Ripperger

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Am I Conformed To The World

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Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes | ICN

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes | ICN : On this day, more than one hundred and fifty years ago, a 14 year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, saw Our Lady in a cave on the banks of the River ...

St Scholastica | ICN

St Scholastica | ICN : First Benedictine nun. All that is known about St Scholastica comes from the Dialogues of Gregory the Great. She was the twin sister of St Benedict...

St Cyril of Alexandria (9 February)

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Natural Sciences Try to Make Us Forget God

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Having Hope ~ Fr Ripperger

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Gidea Park: Fr Adrian Graffy on 'Understanding the Creed' | ICN

Gidea Park: Fr Adrian Graffy on 'Understanding the Creed' | ICN : Fr Adrian Graffy gave two talks on the Creed, in the parish of Gidea Park, Brentwood Diocese, on 24th and 31st January 2018.Fr Adrian began ...

St Josephine Bakhita | ICN

St Josephine Bakhita | ICN : Nun. Also known as Madre Moretta. Born in the Sudan in 1869 to a wealthy family, Josephine was kidnapped at the age of nine and sold into slavery. ...

St Josephine Bahkita (Feast Day-8 Feb)

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Lent Makes Ground of Our Soul Fruitful

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St Colette | ICN

St Colette | ICN : Nun. Born in Corbie, France in 1381, Colette began to follow the Third Order Rule when she was 21. She became an anchoress, living in a small room ...

St Titus and St Dorothy (6 February)

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Our Lady of Revelation part 9 part 1: the Smoke from the Abyss

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St Paul Miki | ICN

St Paul Miki | ICN : Martyrs of Japan. St Francis Xavier brought Christianity to Japan in 1549. By the time he left a few years later, there were about 2,000 Christians...

St Agatha & Martyrs of Nagasaki (5 February)

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St Agatha | ICN

St Agatha | ICN : Saint Agatha. Virgin martyr. Born in 231 AD at Catania or Palermo, Sicily, she was martyred in approximately 251. She is one of seven women, who, a...

Pope speaks out against 'scourge' of usury | ICN

Pope speaks out against 'scourge' of usury | ICN : Pope Francis met members of the National Anti-Usury Council, at an audience in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican on Saturday, 3 February. In his a...

St Blaise (3- February)

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St Agatha & St Lucy

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St Andrew Corsini | ICN

St Andrew Corsini | ICN : Bishop of Fiesole. Andrew Corsini was the son of a rich Florentine family, born in 1302. He lead a dissolute youth until one day his mother told hi...

St Blaise-Feb.3 Patron saint of sufferers from throat diseases. | ICN

St Blaise | ICN : Patron saint of sufferers from throat diseases. One of the 'Fourteen Holy Helpers' St Blaise is believed to have been a fourth century bishop of Se...

Text: Pope's homily at Mass for World Day of Consecrated Life | ICN

Text: Pope's homily at Mass for World Day of Consecrated Life | ICN : 'Today's frantic pace leads us to close many doors to encounter, often for fear of others. Only shopping malls and internet connections are alw...

Yoga: an Open Door to the Occult

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St Theophane Venard | ICN

St Theophane Venard | ICN : Priest and martyr. The son of a French schoolmaster, St Theophane was born in 1829 in Saint-Loup sur-Thouet. He joined the Society of Foreign Missi...

St Ignatius of Antioch (1 February)

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St Brigid of Ireland | ICN

St Brigid of Ireland | ICN : Foundress. Saint Brigit of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland is one of Ireland's patron saints, along with Patrick and Columba.Brigid is believe...

US Bishops launch websites to help Catholics address poverty | ICN

US Bishops launch websites to help Catholics address poverty | ICN : Nearly 41 million people live in poverty in the United States, including 15 million children. The poverty threshold...

US Bishops launch websites to help Catholics address poverty | ICN

US Bishops launch websites to help Catholics address poverty | ICN : Nearly 41 million people live in poverty in the United States, including 15 million children. The poverty threshold...

Our Prayer Gives God Glory

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St John Bosco (31 January)

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St John Bosco | ICN

St John Bosco | ICN : Founder of the Salesian Order. St John was born on 16 August 1815 in Piedmont, the youngest son of a peasant farmer who died when he was only two. ...

St Martina of Rome (30 January)

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St Francis de Sales (29 January)

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Immaculee Ilibagiza - Practicing True Forgiveness

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St Thomas Aquinas | ICN

St Thomas Aquinas | ICN : Dominican friar and theologian. St Thomas was born to a noble family at Rocca Secca near Aquino. He was educated from the age of five to thirteen a...

Whatsoever He Will Ask You Do Ye

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St Polycarp ~ 26 January

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St John Chrysostom ~ 27 January

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St Angela Merici | ICN-St Angela -Jan 27-Founder of the Ursuline nuns.

St Angela Merici | ICN : Founder of the Ursuline nuns. St Angela was born in 1474, at Desenzano on the shores of Lake Garda near Verona in Italy. Her parents died when she ...

Faith & Works: King Pelayo & Our Lady of Covadonga

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St Paula | ICN

St Paula | ICN : Widow. This early Christian saint came from the noblest of Roman families, the Scipios and Gracchis. She was happily married and had five children:...

