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Study finds more Americans are approving of polygamy
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 4, 2017 at 7:02 am Washington D.C., Aug 4, 2017 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A new poll shows that seventeen percent of people in the U.S. now find polygamy to be morally permissible, citing an...
Study finds more Americans are approving of polygamy
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 4, 2017 at 7:02 am Washington D.C., Aug 4, 2017 / 07:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A new poll shows that seventeen percent of people in the U.S. now find
polygamy to be morally permissible, citing an...
The ancient symbolism of North, South, East and West
Aleteia - Aug 4, 2017 at 7:00 am Geographic symbolism affects every aspect of Christian culture.Ancient cultures saw meaning in every part of the natural world. Christians also saw the world in this lens and...
Perseid Meteor Shower 2017: Aug. 11-12
The Catholic Astronomer - Aug 4, 2017 at 6:51 am
The Perseid meteor shower is a very popular annual event, with Perseid parties being held around the globe each year. Best seen from the northern hemisphere, the meteors will...
Vatican urges Venezuela to suspend constitutional revision
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 4, 2017 at 6:27 am Vatican City, Aug 4, 2017 / 06:27 am (EWTN News/CNA).- As tensions and deaths continue to rise in Venezuela over the
government's push to re-write their constitution, the Holy See...
Vatican urges Venezuela to suspend constitutional revision
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 4, 2017 at 6:26 am Vatican City, Aug 4, 2017 / 05:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As tensions and deaths continue to rise in Venezuela over the government's push to re-write their constitution, the Holy See...
Vote wisely, seek peace, bishops say ahead of Kenya's elections
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 4, 2017 at 6:04 am Nairobi, Kenya, Aug 4, 2017 / 06:04 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- With Kenya's elections fast approaching, the country's Catholic bishops are asking voters to choose wisely and encouraging...
Bishops mark 900th anniversary of martyrdom of St Magnus
Catholic Herald - Aug 4, 2017 at 6:00 am A bishop has described St Magnus’s martyrdom as a “Christ-like flash of light in a dark world” on the 900th anniversary of the saint’s death. Bishop Hugh Gilbert and eleven other...
German Court Says Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster Is Not a Religion
The Religion Clause - Aug 4, 2017 at 6:00 am In Germany, a court in Frankfurt an der Oder has upheld a decision by the Infrastructure Ministry of Brandenburg to deny the Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) a permit to...
A Prideful Disciple?
CatholicMom.com - Aug 4, 2017 at 6:00 am
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Several times in his Gospel, John refers to himself (presumably) as “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” (John 13:21-30,18:15-18, 19:26-27, 21:7 and 21...
African archbishop will boycott Anglican conference, citing discord on homosexuality
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2017 at 5:40 am The Anglican archbishop of Uganda has announced that he will not attend a conference of Anglican leaders in October, because of sharp disagreements on issues of sexuality.
Vatican to host another population-control panel
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2017 at 5:37 am The Pontifical Academy of Sciences has announced plans for another conference on climate change, at which several noted proponents of population control will speak.
Pope Francis challenges artists to bring joy to a “gloomy” world
Aleteia - Aug 4, 2017 at 5:30 am This month's Pope Video highlights how much the world needs beauty. The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network just released the latest Pope Video, highlighting the prayer intentions of...
‘Gene editing’ poses threat of eugenics, ethicist warns
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2017 at 5:22 am The director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in England has raised the alarm about recent experiments in “genetic editing” of human embryos, saying that the procedure involves...
Retired Phoenix Bishop O’Brien accused of sexual abuse
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2017 at 5:13 am Bishop Thomas O’Brien, the retired head of the Phoenix, Arizona diocese, has been accused of sexual abuse. The bishop denies the charge.
Vatican opposes Venezuelan government’s plan for new constitution
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 4, 2017 at 5:04 am The Vatican has issued a statement urging the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro to abandon its plans to install a new National Assembly and rewrite the country’s...
Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ movie: Is kiddie horror a thing?
Aleteia - Aug 4, 2017 at 5:00 am Condensing an intriguing series into a summer movie seems to have confused the filmmakers about their audience.For decades now, the conventional wisdom has been that the eight...
The Netherlands shows us the full horror of ‘assisted dying’
Catholic Herald - Aug 4, 2017 at 5:00 am The news from the Netherlands, as this magazine reports, is not encouraging. Almost one in twenty deaths are now the result of euthanasia, and a considerable proportion of those...
Bishop: ministry to gay people must include call to chastity
Catholic Herald - Aug 4, 2017 at 4:35 am The Bishop of Motherwell has asked his priests to encourage those experiencing same-sex attraction to “lead a chaste life”. Bishop Joseph Toal issued his statement after a...
Excavation sheds light on importance of ancient city near Rome
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 4, 2017 at 4:01 am Rome, Italy, Aug 4, 2017 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Just eleven miles east of Rome lies the site of excavations of another ancient city, one which thrived in the last few...
