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January 2, 2013
Why is the Generation of “Tolerance” so Complacent to Religious Persecution?
CatholicMom.com - 4 months 2 weeks ago If you are following current events, especially those involving Hobby Lobby and the lack of public outcry over the injustice of their predicament, it would be a fair assessment to...
My 2013 Saint
Snoring Scholar - 4 months 2 weeks ago I love the practice of getting a saint for each new year. I had forgotten all about it this year, but Maria Johnson reminded me.
My saint for 2013 is…
Saint Isidore the Farmer!...
A pristine new religious community in England, full of life and confidence, is a sign of hope: we must all pray for the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Herald - 4 months 2 weeks ago I have had, as we all have, many good moments in my life as a Catholic (greatly outweighing the inevitable bad ones); but yesterday was one of the very best. Have I ever, I try to...
New Community of Sisters in U.K. Ordinariate
New Liturgical Movement - 4 months 2 weeks ago The following press release came NLM's way yesterday:
ORDINARIATE ESTABLISHES NEW COMMUNITY OF SISTERS
A new community of sisters has been formally established within the Personal...
Pope appoints Boston priest as Vatican's abuse investigator
EWTN - Vatican News - 4 months 2 weeks ago Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 / 06:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Benedict XVI has named Boston priest Father Robert W. Oliver as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's...
Hawaiian Church Can Pursue RFRA Claim To Permit Use of Cannabis
The Religion Clause - 4 months 2 weeks ago In Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii v. Holder, (D HI, Dec.31, 2012), an Hawaii federal district court, in a case on remand from the 9th Circuit (see prior posting),...
The Dominican Nuns: A New Series
Dominicana - 4 months 2 weeks ago The Order of Preachers was approved by the pope in the year 1216, but you could say that it began in 1206, when St. Dominic brought together a group of women to take up a life of...
New Russian Law Mandates Religion Course In Schools
The Religion Clause - 4 months 2 weeks ago The Moscow Times reported Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new education law passed by the Russian Parliament that, among other things, makes mandatory in...
Bomb threat against Catholic parish in Indonesia
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 2 weeks ago A leading official on Samosir, an Indonesian island that is a popular destination for tourists, received a text message on December 28 warning that a bomb had been placed near a...
Three Federal Lawsuits Focus On Ownership Of Rhode Island Synagogue's Historic Torah Ornaments
The Religion Clause - 4 months 2 weeks ago AP reported Monday on three interrelated lawsuits over a proposed sale of Torah finial bells by Newport, Rhode Island's historic Touro Synagogue. The Torah adornments (known in...
13 new Catholic schools to be built in Melbourne
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 2 weeks ago The Archdiocese of Melbourne's Catholic education office has announced that it will open 10 primary schools and three secondary schools in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia's ...
Iran intensifies persecution of Christians; 'apostate' pastor jailed again
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 2 weeks ago Iran has intensified its repression of Protestant churches, as has become the custom at Christmastime.
On Christmas Day, Yousef Nadarkhani was again imprisoned, according to...
Pope speaks to Taizé youth about Christ, ecumenism
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 2 weeks ago An estimated 40,000 youth associated with Taizé, the French ecumenical monastic community, took part in a prayer vigil with Pope Benedict XVI during their Dec. 28 � Jan. 2...
2 dead following church bombing in Libya
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 2 weeks ago A bomb explosion at a Coptic church near Misrata, Libya's third-largest city, killed two church workers and wounded two others on December 30. The church is attended primarily by...
Montana High Court Upholds Extending Workers Comp Law To Hutterites
The Religion Clause - 4 months 2 weeks ago In Big Sky Colony, Inc. v. Montana Department of Labor and Industry, (MT Sup. Ct., Dec. 31, 2012), the Montana Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision upheld against constitutional attack...
Federal court blocks enforcement of HHS mandate against Michigan company
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 2 weeks ago A US district court judge has halted enforcement of the HHS mandate against Domino's Farms, a Michigan property-management company wholly owned by Tom Monaghan.
Monaghan founded...
If only Sister Wendy Beckett had taken her lead from Bishop Egan when talking about condoms on the radio
Catholic Herald - 4 months 2 weeks ago Sister Wendy Beckett, the art critic and contemplative nun who lives the life of a hermit in a caravan next to a Carmelite convent, was on Desert Island Discs just before...
Got news? That other 2012 Supreme Court case
GetReligion - 4 months 2 weeks ago Does anyone out there in GetReligion reader land remember that narrow U.S. Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for arguments to continue about the Obama administration’s...
Catholics Going Mobile: Mobile Website Design
CatholicMom.com - 4 months 2 weeks ago
Did you decide to start a blog as a New Year’s resolution? Was your resolution to take your existing blog to a new level? Whatever the case may be, a mobile website design...
Student Can Move Ahead On Anti-Semitic Harassment Claims
The Religion Clause - 4 months 2 weeks ago In G.D.S. v. Northport-East Northport Union Free School District, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182976 (ED NY, Dec. 22, 2012), a New York federal district court held that a 16-year old...
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