Latest News
California Megachurch Challenges Church-State Boundaries
The Religion Clause - May 1, 2015 at 6:00 am The Center for Investigative Reporting on Wednesday posted a long report on a megachurch in Chino Hills, California that is attempting to break down the church-state barrier. ...
Experts: Canonization doesn't mean Blessed Serra was perfect
Franciscan Media - May 1, 2015 at 6:00 am
ROME (CNS) -- Blessed Junipero Serra is being canonized because he was
holy, not because he was perfect, said a team of experts on the life and
ministry of the 18th-century...
Bishop in Nepal: Time is running out for victims of earthquake
Franciscan Media - May 1, 2015 at 6:00 am
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNS) -- Time is running out for victims of Nepal's
earthquake, who are suffering because aid cannot reach them, said Bishop
Paul Simick of Nepal.
"The...
Chaldean patriarch reflects on Armenian genocide, Islamic State
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2015 at 5:54 am The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, whose patriarchal offices are located in Baghdad, has published a reflection on the Armenian genocide and the current persecution of...
'I find God in suffering': The gripping life and death of Kayla Mueller
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 1, 2015 at 5:02 am Madrid, Spain, May 1, 2015 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Kayla Mueller, the young human rights activist who was killed earlier
this year while being held hostage by ISIS, was a...
'I find God in suffering': The gripping life and death of Kayla Mueller
Catholic News Agency - General - May 1, 2015 at 5:02 am Madrid, Spain, May 1, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Kayla Mueller, the young human rights activist who was killed earlier this year while being held hostage by ISIS, was a...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 1, 2015
CatholicMom.com - May 1, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 14:1-6
Optional Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker
When I was a child, I used to imagine heaven as an enormous, sparkling castle in the sky filled with...
Pro-Life Partnership Could Provide Model for Catholic Colleges, Says USD Prof.
Catholic Education Daily - May 1, 2015 at 5:00 am Catholic colleges must do a better job when it comes to equipping students to be Catholic leaders, according to Dr. Jonathan Mack, associate clinical professor in the Hahn School...
Patriarchate: pan-Orthodox synod will not express solidarity with �sexual minorities'
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2015 at 4:59 am The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has strongly denied a report on a Greek religious news site that the committee preparing the agenda for the 2016 Pan-Orthodox Council...
Today’s doctrinal disputes may well seem irrelevant to future generations
Catholic Herald - May 1, 2015 at 4:51 am It may come as something of a surprise to many that ARCIC is still in business. But the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, which is the forum for ecumenism between...
Retired curial archbishop teaches Islam at Ohio university
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2015 at 4:44 am National Public Radio has published a profile of Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, a retired curial official who is teaching a class on Islam this semester at John Carroll University...
Pope to Community of Christian Life: 'Devote Yourselves to the Common Good'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 1, 2015 at 4:41 am On Thursday, Pope Francis met with the Community of Christian Life (CVX) and the Student Missionary League, for the inauguration of the National Conference of the two Italian...
Santa Fe's new archbishop reflects on role of bishops in the Francis era
Vatican Insider - May 1, 2015 at 4:37 amChurch of England welcomes Vatican workshop's statement on climate change
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2015 at 4:30 am The Church of England has welcomed the final statement issued by participants in an April 28 Vatican conference on climate change.
"Climate change is the greatest moral challenge...
St Joseph would have ‘downed tools to applaud Living Wage’, says bishop
Catholic Herald - May 1, 2015 at 4:21 am St Joseph the Worker would have “downed tools to applaud the Living Wage”, Bishop Terence Drainey of Middlesbrough has said.
The bishop, chairman of Caritas Social Action Network...
France: Muslim student barred from school for wearing long skirt
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2015 at 4:16 am Citing a law that bans students from wearing religious garb in the classroom, a school in northeastern France has decided that a 15-year-old Muslim girl is not permitted to wear a...
Washington archdiocese lauds House vote to protect religious liberty – but it may not be enough
EWTN - US Latest News - May 1, 2015 at 3:44 am Washington D.C., May 1, 2015 / 03:44 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The House voted late Thursday night to formally disapprove of two laws
which religious and pro-life organizations in the...
President Assad is a ‘good man’, says Syrian archbishop
Catholic Herald - May 1, 2015 at 3:42 am One of Syria’s leading clerics has said that President Bashar al-Assad is a “good man” in an interview with Crux.
Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart, head of the Melkite Greek...
17 nations named �particularly severe' religious-freedom violators
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2015 at 3:35 am In its newly released annual report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is urging the State Department to designate or redesignate 17 nations...
Cardinal Burke in Germany: The Lion in the Wilderness
Rorate Coeli - May 1, 2015 at 3:23 am Cardinal Burke preaching in GermanyOn April 25th, the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, H.E. Raymond Cardinal Burke celebrated Pontifical Mass at the Throne in Frankfurt-...
