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Court Upholds Denial of Use Permit To Virginia Church
The Religion Clause - Nov 23, 2011 at 7:10 am In Calvary Christian Center v. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134290 (ED VA, Nov. 21, 2011), a Virginia federal district court upheld the city of...
St. Clement and San Clemente
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 23, 2011 at 7:00 am Today is the feast of St. Clement, one of the earliest popes and the namesake of what is surely one of the most unique and liturgically interesting basilicas in the city of Rome...
New York's bishops begin Vatican visit
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 23, 2011 at 6:57 am Vatican City, Nov 23, 2011 / 06:57 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The bishops of New York's eight dioceses began their "ad limina" visit in Rome today.
Daily Quote from Pope St. Clement I, Pope and Martyr
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 23, 2011 at 6:30 am “Receive our counsel, and ye shall have no occasion of regret. For as God liveth, and the Lord Jesus Christ liveth, and the Holy Spirit, who are the faith and the hope of the...
Roy Moore To Run Again For Alabama Chief Justice
The Religion Clause - Nov 23, 2011 at 6:10 am Sunshine State News today reports that former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore yesterday announced that he would enter the March Republican primary to run again for...
Report shows condom use fails to decrease teen pregnancy, STDs
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 23, 2011 at 6:10 am Washington D.C., Nov 23, 2011 / 06:10 am (EWTN News).-
A report on the sexual behavior of U.S. teenagers shows that despite an increase in condom use, teen pregnancy has not...
Maldives Government Shuts Down Sufi Blog
The Religion Clause - Nov 23, 2011 at 6:05 am According to Reporters Without Borders, last Saturday the Communications Authority of the Maldives, on the orders of the Islamic affairs ministry, shut down the blog of Ismail...
Suit Seeks Right To Preach At "Tour of Lights" Event
The Religion Clause - Nov 23, 2011 at 6:00 am Yesterday's Duluth (MN) News Tribune and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, report that two locally well-known street preachers have filed suit in federal district court to obtain the...
Egyptian bishop condemns military's crackdown on protests
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 23, 2011 at 5:04 am Cairo, Egypt, Nov 23, 2011 / 06:04 am (CNA).- Egyptian police have “no right” to threaten the lives of those protesting peacefully in Tahrir square, Giza Bishop Antonios A. Mina...
Critics fear sexuality unit will threaten religious freedom
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 23, 2011 at 3:34 am Washington D.C., Nov 23, 2011 / 03:34 am (EWTN News).-
A new lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered unit launched by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights drew criticism...
New Jersey: monument to abuse victims smashed
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 23, 2011 at 3:27 am In 2004, a New Jersey parish made headlines when it dedicated a memorial in the shape of a millstone to victims of clerical abuse. That memorial has been destroyed with a...
Northern Ireland bishop's health problem prompts resignation
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 23, 2011 at 3:12 am Derry, Northern Ireland, Nov 23, 2011 / 03:12 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop Seamus Hegarty from the Diocese of Derry in Northern...
Spanish bishops urged to continue World Youth Day momentum
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 23, 2011 at 2:17 am Madrid, Spain, Nov 23, 2011 / 02:17 pm (EWTN News).- Archbishop Renzo Fratini, apostolic nuncio to Spain, encouraged the country's bishops continue the evangelization efforts made...
Columnist sees culture shifting toward pro-life viewpoint
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 23, 2011 at 1:12 am Scottsdale, Ariz., Nov 23, 2011 / 01:12 am (EWTN News).-
Syndicated columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez, recipient of the Bioethics Defense Fund's 2011 "Witness for Life" award, sees...
Fostering the Common Good
Diocese of Westminster - Nov 23, 2011 at 12:00 am In a speech to MPs and members of Caritas Social Action Network, the Archbishop of Westminster has u...
St Cecilia Day service honours Catholic singer
Diocese of Westminster - Nov 23, 2011 at 12:00 am The annual Festival of St Cecilia has been celebrated on 23 November at Westminster Cathedral.
Faith Matters looks at heaven, hell, judgment and the saints
Diocese of Westminster - Nov 23, 2011 at 12:00 am Sr Cathy Jones RA explains why Christians pray for the second coming of Christ in the final lecture ...
Ready or Not, Here It Comes
Whispers in the Loggia - Nov 22, 2011 at 11:29 pm So, church, the moment is upon us......and to those who need the reminder right now: just breathe. Relax. Try not to freak out.Within 100 hours' time, the Anglophone world will...
You Snooze – You Lose
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 22, 2011 at 11:02 pm Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 1st Sunday of Advent (Year B) – Isaiah 63:16-17, 19; Psalms 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; First Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37;...
The Theology of Thanksgiving
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 22, 2011 at 11:02 pm
People are sometimes confused by my accent. “Are you English?” they ask. Not with a name like mine! No indeed. I am a Yank through and through. I was brought up in Pennsylvania...
