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Pope Francis at General Audience: What is our hope as Christians? (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 15, 2014 at 7:37 am to view the vidoe click here.
Card. Gracias: In India, unborn females are more likely to be aborted (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 15, 2014 at 7:34 am To view the video click here.
A Bishop's Take on Parents' Mission
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 15, 2014 at 7:09 am Here is a portion of the latest column by Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, published originally by the Southern Nebraska Register. * * *
I cannot imagine the joy of...
The Uniqueness of St. Teresa, in Her Day and Ours
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:59 am Here is the homily given today by Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin at St. Teresa's Church in Dublin. Today is the feast of St. Teresa of Avila. She was born in 1515, so the Mass...
What an Amazing Coincidence! Abp. Bruno Forte's Personal "Gayspel" and Italian Politics - Plus: Saint Paul the Apostle versus Forte
Rorate Coeli - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:59 am Who needs Saint Paul, anyway,
when one has a Forte?
It is by now well known that Abp. Bruno Forte, special secretary to Synod rapporteur Cardinal Peter Erdo, sneaked in the "...
Visiting the Refugees in Iraq
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:46 am Earlier this month, Karin Maria Fenbert, an official of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, travelled to Erbil, capital of Kurdish Iraq, to assess the...
St. Teresa’s Logical Ecstasy
Dominicana - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:30 am I saw in [the angel’s] hands a large golden dart and at the end of the iron tip there appeared to be a little fire. [The] angel plunged the dart several times into my heart...
Prominent D.C. Rabbi Arrested On Voyeurism Charges
The Religion Clause - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:20 am The Forward reports that in Washington, DC yesterday, Rabbi Barry Freundel, head of Kesher Israel, one of the city's pre-eminent Modern Orthodox synagogues, was arrested on...
What makes Ratzinger uneasy about going to church
The Sacred Page - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:17 am "Today, many Christians, myself included, experience a quiet uneasiness about attending divine services in a strange church; they are appalled at the thought of the half-...
Priest: India's Christian Minority Under Threat
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:16 am By Reinhard Backes With the election of Narendra Modi of the Hindu "Bharatiya Janata Party” (BJP) as prime minister of India, the country's secular constitution has come under...
Virginia Governor Says Same-Sex Married Couples Can Now Adopt
The Religion Clause - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:15 am Last week, Virginia's Department of Social Services (at the direction of Governor Terry McAuliffe) issued a Bulletin (full text) to its local offices informing them that court...
Pastors Seek To Quash Subpoenas For Sermons, Communications On Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance
The Religion Clause - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:10 am Opponents of Houston, Texas' Equal Rights Ordinance enacted in May have sued after the city ruled that they had insufficient signatures on their petitions to get a repeal...
$1.9M Settlement In Suit Over Parole Revocation For Refusal To Attend Religious 12-Step Program
The Religion Clause - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:05 am The Redding Record Searchlight reported yesterday that a settlement has been reached in Hazle v. Crowfoot, a suit in which the 9th Circuit held that plaintiff, an atheist whose...
Christian hope is no mere optimism – it’s a light for the world
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:01 am Vatican City, Oct 15, 2014 / 05:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his Wednesday general audience address Pope Francis spoke on the meaning of Christian hope, saying that it consists in...
Christian hope is no mere optimism – it's a light for the world
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:01 am Vatican City, Oct 15, 2014 / 06:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
In his Wednesday general audience address Pope Francis spoke on the meaning of Christian hope, saying that it consists in...
ASK FATHER: Is Jesus a human person? Catechism 101
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:00 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
Did Jesus Christ true God and true man, become a human person?
No.
The Second Person, the Eternal Son, God from God, took our human nature into an...
Learning from a Saint who Balanced Prayer and Action Perfectly
Brandon Vogt - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:00 am
Today we continue our regular series called “Learning from the Saints.” Our guide is expert Bert Ghezzi, a dear friend of mine and the author of numerous books including Voices...
Trusting God with St. Therese
Snoring Scholar - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:00 am
Trusting God is easier said that done, at least for me. I always seem to think I know better. Or that I can do it myself, which puts me at about the same level as my three-year-...
"Birther" Sues Obama Claiming Ebola Rules Aid Muslim Terrorism
The Religion Clause - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:00 am A rather bizarre lawsuit was filed yesterday in federal district court in the District of Columbia charging President Obama and various federal health officials with acting...
Book Review: Mortal Blessings
CatholicMom.com - Oct 15, 2014 at 6:00 am
I am a daughter of aging parents. While I don’t know the day or the hour, I know that the time is coming when I will need to walk with them on their final journey home. Death is...
