CATHOLIC NEWS: Today: Immaculate Heart of Mary... PLUS 1 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Today: Immaculate Heart of Mary... PLUS 1 MORE

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Today: Immaculate Heart of Mary

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 06:45 AM PDT

Holy Card Photo Source Today in the ordinary form it is the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It follows the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In the 1962 missal, it is celebrated on August 22. This was the second reading found in today's Office of Readings in the breviary: From a sermon by Saint Lawrence Justinian...

Struggling to understand a bishop's murder in Turkey

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 07:47 AM PDT

Bishop Luigi Padovese of Anatoliain in 2008. (CNS/Catholic Press Photo) Anyone with even a passing familiarity with Catholicism in the Middle East probably knew Bishop Luigi Padovese, an Italian Capuchin who served as the Vicar of Anatolia and president of the bishops' conference in Turkey. Gregarious and articulate...