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Turkey's Constitutional Court Says Female Lawyers Can Wear Headscarves In Courtrooms
The Religion Clause - Jun 27, 2014 at 6:15 am On Wednesday, Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled 16-1 that the rights of a Muslim female lawyer had been infringed when she was not permitted to enter a courtroom wearing a...
Texas bishop speaks to House committee about unaccompanied migrant children
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 27, 2014 at 6:13 am Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso testified before the House Judiciary Committee on June 25 on the plight of unaccompanied minor children who seek to enter the United States.
"Too...
Peace in Middle East can flourish again, Pope assures
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 27, 2014 at 6:11 am Vatican City, Jun 27, 2014 / 05:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In an audience with aid organizations assisting Oriental churches, Pope Francis explained that peace is a gift from God,...
Council Revokes Invitation To Wiccan To Deliver Invocation
The Religion Clause - Jun 27, 2014 at 6:10 am WHNT News reports that the Huntsville, Alabama City Council pulled back the invitation it originally extended to a Wiccan clergyman to deliver the invocation at yesterday's City...
European Court Holds Russia Violated Rights of Jehovah's Witnesses
The Religion Clause - Jun 27, 2014 at 6:05 am In Krupko v. Russia, (ECHR, June 26, 2014), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that Russia violated the European Convention on Human Rights Art. 5 (...
Peace in Middle East can flourish again, Pope assures
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 27, 2014 at 6:03 am Vatican City, Jun 27, 2014 / 06:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In an audience with aid organizations assisting Oriental churches, Pope
Francis explained that peace is a gift from God,...
Christian College Denied Relief Against Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Accommodation
The Religion Clause - Jun 27, 2014 at 6:00 am In Wheaton College v. Burwell, (ND IL, June 23, 2014), an Illinois federal district court refused to grant a preliminary injunction to a Christian liberal arts college that...
Britain’s leading Catholic library closes today amid uncertain future
Catholic Herald - Jun 27, 2014 at 5:58 am Britain’s Catholic National Library at St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough, is to close today because of a shortage of volunteer staff.
The library, which contains 70,000 books,...
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Fear of the Lord and Pinterest
CatholicMom.com - Jun 27, 2014 at 5:55 am
In addition to the blessing of writing for CatholicMom.com, I am also the founder of Reconciled to You ministries. I choose the name Reconciled to You after reading St Paul’s...
Major FBI bust highlights problem of human trafficking
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 27, 2014 at 5:49 am Washington D.C., Jun 27, 2014 / 04:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The arrest of nearly 300 suspected pimps and rescue of 168 children in a national bust of child sex trafficking rings...
Major FBI bust highlights problem of human trafficking
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 27, 2014 at 5:49 am Washington D.C., Jun 27, 2014 / 05:49 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The arrest of nearly 300 suspected pimps and rescue of 168 children in a national bust of child sex trafficking rings...
Hillary Clinton’s faith
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 27, 2014 at 5:47 am TIME magazine is publishing a book about Hillary Clinton, and it includes a lengthy section about her Methodist upbringing, the role of prayer in her life, and a surprising...
Sudanese Christian woman released again
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jun 27, 2014 at 5:16 am Khartoum, Sudan, Jun 27, 2014 / 05:16 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Meriam Ibrahim – a Christian woman who had previously been sentenced to death in Sudan for her faith – has been released...
Daily Gospel Reflection for June 27, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Jun 27, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30
I don’t know about you, but sometimes my life feels like a crazy, hectic roller coaster. My time between January 1 and June 1 is filled with...
The Vatican is right to honour Charlie Chaplin, a ‘chosen man of God’
Catholic Herald - Jun 27, 2014 at 4:57 am I was amused to read in Rome Reports that the Vatican has decided to celebrate 125 years since the birth of Charlie Chaplin with a collection of stamps dedicated to Chaplin’s most...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/06/14
Catholic Herald - Jun 27, 2014 at 4:41 am Cardinal Seán O’Malley has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that abortion clinic “buffer-zones” violate the US constitution.
The Sudanese Christian woman who faced the death...
Walsh Marks Launch of Society Reinforcing Catholic Identity at Univ. with Adoration
Catholic Education Daily - Jun 27, 2014 at 4:01 am Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio, will host all-night Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament starting June 27 to mark the creation of the new Our Lady of Perpetual Help Society...
The True Heart of Our Homes
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jun 27, 2014 at 4:00 am Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a time to reflect on Christ's extravagant love for us. Ellyn von Huben shows how we can celebrate this feast within our own homes...
The Explainer: what does the new synod working document tell us about what will happen in October?
Catholic Herald - Jun 27, 2014 at 3:51 am The Vatican has released the eagerly awaited instrumentum laboris, or working document, of the family synod in October. The 73-page text, which takes about an hour to read,...
Cardinal O'Malley 'Encouraged and Pleased' By Supreme Court Decision
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 27, 2014 at 3:38 am Cardinal Sean O'Malley has welcomed a Supreme Court decision that declared unconstitutional a state law barring pro-life advocates from public sidewalks near abortion facilities...
