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Meatless Friday: Creamy Cauliflower Soup
CatholicMom.com - Jan 19, 2018 at 7:30 am
‘Tis the season – not just the post-Christmas season, but also the “save some money on groceries” season and the “I don’t have time to cook” season. This recipe is a fix for both...
Francis, “Violence against women cannot be treated as “normal”
Vatican Insider - Jan 19, 2018 at 7:20 am “Violence against women cannot be treated as “normal”, maintaining a culture of machismo blind to the leading role that women play in our communities.It is not right for us to...
Pope on Jerusalem: Only a special status can preserve its identity
Aleteia - Jan 19, 2018 at 7:00 am Calls on international community to deter "newly spiraling tensions."Pope Francis is insisting that Jerusalem must have an internationally recognized special status in order to...
A Great Report from Irish TV on the Dominicans
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 19, 2018 at 7:00 am The Irish national television network RTÉ posted to their website a few days ago an edition of the program Nationwide which takes a really positive and sympathetic look at the...
Warm weather greets marchers at the 45th annual March for Life
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:54 am Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2018 / 06:54 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- They came from across the country and the globe to Washington, DC. for one purpose: to stand in solidarity with unborn...
President Trump acts to protect conscience rights of health workers
Catholic Herald - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:47 am The Trump administration is setting up a new division of the US Department of Health and Human Services dedicated to protecting the conscience rights of health workers. The...
Watch the March for Life LIVE right here
LifeSiteNews - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:32 am Watch live coverage of the March for Life starting at 9:00 a.m.
Go Observe – Plato
The Catholic Astronomer - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:16 am
In my previous blog I mentioned that I had sketched Plato in detail. However in my haste to sketch the lunar eclipse I had wiped it out by overlaying it with red pastel ....
No Title VII Claim Based on "Perceived" Religion
The Religion Clause - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:05 am In Cole v. Cobb County School District, (ND GA, Jan. 18, 2018), a Georgia federal district court dismissed Title VII religious discrimination claims brought by a school principal...
Visiting bishops lament plight of youth in Gaza, West Bank, Israel (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 am Bishops from North America, Europe, and South Africa visited the Holy Land as part of the annual Holy Land Coordination. Their statement concluded, “Above all we hold the young...
Colombian bishops, UN committed to relaunching the government-ELN peace talks (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 am The Colombian conflict, which began in 1964 and has led to the death of over 175,000 civilians, has pitted the Colombian government against leftist guerillas. FARC (the main rebel...
Priests, religious comment on Pope's visit to Chile (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 am “These are intense days of great joy,” said Archbishop Fernando Chomali of Concepción.
New poll analyzes Americans' views on abortion (Marist Poll)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 am 51% of Americans say they are pro-choice, while 44% describe themselves as pro-life. Only 21% of pro-choice Americans believe that abortion should be available at any time during...
US bishops' spokesman responds to President Trump's reported comments (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 am “Reports of recent disparaging remarks about African countries and Haiti have aroused great concern,” said James Rogers, the US bishops’ chief communications officer. “As our...
Family, friends discuss events that shaped Bishop Athanasius Schneider (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 am The prelate’s reverence for the Eucharist was initially forged in the catacomb-like atmosphere of the former Soviet Union.
Former pontifical academy member: priest should revoke remarks on contraception or resign (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 am Josef Seifert, a member of the Pontifical Academy of Life from 1996 to 2016, said that Father Maurizio Chiodi (a current member) should revoke his recent remarks on contraception...
Norcia monk recounts how monastery rose from the ruins (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 am An October 2016 earthquake destroyed the Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy.
Visit to Chile was 1st 'eco-socio-economically sustainable' papal visit, organizers claim (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:01 amChesterton and the Virtue of Common Sense
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“The only thing surprising about common sense is how uncommon it has become.”-G.K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton (...
10th Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment In Title VII Suit By Seventh Day Adventists
The Religion Clause - Jan 19, 2018 at 6:00 am In Tabura v. Kellogg USA, (10th Cir., Jan. 17, 2018), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to employer Kellogg in a Title...