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Pope Francis’ Challenge: Staying Angry or Encountering Christ
USCCB Media Blog - Aug 22, 2013 at 8:46 am By Father John CrossinSometimes it’s safer to stay angry at the church and its teaching. Despite Pope Francis’ recent sensitive words about gay people, remarried Catholics and...
Rent-A-Womb Industry in India Continues to Exploit Women
LifeNews.com - Aug 22, 2013 at 8:35 am The rent-a-womb industry in India is an especially troubling form of biological colonialism. I write about it at some length in the Center for Bioethics and Culture newsletter:...
Notre Dame to Admit Undocumented Immigrants as Students
Catholic Education Daily - Aug 22, 2013 at 8:35 am The decision "will strengthen our incoming class and give deserving young people the chance for a Notre Dame education," according to Don Bishop, associate VP for undergraduate...
Report: Pope Benedict ordered changes to baptism rite before he resigned
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 22, 2013 at 8:20 am A small but significant change appears to be forthcoming, according to Sandro Magister: The Sunday after the Epiphany is the Sunday of the baptism of Jesus. And on each of these...
Stories: A Novel to Inspire Faith
CatholicMom.com - Aug 22, 2013 at 8:00 am
Stories by C L Paur
Editor’s Note: I am grateful to Carol Paur, the author of Stories, for her submission of the following article. LMH
Can a story change your life? We know...
Institutional collapse: a fruit of Vatican II?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 22, 2013 at 7:55 am At Harvesting the Fruit of Vatican II Louie Verrecchio posted a provocative piece about Ralph Martin’s recent article about the Church’s institutional collapse since Vatican II....
Immigration: The Prudential Judgment Excuse Reappears
Commonweal - Aug 22, 2013 at 7:42 am Happily, Catholic leaders are making a big push for legislators to get behind immigration reform. The good news is that immigration reform is an issue that brings forces within...
New Evangelization: Faith, Family & Ducks?
Catholic Vote - Aug 22, 2013 at 7:22 am
A&E’s hit reality show Duck Dynasty made history when their fourth season premiere was the most-watched non-fiction series telecast in cable TV history. This family won the...
Senate bill would aid religious minorities in Middle East
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:49 am Washington D.C., Aug 22, 2013 / 06:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Amid ongoing attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt, a U.S. Senator has introduced legislation aimed at protecting...
Baptismal rite changes
Communio - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:45 am One of the last significant changes made in our Rite of Baptism was made shortly before the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI. This is the news that Sandro Magister speaks of in his...
Episode 13: His Wounds Become Him
Dominicana - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:30 am Br. Raymund Snyder, O.P., speaks about the resurrection of the body (CCC, 998–1017):
See the whole series
Friars ask for funds to help restore Durham church
Catholic Herald - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:20 am Dominicans embarking on a quarter-of-a-million pound restoration of one of England’s oldest Catholic churches have appealed for a further £45,000 to complete the project.
St...
New York's Increasing Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Population Poses Accommodation Issues
The Religion Clause - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:10 am The New York Times yesterday reported on the religious accommodation issues posed by the rising numbers and increased political influence of Hasidic and other ultra-Orthodox Jews...
Statements To Pastor Not Covered By Religious Privilege
The Religion Clause - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:05 am In State of New Hampshire v. Willis, (NH Sup. Ct., Aug. 21, 2013), the New Hampshire Supreme Court held that a trial court properly admitted statements a criminal defendant made...
Catechism Series Number 1 App Review
CatholicMom.com - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:00 am
Developer: Bil Kimes (for St. Clement ePress and Catholic Quiz)
Price: $2.99
Platform: iOS 6.0 or higher
This is a great little app and well worth the money. Included in this...
Giants? Bring em! {Review of Five Stones}
Snoring Scholar - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:00 am You know what I love? That the Bible stories I’ve grown up with stand up to the test of time and yield more than just the story itself.
Take the story of David and Goliath, for...
Suit Challenging IRS Non-Enforcement of Politicking Ban Against Churches Survives Dismissal Motion
The Religion Clause - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:00 am In Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Shulman, (WD WI, Aug. 19, 2013), a Wisconsin federal district court refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service...
Benedict XVI’s ‘mystical experience’ was nothing out of the ordinary. All Catholics can discover God’s will in prayer
Catholic Herald - Aug 22, 2013 at 5:56 am Talk of Pope Benedict’s mystical experience of God telling him to resign the Papacy seems to have struck a chord with the secular media. The Guardian has the story here and the...
The saint who took part in the Crusades
Catholic Herald - Aug 22, 2013 at 5:26 am The only canonised king of France, Louis IX succeeded to the throne aged 12 after his father Louis VIII died, his mother Blanche of Castile assuming the rule of regent.
The king...
Pakistan Archbishop: Pope Francis Is a Valuable Source of Inspiration
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 22, 2013 at 5:20 am Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi, President of the Episcopal Conference of Pakistan, called Pope’s Francis’ humility “a valuable source of inspiration” during a meeting with...
