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Bishops Approve 1st English Translation of 'Exorcisms and Related Supplications'

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 13, 2014 at 7:03 am
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved several liturgical items, including revisions to the liturgy of the hours and a revision of guidelines for the celebration...

Small Success Thursday: Taking Charge

CatholicMom.com - Nov 13, 2014 at 7:00 am
This past week, we took charge! With ten children, there are time when we feel like all our lives are at the beck and call of our kids, but not this weekend. My husband took some...

US Bishops Elect New Officials

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:59 am
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) chose a new secretary-elect of the Conference and the chairmen-elect of five committees, and new members of the board of Catholic...

Methodists to install sculpture blessed by Pope in Westminster

Catholic Herald - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:51 am
A statue of a homeless Jesus created by a Catholic artist is to be permanently installed outside Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. The statue, a replica of another that was...

Prof. from UST-Minnesota Tries to Justify Same-Sex Marriage Acceptance from Scripture

Catholic Education Daily - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:47 am
Professor Gerald Schlabach of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota recently published a piece for The Christian Century utilizing the writing of St. Paul to create an...

The Honor of Seeking God: St. Thomas and Human Dignity

Dominicana - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:30 am
This is the last of a four-part series on St. Thomas and Catholic Social Teaching. To the ears of most readers of St. Thomas, the language of rights and human dignity will sound...

Atheists Can Be Good People But...

Creative Minority Report - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:19 am
My concern is not that atheists can't be good people. My concern is that I've never met an atheist who doesn't think they're a good person.Because here's the thing, how do they...

Is the pope purging conservatives?

The Deacon's Bench - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:14 am
After the news about Cardinal Burke, some thing so. But Fr. Dwight Longenecker isn’t one of them: This Vatican re-shuffle had been on the cards for months. It may be part of a...

Books Blog: We must help Pope Francis realise his vision of a true ‘Church of the poor’

Catholic Herald - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:13 am
When Cardinal Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was elected Pope, he took the name “Francis” after the Little Poor Man of Assisi, prompted by a fellow cardinal who asked him to “remember...

District Court Strikes Down South Carolina Same-Sex Marriage Ban; 8-Day Stay Granted

The Religion Clause - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:10 am
In Condon v. Haley, (D SC, Nov. 12, 2014), a South Carolina federal district court struck down South Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage. The court held that the 4th Circuit's...

Print Edition: Friday November 14

Catholic Herald - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:08 am
This week our editor Luke Coppen reveals the new cost of the Catholic Herald magazine and we report on the women who are suing the NHS after their babies survived abortion....

Religious Conservatives Oppose Proposal To Ban Transgender Discrimination

The Religion Clause - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:05 am
The Miami Herald reports that yesterday a Committee of the Miami Dade County (Florida) Commission by a vote of 3-1 approved a proposed Ordinance (full text) that would ban...

Russian Orthodox official: West is indifferent to plight of Syrian, Iraqi Christians

Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:04 am
An official of the Moscow Patriarchate said that "many people who are in power in modern world politics" are "indifferent" to the plight of persecuted Christians in Syria and ...

Tech Talk: The Do’s and Don’ts of “Reply All”

CatholicMom.com - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:00 am
I’m launching a one-woman campaign against the abuse of the “Reply All” feature in your email. This was jump-started by an email storm following a group announcement of a dinner...

Sikh Student Sues For Accommodation To Enlist In ROTC

The Religion Clause - Nov 13, 2014 at 6:00 am
The ACLU yesterday announced the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of a Sikh college student who was refused a religious accommodation to permit him to enlist in the ROTC program at...

New survey explores why so many Latin Americans are leaving the Catholic Church

The Deacon's Bench - Nov 13, 2014 at 5:56 am
From the Pew Research Center:  Latin America is home to more than 425 million Catholics – nearly 40% of the world’s total Catholic population – and the Roman Catholic Church now...

Indonesia: Islamists thwart celebration of Mass

Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 5:55 am
Members of Islamist groups threatened to burn down a parish in West Java if Catholics celebrated Mass there on November 9. As a precaution, the priest removed sacred vessels from...

Cardinal and Anglican bishop pray for Pakistani couple killed by mob

Catholic Herald - Nov 13, 2014 at 5:47 am
Cardinal Vincent Nichols and the Rt Revd Tony Robinson, the Anglican Bishop of Wakefield, lit candles and prayed yesterday in St Anne’s Cathedral in Leeds for the couple and their...
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