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Religion ghosts in media coverage of 7-year-old who survived plane crash that killed her family? Pastor says yes

GetReligion - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:44 am
Was there a religion angle in the Sailor Gutzler story — and did the media ignore it? Right after the start of the new year, 7-year-old Sailor made national headlines when she...

Cardinal urges Filipinos to reflect on Pope’s message

Catholic Herald - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:43 am
Now that Pope Francis has returned to Rome, Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said Filipinos need to take time to reflect on his words, “the spiritual message and also the...

Loaded Language on “Marriage” Heads to the Supreme Court

Catholic Vote - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:42 am
During Pope Francis’ Encounter with Families in the Philippines this week, the Holy Father commented on particular threats to the good of the family, saying, “The family is also...

How Can Abortion Activists Say Pro-Lifers Don’t Care About Kids After Birth When They Kill Them Before?

LifeNews.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:39 am
Before I got into anti-assisted suicide work in 1993, I never hung out with pro-lifers. I only knew a few and didn’t engage the issues in which they were interested. That changed...

Do You Fear Being Successful?

CatholicMom.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:30 am
Woman entrepreneurs may not be aware of it but some have fear of success. It is something some Catholic entrepreneurs are often guilty of. You, too, might have success set point...

Chicago March for Life doubles attendance record with 4,000+

LifeSiteNews - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:29 am
‘We can't sit still. We have to march,’ says Chicago’s new archbishop, Blase Cupich.

Indiana County Fights Creche Suit By Enacting Open Forum Law

The Religion Clause - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:27 am
The Batesville (IN) Herald-Tribune reports that last week the Franklin County, Indiana Commissioners passed Ordinance 2015-02 to create a public forum on the county courthouse...

Parish mourns death of a deacon: “We don’t often encounter people who have literally changed the world”

The Deacon's Bench - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:24 am
Details from Conroe, Texas:  Members of the community are grieving the loss of Mike Mims, a retired business man and beloved deacon at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. Mims...

Questions and answers on the Manila-Rome flight

News.va - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:09 am
Vatican City, 20 January 2015 (VIS) – At the end of his seventh apostolic trip, on return flight from Manila to Rome, the Pope again answered questions from the journalists...

Cardinal Filoni in Vietnam: Evangelii Gaudium the programmatic text of the Church today

News.va - Jan 20, 2015 at 8:00 am
(Vatican Radio) The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, is this week making a pastoral visit to Vietnam.  On Tuesday, he held...

“How Pope Francis renewed the faith of this reluctant Catholic”

The Deacon's Bench - Jan 20, 2015 at 7:55 am
Photo: Aaron Almadro A Filipino who attended a papal Mass last weekend writes of how cynicism and doubt gave way to faith:   I had only wanted to attend the mass. I admit, being...

St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese Files For Bankruptcy Reorganization

The Religion Clause - Jan 20, 2015 at 7:51 am
On Friday, the Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization. In a letter (full text) announcing the decision, Archbishop John...

A significant study of the world’s disappearing communities

Catholic Herald - Jan 20, 2015 at 7:25 am
We in the West are largely insulated from the turbulence of the Middle East: the civil war in Syria, the regular violent eruptions in Iraq or sporadic persecutions elsewhere, such...

Briefly On The Papal Interview

Creative Minority Report - Jan 20, 2015 at 7:04 am
By now most of you have heard about the latest Papal airplane interview. Given recent history, one might expect the Pope to be more circumspect. One might expect that.As...

How one CEO sees unrealized potential in special needs kids

EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 20, 2015 at 7:02 am
Washington D.C., Jan 20, 2015 / 07:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Special needs children can bring joy, grace and a potential to thrive in the workplace in a way that parents may never...

Planned Parenthood, NARAL Join Fordham Students in Demanding Contraceptives

Catholic Education Daily - Jan 20, 2015 at 6:57 am
Students for Sex and Gender Equality and Safety, an unofficial student group at Fordham University, has continued to host rallies petitioning for student access to contraceptives...

St. John Cassian and the Spirituality of St. Dominic

Dominicana - Jan 20, 2015 at 6:30 am
Bl. Jordan of Saxony, the successor of St. Dominic, in his Libellus on the Beginnings of the Order of Preachers singles out the Conferences of John Cassian as a book loved by St....

Homeschooling Experts Affirm Parents’ Primary Educator Role despite Government Oversight

Catholic Education Daily - Jan 20, 2015 at 6:02 am
Government should support, not usurp, the role of parents as primary educators of their children, agreed two Catholic homeschooling experts in an interview with the Newman Society...

Catholic Answers Shifts Focus with a New Podcast

CatholicMom.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 6:00 am
If you haven’t heard of Catholic Answers, you should probably stop right now, head over to Catholic.com and check them out. Catholic Answers is one of the largest sources for...

More Preliminary Details of Pope's September U.S. Visit Emerge

The Religion Clause - Jan 20, 2015 at 6:00 am
Preliminary details of Pope Francis' itinerary during his September visit to the United States are becoming known.  From a report by CBS/AP on the Pope's news conference yesterday...
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