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A CMR Christmas Message
Creative Minority Report - Dec 13, 2011 at 7:21 am It's time for the annual showing of one of the greatest Christmas specials of all time. This always cracks me up. CMR brother in law Pat Shay tells the second greatest Christmas...
The Dura-Europos Synagogue: Jewish Sacred Art
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 13, 2011 at 7:00 am Here at NLM we have often shown images and art from the early Christian period, but I thought it might be interesting to show you some images from what is said to be one of the...
Daily Quote from Pope Benedict XVI
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:30 am “While our hearts reach out towards the annual celebration of the birth of Christ, the Church’s liturgy directs our gaze to the final goal: our encounter with the Lord in the...
Mosque Dispute Dismissed Without Invoking Islamic Law
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:25 am Last March, a Florida state circuit court judge issued a controversial order providing that Islamic law would be used in deciding whether to enforce an arbitration award between a...
Muslim Women Must Remove Veil For Canadian Citizenship Oath
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:20 am The Vancouver Sun reports that Canada's Immigration Minister Jason Kenney last week announced a new rule that requires those being naturalized as Canadian citizens to show their...
Catholic Technology Conferences – A Sign We’re Catching Up!
Catholic Tech Talk - Articles - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:15 am In terms of technology adoption, I’ve heard cynically stated that Catholics move ‘at the speed of church’. Well, as John Fielding put in his comment on the last CTT blog entry,...
EEOC Sues Nursing Home For Failing To Accommodate Jehovah's Witness Employee
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:15 am The EEOC announced last week that it has filed a federal lawsuit against an Ann Arbor, Michigan nursing home, Whitehall Healthcare for failing to accommodate the religious needs...
The blind are Christ's special witnesses, archbishop says
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:13 am Valencia, Spain, Dec 13, 2011 / 06:13 pm (EWTN News).- Archbishop Carlos Osoro of Valencia celebrated Mass during the feast of St. Lucia – patroness of the blind – noting that the...
Challenge To Governor's Day of Prayer Proclamation Dismissed On Standing Grounds
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:10 am In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Brewer, (D AZ, Dec. 12, 2011), an Arizona federal district court dismissed an Establishment Clause challenge to the Arizona governor's...
Colorado Park District Bars Menorah, But Not Christmas Tree
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:05 am The Evergreen, Colorado Park and Recreation District manages Lake House, a popular community gathering place on Evergreen Lake. Lake House property however is owned by the city...
North Korea Warns South Against Christmas Tree Towers At Border
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:00 am BBC News reported Sunday that Christmas tree shaped towers have become the latest point of contention between North and South Korea. A tree shaped 30 meter high steel structure...
Australia, Indonesia to announce new Vatican ambassadors
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 13, 2011 at 6:00 am Vatican City, Dec 13, 2011 / 06:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Australia and Indonesia are set to appoint two new resident ambassadors to the Holy See, easing fears in Rome that some...
Santorum: on immigration, bishops are wrong
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 13, 2011 at 5:35 am
He made his remarks while campaigning in Iowa:
The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops are wrong by calling for comprehensive immigration reform that includes an earned path to...
Investigation concludes on alleged Fulton Sheen miracle
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 13, 2011 at 5:20 am Peoria, Ill., Dec 13, 2011 / 06:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A Dec. 11 Mass in Peoria, Ill. marked the official conclusion of an investigation tribunal into an alleged miracle that...
'When a Catholic terrified the heartland'
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 13, 2011 at 5:12 am Robert Slayton, author of a biography of Al Smith, recounts instances of anti-Catholic prejudice encountered by Smith during his failed 1928 presidential campaign.
Slayton writes...
Catholics urged to lobby on behalf of religious freedom commission
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 13, 2011 at 5:11 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development is asking Catholics to urge their senators to reauthorize the U.S. Commission...
US bishops call for continued unemployment benefits
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 13, 2011 at 5:11 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is urging members of the House of Representatives to "find effective ways to assure continuing Unemployment Insurance and...
India: pastor who baptized Muslims appears before shariah court
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 13, 2011 at 5:09 am The All India Christian Council--an ecumenical organization that defends Christians' religious freedom--is expressing concern about the implications of the arrest of Rev. C. M....
North Korea threatens military action over Christmas lights
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 13, 2011 at 5:08 am North Korea has threatened South Korea with a "sea of fire" because the Communist state views large tree-shaped Christmas lights placed on the border as "psychological warfare"...