Our Lady of Revelation part 8; part 1: Communism

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Conversion of St Paul ~ 25 January

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Contraception ~ Fr Ripperger

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Conversion of St Paul | ICN

Conversion of St Paul | ICN : Apostle of the Gentiles. This is one of the feast days celebrating the life of St Paul. Originally named Saul he was born a Jew in Tarsus. He grew ...

Triumphalism: the Church Triumphant

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St Agnes (21-January)

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St Francis of Sales | ICN

St Francis of Sales | ICN : Bishop of Geneva. Patron saint of writers and journalists. St Francis was born in Savoy in 1567. A delicate child, he was educated at home first an...

St Vincent Pallotti | ICN

St Vincent Pallotti | ICN : Priest and founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate. The son of a Roman grocer, St Vincent was ordained priest in 1817. He taught theology...

Angels ~ Fr Ripperger

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St Agnes | ICN

St Agnes | ICN : Virgin, martyr of Rome. St Agnes is one of the most famous of early Christian saints. Her death in 305 was recorded in the Deposito Martyrum just f...

St. Paul on Homosexuality, Abortion, & Contraception

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St. Paul on Homosexuality, Abortion, & Contraception

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How to Grow in the Virtue of Chastity,

7 Deadly Sins: Lust ~ Fr Ripperger-REVENT ABORTION

https://youtu.be/w_UWskdcsyg

Choose Spiritual Profit Over Material Benefit

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Cooperate with the Grace of God

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St Anthony of the Desert: 17- January

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St Prisca | ICN

St Prisca | ICN : Martyr. Not a great deal is known about this early Roman saint, but that she came from a noble Roman family and was very young when she died for he...

Gender Dysphoria

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St Anthony of Egypt | ICN

St Anthony of Egypt | ICN : Abbot. St Anthony was born in 251 in Upper Egypt. When he was 20, his parents died, leaving him a large estate. After much prayer Antony decided to...

St Paul the Hermit | ICN

St Paul the Hermit | ICN : Saint Paul the Hermit is regarded as the first Christian hermit. He was born in 228 AD. The Life of Saint Paul the First Hermit, was composed in La...

St Sava of Serbia | ICN

St Sava of Serbia | ICN : St Sava was the first archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian church. Born in Tirnovo, Bulgaria, in 1173, the third son of prince Stephen Nemanya (...

Blessed Laura Vicuna & Indissolubility of Marriage

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Our Lady of the Pillar-NEW-During his pilgrimage in Spain Fr speaks of the history of Our Lady of the Pillar.

Our Lady of the Pillar-NEW-During his pilgrimage in Spain Fr speaks of the history of Our Lady of the Pillar.

St Theodosius | ICN

St Theodosius | ICN : Abbot. Born at Cappadocia in 423, St Theodosius went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem as a young man, with dreams of becoming a hermit. For a time he liv...

St Dermot | ICN

St Dermot | ICN : Irish abbot. This 6th century saint is said to have been of royal blood and a native of Connaught. A famous teacher, poet, writer and preacher in h...

UK's newest religious community set to open first convent | ICN

UK's newest religious community set to open first convent | ICN : The newest religious community in the UK has just received the keys to its very first convent - a converted barn complex near Dereham in Mid Norfol...

The Holy Family

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Staying in Your Seat with Saint Josaphat

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Light Breaking into the Darkness

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Abandon All Pride Those Who Seek the Kingdom - Crisis Magazine

Abandon All Pride Those Who Seek the Kingdom - Crisis Magazine : At the very end of Evelyn Waugh’s novel on the finding of the True Cross, Helena, he writes a paean to the Magi in the form of a prayer: You are especial patrons, and patrons of all latecomers, of all who have a tedious journey to make to the truth, of all who are confused …

St Raymond of Penafort | ICN

St Raymond of Penafort | ICN : Dominican friar and teacher. Patron of church lawyers. Raymond was born to an aristocratic family in 1175 in Catalona, Spain. He was educated at th...

St Andre Bessette | ICN

St Andre Bessette | ICN : Canadian laybrother. Alfred Bessette was born on August 9, 1845, near Montreal in Canada, the eighth of twelve children. When Alfred was nine, his ...

sport idols

sport idolatry

Bosnia-Herzegovina's Catholic exodus | ICN

Bosnia-Herzegovina's Catholic exodus | ICN

Have Recourse to Our Lady

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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

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Self Knowledge ~ Fr Ripperger

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St Genevieve | ICN

St Genevieve | ICN : Virgin and patron of Paris. Born at Nanterre in around 420, St Genevieve is said to have met St Germanus of Auxerre on his way to England, when she...

Pope issues 'fruit of war' image | ICN

Pope issues 'fruit of war' image | ICN : Over the holidays, Pope Francis issued a card with a stark New Year warning about the threat of global conflict.The Vatican has printed and ...

Cardinal Nichols: Pastoral Letter for Feast of the Holy Family | ICN

Cardinal Nichols: Pastoral Letter for Feast of the Holy Family | ICN : Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ,I hope that during these last few days you have managed to visit the crib. It's still there, waiti...