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Illinois City Settles DOJ's Suit Over Mosque Rezoning
The Religion Clause - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:10 am The Justice Department yesterday announced a Settlement Agreement (full text) with the City of Des Plaines, Illinois, settling a RLUIPA lawsuit brought against the city. The suit...
New York Appeals Court Dismisses Suit Opposing Koporos Ritual
The Religion Clause - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:05 am In a 3-2 decision, a New York state appellate court has dismissed a mandamus action seeking to require the New York Police Department and the New York City Health Department to...
Notre Dame attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State: report
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:03 am The man who attacked a police officer outside the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris on June 6 had reportedly pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State.
An Open Book: June 2017
CatholicMom.com - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:00 am
Welcome to the June 2017 edition of An Open Book, now hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND Catholicmom.com!
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No Jurisdiction Under ATS Over Anti-Gay Pastor's Activity In Uganda
The Religion Clause - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:00 am In Sexual Minorities Uganda v. Lively, (D MA, June 5, 2017), a Massachusetts federal district court dismissed a suit that had been brought under the Alien Tort Statute against...
New blood test can identify cancer
Aleteia - Jun 7, 2017 at 6:00 am This "liquid biopsy" can catch cancer up to 10 years before symptoms appear.Researchers from the University of Bradford in the UK have discovered a method which can identify the...
Why this bill could be crucial for Iraq's beleaguered Christians
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 7, 2017 at 5:55 am Washington D.C., Jun 7, 2017 / 05:55 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After a myriad of reports of United States humanitarian aid not reaching Christian genocide survivors in Iraq, their...
Barack Obama NOW Wants a Female President?
Creative Minority Report - Jun 7, 2017 at 5:45 am Barack Obama in Montreal said, "If you put a woman in charge of every country, in just two years, the world would make a huge leap forward."Seems to me that in 2008 he felt very...
Pope: Don't be afraid to call on the Father – he won't abandon you
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 7, 2017 at 5:43 am Vatican City, Jun 7, 2017 / 04:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said that one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith is that we have a God we are taught...
Pope: Don't be afraid to call on the Father – he won't abandon you
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 7, 2017 at 5:43 am Vatican City, Jun 7, 2017 / 05:43 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On Wednesday Pope Francis said that one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith is that we have a God we are taught...
Texas bishops decry state's new immigration law
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 7, 2017 at 5:40 am Brownsville, Texas, Jun 7, 2017 / 05:40 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Two Texas bishops have defended from charges of fear mongering the opponents of a new law which targets sanctuary...
The Passion of Christ through female eyes: A Fast Take with Kelly Wahlquist
Aleteia - Jun 7, 2017 at 5:00 am On experiencing the Passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and the Pentecost, in the way in which we were created to understand.The Lenten and Easter seasons are passed, but,...
Oh, for the good old days of Twitter
Aleteia - Jun 7, 2017 at 5:00 am Remember when tweeting meant joining a virtual pub full of good-natured friendly argumentation?Sometimes, one is forced to do some dusting and in the course of it finds a book...
A conscience clause in politics: Yea or nay?
Aleteia - Jun 7, 2017 at 5:00 am Religious exemptions and conscience clauses seem like weak and meek sauce, when facts and morals are on our side.What do these phrases have in common? “Hocus-Pocus.” “Abra-Cadabra...
Pope Francis appeals for ‘One Minute for Peace’ initiative
News.va - Jun 7, 2017 at 4:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has appealed for prayers and international participation in the “One Minute for Peace” initiative to be held Thursday, 8 June, at 1:00 PM Rome time....
If Jeremy Corbyn is prime minister on Friday I’ll eat my clerical collar
Catholic Herald - Jun 7, 2017 at 4:22 am Now that the least enjoyable election campaign in living memory is drawing to a close, what can we expect next, after the votes are counted and the results are announced? Here are...
Autopsy raises questions about circumstances of African bishop's death
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jun 7, 2017 at 4:17 am Obala, Cameroon, Jun 7, 2017 / 04:17 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Local news reports say that "signs of torture" have been found on the body of a Cameroonian bishop whose body was found...
Salesians eager to recover relic of St John Bosco's brain
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 7, 2017 at 4:01 am Turin, Italy, Jun 7, 2017 / 03:01 am (Church Pop).- Police in Italy are investigating the missing relic of the brain of St. John Bosco, which was reportedly stolen from its...
Salesians eager to recover relic of St John Bosco's brain
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jun 7, 2017 at 4:01 am Turin, Italy, Jun 7, 2017 / 04:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Police in Italy are investigating the missing relic of the brain of St. John Bosco, which was reportedly stolen from its...
Pope Francis holds General Audience: English Summary
News.va - Jun 7, 2017 at 4:00 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square, continuing his catechesis on Christian hope.
He focused his remarks on Jesus' Our Father...
