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'Harry Potter and the Sacred Texts' coverage shed some light, but few real questions
GetReligion - Jul 21, 2017 at 8:00 am Years ago, I profiled the executive director of the Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington DC; one of the most eclectic houses of worship I’ve ever run into. Half of the stuff I...
Daily Reading for Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 21, 2017 at 7:40 am Reading 1, Second Corinthians 4:7-15
7 But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the power is God's and not our ...
Advocates urge more awareness about natural family planning options
Franciscan Media - Jul 21, 2017 at 7:38 am
WASHINGTON (CNS) — There are plenty of myths that surround natural family planning, but advocates say the Catholic Church can help dispel those myths and raise an awareness of...
Daily Reading for Monday, July 24th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 21, 2017 at 7:33 am Reading 1, Exodus 14:5-18
5 When Pharaoh king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, he and his officials changed their attitude towards the ...
Fresh Pizza Pasta
CatholicMom.com - Jul 21, 2017 at 7:30 am
Though not the original name for this recipe, the aroma coming from the kitchen earned it a new name. “It smells like Margherita Pizza!” they said, and my children were correct....
Daily Reading for Sunday, July 23rd, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 21, 2017 at 7:23 am Reading 1, Wisdom 12:13, 16-19
13 For there is no god, other than you, who cares for every one, to whom you have to prove that your sentences have ...
Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage and Conference in Rome, Sept. 14-17
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 21, 2017 at 7:14 am The celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum are an initiative of the Coetus Internationalis Summorum Pontificum, the organizers since 2012...
What are Doctors of the Church, and can they fix a broken leg?
Aleteia - Jul 21, 2017 at 7:00 am Only 36 holy men and women have been declared "doctors" throughout all Church history.Starting in the 13th century, popes began singling out specific saints who were exemplary...
A reply to Cardinal Sarah on 'liturgical reconciliation'
Rorate Coeli - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:55 am It seems that the most trad-friendly Prelates of the Church actually want the Traditional Mass to disappear. Thus, Cardinal Burke said in 2011:
It seems to me that is what he [...
New officials named to Roman Rota
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:48 am Pope Francis has named two new officials for the Roman Rota.
Filipino bishop suggests new focus for war against drug trade
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:44 am A Filipino bishop has encouraged President Rodrigo Duterte to “reconfigure” his was against drug trafficking, concentrating on eliminating the demand for illegal drugs rather than...
Catholic group sends 15 Virgin Mary statues to Iraq to replace ones destroyed by ISIS
Catholic Herald - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:31 am A Catholic charity has sent 15 statues of the Virgin Mary to the Middle East to replace ones destroyed by ISIS.
The group Œuvre d’Orient, a French association dedicated to helping...
Pope makes €25,000 contribution to fight famine in eastern Africa
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:30 am Pope Francis has donated €25,000 to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to support efforts against famine in eastern Africa.
Cameroon bishops demand further inquiry into bishop’s death
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:20 am The Catholic bishops of Cameroon have filed a formal complaint of murder in the death of Bishop jean-Marie Benoit Bala, saying that they are unsatisfied with the government’s...
Church Youth Group Covered By Megan's Law
The Religion Clause - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:10 am In State v. S.B., (NJ Sup. Ct., July 20, 2017), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that a youth ministry associated with a church is a "youth serving organization" under Megan's...
Court Enjoins Illinois Law Requiring Referrals Out For Abortions
The Religion Clause - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:05 am In National Institute of Family Life Advocates v. Rauner, (ND IL, July 19, 2017), an Illinois federal district court granted a preliminary injunction to plaintiffs, a group of pro...
Director creates magical film shot entirely on a phone
Aleteia - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:00 am Michel Gondry's short film "Détour" might make you want to get creative too.Michel Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, has created an 11-minute short film...
Catholic Order Sues To Force Rerouting of Pipeline
The Religion Clause - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:00 am A religious Order of Catholic women last week filed suit in a Pennsylvania federal district court contending that a decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission violates...
Virtue of the Month: Obedience
CatholicMom.com - Jul 21, 2017 at 6:00 am
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“Virtue restores us to the form of God and imprints on our souls certain characters of the supreme nature.” St....
Bishop: Senate mustn't repeal health care law without suitable replacement
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 21, 2017 at 5:52 am Washington D.C., Jul 21, 2017 / 05:52 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The US bishops' representative for domestic justice has asked Senators not to vote to repeal the current health care law...
