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Egyptian Military Enlists Clerics To Justify Violence Against Morsi Supporters
The Religion Clause - Aug 26, 2013 at 7:46 am The New York Times reports in a front-page article today that the Egyptian military has begun a propaganda campaign using Muslim scholars to prevent insubordination among soldiers...
The Red Line of Death
Creative Minority Report - Aug 26, 2013 at 7:16 am It is increasingly clear that the Syrian government did indeed use chemical weapons against it own people. This is a crime against humanity that cries out for justice.
The only...
Univ. of St. Thomas (TX) Hires FOCUS Missionary as Director of Student Evangelization
Catholic Education Daily - Aug 26, 2013 at 7:01 am “I look forward to seeing the students come alive in faith and observe them develop an insatiable desire to share their faith with their peers."
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Fr. Bugnini Et Al. On the “Baptism of the Bells” (Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 14.3)
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 26, 2013 at 7:00 am My interest in the 1961 revision of the Pontificale Romanum began with the blessing of the bells. Several years ago, I was asked to serve as Master of Ceremonies for such a...
Pope asks pontifical academies to help fight human trafficking
Catholic Herald - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:48 am At the request of Pope Francis, scholars and researchers belonging to two pontifical academies and the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations are to begin focusing on...
Scholars say Copts leaving Egypt face challenges of identity
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:32 am Washington D.C., Aug 26, 2013 / 06:32 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Coptic Christians must turn to their centuries-long history of overcoming obstacles as they seek to maintain their...
The essential question that Blessed Dominic Barberi’s life poses is one that we need to face
Catholic Herald - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:31 am The Blessed Dominic Barberi, whom the Church in England commemorates today, is now chiefly remembered, if at all, as the priest who received the Blessed John Henry Newman into the...
Two Princes
Dominicana - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:30 am When he arrived at the hill, he knew that he did not need to go any further.
This resolve seemed out of place, given that he would be facing a force about twice as large as his...
Journal of Law and Religion Moves To New Editorial Home At Emory
The Religion Clause - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:10 am National Jurist reports this month that the Journal of Law and Religion, previously published at Hamline University School of Law, has moved to a new editorial home at Emory...
Quebec Values Charter Proposal Will Ban Sikh, Muslim and Jewish Religious Head Coverings For Public Employees
The Religion Clause - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:10 am In the Canadian province of Quebec, the ruling Party Quebecois plans to introduce a Charter of Quebec Values which, among other things, will ban public employees from wearing...
Catholic Techie Scott Dougherty
CatholicMom.com - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:00 am This is one of those interviews that’s had me smiling.
Granted, I didn’t really know Scott before I dug into this interview. But then I started clicking his links…and I spent a...
Encountering the Word – Matthew 11:28-30
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:00 am “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for...
Singing Dominican Sisters and an Interview I Loved
Snoring Scholar - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:00 am
I used to think it must be so boooooorrrrrriiiinnnnng to be a religious sister. I mean, what would you do for fun? Pray?
I’ve come a long way since those days. Now, I struggle...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Bernard M. Levinson & Michael Bartos, 'This is the Manner of the Remission': Legal Exegesis and Eschatological Syntax in 11QMelchizedek, (Journal of Biblical...
'Mystery priest' Hopes Media Hype Won't Obscure Message of God's Love
Franciscan Media - Aug 26, 2013 at 6:00 am JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CNS)—An unlikely chain of events made him not
only a national celebrity but a stand-in for every priest who has ever
ministered to the faithful in an...
After Human Experimentation ‘Atrocity,’ Chinese Doctor Collaborates With St. Louis University
Catholic Education Daily - Aug 26, 2013 at 5:41 am Chinese scientist Dr. Xiaoping Chen was involved in a study that intentionally infected AIDS patients with malaria.
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You can’t watch this video and be unmoved by the plight of Egypt’s Christians
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 26, 2013 at 5:32 am A priest reader sent this my way and he said he found it “sobering.” I find it devastating. The music: Procession (The Trisagion) by St. Symeon Orthodox Church Trio “Antiphony”...
We can’t give children enough of Shakespeare
Catholic Herald - Aug 26, 2013 at 5:02 am There was a provocative headline in the Telegraph on Saturday: “Children ‘force fed’ Shakespeare says head.” It seems that Tim Hands, the Master of Magdalen College School, Oxford...
Good Formation for Priests Is Essential For Good Liturgy
Catholic Education Daily - Aug 26, 2013 at 4:38 am "...[T]he clergy are, and will always be, the custodians of the sacred liturgy," said Kurt Poterack, choir director and adjunct professor at Christendom College.
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/08/13
Catholic Herald - Aug 26, 2013 at 4:26 am “The gate that is Jesus is never closed,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address yesterday (video).
Archbishop Georg Gänswein has denied claims that Benedict XVI resigned...
