Top Catholic Tweets for 3/06/15

Top Catholic Tweets for 3/06/15 March 6, 2015

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Image credit: Shutterstock

Not much to say today except, “It’s been one of those weeks.”

If you’ve had one of those weeks too, you’ll probably agree with me that having John’s recaps today is a big help. Sometimes, when we’re in our head and feeling a bit out of control, it helps to look outside ourselves and see that life goes on and that there are others, many others, who need our love, attention and care.

I’m grateful to my friend John Clem, O.F.S. for this week’s Top Catholic Tweets:

  • Papal Tweet:  “If we are too attached to riches, we are not free. We are slaves.”
  • Pope Francis calls money the ‘devil’s dung’ (Inés San Martín – Crux) ow.ly/JMQPp
  • Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83 RIP – plus religious origins of the Vulcan Greeting (NYT) ow.ly/JJCQ7
  • Faith goes underground in Mexico City (Catholic News Service) ow.ly/JKtfl
  • Will there be an ecology department at the Roman Curia after reform? :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/JLb4w
  • NEW App: An Australian smartphone app provides insights during Lent (Rome Reports) ow.ly/JLdwP
  • Video: Eric Clapton Sings Song He Wrote for Blessed Mother with Pavarotti (Aleteia) ow.ly/JLHoz
  • Pope’s prayer intention for March is for researchers (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/JLRcr
  • Video about what your donations provide in Holy Land:  The Good Friday Collection (Holy Land Franciscans) ow.ly/JLRWU
  • Journey to the Foot of the Cross – 10 Things to Remember For Lent (Bishop David Ricken – USCCB) ow.ly/JM0af
  • A good shepherd – An Italian shepherd talks about the qualities required in his job. (CNS) ow.ly/JM2bS
  • Audio:  Pray the Rosary with Father Ted Hesburgh, CSC (Notre Dame Alumni Assoc.) ow.ly/JM4pH
  • Pope puts family at the center of social justice :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/JM4Hn
  • Challenging:  Catholic IQ Test ow.ly/JM6fe
  • The Vatican’s financial reform: The nasty is back (John Allen – Crux) ow.ly/JMakz
  • John Legend performs “Amazing Grace” (God Vine) ow.ly/JMNiu
  • Austria Passes ‘Law on Islam’ Requiring Austrian Muslim Groups To Use German-Language Qurans (Reuters) ow.ly/JMVAJ
  • Why Pray the Stations of the Cross? 8 Reasons from Pope Francis (FOCUS Blog) ow.ly/JMWNp
  • During Lent, Pope Francis offers handy tips for preparing for confession (American Catholic) ow.ly/JMYIs
  • Biographer recounts Woodrow Wilson’s life as a religious epic | National Catholic Reporter ow.ly/JMZ3e
  • Video: Carrying Our Cross: An ICC Lenten Retreat with Monsignor Charles Pope (Institute of Catholic Culture) ow.ly/JN1bl
  • New Opera: Dialogues of the Carmelites – The death of 16 nuns and the allure of terrorism (Crux/RNS) ow.ly/JN4HB
  • Audio: “Catholic Moments” with Judy Klein and Thomas Awiapo (Lisa Hendey – Patheos/Radio Maria USA) ow.ly/JNakw
  • Inside The Silence at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina (Our State Magazine) ow.ly/JNf2u
  • What’s Been Lost to the Islamists’ Sledgehammers (Aleteia) ow.ly/JNjAM
  • Poet ‘stands with voices’ of tortured in Lent-inspired poems (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/JNm8X
  • Why this priest has spent 50 years fighting with the New York Times :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/JNpv8
  • Willy’s Story – the homeless man buried in the Vatican :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/JODi4
  • A Grateful Appreciation of Professor Charles E. Rice (William Newton – Blog of the Courtier) ow.ly/JOP9g
  • Colbert Catechism: Stephen Colbert Professes His Faith to Fr. James Martin (America Media) ow.ly/JPM70
  • Google Is Slowly Phasing Out Google+ (Yahoo Tech/Reuters) ow.ly/JPMHv
  • U.S. bishops’ communications chairman welcomes FCC vote on net neutrality (Pontifical Council for Social Comm.) ow.ly/JQ01C
  • Vatican police chief confirms ISIS threat to Pope Francis (Catholic Herald – UK) ow.ly/JQ0iZ
  • Verbum to Give Away Five Million Dollars in High School Religious Ed Tools |CatholicMom.com ow.ly/JQIpL
  • Mysterious ‘priest’ taking digital confessions using Snapchat (KABB – San Antonio) ow.ly/JQSKU
  • DR Congo: Justice and Peace Commission condemns attacks on parish (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/JQYne
