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Will Catholics be branded ‘extremists’?
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:10 am Straight after the incident outside Finsbury Park Mosque in the early hours of June 19, when a man drove a van into a crowd of Muslims, Theresa May promised a crackdown on “...
Anthony Burgess was a gifted writer, but had the theology of a lapsed Catholic bore
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:10 am What with all the seminars and symposiums, it has been a busy year for Burgess scholars. This week the carnival continued in Manchester, where the International Anthony Burgess...
The way ahead for gay Catholics
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:10 am Two years ago Cardinal Vincent Nichols asked me to be his liaison and chaplain to the Farm Street LGBT group in central London. That same week I was invited to be chaplain to the...
Bishop Bala was not murdered: Cameroon government report
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:07 am Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Balla, whose body was discovered in a river in Cameroon on June 2 was not murdered but drowned, according to a new autopsy report.
Pope’s pediatric hospital is fixing past problems, says cardinal overseer
Franciscan Media - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:07 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While there had been problems and complaints in the past, the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital was working resolve them, said Cardinal Pietro...
In 9th Circuit Church Loses Suit Against Loud Music Festival
The Religion Clause - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:05 am In Amistad Christiana Church v. Life Is Beautiful, LLC, (9th Cir., July 3, 2017), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a claim by a Christian church that a music...
Tech Talk: Recite.com
CatholicMom.com - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:00 am
One of my never-ending tasks is whipping my inbox into shape. It’s truly a one-step-forward-two-steps-back proposition, and it’s one I’m hoping to make serious headway on this...
Scotland Investigates Upsurge In Prisoner Requests For Kosher Meals
The Religion Clause - Jul 6, 2017 at 6:00 am The Forward reported yesterday that in Scotland, the Inspectorate of Prisons has begun an investigation into why there has been a huge upsurge in inmates requesting kosher meals...
Cardinal Tobin denounces anti-immigrant rhetoric, explains welcome for LGBTQ activists
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 6, 2017 at 5:59 am Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, compared anti-immigration rhetoric with the acceptance of legal abortion as “a further brutalization of the American heart,” in an...
Cardinal Tobin denounces anti-immigrant rhetoric, explains welcome for LGBTQ activists
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 6, 2017 at 5:58 am Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, compared anti-immigration rhetoric with the acceptance of legal abortion as “a further brutalization of the American heart,” in an...
Pope Francis blesses work of new Argentine radio station
News.va - Jul 6, 2017 at 5:45 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent an audio message to a new Argentinian radio station, which began broadcasting to Buenos Aires on Sunday, 2 July.
“Cristo de los villeros”...
Remembering Joaquín Navarro-Valls
News.va - Jul 6, 2017 at 5:38 am (Vatican Radio) The former Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, passed away on Wednesday, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years...
Mexican priest found bound, stabbed to death in his room
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 6, 2017 at 5:13 am Mexico City, Mexico, Jul 6, 2017 / 05:13 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Authorities are investigating the murder of another Catholic priest in
Mexico who was found bound and stabbed to...
Pope praises late-Cardinal Meisner’s faithful, fearless dedication
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 5:01 am Pope Francis mourned the death of German Cardinal Joachim Meisner, retired archbishop of Cologne, praising his “deep faith and sincere love for the Church.” The 83-year-old...
The problem with Christian call-outs
Aleteia - Jul 6, 2017 at 5:00 am Christ’s followers have always found one another’s opinions and customs appallingly offensiveThe Christian call-out is becoming a thing, and I’m getting antsy about it. As a hip...
Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who headed the Vatican press office for 22 years, has died
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 4:23 am Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who spent 22 years as director of the Vatican press office, has died at the age of 80. No details were available immediately, but his death was announced in...
Daily Gospel Reflection for July 6, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Jul 6, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
I’ve never noticed before that this story takes place in Jesus’ home town. Maybe Jesus knows the paralytic, the people who bring him forward, or...
Cardinal Joachim Meisner: a fearless champion of orthodoxy to the end
Catholic Herald - Jul 6, 2017 at 3:09 am Cardinal Joachim Meisner, who has died aged 83, lived through some of the last century’s most dramatic events and remained to the end of his life a champion of Catholic orthodoxy...
Hey Sumner, Washington! I’m coming your way on Saturday!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 6, 2017 at 2:55 am I will be speaking at St. Andrew’s parish in Sumner, Washington on Saturday, July 8 after the 9 AM Mass in two free talks open to the public. I’ll be talking about the Four Senses...
