Latest News
D. LANSING: Two birds, one lease, less killing. Fr. Z says: “Nuke the place.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 10, 2014 at 11:12 am I make suggestions at the end.
At the top, Fr. Z kudos to Bp. Boyea!
From Aleteia:
Catholic Parish Solves Two Problems with One Lease
Catholic Parish, 1; Abortionist, 0.
After...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Aug 10, 2014 at 10:22 am In Wolcott v. Board of Rabbis of Northern and Southern California, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105841 (ED CA, Aug. 1, 2014), a California federal magistrate judge dismissed with leave...
St. Lawrence and the True Treasures of the Church
Brandon Vogt - Aug 10, 2014 at 9:56 am
Today marks the feast day of St. Lawrence of Rome, whose courage and commitment to the poor inspired me to choose him for my confirmation saint.
Persecution was a daily reality...
BREAKING:URGENT STATEMENT OF THE CHALDEAN PATRIARCHOn Alarming Situation of 130,000 Refugees and Other Grave Matters
Rorate Coeli - Aug 10, 2014 at 9:35 am Rorate was sent a Declaration by the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, Louis-Raphael I Sako, on several urgent aspects and the grave risk in which Iraqi Christians and other refugees...
Consent Decree Allows Gospel Tracts At Street Festivals
The Religion Clause - Aug 10, 2014 at 8:32 am In Price v, City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, (ED NC, Aug. 7, 2014), a North Carolina federal district court entered a consent decree enjoining the city from restricting...
“War is not to be waged in the name of God in Gaza or Iraq”
Vatican Insider - Aug 10, 2014 at 8:25 amChina Government Is Promoting A Chinese Version of Protestant Theology
The Religion Clause - Aug 10, 2014 at 7:50 am China Daily this week reported on remarks by China's director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs outlining a 5-year campaign started last year to promote Christian...
Egyptian Court Dissolves Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party
The Religion Clause - Aug 10, 2014 at 7:30 am In Egypt yesterday, the Supreme Administrative Court ordered dissolution of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. Reuters and BBC News ...
Pope appeals for peace in Iraq, Gaza during Sunday angelus
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 10, 2014 at 7:23 am Vatican City, Aug 10, 2014 / 06:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After leading faithful in the Marian prayer, Pope Francis again urged prayers and international help for the current...
Pope appeals for peace in Iraq, Gaza during Sunday angelus
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 10, 2014 at 7:23 am Vatican City, Aug 10, 2014 / 07:23 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
After leading faithful in the Marian prayer, Pope Francis again urged prayers and international help for the current...
St. Lawrence and the Holy Grail
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 10, 2014 at 7:00 am On the Feast of St. Lawrence, I thought you might want to see an old post I wrote some time ago, posted on 26 June 2006, on the chalice some people think might be the Holy Grail:...
Stay in the Church, St Augustine exhorts
Communio - Aug 10, 2014 at 6:39 am Today is the 19th Sunday through the Church year and we are reading at Mass Saint Matthew 14:22-33
A reflection on the reading from St. Augustine:
“The boat carrying the...
Francis Speaks Boldly
Commonweal - Aug 10, 2014 at 6:24 am At today's Angelus:
Dear brothers and sisters,
Saint Lawrence
Communio - Aug 10, 2014 at 6:20 am Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr, is clearly a disciple of Christ that we need to follow. He prayed and worked; he never reduced his ministry to mere activism.
Saint Lawrence was...
Pope Francis: Angelus appeal for peace in Iraq, Gaza
News.va - Aug 10, 2014 at 6:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis renewed his call for prayer and concrete assistance for the suffering populations of Iraq this Sunday. Addressing the crowd gathered in St Peter’s...
An Ecumenical Moment with Rorate Cæli - Coptic Bishop: "We know how Muslims behave when they become the majority!"
Rorate Coeli - Aug 10, 2014 at 6:00 am The man speaking here is the Coptic-Orthodox (Oriental Orthodox) "General Bishop" (Generalbischof) for Germany, Anba Damian, a native of Cairo, in an interview recorded a couple...
Pope asks for international action to help Iraq's persecuted Christians
Franciscan Media - Aug 10, 2014 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope
Francis asked Catholics around the world to pray for tens of thousands
of Christians from villages in northeastern Iraq who were forced from
their homes...
In Korea, Pope Francis to visit cemetery for aborted babies
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 10, 2014 at 5:04 am Vatican City, Aug 10, 2014 / 05:04 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- During his upcoming trip to South Korea, Pope Francis will pray for the
unborn at the "Cemetery for Aborted Children" as...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 10, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Aug 10, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 14:22-33
I do hope you have had the blessed and joyous experience of at least one… one priest who has been a significant factor in your faith journey....
