Register Daily: As ‘Nones’ Rise in Numbers, Catholic Church Faces Evangelization Challenge

  Can’t see this email properly? [View online](     [f4c46829-3884-4ecc-b9a4-9e64bd74cd97.jpg]     [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER](   [Donate](  [Subscribe](  [Trending](   [avw.php?zoneid=67&cb=00200519](    [As ‘Nones’ Rise in Numbers, Catholic Church Faces Evangelization Challenge](  By Peter Jesserer Smith | The decisive break with his Catholic faith — and religion entirely — came about one Good Friday for Colin Mason with little Hollywood drama — in fact, the moment he recalled was quite mundane. Mason, a cinematographer, had...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](       [Defusing a Culture of Contempt: Arthur Brooks on How to ‘Disagree Better’](  By Joan Frawley Desmond | Arthur Brooks is the best-selling author, most recently, of Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America From the Culture of Contempt. A social scientist and the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](         [Archbishop of Erbil: Is the US Abandoning Christians At Risk in Iraq?](  By Catholic News Agency | ERBIL - Archbishop Bashar Warda, one of the leading voices on behalf of persecuted and displaced Christians in Iraq, released today an urgent statement regarding the retreat of U.S. personnel from key areas in the...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](       [Pope Francis: Christ's Love Helps Us Love Those ‘On The Other Side’](  By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA | VATICAN CITY - The boundless love with which Jesus Christ loves each and every person is the same love Catholics are compelled to show their “enemies,” Pope Francis said Sunday. Speaking during his address before the...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](         [The Perfidious Fr. Martin Strikes Again, Alyssa Milano Calls For Sex Strike, and More Great Links!](  By Tito Edwards | The Perfidious Fr. Martin Strikes Again – Brian Williams at Liturgy Guy +1 Alyssa Milano Calls for “Sex Strike” & Pro-Lifers Are Gloriously Responding – ChurchPOP +1 Homosexuals In the Seminaries; A Startling Survey In Brazil –...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](       [Catholic Butcher Serves God and Neighbor Through Love for Meat](  By Alexandra Greeley | Wrapped in a red butcher’s apron, sausage-maker Lothar Erbe trimmed, cubed and seasoned 25-plus pounds of pork and beef. He then unloaded the meat into the nearby grinder, producing the basics for his spicy Alamo Fire sausages...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](       [Padre Pio’s Relics May Be Visiting Your Town Soon](  By Joseph Pronechen | Several relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina — better known as Padre Pio — have returned to the United States and Canada after their successful 2017 tour to North America. The tour will have stops in several dioceses. The news...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](       [The Hope of Heaven: Striving Toward Our Eternal Goal](  By Sister Mary Madeline Todd, OP | Sunday, May 19, is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalm 145:8-13; Revelation 21:1-5; John 13:31-35. How easy it is to give up when we meet challenges; how hard it is to persevere! Pope...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](            [fb](  [twit](  [YT](  [Insta](    [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER](  COPYRIGHT © 2019 EWTN NEWS INC.  YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU OPTED IN AT OUR WEBSITE.  EWTN NEWS INC. PO BOX 100 699 IRONDALE, AL 35 210  [ADD US TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK]( [unsubscribe](  |  [update my preferences]( [e-newsletters opt out](   Â