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Could Facebook officials censor religious content? Many people say they already do
GetReligion - Aug 2, 2017 at 8:00 am
Have you ever been in “Facebook jail?” Censored if you try to start dialogue about something that’s religiously or ethically noxious?
I’m spotlighting a very interesting...
Improved Nutrition for Myanmar Families
CatholicMom.com - Aug 2, 2017 at 7:30 am Biak Nei Sung feeds her 2-year-old, Par Par, rice and beans mixed with homegrown vegetables. Photo by Jennifer Hardy/CRS
The door between Myanmar and the rest of the world is...
Daily Reading for Friday, August 4th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 2, 2017 at 7:14 am Reading 1, Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:
4 "These are Yahweh's solemn festivals, the sacred assemblies to ...
Ottawa archbishop surprised by negative reaction to robotic spider on cathedral
Franciscan Media - Aug 2, 2017 at 7:13 am OTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) — The archbishop of Ottawa expressed regret that several Catholics were shocked at the sight of a giant robotic spider perched on Notre Dame Cathedral....
The story of the 26 year-old Filipino Jesuit on the road to sainthood
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 2, 2017 at 7:04 am Manila, Philippines, Aug 2, 2017 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Brother Richie Fernando was a 26 year-old Jesuit seminarian from the Philippines when in 1996 he died protecting his...
The story of the 26 year-old Filipino Jesuit on the road to sainthood
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 2, 2017 at 7:04 am Manila, Philippines, Aug 2, 2017 / 07:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Brother Richie Fernando was a 26 year-old Jesuit seminarian from the Philippines when in 1996 he died protecting his...
What is a parish?
Aleteia - Aug 2, 2017 at 7:00 am Countless Christians use the term, but what does it mean?As Christianity was firmly established in various countries, there arose a need to organize the communities of Christians...
Mater Ecclesiae’s Assumption Mass 2017
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 2, 2017 at 7:00 am Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church will celebrate its 17th annual Mass of Thanksgiving for the feast of the Assumption on Tuesday, August 15, 7:00 pm at the Cathedral Basilica...
New Suit Challenges Settlement Agreement In Mosque Construction Dispute
The Religion Clause - Aug 2, 2017 at 6:15 am As previously reported, in May a settlement was reached in a suit by the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge which charged RLUIPA violations, as well as violations of the 1st and...
Christian magistrate ‘sacked for opposing gay adoption’ takes NHS to court
Catholic Herald - Aug 2, 2017 at 6:14 am A Christian who claims he was sacked from his positions because of his beliefs has taken the NHS to court. Richard Page, 71, was dismissed as a magistrate by the Lord Chancellor...
Appeals Court Refuses To Order Recusal of Fundamentalist Christian Judge
The Religion Clause - Aug 2, 2017 at 6:10 am In Ex parte Tiara Brooke Lycans, (AL App., July 28, 2017), an Alabama appellate court refused to issue a writ of mandamus ordering a trial judge who also serves as a preacher of a...
Public Accommodation Law Does Not Apply To Photographer Without Business Store Front
The Religion Clause - Aug 2, 2017 at 6:05 am Earlier this year a Madison, Wisconsin creative photographer, Amy Lynn, filed suit in Wisconsin state court challenging local and state public accommodation provisions that...
An Open Book: August 2017
CatholicMom.com - Aug 2, 2017 at 6:00 am
Welcome to the August 2017 edition of An Open Book, now hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND Catholicmom.com!
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Good News Clubs Win Preliminary Injunction
The Religion Clause - Aug 2, 2017 at 6:00 am In Child Evangelism Fellowship of Indiana, Inc. v. Indiana Metropolitan School District of Pike Township, (SD IN, Aug. 1, 2017), an Indiana federal district court granted a...
To be a Christian means to have hope even in darkness, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 2, 2017 at 5:58 am Vatican City, Aug 2, 2017 / 05:58 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said that to be a Christian means to have hope
in the light of Christ, which we are filled with...
To be a Christian means to have hope even in darkness, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 2, 2017 at 5:58 am Vatican City, Aug 2, 2017 / 04:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said that to be a Christian means to have hope in the light of Christ, which we are filled with at...
Christian woman elected mayor of Iraqi town for first time ever
Catholic Herald - Aug 2, 2017 at 5:30 am A Catholic woman has been elected as the new mayor of Alqosh, a small town on the Nineveh Plain in Iraq. Lara Yussif Zara was the unanimous choice of the municipal council last...
Benjamin Bannaker and the Practical Why of Astronomy
The Catholic Astronomer - Aug 2, 2017 at 5:00 am
Astronomy is often said to be the oldest of sciences. But why would anyone have cared to study the heavens, way, way, ‘back in the day’? Surely people back then had pressing...
Pope Francis: weekly General Audience summary
News.va - Aug 2, 2017 at 4:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held a General Audience on Wednesday, August 2nd, the first of his weekly appointments with pilgrims and tourists after their suspension for the month...
Pope names new bishop of Hong Kong
Catholic Herald - Aug 2, 2017 at 4:22 am A new bishop has taken over the Diocese of Hong Kong in continental China, reports Vatican Radio. Coadjutor Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung of Hong Kong becomes bishop as Pope...
