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Bankruptcy Court, Applying Ministerial Exception, Rejects Defrocked Priest's Claim
The Religion Clause - Aug 8, 2014 at 6:05 am In In re Archdiocese of Milwaukee, (ED WI Bankr., Aug. 6, 2014), a federal bankruptcy court held that the ministerial exception doctrine requires dismissal of a claim by by a...
Marquette to Honor Pro-Abortion Rights Congressman at New Student Convocation
Catholic Education Daily - Aug 8, 2014 at 6:03 am On August 20, Marquette University is slated to confer on Georgia congressman John Lewis an honorary Doctor of Letters degree, as well as the privilege of addressing the incoming...
Post: The Christ of Muscle Beach!
Decent Films Guide - Aug 8, 2014 at 6:01 am “Christ in Majesty” is the official name of the striking, somewhat controversial mosaic on the apse wall of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in...
Empowering Parents to Protect their Kids from Cyberbullying
CatholicMom.com - Aug 8, 2014 at 6:00 am
Last week, the incoming freshmen in our church were faced with an unbelievable tragedy. One of their classmates, Kacie, took her own life, just a month before her High School...
U.S. Drops Supplies To Yazidi Stranded In Iraq After Islamic State Attack
The Religion Clause - Aug 8, 2014 at 6:00 am U.S. cargo planes yesterday dropped supplies to some 40,000 members of the Yazidi sect in Iraq who have fled the town of Sinjar after it was taken over by the insurgent group...
Attack on Pentecostals in India
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:58 am Ten Hindu radicals attacked a home in which a Pentecostal minister was praying with a man and his family, according to an AsiaNews report.
The radicals used iron bars as they...
Daily Homily: The Just Man, Because of His Faith, Shall Live
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:52 am --
Habakkuk 1:12-2:4 Psalm 9:8-9,10-11,12-13 Matthew 17:14-20
Habakkuk describes himself as Israel's watchman, who stands guard on the wall of the city of Jerusalem (2:1-3). He...
Sunday Homily: Truly, You Are the Son of God
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:51 am --
1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a Psalm 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:22-33
Today's Liturgy of the Word is a hymn to God's majesty and power. Elijah doesn't hide his...
Lebanon: bishops praise army's fight against Islamic State
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:46 am The bishops of the Maronite Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, have praised the Lebanese army's efforts to repel the Islamic State of...
Georgetown Professor Named Counsel to Vice President Joe Biden
Catholic Education Daily - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:31 am Georgetown University Law Center professor Victoria Nourse will now serve as counsel to Vice President Joe Biden, according to a press release from the University.
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Priest from Nineveh: 'Christianity is finished in Iraq'
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:30 am Rome, Italy, Aug 8, 2014 / 05:30 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A priest hailing from what used to be Iraq's largest Christian city has lamented the exodus of over 100,000 Christians from...
US: August 17 special day of prayer for Iraq
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:29 am Bishop Richard Pates, the chairman of the Committee of International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has asked his brother bishops designate...
Lourdes water can heal at home
Catholic Herald - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:28 am Some weeks ago, I picked up a viral infection that brought on a lung packed with fluid, a constantly runny nose and a terribly sore throat.
Owing to the fact that it was ‘viral’,...
Pope Francis praises Knights of Columbus for defending marriage, religious liberty
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:17 am Pope Francis has praised the Knights of Columbus for its charitable works and for its defense of religious liberty, marriage, and family life.
"His Holiness is grateful for the...
Prayers urged as black mass organizer claims consecrated Host
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:07 am Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug 8, 2014 / 04:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The purported use of a consecrated Host at a planned satanic black mass at an Oklahoma City civic center would be a...
Prayers urged as black mass organizer claims consecrated Host
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:07 am Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug 8, 2014 / 05:07 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The purported use of a consecrated Host at a planned satanic black mass at an Oklahoma City civic center would be a...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 8, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Aug 8, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 16:24-28
When I opened up my New American Bible to read today’s Gospel, I was struck by the headline of this particular section. It read, “The Conditions...
Bishop: Gaza Catholics need aid �more than ever'
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 8, 2014 at 4:43 am Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem has told Aid to the Church in Need that Catholics in Gaza need prayer and assistance now "more than ever."
"The humanitarian...
“We live out our awareness that we are called to be the Body of Christ”
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 8, 2014 at 4:43 am A friend sent this my way, from an Anglo-Catholic parish, St. Paul’s, in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC. They’re looking for a new rector, and have published a Rector...
Conversions to Christianity on the rise in Egypt
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 8, 2014 at 4:34 am The situation of Coptic Christians in Egypt has improved since the 2013 military overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood, and conversions from Islam to Coptic Christianity are on the...
