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Paraguay: diocese defends bishop, say Cardinal Ratzinger recommended accused priest
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:52 am The Diocese of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, has published an aggressive defense of the leadership of Bishop Rogelio Livieres Plano, claiming that a priest who had been accused of...
Hamas is using Gaza’s civilians as pawns in the war against Israel
Catholic Herald - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:48 am Today is the feast of St Alphonsus de Liguori, who among other things is the father of Catholic moral theology. His contribution to the method of doing moral theology is still...
Love Your Stranger As Yourself
Dominicana - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:30 am Imagine you’ve discovered the cure for cancer. Just you. So of course every news agency is begging to meet with you. On a given Monday evening you agree to a sit-down with a...
Restaurant's "Praying In Public" Discount Raises Questions
The Religion Clause - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:25 am Inquisitr and HLN reported yesterday on a Winston-Salem, North Carolina restaurant that offers a 15% "Praying in Public" discount. Apparently Mary's Gourmet Diner awards the...
Daily Homily: Jeremiah Does Not Deserve Death
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:23 am --
Jeremiah 26:11-16,24 Psalm 69:15-16,30-31,33-34 Matthew 14:1-12
When Jeremiah gave his temple sermon, he said that if the people of Judah continue to disobey the Lord, not...
Repost and Reminder - August 1st Day of Prayer, Adoration, and Solidarity for Persecuted Christians
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:21 am I am reposting this notice which Dr Kwasniewski put up several days ago, as a reminder of the FSSP’s initiative to keep today, August 1st, as a day or prayer especially for...
Bishops urge conscience protection for child welfare agencies
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:18 am Washington D.C., Aug 1, 2014 / 06:18 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Three committee chairmen of the U.S. Bishops' Conference are strongly supporting a new bill that protects the conscience...
The CDW Reins in the Sign of Peace
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:14 am Many years ago, a friend of mine was studying at a prominent Catholic university, where every dorm has its own chapel, and every chapel has at least one Mass a day. Explaining why...
Court Upholds New Jersey's Reparative Therapy Ban For Second Time
The Religion Clause - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:10 am In Doe v. Christie, (D NJ, July 31, 2014), a New Jersey federal district court for the second time (see prior posting) rejected constitutional challenges to New Jersey's law...
Congress Passes Two Bills On International Religious Freedom
The Religion Clause - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:05 am On Tuesday, Congress sent S.653, the Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2014, to the President for his signature. The bill provides that the President may...
Education crucial to limiting Ebola outbreak, relief agency says
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:04 am Freetown, Sierra Leone, Aug 1, 2014 / 06:04 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As the deadly Ebola virus continues to claim victims in West Africa, Catholic Relief Services is working to fight...
The Pope App (Android) – revisited
CatholicMom.com - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:00 am
On July 10, 2014, The Pontifical Council for Social Communications launched an updated version of the Pope App, it was also presented on that day to Pope Francis. Zenit reported...
Faith Leaders Arrested In Anti-Deportation Demonstration At White House
The Religion Clause - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:00 am Huffington Post reports that yesterday over 100 faith leaders and immigration activists were arrested and charged with blocking passage after they refused to disperse from the...
Former major league player shares baseball skills, deep faith at camp
Franciscan Media - Aug 1, 2014 at 6:00 am After Anthony Adams received a baseball-bead rosary at Mike Sweeney Catholic Baseball Camp, he posted a photo of it on Instagram. "Like it if you love God and you like my baseball...
Rest in peace, Stratford Caldecott
Catholic Herald - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:56 am I have recently been sent a book for review, entitled “Why Be Catholic?” by Patrick Madrid. It is sub-titled “Ten Answers to a Very Important Question” and I have not yet had an...
Pope Francis celebrates Feast of Saint Ignatius with Jesuits
News.va - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:55 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated the Feast of Saint Ignatius on Thursday by making a surprise visit for dinner at the Jesuit General Curia, which is located on the Borgo...
French cardinal ‘urged Iraqi Christians to remain in homeland’
Catholic Herald - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:38 am Iraqi Christians driven from their homes by Islamist terrorists should not flee their country, a French cardinal reportedly said this week.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon...
Schedule unveiled for Pope’s one-day trip to Albania
Catholic Herald - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:20 am The schedule for Pope Francis’s one-day trip to Albania, where religion was banned for several decades under a Communist regime, has been unveiled by the Vatican.
After a quick...
Catholic artist touches hearts one Facebook pic at a time
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:03 am Sioux Falls, S.D., Aug 1, 2014 / 04:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- If you have seen an artistic Facebook cover photo with a saint and a powerful quote, there's a good chance it came from...
Catholic artist touches hearts one Facebook pic at a time
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 1, 2014 at 5:03 am Sioux Falls, S.D., Aug 1, 2014 / 05:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- If you have seen an artistic Facebook cover photo with a saint and a
powerful quote, there's a good chance it came from...
