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Mexico: missionary's body found in mass grave
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:52 am The body of Father John Ssenyondo, a Ugandan missionary priest who served in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, has been found in a mass grave.
On April 30, Father...
Eastern Catholics in the diaspora ‘overjoyed’ at Vatican decree
Catholic Herald - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:44 am The Vatican has lifted its ban on the ordination of married men to the priesthood in Eastern Catholic churches outside their traditional territories, including in the United...
Islamic State burns Bibles, orders Christians to pay tax
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:43 am The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has ordered the 23 Christian families that remain in Ar-Raqqah, Syria, to pay a tax of $535 if they wish to avoid expulsion from the ...
Clerical Freedom and Academic Freedom
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:35 am
As my readers will have heard, the recently re-elected mayor of Houston, Annise Parker, tried to subpoena the sermons and e-mailed messages of various Christian clergymen in the...
Six years later, Christians in India await justice for Kandhamal massacre
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:35 am Bhubaneswar, India, Nov 18, 2014 / 04:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Last August marked the six year anniversary of the brutal 2008 Kandhamal, Odisha massacre in India, but for Fr....
The university that gave us Thatcher and Gladstone is surrendering to a mob mentality
Catholic Herald - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:30 am The Oxford Students for Life Society has until 4pm today to secure a venue for its debate on the motion “This House Believes Britain’s Abortion Culture Hurts Us All”.
The event...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:30 am “We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self…. The truest crosses...
US Catholic doctor dies of Ebola after working in Sierra Leone
Catholic Herald - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:23 am A Catholic doctor who contracted the Ebola virus while working at a Methodist hospital in Sierra Leone died yesterday at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Dr Martin...
Priest defending human rights in Honduras: I am prepared to die
Catholic Herald - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:10 am Seven months after a colleague in human rights’ work in Honduras was murdered, Fr Ismael Moreno is pragmatic about the possibility that he will meet the same fate.
Fr Moreno,...
Six years later, Christians in India await justice for Kandhamal massacre
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:08 am Bhubaneswar, India, Nov 18, 2014 / 02:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Last August marked the six year anniversary of the brutal 2008 Kandhamal, Odisha massacre in India, but for Fr....
Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/11/14
Catholic Herald - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:04 am “I know it is a disaster for me to have my own agenda,” Archbishop-elect Blasé Cupich has said ahead of his installation as Archbishop of Chicago today.
The traditional family is...
Colombia: exorcism prayers in response to rise in suicides
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:02 am In response to a rise in suicides, an exorcism prayer is being said in churches in two Colombian dioceses, according to the Episcopal Conference of Colombia.
In all the churches...
Why Culture War is Unavoidable
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:00 am
A culture is a way of living, a system of habit and attitude, an orientation toward life and the world, that is shared and basically taken for granted within a community. It...
Rabbi at Vatican conference offers prayers after Jerusalem atrocity
Catholic Herald - Nov 18, 2014 at 2:39 am Lord Sacks, Britain’s former chief rabbi, has offered a prayer at a Vatican conference after militants killed at least four people in an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem....
#GraceofYesDay Link-Up
CatholicMom.com - Nov 18, 2014 at 2:00 am It’s Grace of Yes Day! Our goal is to have social media exploding with uplifting stories of people who are embracing the “grace of yes.”
The Grace of Yes Day is inspired by Lisa...
The Roots of Catholicism: Pagan or Jewish
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:59 am Yr. Obdt. Svt. looks at the common notion that Christianity is just warmed-over paganism.
Retiring Cardinal George opens up on faith, freedom and death
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:58 am Chicago, Ill., Nov 18, 2014 / 01:58 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As he enters retirement, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago noted the importance of living faith in the truth, reflecting...
Vatican Releases Details on Upcoming Papal Trips
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:50 am From his meeting with the European Parliament and the Council of Europe at Strasbourg, to his visit to Turkey, the end of November is looking quite busy for Pope Francis. The...
Encountering the Word — 1 Peter 4:12-13
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:30 am Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in so far as you share Christ’s...
Anomalous Events that Shake Skepticism
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:29 am God is incorrigibly personal and does stuff like this.
