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A 'bullying' move? UK midwife abortion ruling sparks outcry
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 18, 2014 at 7:14 am London, England, Dec 18, 2014 / 07:14 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that midwives in charge of delivery
wards are not exempt from assisting in the...
Cuba, US: how the Holy See was behind the scene for 50 years
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 18, 2014 at 7:02 am Vatican City, Dec 18, 2014 / 07:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The announcement that the US and Cuba will enjoy warmer relations
follows more than 50 years of Vatican diplomacy, which...
Small Success Thursday
CatholicMom.com - Dec 18, 2014 at 7:00 am
We have only a few days until Christmas, but that’s no reason not to stop and count our blessings today.
This week, we put up the tree and hung lights. My daughter came home and...
Dec. 22, 23, 24 - Let us join the special pre-Christmas Fast of the Catholics of Iraq
Rorate Coeli - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:55 am Christian refugees in a Chaldean Catholic church in Erbil
The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad Raphael Louis Sako calls on Iraqi Christians to fast on Christmas Eve in order to...
USCCB president meets with President Obama, VP Biden
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:49 am Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White...
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2014: Persecuted Christians in Iraq (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:43 am To view the video click here.
Marian Route adds new stop: Andorra's Sanctuary of Our Lady of Meritxell (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:40 am To view the video click here.
All I Want for Christmas Is Another Chance at Advent
Dominicana - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:30 am An unexpected guest never shows up when you’re prepared. Never does a sudden knock at the door or text message reading “stopping by ok?” arrive right after you’ve cleaned the...
Leading Pakistani bishop: the Taliban �will stop at nothing now'
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:28 am The president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan condemned the Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar and said that the attack showed the Islamic fundamentalist...
Pope to children: Jesus is your best friend
News.va - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:20 am
(Vatican Radio) Italian Catholic Action is one of the most active lay movements in Italy today and is made up of both adults and children and it was to the children of this group...
Pope Francis: pleased about U.S. and Cuba agreement
News.va - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:20 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis spoke on Thursday at his joy over the rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, two nations who have been estranged for many years, saying...
Pope urges Lutherans and Catholics to take further steps towards unity
News.va - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:20 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Thursday with a delegation of German Lutheran and Catholic leaders, urging them to continue working towards the goal of unity among all...
Group Releases 2014 World Report On Rights of Atheists and Humanists
The Religion Clause - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:20 am As reported by Religion News Service, on Dec. 10 the International Humanist and Ethical Union released Freedom of Thought 2014: "A Global Report on the Rights Legal Status and...
White House Hosts First of Two Hanukkah Receptions
The Religion Clause - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:15 am President and Mrs. Obama hosted the first of two White House Hanukkah receptions last night as again this year the guest list was too long for only a single reception. In his...
Israeli dig peers into King David's time
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:14 am Jackson, Miss., Dec 18, 2014 / 06:14 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- New archaeological evidence about Israel and Judah at the time of King
David and King Solomon undermines some skeptics...
GAO Releases Report On IRS Oversight of Tax Exempt Organizations
The Religion Clause - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:10 am Yesterday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a 66-page report (full text) on IRS oversight of tax-exempt organizations. The report recommended that the IRS...
4th Circuit: Appeal of Injunction Against Sectarian County Board Prayer Fails On Procedural Grounds
The Religion Clause - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:05 am In Hudson v. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, (4th Cir., Dec. 17, 2014), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed on procedural grounds an appeal from a district court's...
Jerusalem patriarch issues Christmas message
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:04 am The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem issued his annual Christmas message on December 18 and reflected on the ways in which 2014 was both "the best of times" and "the worst of times."...
Pope Francis’ congratulations and the role he played in the historic thaw in US-Cuba relations
Vatican Insider - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:04 amThe 12 Apps of Christmas
CatholicMom.com - Dec 18, 2014 at 6:00 am
So I am just a little bit obsessed with the 12 Days of Christmas. I try really hard to make Advent, well, Advent, and so when Christmas comes, I want to milk it for all 12 days’...
