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Blow to Diocese’s Religious Freedom Points to Need for Catholic School Teacher Formation
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 30, 2014 at 8:33 am In an assault on religious freedom, a federal grand jury recently decided in favor of a teacher who violated her contract’s morality clause. The decision indicates the need for...
Fr. Rutler: Catholic Schools, Colleges Faithful to Magisterium Are ‘Models for Renewal’
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 30, 2014 at 7:48 am Amid widespread secular influence on many Catholic educational institutions, Catholic schools and colleges dedicated to Catholic teaching are making an impact and will hopefully...
In Zimbabwe, poverty is the Church's biggest enemy
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 30, 2014 at 7:30 am Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Dec 30, 2014 / 08:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Father Felix Tachiona Mukaro is disappointed in his country's politicians, as many Zimbabweans are, saying they are...
Sick: Ohio man refuses to take down zombie Nativity scene
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 30, 2014 at 7:19 am From WLOX-TV: Jasen Dixon’s nativity scene featuring zombies was ordered to be taken down Friday, however, it’s still standing in Sycamore Township. On Tuesday, Sycamore Township...
In Zimbabwe, poverty is the Church's biggest enemy
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 30, 2014 at 7:02 am Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Dec 30, 2014 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Father Felix Tachiona Mukaro is disappointed in his country’s politicians, as many Zimbabweans are, saying they are...
Cardinal protests against forced conversions to Hinduism
Catholic Herald - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:57 am The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has criticised forced conversions of Christians to Hinduism.
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, major archbishop of...
Pope Francis' Prayer Intentions for January
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:43 am The Vatican today released Pope Francis’ prayer intentions for January 2015. The Holy Father's universal prayer intention for this month is:
“That those from diverse religious...
O Image of the Father’s Face: A Hymn
Dominicana - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:30 am O Image of the Father’s face,
Who bore the flesh of Adam’s race,
We in our exile pray that you
Would heal our hearts, our minds renew.
O Firstborn of the Father’s love,
Sent down...
Pope Francis’ message for 2015 World Day of the Sick
News.va - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:30 am (Vatican Radio) The theme of Pope Francis’s message for the World Day of Sick being celebrated on 11 February 2015 is “I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame,” taken from...
President Sends Kwanzaa Greetings
The Religion Clause - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:25 am Last Friday the White House released a statement (full text) from the President and First Lady extending warmest wishes to those celebrating Kwanzaa. The festival, which...
Kentucky Legislature Hearing Rooms Now Have "In God We Trust" Signs
The Religion Clause - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:20 am In Kentucky, state officials have hung eleven "In God We Trust" signs in committee rooms in the state Capitol building and Capitol annex. According to AP, the signs-- paid for...
Egyptian Court Bans Jewish Pilgrimage Festival To Moroccan Rabbi's Grave
The Religion Clause - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:15 am In Egypt on Monday, the Administrative Court of Alexandria banned an annual Jewish religious pilgrimage that has been held since 1979 to the grave of the Moroccan rabbi Yaakov Abu...
Rhode Island Supreme Court Rejects Firefighters' Objections To Riding In Pride Parade
The Religion Clause - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:10 am In Fabrizio v. City of Providence, (RI Sup. Ct., Dec. 19, 2014), the Rhode Island Supreme Court dismissed a suit brought by two Catholic firefighters who objected on religious...
District Court Enjoins Latest ACA Non-Profit Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Accommodation
The Religion Clause - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:05 am In Catholic Benefits Association LCA v. Burwell, (WD OK, Dec. 29, 2014), an Oklahoma federal district court granted a preliminary injunction against the latest Affordable Care Act...
Former Navy Instructor Sues Claiming Anti-Muslim Bias
The Religion Clause - Dec 30, 2014 at 6:00 am CAIR has announced the filing last week of a religious discrimination lawsuit against the United States Navy on behalf of a former barracks instructor whose reenlistment was...
Priest murdered in Mexico
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 30, 2014 at 5:59 am The body of Father Gregorio Lopez Gorostieta, a priest recently kidnapped from a seminary in Guerrero, was found on Christmas Day. Fox News Latino reported that the priest died of...
Pope Francis: the lives of those with serious illness are worth living
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 30, 2014 at 5:43 am The Holy See Press Office has released Pope Francis's message for the 23rd World Day of the Sick, which will take place on February 11.
Entitled "Sapientia Cordis" (wisdom of the...
Europe, US: destruction of Christian symbols, disruption of Mass
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 30, 2014 at 5:31 am Recent days have witnessed the destruction of Christian symbols in Europe and the United States and the disruption of a Mass.
On Christmas Day, a vandal entered a parish in Douai...
Daily Reflection — Be Not Afraid
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 30, 2014 at 5:30 am And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a...