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North Carolina Repeals "Bathroom Law", But Pre-Empts Local Regulation
The Religion Clause - Mar 31, 2017 at 6:10 am North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper yesterday signed into law House Bill 142 (full text), a compromise bill that repeals H.B. 2, the state's controversial "bathroom law" that...
Ecclesiastical Abstention Leads To Dismissal of Suit By Expelled Student For Priesthood
The Religion Clause - Mar 31, 2017 at 6:05 am In Doe v. Pontifical College Josephinum, (OH App., March 30, 2017), an Ohio appellate court applied the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine to dismiss a suit by a former student...
Order of Malta, Becciu and Hoffmann von Rumerstein: “Dear Knights, send your proposed changes”
Vatican Insider - Mar 31, 2017 at 6:03 am These changes will have to be shared with an “open and constructive dialogue.” So “Dear Brothers and Sisters, send us your proposed changes by the end of this month: we will...
Challenge To Boca's Zoning For Chabad Again Dismissed For Lack of Standing
The Religion Clause - Mar 31, 2017 at 6:00 am As previously reported, last July a Florida federal district court dismissed on standing grounds a challenge by residents and taxpayers of Boca Raton to zoning changes by the city...
Weary Women Walking
CatholicMom.com - Mar 31, 2017 at 6:00 am Lately I have been noticing a lot of weary soldiers in the Army of God. They are easy to spot with arms extended in endless service, drooping eyes showing lack of sleep, and...
Famine in Africa: Somalia on the brink
Aleteia - Mar 31, 2017 at 6:00 am Red Cross warns that the world has three or four months to prevent disasterThe humanitarian situation in Somalia is “rapidly deteriorating,” and famine is a strong possibility...
Benedict XVI tells EWTN: 'Thank you for your work'
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 31, 2017 at 5:42 am Vatican City, Mar 31, 2017 / 05:42 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Members of EWTN's Rome Bureau on Friday met Benedict XVI in the Vatican Gardens to explain their work and thank him for his...
New book collects Mother Angelica's reflections on suffering
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 31, 2017 at 5:31 am Irondale, Ala., Mar 31, 2017 / 05:31 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A new book released by EWTN Publishing offers spiritual advice and insight on suffering and spiritual burnout from the...
Top Vatican official voices concern about Trump’s policies on the environment
Catholic Herald - Mar 31, 2017 at 5:05 am The Vatican has voiced concern about Donald Trump’s environmental policies along with other pledges made by the US president.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for...
Looking for a different Easter-themed movie this year? Try these!
Aleteia - Mar 31, 2017 at 5:00 am If 'King of Kings' is growing stale, try 'The Miracle Maker,' which is wonderful, or these other selections.Easter is almost upon us, which means it’s time once again for all good...
Giving money to beggars ‘sustains a degrading lifestyle’, says bishop
Catholic Herald - Mar 31, 2017 at 4:58 am A month after Pope Francis endorsed giving money to the homeless, the Catholic bishop in Rhode Island has described three reasons not to.
Pope Francis was asked last month by an...
Catholic Education at a Crossroads
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 31, 2017 at 4:50 am
My friend and former colleague Dr. Jared Staudt recently penned an article “How to Save the Soul of Our Catholic Schools” for Crisis Magazine. Dr. Staudt (as I’ll call him here)...
Is the Catholic Church in De Facto Schism?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 31, 2017 at 4:45 am
Why is there confusion in the Catholic Church over Amoris Laetitia, and what consequences does it have for Church unity? I argue here that the confusion is ultimately over two de...
Jean-Claude Juncker criticised for ‘offensive’ behaviour at papal audience
Catholic Herald - Mar 31, 2017 at 4:29 am A Polish MP has written to the president of the European Commission criticising him for his “offensive” behaviour during a papal audience.
Krystyna Pawłowicz, deputy to the Lower...
Scientists: Jesus' tomb faces major risk of collapse
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 31, 2017 at 4:02 am Jerusalem, Israel, Mar 31, 2017 / 04:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Having just undergone an extensive restoration, the site of Jesus' tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is at risk...
Scientists: Jesus' tomb faces major risk of collapse
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 31, 2017 at 4:02 am Jerusalem, Mar 31, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Having just undergone an extensive restoration, the site of Jesus' tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is at risk for...
The children are watching
Aleteia - Mar 31, 2017 at 4:00 am Photo of the Day: March 31, 2017VATICAN CITY – MARCH 29, 2017 – Pope Francis greets a baby girl as he arrives to celebrate his Weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square in...
Tyburn Nuns buy house in France where foundress was born
Catholic Herald - Mar 31, 2017 at 3:42 am The Tyburn Nuns have bought the house in France where their foundress, Mother Marie Adèle Garnier, was born in 1838.
The purchase of the property in Grancey-le-Château, a Burgundy...
Daily Gospel Reflection for March 31, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Mar 31, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Jesus our Lord and Savior’s hour had not yet come. Jesus knew when his time would arrive. When Jesus’ time arrived, He willingly submitted...
The most deadly poison of our time is indifference.
Aleteia - Mar 31, 2017 at 3:00 am St Maximilian Kolbe
