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A new path for unity – Pope and Patriarch to face world challenges together
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:55 am Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 28, 2014 / 07:27 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A common declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew on the
issues of ecology and poverty would be natural is...
Waiting for the Pope: Istanbul refugee center prepares to welcome Francis
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:55 am Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 28, 2014 / 07:16 am (EWTN News/CNA).- People at the refugee center that Pope Francis will visit this coming
Sunday are learning to seek a future, the...
Pope Francis greets journalists on papal plane to Turkey
News.va - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:55 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis briefly greeted journalists travelling with him on the flight to the Turkish capital, Ankara.
Please see below a English translation of his remarks...
How the Church in Thailand fights trafficking, violence against women
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:39 am Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 28, 2014 / 06:39 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Church in Thailand observed the Nov. 25 celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence...
Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Dominicana - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:30 am In celebration of this Thanksgiving weekend, we have reprinted below a 1789 proclamation of George Washington. More information on it can be found here. Although Black Friday has...
A new path for unity – Pope and Patriarch to face world challenges together
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:27 am Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 28, 2014 / 05:27 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A common declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew on the issues of ecology and poverty would be natural is...
Waiting for the Pope: Istanbul refugee center prepares to welcome Francis
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:16 am Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 28, 2014 / 05:16 am (CNA/EWTN News).- People at the refugee center that Pope Francis will visit this coming Sunday are learning to seek a future, the...
Romano Guardini’s advice for Catholics at Mass in 1936 could have been written today
Catholic Herald - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:12 am I have recently finished reading Romano Guardini’s Meditations Before Mass (Guardini was the priest and liturgist who was highly influential in the thinking of Benedict XVI)....
False Anti-Muslim Speech Protected By 1st Amendment
The Religion Clause - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:05 am In American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ("SEPTA"), (ED PA, Nov. 25, 2014), a Pennsylvania federal district court granted a...
Gratitude Journal Android Apps
CatholicMom.com - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:00 am
Inspired by Jen Steed’s Tech Talk last week on the Gratitude 365 journal iOs app, and hoping to work on my own attitude of gratitude (while also being challenged by a little...
District Courts Reach Conflicting Results In Challenges To ACA Religious Non-Profit Contraceptive Accommodation
The Religion Clause - Nov 28, 2014 at 6:00 am In Association of Christian Schools International v. Burwell, (D CO, Nov. 26, 2014), a Colorado federal district court upheld the Obama administration's most recent accommodation...
Pope Francis arrives in Ankara at start of his visit to Turkey
News.va - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:45 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ plane has touched down at Ankara airport at the start of his three day pastoral journey to Turkey. His visit to the cities of Ankara and Istanbul...
Law group: Iran nuclear deal should include Christian pastor's freedom
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:35 am Washington D.C., Nov 28, 2014 / 06:11 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Advocates pushing for the U.S. State Department to demand the release of Christen pastor Saeed Abedini – a U.S. citizen...
Daily Reflection — Let’s Pray the Miserere
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:30 am Fridays are penitential days for Catholics.Just as we celebrate His Resurrection each Sunday, we recall that it was on a Friday that our Lord suffered His crucifixion, dying on...
Chaput: 'It isn't possible to be pro-life and simultaneously forget the cries of the poor'
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:26 am Philadelphia, Pa., Nov 28, 2014 / 04:26 am (CNA/Vatican Insider).- “It isn't possible to be pro-life and simultaneously forget the cries of the poor.” Francis has confirmed his...
Indulgences Offered for Year of Consecrated Life
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:18 am The Year of Consecrated Life begins Sunday, and the Holy See today announced that Pope Francis is conceding plenary indulgences for the year. With the customary conditions (...
‘Fight Not Done’ over HHS Mandate, Says Thomas Aquinas College President
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:12 am Dr. Michael McLean, president of Thomas Aquinas College (TAC) in Santa Paula, Calif., recently spoke with host Molly Smith on her show "From the Median" about TAC's courtroom...
Law group: Iran nuclear deal should include Christian pastor's freedom
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:11 am Washington D.C., Nov 28, 2014 / 04:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Advocates pushing for the U.S. State Department to demand the release of Christen pastor Saeed Abedini – a U.S. citizen...
Pope Francis on his way to Turkey
News.va - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is currently on his way to Turkey's capital Ankara on a three day trip which ends on Sunday November 30th.He's due to touch down at 12 am Rome time...
Pope authorizes plenary indulgence for Year of Consecrated Life
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 28, 2014 at 5:09 am Vatican City, Nov 28, 2014 / 05:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- On the occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life that begins this
weekend, Pope Francis has allowed the faithful to receive...
