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Injunction Extended To Protect Iraqi Nations From Immediate Deportation

The Religion Clause - Jul 25, 2017 at 6:05 am
In Hamama v. Adducci, (ED MI, July 24, 2017), a Michigan federal district court, in a 35-page opinion, issued a new preliminary injunction-- extending the one issued earlier this...

3 Fruitful Steps for a Mother's Discernment

CatholicMom.com - Jul 25, 2017 at 6:00 am
Via Pixabay (2016), CC0 Public Domain Mothering is hard. We carry our children and feed them. We dress them and we bathe them. We kiss a million boo-boos, and when they’re older...

Canadian Court Convicts 2 FLDS Leaders of Polygamy

The Religion Clause - Jul 25, 2017 at 6:00 am
In the Canadian province of British Columbia yesterday, a trial court found two former bishops of the FLDS Church guilty of polygamy.   The two, who were part of the FLDS colony...

Like him or not, Richard Dawkins has a right to offend

Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2017 at 5:25 am
I have never rated Richard Dawkins as a thinker, or indeed as a literary stylist. He is no Jonathan Swift. The fact that so many regard him as our leading public intellectual is...

On climbing Jacob’s ladder from the vertical bars of a prison cell

Aleteia - Jul 25, 2017 at 5:00 am
An inmate who is also a Benedictine Oblate has lessons on managing it.The “Benedict Option” has been much discussed lately, but with rather less attention being paid to a...

Daily Gospel Reflection for July 25, 2017 - St. James the Apostle

CatholicMom.com - Jul 25, 2017 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28 – St. James the Apostle There are days when I think I might be improving in the virtue of humility. Days when serving my husband and children...

Charlie Gard raises questions of parents' rights, government limits

EWTN - World Catholic News - Jul 25, 2017 at 4:18 am
London, England, Jul 25, 2017 / 04:18 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- For the past few months the world has watched closely as the parents of a gravely ill British infant fought an intense...

A world of victims: when Faith is a difficult choice 

Vatican Insider - Jul 25, 2017 at 4:09 am
What is the true “great power of the universal Church”? “Its persecuted little churches.” Words of Pope Francis. The Pontiff often recalls that there are more Christian martyrs...

How can we teach the sadly neglected Athanasian Creed? – I have a novel idea

Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2017 at 4:09 am
As the half-dozen or so readers of my little Trinity book will know already, I’m convinced that the doctrine’s essentials can be stated (and understood!) in very clear and simple...

A year after his murder, Fr. Jacques Hamel remembered

Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 25, 2017 at 4:01 am
Rome, Italy, Jul 25, 2017 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- One year after the brutal killing of Fr. Jacques Hamel, French bishops recalled the beautiful example of the man who lived...

A year after his murder, Fr. Jacques Hamel remembered

EWTN - World Catholic News - Jul 25, 2017 at 4:01 am
Rome, Italy, Jul 25, 2017 / 04:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- One year after the brutal killing of Fr. Jacques Hamel, French bishops recalled the beautiful example of the man who lived...

Pope Francis prays for Charlie Gard as parents end legal fight

Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2017 at 3:44 am
Pope Francis is praying for the parents of Charlie Gard after a U.S. doctor told them nothing could be done to help their son. Chris Gard and Connie Yates announced in London’s...

Catholics oppose buffer zone around Kentucky's last abortion clinic

EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 25, 2017 at 3:36 am
Louisville, Ky., Jul 25, 2017 / 03:36 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pro-life activists in the Archdiocese of Louisville have spoken out against a city ordinance which resulted in the...

Upside Down

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 25, 2017 at 2:53 am
My latest bit of pondering for the Catholic Weekly way Down Under in Sydney.

How Crisis Pregnancy Center Clients…

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 25, 2017 at 2:41 am
…rely on Medicaid. That would be the Medicaid that millions of “prolife” conservative Christians eagerly and passionately want to destroy in obedience to their Republican Thought...

The Day the Music Died

Crisis Magazine - Church - Jul 25, 2017 at 2:10 am
One day, out of curiosity, I Googled “symphony orchestras in the Muslim world.” The results were rather dismal. One site—“About Symphony Orchestras in the Arab World”—contained...

Italy drought: Vatican turns of fountains to save water

News.va - Jul 25, 2017 at 2:00 am
(Vatican Radio) The drought that is affecting the city of Rome and the surrounding areas of the capital has led the Holy See to take measures to save water. The Governorate of...

Making Parishes Personal

Crisis Magazine - Church - Jul 25, 2017 at 2:00 am
My family and I live in what many Catholics would consider a suburban “sweet spot”—smack between four Catholic churches placed conveniently to the north, south, east and west of...
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