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Daily Reading for Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 21, 2017 at 7:02 am Reading 1, Acts 2:42-47
42 These remained faithful to the teaching of the apostles, to the brotherhood, to the breaking of bread and to the ...
Why you might see that Easter candle again this year
Aleteia - Apr 21, 2017 at 7:00 am It receives a solemn blessing so it can serve another sacred purpose.Candles have always had a symbolic function in the Catholic Church, reminding the faithful that Jesus is the “...
Holy Thursday Photopost 2017
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 21, 2017 at 7:00 am A blessed Easter week to all our readers! We now begin our annual Holy Week photoposts. Look forward to the rest in the next few days!St Peter - Steubenville, OhioBrotherhood of...
Transgender plaintiff sues Catholic hospital for refusing to perform sex-reassignment surgery
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:59 am A California woman has filed suit against a Catholic hospital for refusing to perform a sex-change operation.
Widow of Palm Sunday martyr says she forgives ISIS attacker
Catholic Herald - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:38 am The widow of a man killed during the twin bomb blasts on Palm Sunday in Egypt has said she forgives the terrorist responsible.
In an interview broadcast on Egyptian television and...
9th Circuit Judge John Noonan Dies At Age 90
The Religion Clause - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:20 am Ninth Circuit Senior Judge John T. Noonan, Jr. died on April 17 at the age of 90. A News Release from the 9th Circuit described Noonan as "a distinguished jurist and an eminent...
Canadian Provinces May Not Fund Non-Catholic Students In Catholic Schools
The Religion Clause - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:15 am Canada's Constitution Act of 1867 (Sec. 93) guarantees Catholics and Protestants in the three Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario the right to petition the...
Woman Sues Claiming Her Firing Was For Not Being Christian Enough
The Religion Clause - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:10 am Suit was filed earlier this week in a Texas trial court by a managerial employee of Gulf Winds International who alleges that she was fired because she was not Christian enough. ...
Defense Department Expands List Of Recognized Faith and Belief Groups
The Religion Clause - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:09 am Section 533 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 called on the military to accommodate the conscience and moral beliefs, as well as religious beliefs, of members of...
Russian Supreme Court Judge Bans Jehovah's Witness Organizations As Extremist Groups
The Religion Clause - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:08 am According to Forum 18, in Russia yesterday, after six days of hearings Supreme Court Judge Yury Ivanenko declared the Jehovah's Witness national headquarters in St. Petersburg and...
Did Jules Verne leave clues to help us find his “time capsule”?
Aleteia - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:00 am Archeologists follow a trail to discover a metal box that may have belonged to the famous author The discovery of a “time capsule” from the 1800s buried near a tomb sounds like...
Fortitude: Sister of Prudence, Justice and Temperance
CatholicMom.com - Apr 21, 2017 at 6:00 am
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“To live well is nothing other than to love God with all one’s heart, with all one’s soul and with all one’s...
Spring Requiems: New Catholic music for mourning
Aleteia - Apr 21, 2017 at 5:00 am New works to give voice to pain and healing to hearts.In the coming days, while so much of the world basks in the radiance of Easter and the new life of spring, some will find...
PODCAST: What next for the endangered Christians of Syria and Egypt?
Catholic Herald - Apr 21, 2017 at 4:55 am This month has witnessed dramatic events in both Syria and Egypt.
US president Donald Trump launched a missile attack on Syria while shocking attacks on Christian churches took...
Catholics to become largest group of churchgoers in Scotland
Catholic Herald - Apr 21, 2017 at 4:28 am The Catholic Church is likely to become the largest churchgoing denomination in Scotland.
Figures from the 2016 Scottish Church Census reveal that the Catholic Church and Church...
Smartphone industry is built on ‘the blood of Congolese people’, says priest
Catholic Herald - Apr 21, 2017 at 4:07 am Global demand for metallic ores used in mobile phones is thwarting efforts to end war and violence in Congo, an African priest has said.
Any person who possesses a mobile phone or...
Israeli president visits Catholic Patriarch to offer Easter greetings
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 21, 2017 at 4:07 am Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin visited the offices of the Latin-rite Patriarchate of Jerusalem on April 19, to offer his Easter greetings to the country’s Christians.
How the upcoming canonization affirms the Fatima apparitions
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 21, 2017 at 4:02 am Fatima, Portugal, Apr 21, 2017 / 04:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The canonization of Fatima visionaries Francisco and Jacinta Marto has
been hailed as an exciting moment for the Church...
How the upcoming canonization affirms the Fatima apparitions
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 21, 2017 at 4:02 am Fatima, Portugal, Apr 21, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The canonization of Fatima visionaries Francisco and Jacinta Marto has been hailed as an exciting moment for the Church...
Jesuit priest feared kidnap victim in Nigeria
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 21, 2017 at 4:01 am A Jesuit priest has apparently been kidnapped in Nigeria, the Fides news service reports.
