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Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:53 am In Gutierrez v. Corrections Corporation of America, (5th Cir., April 3, 2014), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed as frivolous a Catholic inmate's complaint that only...
Pope Francis to celebrate Holy Thursday at center for disabled and elderly people (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:53 am The Pope will wash the feet of 12 people with special needs, at the St. Mary of Providence Center of the Don Gnocchi Foundation, located in the outskirts of Rome. To view the...
Pope emphasises the affective and effective communion of the Synod Of Bishops
News.va - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:36 am Vatican City, 8 April 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has written a message to Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, on the occasion of the...
Court ruling on Philippines RH bill met with mixed responses
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:27 am Manila, Philippines, Apr 8, 2014 / 07:27 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
While disappointed that the country's Supreme Court has upheld a controversial "reproductive health" law, the...
My Favorite Novena
Snoring Scholar - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:19 am I love novenas. They give me a chance to feel like I’m actually doing the work of prayer, as opposed to just dashing off a quick request and sending it heavenward. They remind me...
Reports: Pope to celebrate Holy Thursday at Rome facility for disabled and the elderly
Catholic Herald - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:54 am Pope Francis will celebrate Holy Thursday Evening Mass at a facility for disabled and elderly people in Rome, according to reports.
Francis will visit the St Mary of Providence...
Treasures of the St. Maurice Abbey at the Louvre
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:48 am The website of FranceTV reports on a very interesting exhibition at the Musée du Louvre: for the first time in its history, the Abbey of St. Maurice in Canton Valais, Switzerland...
Pope Francis: The Cross is not an ornament but the mystery of God's love
News.va - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:45 am (Vatican Radio) The relationship between Christianity and the Cross and our own sins was the focus of Pope Francis’s reflections at his Mass on Tuesday in the Santa Marta...
Foundations Once Destroyed: The Importance of Principle in Mansfield Park
Dominicana - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:30 am The second in a series considering Jane Austen in light of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas.
Teach us to understand the sinfulness of our own Hearts, and bring to our knowledge every...
Daily Catholic Quote from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:30 am “God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what...
Pope meets King of Jordan ahead of Holy Land trip
Catholic Herald - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:25 am Seven weeks before his trip to the Holy Land, Pope Francis welcomed Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal to his residence at the Vatican.
The Pope is...
The Story Behind The Niqab Wearing British Defendant
The Religion Clause - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:10 am Last September, a good deal of attention was given to rulings by a British judge in the case of a Muslim woman charged with witness intimidation who sought to keep her face fully...
Virginia Settles Suit Challenging Limits On Student Preaching On Campus In Wake of New Law Assuring Speech Rights
The Religion Clause - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:05 am The Hampton Roads (VA) Pilot reports that a proposed consent decree was filed in Virginia federal district court last Friday in Parks v. Members of the State Board of the...
Documentary Released on Poland's Solidarity Movement Chaplain
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:04 am A documentary on Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko became available on DVD and public television this month. Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko was the chaplain of the Solidarity...
Pope highlights importance of Synod of Bishops
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:02 am Pope Francis has elevated Msgr. Fabio Fabene, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops since February, to the order of bishop.
In a letter to Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary...
Court upholds NYC ban on religious services in public schools
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:02 am New York City, N.Y., Apr 8, 2014 / 06:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A federal appeals court has upheld a New York City policy prohibiting religious services in public school buildings,...
Florida Today on Missing Bibles at the Missing Man Table
GetReligion - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:00 am McCarthyism is alive and doing quite well in America, a scan of this week’s newspapers reveals. The mob mentality that promotes intolerance in the name of diversity has claimed...
Embrace Your Inner Dork While Getting Healthy — A FitBit One Device & IOS App Review
CatholicMom.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:00 am
I am a dork. I won’t deny it. There is something about tracking things that make me feel like I’m accomplishing something. Last spring, I decided to invest in a FitBit One. I...
Appeals Court Reverses Priest's Clergy Sexual Misconduct Conviction
The Religion Clause - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:00 am In State of Minnesota v. Wenthe, (MN App., April 7, 2014), a Minnesota state appellate court reversed the conviction of Christopher Thomas Wenthe, a Catholic priest who had been...
