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3rd Circuit: Preachers' Civil Rights Suit Dismissed On Immunity Grounds
The Religion Clause - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:15 am In Karns v. Shanahan, (3rd Cir., Jan. 11, 2018), t U..S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights damage action brought by two evangelical Christian...
Advocacy Groups Say Military Is Imposing Religious Participation On Cadets
The Religion Clause - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:10 am The Freedom From Religion Foundation and American Atheists announced this week that they have sent a joint letter (full text) to Secretary of Defense James Mattis complaining...
The unorthodox nuns who taught Meghan Markle
Catholic Herald - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:10 am The United States has a strange love-hate relationship with the British monarchy. Freud might have seen in it a titanic Oedipus complex spanning two-and-a-half centuries. But...
What’s really behind the push for ‘buffer zones’?
Catholic Herald - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:10 am Last year Britain marked the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act. Given how often we are told that “reproductive rights” are a sine qua non of modern democratic society, it was a...
What has the BBC done to Father Brown?
Catholic Herald - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:10 am The BBC’s Father Brown is an admirable addition to the proud tradition of British crime dramas. It’s set in the idyllic village of Kembleford, where roughly three quarters of...
Couple Sues Printer Over Substitution of Anti-Gay Pamphlets For Wedding Programs
The Religion Clause - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:05 am The New York Post this week reports on a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts federal district court against Vistaprint. The company's North American Business Headquarters are located...
Pro-life bill would eliminate vast majority of legal abortions in Poland (CNA)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:01 am The bill would outlaw abortions on the basis of an unborn child’s “congenital disorder or deformity.”
13-year-old Coptic Christian recounts attack on church, death of mother (Aid to the Church in Need)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:01 am Nermeen Sadiq, 32, was among those killed during a December 29 attack on a Coptic Orthodox church in Helwan, a city near Cairo.
A Presbyterian pastor languishes in a Turkish prison (RNS)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:01 am The pastor, Andrew Brunson, is an American citizen. He has been detained since October 2016.
Archdiocese of Milan begins synod (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:01 am Six months after he was named head of Europe’s largest diocese, Archbishop Mario Delpini of Milan opened an archdiocesan synod on January 14.
Wife's Religious Convictions Do Not Override Vermont Divorce Law
The Religion Clause - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:00 am In Maghu v. Singh, (VT Sup. Ct., Jan. 12, 2018), the Vermont Supreme Court rejected a wife's attempt to obtain dismissal of a no-fault divorce petition filed by her husband. The...
Rare recording of T.S. Eliot reading his famous ‘Four Quartets’
Aleteia - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:00 am Many consider the poem sequence to be his greatest work.It is always exciting when we get to hear an author read their own words, so when we came across this recording of T.S....
God Initiates; We Simply Respond
CatholicMom.com - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:00 am
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As a young convert, I initially did not fully understand what authentic spirituality even looked like; I tried to initiate my own spiritual...
Arkansas bishop skips pro-life march over death penalty concerns
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 18, 2018 at 6:00 am Little Rock, Ark., Jan 18, 2018 / 06:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock has said he will not attend the
local March for Life because its keynote speaker...
Belgian bishops visit refugees (Servizio Informazione Religiosa)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2018 at 5:01 am “There are asylum seekers, refugees and migrants among us who are waiting to reach the UK,” said Bishop Guy Harpigny of Tournai. “We show our solidarity with them by seeking...
Catholics, Protestants exchange pulpits in Austrian diocese for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Servizio Informazione Religiosa)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2018 at 5:01 am The Diocese of Feldkirchen is located in south-central Austria. The Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism (1993) states that while a bishop may...
Leading French bishop calls for acceptance of more refugees (Servizio Informazione Religiosa)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2018 at 5:01 am “Couldn’t [France] maybe take in more people and, above all, couldn’t it do it better?” asked Archbishop Georges Pontier, the president of the French Bishops’ Conference, which...
‘The Last Jedi’: Superhero equality comes at a high cost
Aleteia - Jan 18, 2018 at 5:00 am The latest Star Wars installment goes beyond upsetting the balance and manages to break the story.By now, most people who care have seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I’ve entertained...
Donald Trump to address Washington March for Life
Catholic Herald - Jan 18, 2018 at 4:29 am President Donald Trump will become the first president to address the March for Life live from the White House Rose Garden via satellite. The annual pro-life event marks the...
Nicola Sturgeon ‘appropriate’ choice for Cardinal Winning Lecture, bishop says
Catholic Herald - Jan 18, 2018 at 4:15 am The Bishop of Paisley has defended the University of Glasgow’s decision to invite Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to give the annual Cardinal Winning Lecture. Bishop John...
