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Indonesian Governor Sentenced To 2 Years In Jail for Blasphemy
The Religion Clause - May 11, 2017 at 6:10 am In Indonesia on Tuesday, Jakarta's outgoing governor, a Christian, was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to two years in jail. Comments about a verse in the Qur'an made during...
The 'silence' of Fatima offers important message for world today
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 11, 2017 at 6:09 am Fatima, Portugal, May 11, 2017 / 06:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- While Fatima is famous for the mystifying candlelight procession and vigil that take place annually the night between...
Suit Challenges Zoning Laws As Discriminatory Against Orthodox Jews
The Religion Clause - May 11, 2017 at 6:05 am Agudath Israel of America filed suit this week in a New Jersey federal district court contending that zoning ordinances enacted this year by the Township of Jackson, New Jersey...
What was Sr. Lucia's advice after Fatima visions? Pray. Everyday.
Catholic News Agency - General - May 11, 2017 at 6:02 am Fatima, Portugal, May 11, 2017 / 05:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The niece of Fatima visionary Sr. Lucia dos Santos said her aunt was a normal person like everyone else, but shared...
What was Sr. Lucia's advice after Fatima visions? Pray. Everyday.
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 11, 2017 at 6:02 am Fatima, Portugal, May 11, 2017 / 06:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The niece of Fatima visionary Sr. Lucia dos Santos said her aunt was a
normal person like everyone else, but shared...
Escape from ISIS: Two Iraqi boys recount the horrors of captivity
Aleteia - May 11, 2017 at 6:00 am The children still in their clutches need our prayers.CNN reports two Iraqi boys have escaped from ISIS captivity. The horrors they experienced left us speechless: Children were...
Creationist Scientist Sues National Park Service
The Religion Clause - May 11, 2017 at 6:00 am A suit was filed this week in an Arizona federal district court by Dr. Andrew Snelling, who is employed by the Christian apologetics organization Answers in Genesis, challenging...
Book Notes: Fatima, the Apparition that Changed the World
CatholicMom.com - May 11, 2017 at 6:00 am
As the Church marks the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, it seems that everyone is reading about Fatima. Jean Heimann, longtime Catholic blogger and author of two...
Fr Ludwig Pichler S.J., R.I.P.
New Liturgical Movement - May 11, 2017 at 5:44 am Fr Ludwig Pichler, S.J., one of the 20th century’s greatest figures in the field of sacred music, passed away earlier this morning in the infirmary of the Jesuit home for retired...
Labour’s draft manifesto promises to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland
Catholic Herald - May 11, 2017 at 5:38 am A Labour government would legalise abortion in Northern Ireland, according to a leaked draft of the party’s manifesto. The document states that Labour would “continue to ensure a...
When the thrill of being 70 has worn off
Aleteia - May 11, 2017 at 5:00 am If sixty-nine was an old guy yelling "stay off the lawn," 70 has become a yearning age.Gosh, was it only a year ago I was looking forward to turning 70? I remember in the latter...
Join me at the feet of Mary, Francis asks ahead of Fatima trip
Catholic News Agency - General - May 11, 2017 at 4:56 am Vatican City, May 11, 2017 / 03:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Wednesday evening, just two days ahead of his trip to Fatima, Pope Francis sent a video message to the people of Portugal...
Join me at the feet of Mary, Francis asks ahead of Fatima trip
EWTN - Vatican News - May 11, 2017 at 4:56 am Vatican City, May 11, 2017 / 04:56 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Wednesday evening, just two days ahead of his trip to Fatima, Pope
Francis sent a video message to the people of Portugal...
Vice President Pence to persecuted Christians: 'We stand with you'
EWTN - US Latest News - May 11, 2017 at 4:27 am Washington D.C., May 11, 2017 / 04:27 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday pledged his prayers and support for persecuted Christians around the globe, as...
In Venezuela, garbage dumps have become places to eat
Catholic News Agency - General - May 11, 2017 at 4:02 am Caracas, Venezuela, May 11, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Garbage dumps have become “a regular place for people to eat” in Venezuela, says a local priest lamenting the nation'...
Christians in India: no alarm for Hindu-nationalist policies
Vatican Insider - May 11, 2017 at 3:55 am Many observers saw a challenge for democratic India: when a month ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed head of the state of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous Indian...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 11, 2017
CatholicMom.com - May 11, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 13:16-20
Today’s gospel passage from John provides another portion of the “to be continued” vignette the evangelist has been sharing with us as he invites us...
READ: Pope Francis’s prayer at the site of the Fatima apparitions
Catholic Herald - May 11, 2017 at 3:22 am The Catholic News Service has produced an English translation of the prayer Pope Francis has written and will recite at the Little Chapel of the Apparitions in Fatima on May 12....
Belgian religious euthanizers to be investigated
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 11, 2017 at 2:44 am Not long ago, a Belgian religious order which runs psychiatric hospitals approved euthanasia for their patients.
It seems that the Holy Father is going to let the CDF be the CDF...
