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10th and 11th Circuits Grant Injunction Pending Appeal To Religious Non-Profits Challenging ACA Rules
The Religion Clause - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:29 am Yesterday two circuit courts of appeal granted stays pending appeal in suits by religious non-profits challenging the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage accommodation. In ...
Pope Francis, in newspaper interview, laments �moral decay' of society
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:22 am In an interview with Franca Giansoldati of the Roman newspaper Il Messaggero, Pope Francis decried society's moral decay, manifested in endemic corruption and the sexual...
Violence claims more lives in Nigeria
News.va - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:20 am (Vatican Radio) At least eight people were killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast that hit a busy market in northeast Nigeria. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the...
Belmont Abbey College: Supreme Court Ruling on HHS Mandate a ‘Meaningful Victory’
Catholic Education Daily - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:13 am President Thierfelder said, “With the continuing help of the Becket Fund, we are inspired to fight on and we are confident that the resolution of our case will further help to...
The bigotry of Ronald Lindsay at Huffington Post
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:12 am The last acceptable prejudice rears its head again: In its decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., the Supreme Court has decided that the religious beliefs of employers,...
Legal experts: Hobby Lobby ruling may have broad implications
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:06 am Washington D.C., Jul 1, 2014 / 06:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- While the full impact of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on Hobby Lobby may not yet be clear, legal scholars said that...
White House Reacts To Hobby Lobby Decision
The Religion Clause - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:05 am At a press briefing yesterday (transcript), White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest set out president Obama's reaction to the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision, saying in part...
Summer Reading: Bleeder
Snoring Scholar - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:00 am This is the sort of book that’s hard for me to review, because of the potential for spoilers. So if I don’t say enough to suit you, let that be supporting evidence that you...
Pope, Giving Palliums, Says Focus on Following Jesus
Franciscan Media - Jul 1, 2014 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After placing woolen bands, called palliums, over
the shoulders of 24 archbishops from around the world, Pope Francis
urged them to trust in God and not seek...
Scenes from Sacramento
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:57 am A reader has helpfully sent along these images from the recent deacon ordination in Sacramento:
She’s a Little Runaway!
CatholicMom.com - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:55 am
I finally decided that I wanted to get into better shape again, and since my husband started running about 2 years ago, I thought I would take up running, too. He uses the Nike+...
Vatican denounces killing of Israeli youths
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:43 am The Vatican has decried the killing of three young Israeli seminary students who were abducted while hitchhiking on June 12 and found dead on June 30.
"The news of the killing of...
Chaldean bishop says Iraqis returning home, despite difficult conditions
Catholic Herald - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:35 am Thousands of Iraqi Christians who fled recent shelling by extremist militants and sought refuge in the neighboring autonomous Kurdistan region are now returning home, said a...
Ecumenical Patriarch: meetings with Pope Francis are �like a precious treasure'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:33 am The Holy See Press Office has released the text of a letter written by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople extending best wishes to Pope Francis for the feast of...
Pope Francis’ prayer intentions for July
Communio - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:26 am The prayer intentions of Pope Francis for July:
The general intention
That sports may always be occasions of human fraternity and growth.
The missionary intention
That the Holy...
Hobby Lobby ruling draws renewed commitment from Congress
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:20 am Washington D.C., Jul 1, 2014 / 05:20 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Supreme Court's highly anticipated ruling on the federal contraception mandate has prompted a renewed enthusiasm from...
Hobby Lobby ruling draws renewed commitment from Congress
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:20 am Washington D.C., Jul 1, 2014 / 04:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Supreme Court’s highly anticipated ruling on the federal contraception mandate has prompted a renewed enthusiasm from...
Daily Gospel Reflection for July 1, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Jul 1, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27
When I was a little girl, I was absolutely terrified of thunderstorms. I was so afraid that at the first sight of lightning or at the first sound...
Christian doctors encouraged but cautious after Court ruling
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 1, 2014 at 4:48 am Washington D.C., Jul 1, 2014 / 04:48 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A Christian doctor's organization celebrated the Supreme Court's recent religious freedom ruling, while at the same time...
Advertising Asceticism
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jul 1, 2014 at 3:45 am Why do fast, pray, give alms, and discipline our bodies? Because these are the pathways to freedom. As Dr. Tom Neal explains, the great ascetical practices liberate us from our...
