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- Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Franciscan Friars Conventual By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Leading five seminarians on an eight-week summer service program largely through Appalachia and South...
- Vatican official: Church must be prudent judging Medjugorje apparitions
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Sarah Mac Donald By Sarah Mac Donald KNOCK, Ireland (CNS) -- Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a place of prayer, conversion and pilgrimage for millions of people, but the church...
- Update: In Colombia, bishops, religious listen to Amazonians before synod
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Manuel Rueda By Manuel Rueda BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) -- Bishops, nuns, priests and residents of the Amazon basin met in Colombia's capital city in mid-August to prepare for a special...
- 'You cannot be a Catholic and sit on the sidelines,' archbishop says
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Andrew Rozario, Catholic Standard By Josephine von Dohlen WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a crowded bar, bustling with young adult Catholics from the Washington area for the monthly Theology...
- Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, pope says
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Mary's assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their...
- Bishops reflect on abuse crisis on anniversary of Pa. grand jury report
  
  IMAGE: By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On the anniversary of the Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing alleged abuse by clergy and other church workers over several decades in six...
National Catholic Register
- Pope Francis: Discover the Beauty of Prayer in Adoration
  
  By Courtney Grogan/CNA | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Sunday that prayer in adoration of God and service to others spreads the fire of God’s love, changing the world one heart at a time. “I..
- Go to Mary, Along the Way: Marian Statues Invite Travelers to Stop and Pray
  
  By Jim Graves | Drive up California’s busy 101 freeway through the Diocese of San Jose and you’re likely to catch sight of an unusual but memorable expression of the Catholic faith: a 32-foot...
- Setting the World on Fire With Divine Love
  
  By Deacon Omar Gutierrez | Sunday, Aug. 18, is the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass readings: Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Psalm 40:2-4, 18; Hebrews 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53. The first reading.
- Teen's Spiritual Diary Becomes Unexpected Hit, Nun Defeats Army With The Eucharist, and More!
  
  By Tito Edwards | A Teenager’s Spiritual Diary Has Become An Unexpected Hit – Louise Lawlor at Catholic Herald +1 The 13th Century Nun Who Fearlessly Defeated an Army With the Eucharist – ChurchPOP...
- 4 Incredible Pilgrimages That Are Closer Than You Think
  
  By Shaun McAfee | Think of pilgrimage locations and you’ll think Rome, the Camino de Santiago, Lourdes, or Fatima. Those are special destinations for our faith, but going on a pilgrimage doesn’t mean...

Today's Readings
- Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
  
  Reading 1 Jer 38:4-6, 8-10
  Responsorial Psalm Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18
  Reading 2 Heb 12:1-4
  Gospel Lk 12:49-53
News from the Vatican
- Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, pope says
  
  Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention and instead be drawn to God and his greatness, Pope Francis...
- Crucified women: New book aims to end scourge of forced prostitution
  
  On Aug. 12 2016, Pope Francis visited a house run by the John XXIII Community in northeast Rome that helps young women rebuild their lives after being rescued from prostitution. A priest who was...
- Closeness is God’s answer to suffering, pope says
  
  In hopeless situations of pain and suffering, God never abandons his children but rather remains close to them, Pope Francis said.
- Pope demands respect for Geneva Conventions as anniversary looms
  
  Often an outspoken champion for the protection of the most vulnerable, Pope Francis on Sunday issued an appeal for the international community to adhere to legal limitations for times of war outlined...
- Francis casts his eyes to Asia for potential papal trips
  
  Asia seems destined to be squarely in Pope Francis’s sights for some time to come, with one major outing taking shape for later this year and another, at least hypothetically, already under...
Catholic Link
- Set The Earth On Fire
  
  This week on the podcast we talk about leadership that is inconsistent in their decision making. The king showed no... The post Set The Earth On Fire appeared first on Catholic Link.
- How I Am Sanctified By My Vocation
  
  “I’m going to take a pregnancy test!” I shouted across the apartment to my husband as I anxiously walked into... The post How I Am Sanctified By My Vocation appeared first on Catholic Link.
- The Ascension Vs. The Assumption
  
  The post The Ascension Vs. The Assumption appeared first on Catholic Link.
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