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Earthquake, measuring 8.2, rocks Mexico. Concerns about people buried in rubble
Aleteia - Sep 8, 2017 at 9:07 am Temblor was stronger than the 1985 quake, which killed almost 10,000Mexico was hit overnight by an earthquake that was stronger than the one in 1985, which killed almost 10,000...
The two Cathedrals of Salamanca, seen from a drone
Aleteia - Sep 8, 2017 at 9:00 am A very special 5-minute tour of two of the most beautiful Iberian cathedrals.The Spanish city of Salamanca, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is home to one of Europe’s oldest...
Varsity Catholic Changing Culture of Sport
CatholicMom.com - Sep 8, 2017 at 9:00 am
Varsity Catholic missionaries (L-R): Maggie Hartman (Carnegie Mellon University), AnnMarie Healthy (University of Southern California in Los Angeles), Keegan Ruddy (Mount Saint...
Wearing slippers around God’s house
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Sep 8, 2017 at 9:00 am Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, and has since become known as the unofficial end of summer. For the fashion-conscious, Labor Day used to be the day when summer sandals...
In TV interview, Steve Bannon slams church, bishops over immigration
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:57 am WASHINGTON — In an interview set to air Sept. 10 on the CBS TV program “60 Minutes,” former White House strategist Steve Bannon criticized the Catholic Church and U.S. bishops for...
Hillary Clinton’s book of devotionals pulled from shelves: ‘riddled with plagiarism’
LifeSiteNews - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:29 am Her pastor has apologized and the publisher is destroying remaining copies of the book.
The Pope’s car trapped in the crowd
Vatican Insider - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:19 am Upon arrival to Villavicencio, the papal procession was tightened on both sides by a crowd both the policemen on motorbike and the Vatican gendarmes had difficulty containing....
REPORT CARD: Fed Board Exposes Secular Boston College; Schools for Salvation; Dissent Down Under
Catholic Education Daily - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:17 am Labor board (unconstitutionally) calls a spade, a spade
In yet another blow to religious freedom—and yet also a refreshingly honest declaration of the secularization of Boston...
Pope to beatify Fr. Ramirez in Colombia
News.va - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:15 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will declare Bishop Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve of Arauca and Father Pedro Maria Ramirez Ramos of Colombia “Blessed”, which is a step away from...
Pope to beatify Bishop Jaramillo in Colombia
News.va - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:15 am (Vatican Radio) One of the highlights of Pope Francis’ Sept. 6-11 Apostolic visit to Colombia, is to offer the nation emerging from decades of armed conflict, two martyrs to...
Colombians seeking peace and reconciliation
News.va - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:15 am (Vatican Radio) Colombians are looking not just for peace – a word which can have political connotations – but also for reconciliation as Pope Francis visits the country this week...
“Colombia be reconciled, fear neither the truth nor justice”
Vatican Insider - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:07 am “Open your heart as the people of God” and let yourself “be reconciled”. Pope Francis addresses the Colombian Nation, “Fear neither the truth nor justice. Dear people of Colombia...
Catholics blast senators for ‘inappropriate’ grilling of judicial nominee about her faith
LifeSiteNews - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:06 am Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin took issue with Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett's 'orthodox' Catholicism during hearings.
NY Appeals Court Rules On Custody After Divorce of Hasdic Jewish Couple
The Religion Clause - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:01 am In Weisberger v. Weisberger, (NY App., Aug. 16, 2017), a New York appellate court modified a trial court's custody order in a divorce proceeding. At issue was the party's...
Snowflake alert: New survey research on Americans’ religious identities provokes tweet mini-storm
GetReligion - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:00 am
The Religion Guy has often lauded the Pew Research Center for its valuable survey research on the state of religion in the United States and worldwide, for instance its new (July...
The closeness of the Pope to the Church and the people of Venezuela
Vatican Insider - Sep 8, 2017 at 8:00 am A brief meeting, that Francis wanted. He then invited the cardinals and some Venezuelan bishops to the mass celebrated in the Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota. A meeting and a photo...
Young Catholics want reverence, not liturgy wars
Catholic Herald - Sep 8, 2017 at 7:59 am Everyone, including Catholics, wants to figure out millennials, the much-maligned generation to which I undeniably belong. Last week, my fellow native Nebraskan Matthew Schmitz...
Mike Lee on Religious Qualifications for Public Office
Creative Minority Report - Sep 8, 2017 at 7:52 am Senator Mike Lee takes to the floor to talk about religious tests as qualifications for public office. Some fascinating history recounted as well. *subhead*Yes.*subhead*
Hoffmann on Why God's Love Makes 'Sin' Possible
The Sacred Page - Sep 8, 2017 at 7:33 am "The specifically Christian core of sin is grasped only when sin is conceived as the rejection of the call to that sonship whose innermost nature consists in being the...
Meatless Friday: Cheese-Spinach Strata
CatholicMom.com - Sep 8, 2017 at 7:30 am
Sacramental Supper (with Cheese-Spinach Strata recipe)
Sacramentum, the Latin dictionary tells us, means “sign of the sacred.” Is it sacrilegious, then, to call a plain old...
