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The next evolution
Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 6:20 am At first glance, it looks as though the Sea of Faith has well and truly evaporated. At the start of Lent this year, the BBC expressed puzzlement when Glasgow MP Carol Monaghan...
The election with no right answer
Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 6:20 am ‘La peste ou le choléra’: the plague or cholera. This expression perfectly captures the dilemma of French Catholics at the ballot box this Sunday. In the second round of the...
Belgian Brothers to allow euthanasia for nonterminal psych patients
Franciscan Media - May 4, 2017 at 6:12 am MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — A group of psychiatric care centers run by a Catholic religious order in Belgium has announced it will permit doctors to undertake the euthanasia of “...
Vatican and Burma establish full diplomatic relations
Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 6:11 am The Holy See has established full diplomatic relations with Burma after a meeting on Thursday between Pope Francis and the country’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. The Vatican...
Teacher's Defamation Verdict Against Archdiocese Upheld
The Religion Clause - May 4, 2017 at 6:07 am In Gallagher v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 2017 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 148 (PA Com. Pl., April 11, 2017), a Pennsylvania Common pleas court upheld a $508,000 jury verdict in...
Tech Talk: Technology & Happiness
CatholicMom.com - May 4, 2017 at 6:00 am
In the past two years, I’ve become fascinated by positive psychology. Jump started by Shawn Achor’s TED Talk and time spent discussing Gretchen Rubin’s book The Happiness Project...
Watch rare footage of George Lucas’ first movie as a cameraman
Aleteia - May 4, 2017 at 6:00 am The Catholic film features actor William Shatner and was inspired by Psalm 42.After graduating from Modesto Junior College in 1964, a young George Lucas started to set his sights ...
Solanus Casey to be beatified
Communio - May 4, 2017 at 6:00 am
Capuchin Father Solanus Casey is pictured in an undated file photo. Admirers of Father Casey, a doorkeeper at Franciscan houses in New York and Detroit, are hoping for his...
6th Circuit: Damage Action Against Kim Davis Is Not Moot
The Religion Clause - May 4, 2017 at 6:00 am In Ermold v. Davis, (6th Cir., May 2, 2017), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a damage action against Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis brought by a same-sex...
Pope Francis signs decree declaring Cardinal Van Thuan venerable
Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 5:13 am Pope Francis has signed a decree recognising the heroic virtues of Vietnamese Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan. Cardinal Thuan was Archbishop of Saigon when the city fell to Communist...
Pride, humility, and social media
Aleteia - May 4, 2017 at 5:00 am Authentic spirituality always carries one distinct message: Your life is not about you.On a recent trip to Sacramento from my home base in the LA area, I flew Southwest Airlines....
You Suggest: New book presented by Bishop Rifan on the TLM
Rorate Coeli - May 4, 2017 at 5:00 am From a reader:
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, the “Cultor de Livro” publishing house has just released the third book of the collection...
Bishop: the West Country is ‘mission territory’ akin to Pakistan or Burma
Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 4:10 am Bishop Mark O’Toole of Plymouth has called on every Catholic in his diocese to be a “disciple-making disciple”. In a pastoral message the bishop noted that less than one per cent...
Denver archbishop signs petition to end 4/20 rallies
Catholic News Agency - General - May 4, 2017 at 4:09 am Washington D.C., May 4, 2017 / 03:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After marijuana-themed rallies celebrating 4/20 left a downtown park trashed and threatened the safety of some civilians...
Denver archbishop signs petition to end 4/20 marijuana rallies
EWTN - US Latest News - May 4, 2017 at 4:09 am Denver, Colo., May 4, 2017 / 04:09 am (EWTN News/CNA).- After marijuana-themed rallies celebrating 4/20 left a downtown park
trashed and threatened the safety of some civilians,...
Esolen to join faculty of Thomas More College 
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 3:51 am Anthony Esolen, an English professor who has come under fire at Providence College for raising questions about its “diversity” agenda, will be leaving the Dominican-run...
Fisichella: “I do not agree with the title “Pope Emeritus”
Vatican Insider - May 4, 2017 at 3:43 am Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, does not agree with Benedict XVI’s choice of being called “Pope Emeritus” after his...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 4, 2017
CatholicMom.com - May 4, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 6:44-51
This must be one of the most staggering passages in the Gospel. We’ve heard it so many times, we don’t give it a second thought, but as I read and re-...
Trump to sign executive order on religious freedom
Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 3:07 am US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Thursday targeting a rarely enforced IRS rule that says religious organisations and other non-profits that endorse...
You can’t go to Heaven hating somebody. Forgive now.
Aleteia - May 4, 2017 at 3:00 am Mother Angelica
