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Franciscans of the Immaculate to receive house in Rome
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:18 am Vatican City, Jun 26, 2014 / 05:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican has revealed that a house is being sought for members of the Friars of the Immaculate who study in Rome, and...
Supreme Court Decides Pro-LIfers Have 1st Amendment Right to Public Property Outside Abortion Clinics
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:16 am The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a 2007 Massachusetts law that created an expansive "buffer zone" around the state’s abortion clinics. The law restricted access to abortion...
Indiana's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Invalidated; Motion for Stay, Appeal Filed As Some Counties Issue Licenses
The Religion Clause - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:15 am In Baskin v. Bogan, (SD IN, June 25, 2014), an Indiana federal district court held that Indian's ban on same-sex marriage, and on recognizing same-sex marriages from other...
10th Circuit Says Utah's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unoconstitutional
The Religion Clause - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:10 am In Kitchen v. Herbert, (10th Cir., June 25, 2014), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision struck down Utah's ban on same-sex marriage, but stayed its mandate...
What Posses Someone to Kill Babies in Late-Term Abortions?
LifeNews.com - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:09 am On May 31, 2009, late-term abortionist Dr. George Tiller was shot by a mentally disturbed convicted felon named Scott Roeder. The darkness of late-term abortion and infanticide...
Seattle Archdiocese Reaches $12.1 Million Settlement With Abuse Claimants
The Religion Clause - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:05 am Reuters reported yesterday that the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle has agreed to settle claims brought by 30 men who were sexually abused 30 to 60 years ago in two diocesan high...
Synod document cites cultural and economic threats to family
Catholic Herald - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:03 am The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings...
9th Circuit Denies En Banc Review On Strict Scrutiny For Sexual Orientation Classifications
The Religion Clause - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:00 am Earlier this week, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to grant en banc review to an earlier decision by a 3-judge panel that concluded heightened scrutiny must be...
The Universal Call to Holiness: The Antidote to Clericalism
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:00 am Today we celebrate the feast of St. Josemaría Escrivá, the popular "saint of the ordinary" who founded the Prelature of Opus Dei. Seminarian Joe Heschmeyer, who has been strongly...
Pope Francis receives ROACO assembly participants
News.va - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:45 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday received the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches – ROACO. Below, please find the...
Pope Francis: Vatican Observatory Summer School "example of dialogue"
News.va - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:45 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis today met the professors and students of the Summer Course organized by the Vatican Observatory on the theme “Galaxies: Near and Far, Young and Old”....
Vatican releases outline for October synod on the family
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:44 am Vatican City, Jun 26, 2014 / 05:44 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Divided into three parts, the Vatican's newly released outline that will
drive discussion during the upcoming synod...
EF Mass at St. Theresa's Church in Trumbull, Connecticut
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:41 am Fr. Brian Gannon, pastor of St. Theresa’s Church in Trumbull, CT, (5301 Main Street) will celebrate Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul,...
Vatican publishes working document for extraordinary Synod of Bishops
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:38 am An overview from CNS: The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and...
Supreme Court's abortion clinic ruling hailed as win for women
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:24 am Washington D.C., Jun 26, 2014 / 05:24 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A unanimous Supreme Court decision striking down a 35-foot buffer zone around Massachusetts abortion clinics is being...
The great Catholic novel behind Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
Catholic Herald - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:22 am There is nothing more boring that having books recommended to one, unless it is someone recommending a book in a foreign language that you may have dimly heard of, but resolved...
Ordination update: 11 new deacons for New York
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:20 am Details: Eleven men were ordained to the permanent diaconate for the archdiocese June 21 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. As ordaining bishop and principal celebrant of the 9 a.m....
US bishops: �great concern' about upcoming executive order on �sexual orientation,' �gender identity'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:14 am Four bishops who chair committees or subcommittees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have expressed "great concern" about President Barack Obama's upcoming...
Apostolate teaches women their 'irreplaceable' value, dignity
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:10 am Denver, Colo., Jun 26, 2014 / 04:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In 2003, a trio of laywomen in Denver were inspired by the writings of Pope John Paul II to create a Catholic study...
Apostolate teaches women their 'irreplaceable' value, dignity
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 26, 2014 at 5:10 am Denver, Colo., Jun 26, 2014 / 05:10 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In 2003, a trio of laywomen in Denver were inspired by the writings of Pope John Paul II to create a Catholic study...
