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Saint Anne Novena 2017 | Day 1
Big C Catholics - Jul 17, 2017 at 7:02 am July 17, 2017Day 1 - St. Anne NovenaGreat Saint Anne, engrave indelibly on my heart and in my mind the words that have reclaimed and sanctified so many sinners:“What shall it...
Problems in the Poles: A new iceberg in Antarctica meets an old message from the Arctic
The Catholic Astronomer - Jul 17, 2017 at 7:00 am
Last week, a new iceberg the size of Delaware broke off from Larsen C, an ice shelf off the peninsula of Antarctica. Larsen C is named after Carl Anton Larsen, a whaler who...
A Visit to Innsbruck (1): The "Mariahilf" Icon of Cranach: A Protestant's Contribution to Marian Iconography
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 17, 2017 at 7:00 am Right at the end of June and the beginning of July, I had the pleasure of spending a few days with a friend in the city of Innsbruck, Austria, where I had never been before. He...
British Survey of Anti-Semitic Crime Finds Overall Increase For 2016, But Fewer Violent Crimes
The Religion Clause - Jul 17, 2017 at 6:15 am As reported by JTA, Britain's non-profit organization Campaign Against Antisemitism yesterday released its National Antisemitic Crime Audit-- 2016 in Review. The report found 1,...
Kansas Court Says No Appeal On Vaccination Order For Children In State Custody
The Religion Clause - Jul 17, 2017 at 6:10 am In an unpublished opinion, a Kansas state appeals court appears to have held that a mother who has religious objections to vaccination has no right to appeal a trial court order...
Suit Challenges Christian-Only Ownership Rules In Chautauqua Cottage Community
The Religion Clause - Jul 17, 2017 at 6:05 am A discrimination lawsuit was filed in a Michigan federal district court last week against the Bay View Association, a Lake Michigan summer community with roots in the Chautauqua...
Being Present Can Save Lives
CatholicMom.com - Jul 17, 2017 at 6:00 am
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My fiance is currently deployed. Our separation is about a total of 6 months. I am new to military life...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jul 17, 2017 at 6:00 am Fom SSRN:
Ronald J. Colombo, Religious Conceptions of Corporate Purpose, (74 Wash.& Lee L. Rev. 813 (2017)).
Helen L. Norton, Government Speech and the War on Terror , (86...
The flaws in Civilta Cattolica's analysis of US Christianity
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 17, 2017 at 5:44 am Washington D.C., Jul 17, 2017 / 05:44 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- An analysis piece in La Civilta Cattolica alleging an
"ecumenism of hate" between Catholics and Evangelical...
Benedict XVI: deceased cardinal had faith in Church, even in time of crisis
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 17, 2017 at 5:25 am In a tribute to the late Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI praised the German prelate for his “conviction that the Lord does not leave his Church, even if at...
In strongly Catholic Philippines, bishops' conference picks new leader
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jul 17, 2017 at 5:23 am Manila, Philippines, Jul 17, 2017 / 05:23 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Philippines is one of the most populous Catholic countries in the
world. About 80 percent of the country's 100...
The incredible story of the priest ordained amidst the horrors Dachau
Catholic Herald - Jul 17, 2017 at 4:01 am Following on from my blog last Thursday on the book The Priest Barracks by Guillaume Zeller, it is worth recording one other extraordinary circumstance that took place in the...
Daily Gospel Reflection for July 17, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Jul 17, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 10:34—11:1
Today’s Gospel is a difficult one to read and understand. I usually think of Jesus as someone who would encourage my family to remain close and...
Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I’m possible!
Aleteia - Jul 17, 2017 at 3:00 am Audrey Hepburn
Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide: Profound darkness and a ray of light
Vatican Insider - Jul 17, 2017 at 2:30 am At the Italian Senate on July 11 a small ceremony marked the 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of nearly 9000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs under the command of Ratko...
Eugene Peterson Flips, then Flops on Gay “Marriage”
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jul 17, 2017 at 2:15 am
It was the latest defection from biblical orthodoxy by a prominent Evangelical Christian leader. When columnist Jonathan Merritt asked Eugene Peterson whether he would perform a...
The Power of Three Simple Words: We Want God
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jul 17, 2017 at 2:10 am
Modern political discourse is in a sad state today. Ideas are now crafted in sound bites, tweets and slogans to appeal to a world absorbed by the frenetic intemperance of instant...
The Mystery of a Century: Who Wrote His Last Bow?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jul 17, 2017 at 2:00 am
Though ice cold logic was ever his bread and butter, Mr. Sherlock Holmes had a talent and taste for histrionics. While skilled as an actor, as “The Sign of Four” and “A Scandal...
Cardinal Meisner had ‘profound faith and sincere love for the Church,’ Pope says in telegram
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 17, 2017 at 1:59 am The Vatican newspaper has published Pope Francis’s telegram of condolence following the death of Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne, who passed away on July 5.
Pontiff decries ecological indifference
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 17, 2017 at 1:44 am In a Spanish-language message to an ecological conference that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Pope Francis emphasized the right to clean drinking water and called upon governments...
