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Sikh Cadets Sue West Point Over Headgear Requirement
The Religion Clause - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:10 am Two cadets who are observant Sikhs and who enrolled in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point filed suit in a Michigan federal district court yesterday contending that the Army...
Scotland is still suspicious of Catholics, says archbishop
Catholic Herald - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:09 am The Archbishop of Glasgow has said that people in Scotland still harbour “a vague suspicion that Catholics don’t really belong”. Archbishop Philip Tartaglia addressed clergy from...
Australian Commission Recommends That Child Sex Abuse Learned In Confession Must Be Reported To Authorities
The Religion Clause - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:05 am Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse yesterday issued a release (which includes links to full text) announcing its publication of a...
What did the first US census look like?
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:00 am Only 6 questions long and delivered on horsebackAugust 2, 1790 was the day the United States first implemented a census. Smithsonian.com reminds us that back in those days census...
4th Circuit: Federal Law Does Not Entitle Disabled Students To Education In Their Religious Traditions
The Religion Clause - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:00 am In M.L. v. Smith, (4th Cir., Aug. 14, 2017), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) doesnot require a public school...
How to Calm Irrational Fears for the Anxious School Mom
CatholicMom.com - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:00 am Photo by Yamilette Platero (2017) via Posh Stock Photos. Licensed by author.
There are just a few more weeks left of summer in our household. I know many families are already...
US State Department recognizes ISIS genocide in religious freedom report
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 15, 2017 at 5:57 am Washington D.C., Aug 15, 2017 / 05:57 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Religious freedom advocates were heartened by the State Department recognizing in its annual religious freedom report...
21 Precious Perseids viewing pleasure
The Catholic Astronomer - Aug 15, 2017 at 5:56 am
My observing location for the 2017 Perseids was flanked toward the east by a large stony hill. Towards the west the Atlantic Ocean and to both the south and north by fields of...
In Christ, Mary brings new joy and meaning to mankind, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 15, 2017 at 5:26 am Vatican City, Aug 15, 2017 / 05:26 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On the Feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis said that in bringing
Christ to the world, Mary also provides the joy and...
In Christ, Mary brings new joy and meaning to mankind, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 15, 2017 at 5:26 am Vatican City, Aug 15, 2017 / 04:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the Feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis said that in bringing Christ to the world, Mary also provides the joy and...
ASK FATHER: Show tune priest sings Eucharistic Prayer
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 15, 2017 at 5:00 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
My pastor (who likes to sing) sings from the beginning of the Canon to the end of the Consecration. It’s not a Gregorian sound, more like something from...
Holy Snakes! A Marian feast day's strange, stunning miracle
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 15, 2017 at 4:03 am Athens, Greece, Aug 15, 2017 / 04:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Every year, on the Orthodox feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, a
monastery on a Greek island experiences a miracle...
Holy Snakes! A Marian feast day's strange, stunning miracle
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 15, 2017 at 4:03 am Athens, Greece, Aug 15, 2017 / 03:03 am (Church Pop).- Every year, on the Orthodox feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, a monastery on a Greek island experiences a miracle –...
'Forgive them' – powerful words from father of Charlottesville victim
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 15, 2017 at 3:49 am Charlottesville, Va., Aug 15, 2017 / 03:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia involving white
supremacy groups and counter-protesters, the...
New Texas law axes insurance coverage for elective abortion
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 15, 2017 at 3:45 am Austin, Texas, Aug 15, 2017 / 03:45 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A new law in Texas removes elective abortion coverage from the standard
package of health insurance benefits offered in...
Former EU president criticises Pope Francis over euthanasia ban
Catholic Herald - Aug 15, 2017 at 3:43 am A former president of the European Council has hit out at Pope Francis, strongly implying he should have no say over whether a Belgian religious order permits euthanasia in their...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 15, 2017 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
CatholicMom.com - Aug 15, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 1:39-56 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary’s Magnificat is, in a way, a prophetical compendium of the Gospel story. As she reflects on God’s power...
One thing you can’t hide is when you’re crippled inside.
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 3:00 am John Lennon
Scotland's rise in anti-Catholic crimes prompts call for government action
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 15, 2017 at 2:50 am Glasgow, Scotland, Aug 15, 2017 / 02:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Crimes motivated by anti-Catholicism are on the rise in Scotland, and a leading Catholic spokesman has said the...
The Malignant Creeps of the Alt Right…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 15, 2017 at 2:49 am are figuring out ways to freshen up their message and make it a bit tonier for people who prefer their white supremacy with Splenda rather than heroin. Joshua Cohen rolls up his...
