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Campaign Launched to Fight Legalized Assisted Suicide in UK
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 29, 2014 at 7:15 am The campaign 'Not Dead Yet' has launched an online petition ahead of a bill which would open the door to state-sanctioned assisted suicide in the United Kingdom. The forthcoming...
Editor's Notebook — Catholic schools in tents, slaughter at a church, Common Core concerns and parents brought to faith through their teens.
OSV Daily Take - May 29, 2014 at 7:01 amStop and Say “Wow” #SmallSuccess
Snoring Scholar - May 29, 2014 at 7:00 am Sherry reminds us, in this week’s Small Success link-up, that we should stop and say “Wow” for all the moments that inspire a “Thank You” to God.
And you know, that’s something to...
Small Success Thursday: Wow!
CatholicMom.com - May 29, 2014 at 6:55 am
May is full of graduations and first communions, confirmations and birthdays in our household. Wednesday, my oldest daughter receives her diploma for completing high school. Last...
Print edition: May 30, 2014
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 6:53 am Our edition this week brings you in-depth coverage of the Pope’s visit to the Holy Land including eye witness accounts from Madeleine Teahan and Jill, Duchess of Hamilton.
We also...
Daily readings: June 1 – 7
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 6:53 am Ordinary Form
Divine Office Week III
Sunday, Sunday, June 1:
The Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47; Eph 1:17-23;
Mt 28:16-20
Monday, June 2: Weekday of Easter
or Ss...
The Ascension marks our new beginning in Christ
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 6:48 am ‘As he said this, he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.” The Acts of Apostles, which records the establishment and growth of the early...
The saint who chopped down a sacred oak
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 6:44 am A century after St Augustine had crossed the Channel to convert the Saxons, it was they who in turn brought the faith to their compatriots on the continent, whom we would now call...
Commencement Wisdom
Dominicana - May 29, 2014 at 6:30 am I remember two statements made by Robert Louis Wilken in his commencement speech here at the Dominican House of Studies a few weeks ago. The first is that no one remembers...
Daily Catholic Quote from Pope St. John Paul II
Integrated Catholic Life - May 29, 2014 at 6:30 am “If an ear is to grow or a flower blossom, there are times which cannot be forced; for the birth of a human being, nine months are required; to write a book or a worthy piece of...
Oakland Bishop Affirms Teachers’ Duty as Role Models in New Contract
Catholic Education Daily - May 29, 2014 at 6:26 am Bishop Barber is working to uphold Catholic identity in diocesan schools by updating the annual teachers’ contract to articulate the “expectations required of those who desire to...
The ‘liberal’ drive to exclude pro-lifers from public life in Canada
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 6:15 am Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and son of the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau, prime minister from 1968 to 1984, recently attempted to further entrench Canada’s...
House Holds Religious Freedom Hearing on "Countries of Particular Concern"
The Religion Clause - May 29, 2014 at 6:15 am On May 22, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations held a hearing on " Protecting Religious...
Daily Homily: Jesus Was Lifted Up
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 29, 2014 at 6:12 am --
Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 Ephesians 1:17-23 Matthew 28:16-20
The mystery of Christ's Ascension into Heaven celebrates the mystery of his royal priesthood. He is the...
US bishop: Broken laws – not immigrants – must change
EWTN - US Latest News - May 29, 2014 at 6:12 am Washington D.C., May 29, 2014 / 06:12 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The desperation of many immigrants who have no choice but to break existing U.S. laws shows the need for comprehensive...
Another ACA Contraceptive Coverage Challenge Filed By Catholic Diocese
The Religion Clause - May 29, 2014 at 6:10 am Suits challenging the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate continue to be filed by religious non-profits. The Catholic Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania...
2nd Circuit OK's "In God We Trust" On Money
The Religion Clause - May 29, 2014 at 6:05 am In Newdow v. Peterson, (2d Cir., May 28, 2014), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to 31 U.S.C. §§ 5112(d)(1) and 5114(b), which require that the national...
Tech Talk: Nutrition by the Numbers
CatholicMom.com - May 29, 2014 at 6:00 am
Nutrition labels were a part of food packaging I’d always skimmed over; all I wanted to know was how many servings came in the package. That all changed when my younger son was...
Court Rejects Jurisdictional Defenses In IRS 501(c)(3) Policy Challenge
The Religion Clause - May 29, 2014 at 6:00 am In Z Street, Inc., v. Koskinen, (D DC, May 27, 2014), the D.C. federal district court rejected a number of jurisdictional and procedural defenses raised by the Internal Revenue...
EU rejects pro-life initiative
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 5:54 am Pro-life campaigners have expressed their disappointment after a pro-life petition demanding that Brussels no longer finances the destruction of human embryos was rejected.
The “...
