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Supreme Court upholds 'ministerial exception' in landmark victory for religious freedom
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:47 pm In a landmark January 11 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that religious bodies should set their own standards for hiring ministers, free from government interference.
The...
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What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:38 pm A reader forwarded me something which was forwarded to him which was reposted by NLM which was from the St. Louis Dispatch, about a church renovation Memphis… Tennessee, not Egypt...
The Catholic and Evangelical Rick Santorum
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:32 pm David Gibson of the Religion News Service has an article up called Rick Santorum appears to be a Catholic and an evangelical
I note with some amusement that Democratic aligned...
San Francisco Sponsors Pro-Abortion Banners, Violate City Law
LifeNews.com - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:31 pm The left-wing city of San Francisco is at it again — this time sponsoring pro-abortion banners on city light poles that violate local ordinances, according to a pro-life legal...
Commentator: Did Cardinal Mahony cover up evidence of bishop's paternity?
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:27 pm Shortly after Archbishop José Gomez was installed in the Los Angeles last March, rumors began to circulate that an auxiliary of the archdiocese, Bishop Gabino Zavala, was facing...
Crocodile makes an appearance at papal audience
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:06 pm Pope Benedict XVI, who routinely greets special guests after each public audience on Wednesday, was introduced to a very unusual visitor on January 11: a Cuban crocodile.
The...
Mad World By Barack Obama
Creative Minority Report - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:06 pm I haven't looked at this in the longest time. This is a video I did back in 2008 on Barack Obama and his monstrous support of infanticide. I made two versions of it that all...
Is Rick Santorum a Catholic or an Evangelical?
Commonweal - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:02 pm The answer, I posit in my latest, is “Yes.” Kinda:
Santorum’s religious rhetoric is just as important in cultivating his evangelical appeal, and that is something new for...
Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople rebukes Moscow on interference in Greece
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:02 pm The Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople has issued a statement expressing concern about the arrest of a prominent monk from a monastery on Mount Athos, but decried the...
Target Applauded for Ad Featuring Child With Down Syndrome
LifeNews.com - Jan 11, 2012 at 4:01 pm Today, I was delighted to discover that the retail store, Target, featured a little boy with Down’s Syndrome as one of their models in last week’s ad. They didn’t specifically...
Faithful Fan | Catholic school soccer players -- still a recipe for success
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:55 pm The soccer program at St. Louis University, which competes in the NCAA's top division, has a long and distinguished history.
This year the men's team went 6-10-1. Mike Roach, a...
Catholic by Grace | Family's experiences show that each life is a gift from God
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:54 pm By Denise Bossert
My father was the product of a marriage that lasted about five minutes. According to family lore, the ink wasn't dry on the marriage license before the d...
Leaders: Texas sonogram bill ruling a key national victory - but not over yet
LifeSiteNews - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:50 pm by Kathleen Gilbert AUSTIN, Texas, January 12, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pro-life leaders are calling yesterday’s ruling in favor of a recent sonogram bill in Texas one of the...
Boehner, Members of Congress Back Limits on Abortion Drug
LifeNews.com - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:43 pm Members of Congress have signed off on a legal brief Americans United for Life filed in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of members of the U.S. Senate and House of...
Italian archbishop to take #2 post at Congregation for Bishops
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:41 pm Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, the apostolic nuncio in Brazil, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to become the secretary of the Congregation for Bishops.
Archbishop Baldisseri...
Supreme Court upholds church school's exception to laws against firing
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:39 pm WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Jan. 11 upheld the idea that a "ministerial exception" to anti-discrimination laws means the church can't be sued for firing an employee who the...
Larger plot involved in death of missionary in Philippines?
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:33 pm Catholics in the Mindanao province of the Philippines remain suspicious that powerful political figures were involved in the October 17 killing of Father Fausto Tentorio.
Police...
Planned Parenthood official: medical science is ‘irrelevant’ to question of when fetus is human
LifeSiteNews - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:31 pm by John Jalsevac In a recent article that has to be read to be believed, Shannon Dea, co-president of Planned Parenthood Waterloo Region, responds to a call by a Canadian member...
Without the Answer
CatholicMom.com - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm
I feel like he is asking
something I cannot answer.
A question of strength
from a creature of beauty.
Unsure, he wanders.
Searching for the One,
when God is waiting
to cure his...
Quote of the day
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:21 pm “The interest of society in the enforcement of employment discrimination statutes is undoubtedly important. But so too is the interest of religious groups in choosing who will...
