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White House Will Host Passover Seder Tonight
The Religion Clause - Mar 25, 2013 at 6:05 am The Jewish festival of Passover begins this evening and, according to The Forward, tonight the President and First Lady will be hosting the annual White House Passover Seder that...
Recent Articles and New Books of Interest
The Religion Clause - Mar 25, 2013 at 6:03 am From SSRN:
Mark C. Modak-Truran, Legitimation, (Michael T. Gibbons, Diana Coole, & Kennan Ferguson eds., Encyclopedia of Political Thought (Wiley-Blackwell) (Forthcoming))....
Franciscan University undaunted after HHS suit dismissed
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 25, 2013 at 6:01 am Steubenville, Ohio, Mar 25, 2013 / 06:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Although a judge has dismissed Franciscan University of Steubenville's lawsuit against the federal contraception...
Will this pope inspire more scientists to become priests?
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 25, 2013 at 6:00 am That’s an intriguing thought. In Forbes magazine, John Farrell mulls: A pope who’s also a scientist is rare. But these days even parish priests who are scientists are not exactly...
iIncarnate: Meet Jesus in Mary’s Womb
CatholicMom.com - Mar 25, 2013 at 6:00 am
Here’s something super awesome…a new app that will be out on April 8…iIncarnate.
The concept:
God became Man and dwelt among us. iIncarnate is an app that allows you to journey...
Pope Francis Meets Retired Pope Benedict, Says 'We're Brothers'
Franciscan Media - Mar 25, 2013 at 6:00 am CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — With a warm embrace, a helping hand, shared prayer, a long discussion and lunch together, Pope Francis spent several hours with retired Pope...
Did the pundits get this year’s conclave spectacularly wrong?
Catholic Herald - Mar 25, 2013 at 5:54 am So, we have a Pope, the first to be called Francis. The name of Jorge Mario Bergoglio was not prominent among those named as front-runners. The press service of the Italian...
American seminarians experience rewards of Lent in Rome
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 25, 2013 at 5:42 am Rome, Italy, Mar 25, 2013 / 05:42 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Two American seminarians living and studying in Rome have found that their experience of Lent this year has been both...
Pope Francis and creation: 3 reflections
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2013 at 5:05 am Eduardo Rojas-Briales of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Father Drew Christiansen of America, and Dan Misleh of Catholic Climate Covenant reflect on Pope Francis's...
USCCB action alert urges public comments on HHS mandate
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2013 at 5:03 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging Catholics to make public comments on the Obama administration's new "accommodation" on the HHS mandate. Comments are due...
Cardinal Mahony: Pope needs to make new curial appointments 'very soon'
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2013 at 5:02 am Cardinal Roger Mahony, who served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1985 to 2011, writes that "the really difficult work" now awaits Pope Francis.
Pope Francis "has several key...
Pope Francis gives Russian patriarch's gift to Pope Emeritus Benedict
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2013 at 5:01 am Three days after Pope Francis received a Marian icon as a gift from Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Pope gave the icon as a gift to Pope Emeritus ...
Morning Prayer for Monday, 3/25/13
CatholicMom.com - Mar 25, 2013 at 5:00 am Morning Prayer for Monday of Holy Week
Watch this video on YouTube.
Judge rules against Franciscan University, Michigan Catholic Conference in HHS mandate case
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2013 at 5:00 am A US district court judge has dismissed a challenge to the HHS mandate brought by Franciscan University of Steubenville and the Michigan Catholic Conference.
Judge Algenon Marbley...
Nobel Peace Prize winner again defends Pope Francis
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2013 at 4:58 am Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, an Argentine human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980, has again come to the defense of Pope Francis for his actions during the years...
The Ambitions of Bill and Melinda Gates: Controlling Population and Public Education
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 25, 2013 at 4:30 am Continuing their commitment to controlling global population growth through artificial contraception, sterilization, and abortion initiatives, Microsoft founder and philanthropist...
Faith and the Employer
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 25, 2013 at 4:25 am The diocese of Lansing, where I currently attend mass, is a pretty good one, as such things go in the contemporary United States. Our parish has a very good priest and I’m...
Pontiff Officially Confirms Trip to Brazil in July
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 25, 2013 at 4:19 am During his homily yesterday, Pope Francis confirmed to the faithful, especially the youth that were present, that he will travel to Brazil in July for World Youth Day 2013. The...
Pope Francis Celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peters Square
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 25, 2013 at 4:18 am An estimated 250,000 faithful packed St. Peter’s Square for the Palm Sunday Mass presided by Pope Francis. The Mass is the first liturgical celebration of Holy Week celebrated by...