  • The Cross in the Cosmos – A Meditation on A Teaching By Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger « Archdiocese of Washington ow.ly/JR2p4
  • Year of the Consecrated Life: How I Pray: Margaret Rose Realy, Obl. OSB (Thomas McDonald – Patheos) ow.ly/JSk3k
  • Jesus’ House? 1st-Century Structure May Be Where He Grew Up in Nazareth (Yahoo News) ow.ly/JSlwm
  • British Army band to play music with a papal history (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/JSRRC
  • Bret Thoman, O.F.S. introduces Saint James of the Marches – a 15th-century Franciscan reformer ow.ly/JST0U
  • Longtime peace activist Jesuit Fr. Bill Bichsel dies at age 86 | National Catholic Reporter ow.ly/JSVbT
  • Satanism, Pompeii and the Rosary – a bizarre tale surrounds Francis’ next trip :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/JSWAx
  • New rules for Vatican finance offices include protection for whistleblowers (CatholicHerald.co.ukow.ly/JT9bD
  • Registration OPEN for Catholic New Media Conference 2015 in Atlanta (SQPN.comow.ly/JT9Ns
  • Pope Francis’ Pontificate From an Arab Perspective | ZENIT – The World Seen From Rome ow.ly/JTbqO
  • NEW Book: Seeds of the Word: Finding God in the Culture by Fr. Robert Barron (Word On Fire) ow.ly/JTiGj
  • Aid official says Gazans have lost hope, situation worse than during war (CNS) ow.ly/JU70m
  • Pax Christi: Iran deal important for nuclear weapons-free Middle East (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/JU7rI
  • Canonization of St. Therese’s Parents to Coincide with Synod on the Family (ZENIT) – 2 New Secular Franciscan Saints ow.ly/JU5LR
  • Why ‘Star Trek’ — and Mr. Spock — Matters (NCRegister.comow.ly/JThUH
  • Video: Nuns who are martial arts mamas – Ever seen a Rosary used for physical defense? (MixedMartialArts.comow.ly/JTju3
  • Liquid Bread: The Top 5 Bock Beers for Lent (The Catholic Gentleman) ow.ly/JV0Sh
  • Pope: Ignoring the elderly is not only ugly…it is also a sin (Rome Reports) ow.ly/JV1Zl
  • Would you recognize ‘Homeless Jesus’ on a park bench in DC? :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/JV2fP
  • Website gives glimpse of Catholics around the world | CNS Blog ow.ly/JV3J6
  • Breathtaking Videos of 11 Beautiful Christian Sites Taken with Drones | ChurchPOP ow.ly/JW1vY
  • Pope Francis, in Comic Form – interview with comic artist Pat Marrin (Currents NY) ow.ly/JW2ei
  • The Communion of Saints is Real (Catholic365.comow.ly/JWtEM
  • Is Your “Surveillance Use” of Facebook Causing You Envy? (Lisa Hendey – Patheos) ow.ly/JWzLY
  • Applebee’s not liable for N.J. man burned while praying over fajita skillet (NCR) ow.ly/JWWC3
  • NEW: The Happiness! Series Preview (7-Part Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Magis Center) ow.ly/JWZVV
  • Pope Francis, Conservatives Battle for U.S. Catholic Church’s Future (The New Republic) ow.ly/JXVvL
  • Holy See to UN: Countries should strive to end the death penalty (News.va) ow.ly/JXU4W
  • National Catholic Journals Unite: ‘Capital Punishment Must End’ (The Editors – America Magazine) ow.ly/JYlJM
  • Continued Prayers Please: Concerns Over Drug Prompt Delay of Georgia Woman’s Execution –NYTimes.com ow.ly/JRVny
  • Italy’s bishops help the poor through a ‘Loan for Hope’ microcredit :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/JY4Zu
  • Relics and the search for the truth – This coming Sunday on CNN ow.ly/JYEtg
  • How Pope Francis’s Vatican Got Its Political Swagger Back – The Francis Miracle (excerpt) (John Allen – TIME) ow.ly/JZkxY
  • Gratitude | Louie Schwartzberg photography – accompanied by words from Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB (TEDxSF) ow.ly/JWwLq
  • Internet slang meets American Sign Language — Hopes&Fears — flow “Internet” ow.ly/JZNi0
  • CRS and the Good Shepherd Sisters Caring for Syria’s Refugees in Lebanon | CatholicMom.com ow.ly/JZTsi
  • Fifty years ago, Pope Paul VI first celebrated Mass in a language other than Latin (Rome Reports) ow.ly/K0Is4
John Clem, O.F.S.

John Clem, O.F.S is the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/). John is a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order, and loves to share his talents in faith, technology, and journalism in service to the church. John also writes a blog entitled Call To Holiness (http://www.calltoholiness.us/). Follow John on Twitter at @Catholicwebs, on Facebook and at Google+.


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