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Israel's High Court Strikes Down 2015 Law On Draft Exemptions For Ultra-Orthodox
The Religion Clause - Sep 13, 2017 at 6:00 am Israel's High Court of Justice yesterday struck down a 2015 law that was intended to reverse attempts enacted a year earlier to increase the number of ultra-Orthodox young people...
Book Notes and a Conversation with the Author of Super Girls and Halos
CatholicMom.com - Sep 13, 2017 at 6:00 am
I always felt like female superheroes were for sporty girls who were physically strong, and beautiful too — and who could rock a form-fitting, skimpy costume.
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Opposing abortion is a matter of reason, not religion
Catholic Herald - Sep 13, 2017 at 5:53 am Much has been written over the last week or so about the interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg on Good Morning Britain, in which he defended his position on same sex marriage and...
For Those Who Don't Believe Leftism is a Religion
Creative Minority Report - Sep 13, 2017 at 5:53 am For those who don't yet believe that leftism is a religion, Hillary, in her new book, refuses to give “absolution” to people who stayed home in November rather than vote.She also...
Pope Francis's 9/13 general audience: English-language summary (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 13, 2017 at 5:09 am Click here for the Vatican's YouTube video of the general audience.
A Kentucky Perspective on the 2017 Great American Eclipse
The Catholic Astronomer - Sep 13, 2017 at 5:00 am
I am pleased to have a guest blogger this week: Timothy Dowling, who is giving us his perspective on the August 21, 2017 eclipse as seen from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He is a...
Resist! It’s time to rally against the darkness
Aleteia - Sep 13, 2017 at 5:00 am Resistance requires initiative. We mustn’t change our proposals, but rather ourselves -- intensely.Third in a Series on Jesuit Wisdom for Praying through Desolation “Long is the...
The Vatican must act swiftly against Belgian Brothers of Charity
Catholic Herald - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:53 am Something very strange is happening in Belgium, and not for the first time. The Vatican has ordered the Brothers of Charity to stop providing euthanasia for the people it cares...
Pope Francis at Audience: Reflections on Colombia
News.va - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:41 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis dedicated his General Audience on Wednesday to a reflection on his Aposotolic Visit to Colombia, which concluded on Sunday.
He prayed, “through the...
Fr. Mitch Pacwa asks: Are you ready to answer Our Lady of Fatima?
EWTN - US Latest News - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:29 am Worcester, Mass., Sep 13, 2017 / 04:29 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The first time Our Lady of Fatima appeared to the shepherd children, she asked a question.
Stories of Fr. Stanley Rother, from those who knew him
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:16 am Oklahoma City, Okla., Sep 13, 2017 / 03:16 am (CNA).- Unlikely.
It’s a word often used to describe the story of Fr. Stanley Rother, an unlikely priest who came from an unlikely...
Father Stanley Rother to be beatified in Oklahoma City on September 23 (Our Sunday Visitor)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:09 am The missionary priest was martyred in Guatemala in 1981.
Pakistan's bishops express solidarity with Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:09 amFrench bishop: 'the migratory phenomenon invites Europe to greatness of soul' (Bishops' Conference of France)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:09 am The bishops' conference published this statement on the 2nd anniversary of the Pope's call to Europe's Catholic institutions to shelter migrants and refugees.
For the 1st time, the apostolic nuncio to Italy is not Italian (CNA)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:09 amBrazil: 4th National Missionary Congress denounces corruption, privatization, ecological destruction (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:09 am "We are angry to see the devastation of the Amazon and the degradation of nature," stated the Congress's final message. "This reality, far from discouraging us, imposes a vigorous...
Unmarked mass grave discovered at orphanage site; prosecutors say no crime committed (Scottish Sun)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 13, 2017 at 4:09 am The orphanage, closed in 1981, was operated by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
Abraham a Sancta Clara Against the Turks
Rorate Coeli - Sep 13, 2017 at 3:58 am On the eve of the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683, the great Augustinian preacher Abraham a Sancta Clara preached a sermon entitled “Arise, Arise, Christians!” urging Austrian...
Daily Gospel Reflection for September 13, 2017 - St. John Chrysostom
CatholicMom.com - Sep 13, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 6:20-26 – St. John Chrysostom
When I hear the beatitudes, especially Luke’s version, I start feeling anxious and squirm a bit in my chair. While I certainly...
3 Kenyan Christians called out by name, then beheaded by suspected Al-Shabaab militants (World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 13, 2017 at 3:09 am Al-Shabaab, a jihadist group that controls parts of Somalia, is also active in Yemen and Kenya. It has an estimated 7,000-9,000 members.
