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Criminal Complaints Filed Against JCC Bomb Threat Perpetrator
The Religion Clause - Apr 24, 2017 at 6:05 am The Department of Justice announced that on Friday criminal complaints were filed against Michael Kadar, a dual American-Israeli citizen living in Israel, who allegedly telephoned...
God’s Partners
CatholicMom.com - Apr 24, 2017 at 6:00 am
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“For we are God’s co-workers, you are God’s field, God’s building.” (1 Cor. 3:9)
We are called by God to take care of his creation. Not...
“Smoking gun” proving Ottoman complicity in Armenian genocide claimed
Aleteia - Apr 24, 2017 at 6:00 am Turkish historian hopes that acceptance of the truth will lead to peace.A Turkish historian claims to have the “smoking gun” that will prove complicity of the Ottoman government...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Apr 24, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Valeriano Diviacchi, Why Tolerate Law? (April 7, 2017).
Eric Owusu Boahen & Emmanuel C. Mamatzakis, The Moderating Effect of Legal Environment on Culture and...
Italian bishop granted early retirement after begging to return to missionary work
Catholic Herald - Apr 24, 2017 at 5:52 am Pope Francis accepted the early retirement request of Italian Bishop Gianfranco Todisco, who begged to be allowed to return to missionary work or to be sent “to the farthest, most...
Virginia bishops praise governor for commuting death sentence
Catholic Herald - Apr 24, 2017 at 5:37 am The Virginia bishops said they “welcome with gratitude” the April 20 decision by Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe to commute the death sentence of Ivan Teleguz.
“We are all children...
University meets harsh criticism for Plan B in vending machine
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 24, 2017 at 5:33 am Washington D.C., Apr 24, 2017 / 05:33 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A California university came under fire for dispensing Plan B
contraceptive pill in a vending machine, with one critic...
Catholics speak out against execution of two more Arkansas inmates
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 24, 2017 at 5:33 am Little Rock, Ark., Apr 24, 2017 / 05:33 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
As Arkansas prepares to conduct the first double execution in the U.S. since 2000, Catholics prayed for all involved...
What Catholics Can Learn About Islam from a Former Muslim
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 24, 2017 at 5:10 am
Many Catholics look upon Islam as an ally in the struggle against militant secularism. Since Muslims are opposed to permissiveness, pornography, same-sex “marriage,” and other...
A fast take on ‘Speaking of the Dead’ with Russell Saltzman
Aleteia - Apr 24, 2017 at 5:00 am "Death is the penalty for being human, our reality," and if we can't be blunt about it, we shortchange our understanding. Russell Saltzman is a former Lutheran pastor who entered...
Putting First Things First in a College Education
Crisis Magazine - Church - Apr 24, 2017 at 5:00 am
St. Gregory’s University just concluded its first bi-annual “Leisure and Labor Conference,” which brings academics and professionals together to reflect on the interplay between...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 24, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Apr 24, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 3:1-8
Nicodemus comes in the night, in the dark, to embrace the Light. He acknowledges Jesus as a teacher from God — and Nicodemus is not alone in this...
Pope Francis meets sister of Fr Jacques Hamel at service for modern martyrs
Catholic Herald - Apr 24, 2017 at 3:08 am On Saturday, Pope Francis comforted the sister of an elderly French priest who was murdered by ISIS militants in a church in Normandy as the pontiff paid tribute with a special...
Secret archives show Vatican tried to stop Armenian Genocide
Aleteia - Apr 24, 2017 at 3:03 am The evidence for Pope Francis’ condemnation of Turkey’s extermination of ChristiansVATICAN CITY — Why did Pope Francis’ controversial comments on Sunday about the “Armenian...
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
Aleteia - Apr 24, 2017 at 3:00 am St Teresa of Avila
Vatican calls on Catholics and Buddhists to work together to promote nonviolence
Vatican Insider - Apr 24, 2017 at 2:39 amWednesday 26 April
Vatican Insider - Apr 24, 2017 at 2:16 am 10 am: The Pope will hold his weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square ...
Friday 28 April
Vatican Insider - Apr 24, 2017 at 2:13 am Pope Francis in Cairo, Egypt for an Apostolic Visit...
French priest beatified in Spain
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 24, 2017 at 1:23 am Father Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase (1801-90), a French priest who spent the last years of his life in Spain, was beatified at Oviedo Cathedral on April 22.
Pope Francis: mercy opens the door of the mind and the heart
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 24, 2017 at 1:11 am During his April 23 Regina Coeli address, Pope Francis recalled the removal of white baptismal garments by new converts on the Octave of Easter and described St. John Paul II’s...
