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Popular Christian Films from Ignatius Press Now Available for Streaming
CatholicMom.com - Jun 24, 2014 at 7:00 am SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2014 – Ignatius Press has good news for people who enjoy their high quality, family friendly, faith-filled Christian films: now 42 of their most popular...
Kenya's Christian leaders warn against ethnic violence
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:54 am Catholic, Anglican, and other Christian leaders in Kenya have warned against the threat of ethnic violence and called upon the government to take stronger actions against...
Summer Reading: The Screwtape Letters
Snoring Scholar - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:47 am Ah, here‘s an old friend. My battered old copy of Screwtape was marked and dog-eared and loved. It wasn’t mine at first, so it wasn’t \my name written in maroon marker inside the...
Scotland's bishops to reopen seminary
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:46 am The bishops of Scotland have announced that the Royal Scots College in Spain will again be used as a seminary.
Founded in 1629, the college prepared men for the priesthood until...
Iraqi bishops meet to discuss ‘rescue plan’ for country’s Christians
Catholic Herald - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:32 am Catholic bishops from Iraq are meeting this week to come up with a “rescue plan” amid growing fears that the ISIS Islamist attacks have put Christianity in danger of extinction...
Muslims' Views in Lieu of a Homily
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:31 am Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum university. Q: During our sacred liturgy on Pentecost...
�Nuns willing to care for priest who killed nun'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:31 am The Little Sisters of the Poor are willing to care for Father Gerald Robinson, an Ohio priest convicted of murder in 2006, during the last few months of his life.
Father Robinson...
Christian Sportsmanship
Dominicana - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:30 am Sports shape our lives from our earliest years. It started with games in the backyard with our siblings and neighbors, and during recess with classmates. Along with encouraging us...
Vatican cricket team to play Church of England in first tour
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:19 am Vatican City, Jun 24, 2014 / 05:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- St. Peter’s Cricket team begins their “Light of Faith Tour” this fall, which includes a warm-up game against a team from...
Vatican cricket team to play Church of England in first tour
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:19 am Vatican City, Jun 24, 2014 / 06:19 am (EWTN News/CNA).- St. Peter's Cricket team begins their "Light of Faith Tour" this fall,
which includes a warm-up game against a team from...
Bishop: government corruption a factor in Boko Haram violence
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:16 am Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jun 24, 2014 / 06:16 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The bishop of a northern Nigerian diocese said at a conference last week
that among the factors which...
Pregnancy Service Center Signage Requirement Held Void-For-Vagueness
The Religion Clause - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:15 am In Austin LifeCare, Inc. v. City of Austin, (WD TX, June 23, 2014), a Texas federal district court struck down as void for vagueness an Austin, Texas ordinance that requires...
Christian Woman Condemned for Apostasy Re-Arrested Following Release
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:14 am A Sudanese Christian woman, who was condemned to death last month for allegedly committing the "crime" of apostasy, then released Monday, has now been re-arrested. According to...
Sudanese Appeals Court Overturns Apostasy Death Sentence of Christian Woman
The Religion Clause - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:10 am In a case that has attracted widespread international attention, an appeals court in Sudan has ordered the release of Meriam Ibrahim who had been sentenced to death for apostasy. ...
3rd Circuit: No Statute of Limitations For Establishment Clause Challenge To Still-Existing Display
The Religion Clause - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:05 am In Tearpock-Martini v. Borough of Shickshinny, (3d Cir., June 23, 2014), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals held that Establishment Clause claims challenging still-existing...
Texas bishop to testify before Congress on immigration
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:03 am Bishop Mark Seitz will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on June 25 about the immigration of unaccompanied minors, the El Paso Times reported.
"I will clarify the US...
Searching for God’s Will and the Right College
CatholicMom.com - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:00 am Editor’s note: Today, we’re pleased to share the following guest article from Devra Torres of The Personalist Project. Learn more about the College of St. Mary Magdalen at www....
Inter-School Athletic Eligibility Rules Do Not Violate Free Exercise Rights of Home-School Family
The Religion Clause - Jun 24, 2014 at 6:00 am In Chapman v. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, (MD PA, June 18, 2014), a Pennsylvania federal district court rejected a claim by the parent of a home-schooled...
Discrimination order sparks fears over religious liberty
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 24, 2014 at 5:57 am Washington D.C., Jun 24, 2014 / 05:57 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- While affirming the dignity of every human person, Catholic and family advocates are voicing concern over reports of an...
USCCB committee chair weighs in on Iraq
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 24, 2014 at 5:44 am Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines, the chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, has urged the Obama...
