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French baby food “chef” shares expert DIY tips
Aleteia - Jun 26, 2017 at 8:00 am Even the most reluctant, time-strapped parents can make baby food from scratch. Organization and planning are the key!We want the best for our babies in everything, including what...
Can InterVarsity leaders seek doctrinal unity on their own staff? On sex, CBC says 'no'
GetReligion - Jun 26, 2017 at 8:00 am
It’s summer time, which means that its camp time for many children and the adults who run zillions of camps around the United States and Canada.
Many such campus are run by...
Yawning youngsters inspire priest to cut homilies to five minutes
Catholic Herald - Jun 26, 2017 at 7:49 am A priest in Northern Ireland has promised his parishioners that his homilies will no longer last more than five minutes. Fr Paddy O’Kane, writing for Derry Now, made the vow after...
Letter from Rome
Commonweal - Jun 26, 2017 at 7:45 am Letter from Rome
By Robert MickensJune 26, 2017
When Pope Francis places a red biretta on the head of Cardinal-designate Gregorio Rosa Chavez this Wednesday he will be...
Ordinary/Extraordinary: Reflecting on the Incarnation and Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Jun 26, 2017 at 7:30 am
Copyright 2017 Amanda Torres. All rights reserved.
I don’t know about you, but my soul tends to get a little restless in the summer. I am on a spiritual high after the...
‘Yes’ to the Lord’s Calling
Diocese of Westminster - Jun 26, 2017 at 7:03 am On 31st May, the Feast of the Visitation of Our Lady, Bishop Nicholas officiated the Solemn Profession of Sr Maria of the Resurrection. Sr Maria, who joined the Carmelite order in...
Indonesian parishes reschedule Masses to accommodate Muslim holiday
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 26, 2017 at 7:01 am Catholic churches in Indonesia altered their Mass schedule on June 25, to ease traffic congestion as Muslims marked their feast of Eid al Fitr.
Can’t get it together? These five quotes from today’s saint will get you in gear
Aleteia - Jun 26, 2017 at 7:00 am ... if you begin and begin again, you are doing well.Sometimes life seems to be falling down around us, if not in our personal lives, then in the world itself. For the days when...
Guest Article: Musicians, Singers, and Composers Among the Saints
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 26, 2017 at 7:00 am I am happy to publish today a delightful table, with introduction, that was submitted to NLM by Isaac Olson, “a young Catholic, professional classical musician, and devotee of...
British doctors protest move to decriminalize abortion
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:51 am Nearly 1,500 doctors and medical students have signed an open letter protesting a move to put the British Medical Association (BMA) on record in favor of decriminalizing abortion.
Supreme Court to hear Colorado baker’s plea in gay-wedding cake
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:45 am The US Supreme Court has agree to hear the appeal of a Colorado court’s ruling that a baker violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by declining to prepare a cake for the...
‘Yes’ to the Lord’s Calling
Diocese of Westminster - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:43 am On 31st May, the Feast of the Visitation of Our Lady, Bishop Nicholas officiated the Solemn Profession of Sr Maria of the Resurrection. Sr Maria, who joined the Carmelite order in...
The Iraqi offensive to free Mosul from ISIS is on its final stage
Aleteia - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:43 am Iraqi forces have successfully confined the so-called Islamic State militia into a square mile of territory within Mosul’s “Old City”. ISIS seized Mosul back in 2014. The...
Al Azhar university proposes legislation to bar use of religion inciting violence
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:40 am The Islamic faculty of Al Azhar University has made a proposal for legislation that would counteract the use of religious rhetoric to justify violence.
Pope Francis: Taking care of the sick, a reminder of Christian grace
News.va - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday received the Italian League for the Fight against Tumors, stressing the importance of accompanying families and those on the margins on the...
Israel's Cabinet Suspends Agreement On Egalitarian Prayer Space At Western Wall
The Religion Clause - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:05 am As reported by Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post, Israel's Cabinet on Sunday voted to suspend the agreement with Judaism's Reform and Conservative movements and the Women of the Wall...
Cardinal Turkson issues statement for UN Day against Drug Abuse
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:04 am In a statement issued for the UN’s International Day Against Drug Abuse, Cardinal Peter Turkson argues that giving young people a “spiritual vision of existence” is the best way...
One Sunday in Galilee: Calming the storm at sea
CatholicMom.com - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:00 am
James Tissot [No restrictions or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
My journal entry continues describing one Sunday in 1988 on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Last month I...
Why British English refuses to take itself seriously
Aleteia - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:00 am Silly terms like gobsmacked, codswallop, and balderdash reflect the British people's sense of humor.When British comedian James Corden began hosting his late-night television show...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jun 26, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Bruce Ryder, Physicians' Rights to Conscientious Objection, (in Benjamin L. Berger and Richard Moon eds, Religion and the Exercise of Public Authority 127-147 (Oxford:...