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Vatican event brings sports 'into the heart' of the Church
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:08 am Vatican City, Oct 22, 2013 / 08:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture held a conference on
"believers in the world of sports" this week to discuss...
Vatican event brings sports 'into the heart' of the Church
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:08 am Vatican City, Oct 22, 2013 / 07:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture held a conference on “believers in the world of sports” this week to discuss...
The Balance Beam
CatholicMom.com - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:00 am
Dave and Mercedes Rizzo
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome a guest post from Dan and Mercedes Rizzo. Enjoy (and read more about them at the end of the article).
When our daughter...
Hey journalists: Please look up ‘fetus’ in a dictionary
GetReligion - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:00 am Once again, let us return to the dictionary and ponder why some journalists in our age are having trouble using a basic scientific term that has become all too common in our news...
The Vatican’s Greg Burke on Francis: “Not a politically-correct pope”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 22, 2013 at 7:59 am Carol Glatz at CNS has a blog post up today about how the Vatican’s senior media advisor views the pontiff. Former TV reporter Greg Burke describes the pope as “not politically...
Southern Baptists Pull Back From Political Fray
The Religion Clause - Oct 22, 2013 at 7:48 am Today's Wall Street Journal carries a front-page feature story on Russell Moore who earlier this year took over leadership and changed the emphasis of the Ethics and Religious...
Blessed John Paul II on suffering: Jesus gives pain purpose
OSV Daily Take - Oct 22, 2013 at 7:35 am Pope John Paul II prays on the feast of Corpus Christi at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in RomeCNS photoBy Robert G. SchroederAn edited excerpt from "John Paul II and the...
Sinners Called to Holiness
Commonweal - Oct 22, 2013 at 7:21 am This talk,""Fulfiling Our Prophetic Mission," by Bishop James Conley, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is one of the best talks on equal dignity that I've ever seen.
Money quote:
How’s my driving
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Blessed John Paul II: October 22nd
News.va - Oct 22, 2013 at 6:55 am (Vatican Radio) October 22nd is the day the Church remembers Blessed John Paul II. Elected to the See of Peter thirty- five years ago, as we know this twentieth century pope is...
The Dmanisi Skull and the Narrative of Human Origins
Dominicana - Oct 22, 2013 at 6:30 am “There are these jaw-dropping moments in the life of a scientist. . . You can feel in your brain how all these preconceived ideas you had start falling to pieces.”
So said...
Church Seeks Supreme Court Review of Town's Sign Ordinance
The Religion Clause - Oct 22, 2013 at 6:10 am A petition for certiorari (full text) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in Reed v. Town of Gilbert. In the case, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision,...
Religious liberty ambassador's resignation raises concerns
EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 22, 2013 at 6:06 am Washington D.C., Oct 22, 2013 / 06:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The reported resignation of Suzan Johnson Cook as U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom is an chance for...
British Tribunal Requires Conscience Exemption From Online VAT Filing
The Religion Clause - Oct 22, 2013 at 6:05 am In Blackburn v. Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, (UKFTT, Oct. 2, 2013), Britain's first Tier Tribunal ruled that British tax authorities should have granted...
New Jersey Governor Drops Appeal of Same-Sex Marriage Decision
The Religion Clause - Oct 22, 2013 at 6:00 am AP reports that yesterday New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced that he is dropping the state's appeal in Garden State Equality v. Dow, a case in which a trial court...
Speaking of Advent
Snoring Scholar - Oct 22, 2013 at 6:00 am Oh wait, you weren’t speaking of Advent yet?
Well, I AM. I have a few upcoming talks about Discovering the Joy of Advent. Because yes, I speak. (Or, if you ask my kids, I...
Palestinian President Hopes to Use Pen from Pope to Sign Treaty
Franciscan Media - Oct 22, 2013 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis gave Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas a fancy pen as a gift, and Abbas told the pope, "I hope to sign
the peace agreement with Israel with this...
Catholic Organizations Mobilizing to Assist Relief Efforts in the Philippines
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 22, 2013 at 5:48 am Catholic Relief Organizations are working round the clock to aid those affected by the recent earthquakes that have struck the Philippines. According to Fides News Agency, the...
Holy See and Hungary Sign Agreement in Budapest
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 22, 2013 at 5:10 am Yesterday, the Holy See and Hungary signed an agreement modifying the 1997 Concordat on the financing of the public service and religious activity in Hungary of the Catholic...
Growing Concern In Egypt After Attack on Coptic Church
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 22, 2013 at 5:03 am Chaos erupted in front of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Our Lady in Hadra, Egypt when two masked men on a motorcycle attached churchgoers participating in a wedding. The men...
