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NYC Pre-Kindergarten Funding Requires Religious Schools To Draw Fine Church-State Lines
The Religion Clause - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:05 am The New York Times reported Monday on the fine church-state lines being drawn by religious schools hosting Mayor de Blasio's government-funded pre-kindergarten programs. Brief...
Tea with Mary
CatholicMom.com - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:00 am A few months ago, a forwarded e-mail came my way. When praying the rosary, it advised, picture Jesus and Mary standing watching you. That way, you won’t dare let your mind wander...
District Court Says Town of Greece Decision Does Not Cover Invocations Offered Directly By County Board Members
The Religion Clause - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:00 am After the U.S. Supreme Court decided the Town of Greece case last May, a number of local governments that had been enjoined by lower courts from opening council meetings with...
CRS official: Gaza a 'complete catastrophe' on 'brink of collapse'
Franciscan Media - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:00 am AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- A top Catholic charity official described Gaza as a "complete catastrophe" after nearly four weeks of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant...
When a parish refuses to do a funeral
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:56 am The following email arrived yesterday afternoon: I just had a disturbing conversation with a co-worker whose sister passed away a few days ago, and when the family tried to...
Pope: Young people shouldn’t waste their time on mobile phones
Catholic Herald - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:44 am Meeting 50,000 altar servers, Pope Francis urged young Catholics not to waste their time on the internet or mobile phones.
The young people were taking part in a pilgrimage to...
El Salvador: priest arrested for helping drug gangs
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:41 am El Salvador's leading prelate has come to the defense of Father Antonio Rodriguez Tercero, a priest arrested on charges of smuggling drugs to prisoners and helping gang members...
“The Latin Mass appears to be alive and well”
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:23 am That’s the assessment from The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: When Pope Francis was first elected, he appeared to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square without the short, red velvet cape...
Nicaragua's bishops warn of Sandinista human rights violations
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:19 am The bishops of Nicaragua warned that "unjust detentions" and "unexplained disappearances" have taken place recently in some areas of the country.
Gunmen attacked supporters of ...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 6, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9
You would think that after seeing something as indescribably amazing as the Transfiguration, Peter, James and John would never doubt or struggle...
Catholic groups unite to help Iraqis ousted by extremists
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:00 am Mosul, Iraq, Aug 6, 2014 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Catholic Relief Services and Caritas have agreed to a common plan to help those who have fled from their homes in the portions of...
Catholic groups unite to help Iraqis ousted by extremists
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:00 am Mosul, Iraq, Aug 6, 2014 / 05:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Catholic Relief Services and Caritas have agreed to a common plan to help those who have fled from their homes in the...
Pope resumes catechesis at General Audience
News.va - Aug 6, 2014 at 4:45 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his General Audience this Wednesday in the Paul VI hall where he was joined by thousands of faithful.
Below are the Pope’s remarks read aloud in...
Patriarch pleads for humanitarian assistance, political action on behalf of Iraq's Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 6, 2014 at 4:44 am The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church pleaded with the international community to offer humanitarian assistance to Iraq's persecuted Christians and to take political action to...
Nuncio fears potential Russian persecution of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 6, 2014 at 4:21 am In an interview with Vatican Radio, Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, the apostolic nuncio in Ukraine, said that civil unrest in the nation has led to a more serious Christian...
Dublin prelate recalls anniversary of World War I
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 6, 2014 at 4:00 am Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin recalled the centenary of the beginning of World War I during Mass on August 3.
"The young soldiers caught up in war were men and women of...
USCCB, CRS: speak with representatives about Holy Land, unaccompanied children
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 6, 2014 at 3:46 am Catholics Confront Global Poverty, a joint initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services, has asked Catholics to speak with their ...
Daily Catholic Quote from C. S. Lewis
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 6, 2014 at 3:30 am “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” (C.S. Lewis) NB: C.S. Lewis was an Anglican,...
Pope Francis urges youth to speak about Christ, use their freedom well
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 6, 2014 at 3:28 am Pope Francis met with over 50,000 German altar servers in St. Peter's Square on the evening of August 5. The theme of the servers' pilgrimage was "freedom � it is lawful to do...
Chesterton and St Thérèse were ‘soul twins’, says priest
Catholic Herald - Aug 6, 2014 at 3:27 am The Catholic priest investigating GK Chesterton’s Cause for Canonisation has said that he recognises a “spiritual kinship” between the English writer and Catholic apologist and...
