Register Daily: Pope: This Lent, ‘May Our Hearts Be Ever More Ardent in Faith, Hope and Love’

  Can’t see this email properly? [View online](     A Service of EWTN     [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER](   [Donate](  [Subscribe](  [Trending](   [avw.php?zoneid=67&cb=00060218](    [Pope: This Lent, ‘May Our Hearts Be Ever More Ardent in Faith, Hope and Love’](  By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA/EWTN News | VATICAN CITY — In his message for the upcoming Lenten season, Pope Francis urged people to renew their enthusiasm for the faith, using this season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving as an opportunity to stoke the...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Absolution Amid Airstrike: Honolulu Bishop Grants General Pardon During Missile Alert](  By Joan Frawley Desmond | HONOLULU — Reacting to an emergency alert that mistakenly warned of an imminent ballistic missile attack from North Korea, Bishop Larry Silva of Honolulu, Hawaii, gave general absolution to a group of deacons and their...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Teaching the Real Presence Without Words, Great Books to Read for Lent, and Much More Great Links!](  By Tito Edwards | Teaching the Real Presence Without Words – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy 10 Great Books for Lent That You Won’t Find on Other Lists – Vicki Burbach, The Pelican's Breast An Encounter with the Forearm of St. Francis Xavier – Patrick...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Pope and President of Turkey Discuss Middle East at First Vatican Meeting](  By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA/EWTN News | VATICAN CITY — On Monday, Pope Francis and the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met at the Vatican, discussing the situation in the Middle East. In particular, they spoke of the status of Jerusalem and...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [10 Reasons Why Catholics Don’t Evangelize](  By Fr. Dwight Longenecker | At a priests’ conference not long ago, the speaker quoted some statistics. Christians of different traditions were asked percentage wise how important evangelization was to their understanding of the Christian...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Is Grace Alone (Sola Gratia) Also Catholic Teaching?](  By Dave Armstrong | The Catholic Church teaches that good works done after regeneration (at baptism) and justification are (if certain conditions are met) meritorious and can contribute to salvation and attainment of eternal life, but only...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [The Real Ministers of Loneliness](  By K.V. Turley | Recently, the British Government appointed a Minister for Loneliness. It came as the result of a government report that suggested that 9 million Britons or 14 percent of the U.K.’s population suffer from loneliness. The appointment...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Blessed Are the Dry Cleaners Who Taught Me About God’s Mercy](  By Sherry Antonetti | Last week I ran into the meek of the Earth while dropping off my dry cleaning. The place takes cash only, so it’s not uncommon to see people fishing through their purses or wallets to cover the cost of a few shirts. In front...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](        [CLICK TO SHARE THIS EMAIL WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY](    [fb](  [twit](  [YT](  [Mail](  [Insta](    [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER](  COPYRIGHT © 2018 EWTN NEWS INC.  YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU OPTED IN AT OUR WEBSITE.  EWTN NEWS INC. PO BOX 100‌699 IRONDALE, AL 35‌210  [ADD US TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK]( [unsubscribe](  |  [update my preferences]( [e-newsletters opt out](   Â