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Into the Woods: Will 2015 Be Happily Ever After?
CatholicMom.com - Jan 19, 2015 at 8:30 am
Image Credit: Jay Cuasay
On New Year’s Day I went to see Into the Woods with my 8 year old daughter and some friends at a brand new, state of the art digital movie theater. (...
You suggest: ICR monthly novena
Rorate Coeli - Jan 19, 2015 at 8:24 am It is becoming an annual tradition for us to help the great Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest with their fundraising novena. The following was sent to us by the ICR:...
Kenyan bishops call for no more tetanus vaccines until further tests
Catholic Herald - Jan 19, 2015 at 8:09 am Kenya’s bishops have insisted that “no further mass tetanus vaccination campaigns” should take place in the country until the “vaccines have been appropriately tested and proven...
With USA Today and gay marriage, impatience is a virtue
GetReligion - Jan 19, 2015 at 7:57 am
Come on, Catholic schools! It's been a whole week since gay marriage was legalized in Florida, and you still haven't given them medical and retirement benefits!
That's the...
The phantom search for ‘ethical porn’
LifeSiteNews - Jan 19, 2015 at 7:23 am This writer tried to quit porn for 30 days, and failed. Now he's desperate to find 'ethical porn.' But does it even exist?
Salon: Inside the “catastrophic collapse” of the Catholic right
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:57 am Cardinal Raymond Burke by CanonLawJunkie via Wikipedia From author Patricia Miller: For years they struck fear in the hearts of progressive Catholic candidates. They could, and...
Cardinal Piacenza in Wigratzbad: Mercy, Primacy of Conscience and Primacy of Truth
Rorate Coeli - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:38 am From a teaching lecture given by Cardinal Piacenza, the Major Penitentiary, at a course on the Internal Forum in the Diocese of Ausburg for German speaking priests.
Iacopo...
This Week Is Prayer Week for Christian Unity
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:37 am The annual week of Prayer for Christian Unity began yesterday and stretches through this Sunday's feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. The theme this year is "Jesus said to her...
Pope establishes Eastern Catholic church for Eritrea
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:36 am Pope Francis has established a new Eastern Catholic church for Eritrea-- the first Eastern Catholic church formally erected since the early 20th century.
According to the Code of...
Welcome Nutrition: It’s Totally Adipsous
Dominicana - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:30 am A friend from another country once came up to me and ceremoniously handed me a folded-up piece of paper. Bemused and somewhat trepidatious, I opened it to find a five-verse hymn...
The fight for human dignity: how MLK speaks to ISIS, abortion
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:16 am Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2015 / 06:16 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The ongoing legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is that every human
life is sacred and must be protected from...
Ebola Suffering in Sierra Leone Reminds Bishop of Civil War Years
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:13 am This article is provided by Reinhard Backes of Aid to the Church in Need. From providing spiritual support to ensuring preventive care, the Catholic Diocese of Kenema in the...
What the Church must do to help the poor
Catholic Herald - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:10 am Poverty and inequality are in the news once more. It is not just the Anglican Archbishops who are bringing the subject up, but it is also the Pope, in his preaching in the...
Employee Who Objected To Biometric Scanning As Mark of the Beast Wins $150,000 Verdict
The Religion Clause - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:10 am The Clarksburg Exponent Telegram reports that a jury in a West Virginia federal district court last Thursday awarded $150,000 in compensatory damages to a former employee of ...
Secretary of pontifical council transferred to Italian diocese
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:06 am Pope Francis has named Bishop Mario Toso, a Salesian who has served as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace since 2009, as the new bishop of Faenza-Modigliana...
Text of Appeal Made by Patriarch Sako on Dismantling Ideology That Justifies Islamist Violence
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:05 am Here is the text of an address by Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako to the conference of Iraqi Center for Diversity Management (ICDM), given in Baghdad on Saturday. * * *
Dear...
Today Is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
The Religion Clause - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:05 am Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, celebrating the birthday of the famous civil rights leader. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March and of the...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Marie Wicks, Prayer is Prologue: The Impact of Town of Greece on the Constitutionality of Deliberative Public Body Prayer at the Start of School Board Meetings, (...
Same-Sex Marriage Advocate George Takei Featured at Boston College
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:59 am Boston College’s Robsham Theater recently featured George Takei, an actor and same-sex marriage advocate, according to The Heights. The article made no mention of whether Catholic...
Lutherans, Catholics Plan Joint Ecumenical Commemoration in 2016
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:58 am The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) will jointly host an ecumenical event in the fall of 2016 as a continuation of...
