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Venerable Stanley Rother's remains re-interred ahead of beatification

Catholic News Agency - General - May 18, 2017 at 7:01 am
Oklahoma City, Okla., May 18, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The remains of Venerable Stanley Rother were exhumed last week and moved to a chapel in Oklahoma City in...

Venerable Stanley Rother's remains re-interred ahead of beatification

EWTN - US Latest News - May 18, 2017 at 7:01 am
Oklahoma City, Okla., May 18, 2017 / 07:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The remains of Venerable Stanley Rother were exhumed last week and moved to a chapel in Oklahoma City in...

At the smallest Marian shrine in Rome

Aleteia - May 18, 2017 at 7:00 am
On our tour of the Madonnelle, we hear today the interesting history of the Madonna of the Arch.We continue with our daily tour this month through a particular artistic expression...

Pope Benedict Writes in Praise of Card. Sarah

New Liturgical Movement - May 18, 2017 at 7:00 am
Yesterday, First Things posted a review of Cardinal Sarah’s new book “The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise”, by His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. It is...

Benedict XVI: The liturgy is “in good hands” with Cardinal Sarah

Aleteia - May 18, 2017 at 6:35 am
“We must be grateful to Pope Francis for having placed such a spiritual master at the head of the congregation for divine worship,” the pope emeritus writes in a new preface to ‘...

Pope to ambassadors: Work for peace amid 'complex' global conflicts

Catholic News Agency - General - May 18, 2017 at 6:33 am
Vatican City, May 18, 2017 / 05:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday Pope Francis received the credentials of six new ambassadors to the Holy See, telling them to work for the...

Pope to ambassadors: Work for peace amid 'complex' global conflicts

EWTN - Vatican News - May 18, 2017 at 6:33 am
Vatican City, May 18, 2017 / 06:33 am (EWTN News).- On Thursday Pope Francis received the credentials of six new ambassadors to the Holy See, telling them to work for the common...

Justice Alito Speaks On Faith and Religious Freedom

The Religion Clause - May 18, 2017 at 6:20 am
As reported by KYW Newsradio, yesterday U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito received an honorary degree from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Alito...

Bahamas Constitution Protects Muslim Military Officer From Mandatory Christian Prayer

The Religion Clause - May 18, 2017 at 6:15 am
In Commodore Royal Bahamas Defence Force v Laramore, (Privy Council, May 8, 2017), the UK Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (a court of final appeal from Bahamas courts)...

Pope: ‘we must ask the Lord for the gifts of love and joy'

News.va - May 18, 2017 at 6:15 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has reminded believers that Jesus' love is infinite and true, unlike worldly passions that seek power and vanity. The Pope was speaking during Mass at...

Meet the Catholic mother raising 15 children alone

Catholic Herald - May 18, 2017 at 6:13 am
When I get in touch with Rosa Pich by Skype during Holy Week, I discover that she is on holiday with 12 of her children in Torreciudad, a shrine dedicated to Our Lady in northern...

What Anglicans get right about angels

Catholic Herald - May 18, 2017 at 6:13 am
Theologically speaking, the stock of the angels in the Church has been falling pretty steadily since its Berkshire Hathaway-like peak in the 5th century, when the celestial...

Cardinal Zen: ‘It seems the Vatican-China deal is not proceeding. That’s good’

Catholic Herald - May 18, 2017 at 6:13 am
The Salesian House of Studies has not changed much since it was built on a Hong Kong hillside in the 1930s. But the city around it has altered beyond recognition. Tower blocks,...

EEOC Sues Over Refusing To Accommodate Jewish Employee's Holiday Observance

The Religion Clause - May 18, 2017 at 6:10 am
The EEOC announced on Tuesday that it has filed a Title VII lawsuit against XPO Last Mile, Inc., a delivery company, for rescinding a job offer to Tzvi McCloud who refused to...

1st Amendment Requires Dismissal of Some Priest Sexual Abuse Allegations

The Religion Clause - May 18, 2017 at 6:05 am
In Roy v. Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp., 2017 Conn. Super. LEXIS 774 (CT Super., April 24, 2017), plaintiff sued claiming that from 1990 to 1996 when he served as an altar...

Commemoration proliferation: When every day is a holiday

Aleteia - May 18, 2017 at 6:00 am
Growing list of special "days" gives everyone an excuse to celebrateIt’s a new day. Do you know what “day” it is? If you turn on the TV or radio or turn to social media when you...

Can you take a compliment?

CatholicMom.com - May 18, 2017 at 6:00 am
Copyright 2017 Deanna Bartalini. All rights reserved. Ask yourself that question and answer it; honestly answer it. No, wait, not yet. First, let me explain the type of...

Organization Announces Campaign To Promote Graduation Prayer

The Religion Clause - May 18, 2017 at 6:00 am
Liberty Counsel this week announced its annual "Friend or Foe Graduation Prayer Campaign," saying in part:Liberty Counsel will educate and, if necessary, litigate to ensure that...

The first Catholic church in 60 years is being built in Cuba

EWTN - US Latest News - May 18, 2017 at 5:31 am
Tampa, Fla., May 18, 2017 / 05:31 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Funded by a parish in Florida, a new Catholic church is being built in Cuba and is the first the island nation has seen in...
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