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Suit Over Ownership of Astronauts' Bibles Is Settled
The Religion Clause - May 3, 2017 at 6:15 am AP reports that last week, ahead of a hearing that had been scheduled by an Oklahoma state trial court for today, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services withdrew...
Namibian Court Says Members of Jehovah's Witness Order Are "Employees"
The Religion Clause - May 3, 2017 at 6:10 am A Labour Court in Windhoek, Namibia last week held that members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses should be treated as "employees" under...
Suit Challenges Funeral Home's LGBT Discrimination
The Religion Clause - May 3, 2017 at 6:05 am A suit filed in March in a Mississippi state trial court against a Picayune, MS funeral home attracted attention yesterday after Lambda Legal issued a press release describing the...
Football star who went viral for sitting with autistic boy signs with NFL team
Aleteia - May 3, 2017 at 6:00 am "I'm not sure what exactly made this incredibly kind man share a lunch table with my son, but I'm happy to say that it will not soon be forgotten," wrote the boy's mother.Florida...
An Open Book: May 2017
CatholicMom.com - May 3, 2017 at 6:00 am
Welcome to the May 2017 edition of An Open Book, now hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND Catholicmom.com!
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Defamation Suit Against Minister Not Necessarily Barred By Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine
The Religion Clause - May 3, 2017 at 6:00 am Lippard v. Holleman, (NC App., May 2, 2017) is a case in which plaintiff Kim Lippard who was fired as church pianist and vocalist in a Baptist church where she had served for 34...
After visit, Pope Francis says Egypt is a 'sign of hope'
Catholic News Agency - General - May 3, 2017 at 5:30 am Vatican City, May 3, 2017 / 04:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis recalled his recent visit to Egypt, saying that given its rich biblical and cultural history, the...
After visit, Pope Francis says Egypt is a 'sign of hope'
EWTN - Vatican News - May 3, 2017 at 5:30 am Vatican City, May 3, 2017 / 05:30 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On Wednesday Pope Francis recalled his recent visit to Egypt, saying that given its rich biblical and cultural history, the...
Christian Heritage Centre’s new building blessed ahead of £4million renovation
Catholic Herald - May 3, 2017 at 5:23 am The Christian Heritage Centre’s proposed new study and retreat building was blessed on Monday ahead of work commencing this week. Stonyhurst’s Theodore House, which is presently...
The Franciscans: a religious order for difficult times
Catholic Herald - May 3, 2017 at 5:03 am In this year of significant religious anniversaries, the 800 years since St Francis sent the first friars to the Holy Land does not register alongside the Reformation or Fatima....
Seeking and finding Jesus … via Dracula?
Aleteia - May 3, 2017 at 5:00 am Julie Davis' new book owes something to Tolkien, and to Benedict XVI, and to Bram Stoker's masterpiece, too.Julie Davis is the proprietor of Happy Catholic and author of a new...
Pope Francis: English summary of General Audience
News.va - May 3, 2017 at 4:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience on Wednesday, during which he spoke of his recently concluded visit to Egypt. Below, please find the official English...
US bishops support petition for religious freedom executive order
EWTN - US Latest News - May 3, 2017 at 4:35 am Washington D.C., May 3, 2017 / 04:35 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Wednesday sent out a text
message alert urging Catholics to sign a petition...
Demolished cross in India sparks outrage among Catholics
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 3, 2017 at 4:34 am Mumbai, India, May 3, 2017 / 04:34 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Despite being located on private property, a 122 year-old cross was
demolished late last month in a suburb of Mumbai,...
Why a spike in religious hate crimes should worry all of us
EWTN - US Latest News - May 3, 2017 at 4:20 am Washington D.C., May 3, 2017 / 04:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Civic and religious leaders this week addressed a disturbing rise in
religious hate crimes in recent years, especially...
Report Card: No Regrets for Faithful Education; ‘Woman Priest,’ Antichrist
Catholic Education Daily - May 3, 2017 at 4:15 am Why I don’t regret giving up scholarship, instead choosing Catholic college
Maria Garabis Davis, a graduate of Newman Guide-recommended Franciscan University of Steubenville and...
Catholic and Anglican archbishops to play historic joint role in Ireland’s first beatification
Catholic Herald - May 3, 2017 at 4:13 am The first beatification ceremony to be held in Ireland will take place in Dublin on May 13. Fr John Sullivan, a Jesuit famed for his devotion to the poor and sick and for the...
Papal visit completes anniversary celebrations, Fatima bishop says
Catholic News Agency - General - May 3, 2017 at 4:10 am Fatima, Portugal, May 3, 2017 / 03:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After a whirlwind trip to Egypt last week, Pope Francis in just 10 days will head to Portugal for the centenary...
Papal visit completes anniversary celebrations, Fatima bishop says
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 3, 2017 at 4:10 am Fatima, Portugal, May 3, 2017 / 04:10 am (EWTN News/CNA).- After a whirlwind trip to Egypt last week, Pope Francis in just 10 days
will head to Portugal for the centenary...
Walsingham’s quiet beauty makes it the ideal shrine for England
Catholic Herald - May 3, 2017 at 3:58 am I have recently had the privilege of making a pilgrimage to Walsingham. This is nothing remarkable as I have made at least an annual pilgrimage for the last twenty years and the...
