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Is this news or commentary? Times offers cynical look at Bill O'Reilly gift to needy Bronx parish
GetReligion - Apr 25, 2017 at 8:30 am
Every now and then, the New York Times covers stories about ordinary people in New York City and even events and trends inside ordinary religious communities in New York City....
Rome meeting discusses ‘great confusion’ surrounding Amoris Laetitia
LifeSiteNews - Apr 25, 2017 at 8:10 am Knowledgeable Catholics gathered to discuss the urgent need for clarification on Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation.
Pope Francis is visiting Egypt as ‘messenger of peace’
Catholic Herald - Apr 25, 2017 at 8:06 am Pope Francis has told the Egyptian people he is coming to Cairo this week as a friend and a “messenger of peace.”
In a videotaped message in Italian released by the Vatican on...
Finally! A beauty company that isn’t trying to ‘anti-age’ us
Aleteia - Apr 25, 2017 at 8:00 am A new natural skincare line encourages women to embrace their age rather than disguise it.With each coming year it seems that anti-aging skincare products are being pushed onto...
How to free yourself from a toxic parent
Aleteia - Apr 25, 2017 at 8:00 am Two true stories about problem fathers with very different endings ...Evan Edinger is my age. He lives in London but he’s originally from the US. His YouTube channel has more than...
Learning to Exult
CatholicMom.com - Apr 25, 2017 at 7:30 am
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At the Easter Vigil, we are privileged to participate in the most beautiful and symbolic liturgical celebration of the Church’s year. Each...
Irish diocese canceled all Masses today for ‘lay-led’ liturgies
LifeSiteNews - Apr 25, 2017 at 7:18 am The only Masses offered across the entire Diocese of Limerick are in the Extraordinary Form.
They lost everything in Peru's floods. Now they're asking for Bibles.
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 25, 2017 at 7:04 am Lima, Peru, Apr 25, 2017 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop José Antonio Eguren of Piura and Tumbes, Peru visited the inhabitants of one of the areas most affected by the...
Bridging the Gap - Music for Entertainment That Speaks of the Liturgy
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 25, 2017 at 7:00 am If we are to evangelize the culture, we need creative artists in all disciplines who connect with people today. This is the primary and achievable aim, in my opinion, of the study...
Day 5 - Novena for Workers, the Unemployed and Underemployed HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:45 am The worship of the early Christians became known as liturgy. The Greek word can be loosely translated - work or duty. Liturgy worsship is the work of ...
Pope Francis: We must proclaim the Gospel “where Jesus is persecuted”
Aleteia - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:35 am The pope’s daily homily at Santa Marta on the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, Father of Coptic ChristianityVATICAN CITY — Christians must “go where Jesus is not known, where...
Presidential Proclamations On Yom HaShoah and Meds Yeghern
The Religion Clause - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:25 am Yesterday, which was Yom HaShoah, President Trump signed a Proclamation (full text):ask[ing] the people of the United States to observe the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the...
Ahead of trip, Pope Francis sends message of joy to Egypt
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:25 am Vatican City, Apr 25, 2017 / 06:25 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis expressed his joy for his upcoming trip to Cairo in a video
message, saying he hopes to bring peace and...
Israel Appoints First Woman As Judge On Muslim Religious Court
The Religion Clause - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:20 am Haaretz reports that Israel has for the first time appointed a woman to serve as a judge (qadi) in a Muslim religious court. Government appointed religious courts in Israel have...
The Benedict Option—not radical enough
LifeSiteNews - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:20 am Rather than living as proto-monks, lay Catholics should be engaged in the battle for restoration at the parish level.
Pakistan Paper Surveys Mob Violence Following Blasphemy Accusations
The Religion Clause - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:15 am Pakistan's Express Tribune today surveys Pakistan's growing problem of mob violence following accusations of blasphemy. There have been two such incidents in the past 11 days. ...
Female Teenage Boxer Gets Religious Dress Accommodation
The Religion Clause - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:10 am According to yesterday's Rochester MN Post-Bulletin, USA Boxing, the organization that oversees amateur boxing in the United States, has granted a religious accommodation to a...
Pew Study: Global Hostility To Religion Grew In 2015
The Religion Clause - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:05 am Earlier this month, the Pew Research Center released its annual study (full text) of global restrictions on religion. The 79-page report covers the year 2015 and concludes:...
Court Says Disaffiliated Church's Property Belongs To Local Congregation, Not PCUSA
The Religion Clause - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:00 am In Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area v. Eden Prairie Presbyterian Church, Inc., (MN Ct. App., April 24, 2017), a Minnesota state appeals court held that it was proper to apply...
Crummy Lent? Find Redemption in Easter's Alleluia
CatholicMom.com - Apr 25, 2017 at 6:00 am Did you have a crummy Lent? I did, but Christ still rose on Easter morning, and we can find redemption in our Alleluia song.
Two weeks into Lent, my sackcloth and ashes resolve...
