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Coast-to-coast coverage of anti-sharia protest offers lots of heat, but little or no light
GetReligion - Jun 12, 2017 at 8:10 am Arguments about religion and freedom took to the streets around the country this past weekend as a group called ACT for America staged anti-sharia law demonstrations at roughly 28...
Christian soccer player refuses to wear U.S. uniform with ‘Pride’
LifeSiteNews - Jun 12, 2017 at 8:09 am Jaelene Hinkle has opted out of matches this month rather than wear a rainbow-theme uniform promoting LGBT 'Pride Month.'
The fascinating story behind how the bikini got its name
Aleteia - Jun 12, 2017 at 8:00 am This controversial style of swimwear has a fascinating history. The bikini, properly speaking, dates from the middle of the 20th century (which, if you look at it, wasn’t that...
How a dying monk inspired Cardinal Sarah to embrace silence
Catholic Herald - Jun 12, 2017 at 7:46 am I have been reading more of Cardinal Robert Sarah’s The Power of Silence, about which I blogged on Thursday 18 May. It is an extraordinary book, born of theological scholarship...
Letter from Rome
Commonweal - Jun 12, 2017 at 7:33 am Letter from Rome
By Robert MickensJune 12, 2017
Pope Francis is extremely skeptical and unsparingly critical of Catholics who are obsessed with the minutia of doctrine and the...
Hold Your Applause, Please
CatholicMom.com - Jun 12, 2017 at 7:30 am
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Graduation is a time of great joy, pride, and relief for many parents as well as students. Getting through 13 or more years of...
God Must Not Be Eclipsed!
The Reason for Our Hope - Jun 12, 2017 at 7:24 am Our Archdiocesan Pastoral Council met on Saturday. As our guest we welcomed Gary Gagnon, the Coordinator of our Office of Aboriginal Relations. He gave us a very beautiful and...
Learning from an Apostle of Encouragement and Service
Brandon Vogt - Jun 12, 2017 at 7:00 am
Today we continue our regular series called “Learning from the Saints.” Our guide is expert Bert Ghezzi, a dear friend of mine and the author of numerous books including Voices...
Sharing Jesus with neighbors used to be common for Catholics. Here’s how it could be again
Aleteia - Jun 12, 2017 at 7:00 am We are not a Church in retreat. We can’t be, because we have the Eucharist.As we walked up the street, people stood on their porches or stared at us from their upstairs windows....
Sacred Music from the Land of Fátima
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 12, 2017 at 7:00 am The Smooth Stone Foundation has recently released a new album entitled I heard a voice from heaven... Sacred Music from the Land of Fatima. It commemorates the Marian Apparitions...
Tel Abbas, where the world ends and Syria begins
Vatican Insider - Jun 12, 2017 at 6:52 am Often divided, both Lebanese and Italian volunteers of the various development cooperation projects of the country, agree on one thing: without the humanitarian corridors of the...
Trump Speaks To Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference
The Religion Clause - Jun 12, 2017 at 6:15 am Last Thursday, President Trump delivered a nearly 35-minute speech (full text) to the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Conference held in Washington, D.C. Much of...
Northern Ireland Court Says Humanist Wedding Ceremonies Must Be Recognized
The Religion Clause - Jun 12, 2017 at 6:10 am According to Belfast News Letter, on Friday the Belfast, Northern Ireland High Court ruled that Humanist wedding ceremonies must be recognized, and that refusal to do so violates...
Venezuela’s Maduro calls on Pope to intervene as political violence intensifies
Catholic Herald - Jun 12, 2017 at 6:08 am Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is to ask Pope Francis to intervene in his country’s political crisis, as anti-government protests become increasingly violent. Speaking on...
In A First, Pakistan Imposes Death Sentence For Online Blasphemy
The Religion Clause - Jun 12, 2017 at 6:05 am As reported by the Hindustan Times and The Sun, for the first time a Pakistani court has handed down a death sentence for blasphemy disseminated on social media. On Saturday, an...
Plank in my eye? I don't know what you're talking about.
CatholicMom.com - Jun 12, 2017 at 6:00 am
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I’ve been noticing a trend around personal responsibility. I am noticing how often we deflect responsibility rather than take responsibility. I...
The third largest statue in the U.S. is a Marian image in the Rocky Mountains
Aleteia - Jun 12, 2017 at 6:00 am What began as the fulfilment of a vow ended up becoming the icon of an entire town.Just ten miles away from Butte, Montana, and more than 3,500 feet above the surrounding valley,...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jun 12, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Craig S. Lerner, The Tower of Babel Revisited: Global Governance as a Problematic Solution to Existential Threats, (North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, Vol....
Vatican Police State: Pope wants to know where each Cardinal is at all times
Rorate Coeli - Jun 12, 2017 at 5:59 am It's funny how this Pope only wants "tradition" (with a very, very small "t") when it suits his purposes.
This letter sent by the Dean of the College of Cardinals to the"Resident...
Murdered archbishop to become Lithuania’s first beatified Soviet-era martyr
Catholic Herald - Jun 12, 2017 at 5:19 am A Lithuanian archbishop who was martyred during the country’s Soviet occupation has been declared blessed, making him the country’s first martyr from the Communist era to be...
