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Judge Reprimanded For Gay Adoption Recusal Order
The Religion Clause - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:10 am The Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission has voted to reprimand now-retired Family Court Judge W. Mitchell Nance. In In re Nance, (Jud. Con. Commn, Dec. 19, 2017), the Commission...
10th Circuit: ERISA "Church Plan" Exemption Does Not Violate Establishment Clause
The Religion Clause - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:05 am In Medina v. Catholic Health Initiatives, (10th Cir., Dec. 19, 2017), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Catholic Health Initiatives retirement plan for employees of...
Dismissal of Claims Against Church For Sex Abuse by Youth Director Is Upheld
The Religion Clause - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:00 am In B.B. v. Methodist Church of Shelbina, Missouri, (MO App., Dec. 19, 2017), a Missouri appellate court upheld the dismissal of a suit for damages against a church growing out of...
NYU offers a free online course about ancient Israel
Aleteia - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Here's one possible way of preparing for Christmas, learning about the land of Christ's birth.In this season of Advent, much of the focus is on the prophecies of Christ in the Old...
Letting Your Children Be Who God Made Them to Be
CatholicMom.com - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:00 am
I can’t tell you how many times in my parenting journey that I have wished for a set of instructions directly from God geared to that particular child at that particular moment....
South Africa ruling party's election exposes divisions, Jesuit says (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 5:12 amBeatification process begins for Romano Guardini, Fritz Gerlich (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 5:12 am At a Mass in Munich on December 16, Cardinal Reinhard Marx officially opened the beatification causes of the Fritz Gerlich (1883-1934) and Msgr. Romano Guardini (1885-1968).
Peru: indigenous community names its forests in honor of Pope Francis (Ministry of the Environment)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 5:12 am The Boca Pariamanu community paid tribute to the Pope’s concern for the environment.
German churches warn of increasing oppression of Christians worldwide (Deutsche Welle)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 5:12 am The 72-page Ecumenical Report on the Religious Freedom of Christians Worldwide, compiled by Catholic and Lutheran leaders, used conversion to Christianity as a litmus test for...
At general audience, Pope reflects on Mass as an encounter of love with Christ (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 5:12 am Click here for a summary of the Pope’s remarks.
Geneva: Catholics, Protestants, and Old Catholics issue joint statement on Reformation (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 5:12 am Catholic, Protestant, and Old Catholic leaders in Geneva, Switzerland, have issued a joint statement commemoration the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Here’s why I’m not worried about the Pope answering the dubia
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2017 at 5:03 am In the 4th century, Pope Liberius (probably) signed a document stating that Father and Son don’t have the same nature, contradicting the Council of Nicaea. And we are still here....
What would you do with a million dollar gift card, from God?
Aleteia - Dec 20, 2017 at 5:00 am Do we even know what we want, this Christmas? If God gave you a “gift card” to the vendor of your choice, which vendor would you choose, and what would you buy? And what would be...
Pope Francis’s inner circle are abusing their power
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2017 at 4:53 am Over the weekend, Pope Francis turned 81. All Catholics of good will wished him a happy birthday and, of course, many more. The Pope is now two years past the age at which a...
How observing the Ember Days can enhance your spiritual life
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2017 at 4:36 am Since the earliest centuries, the Church in Rome has celebrated special days of fasting spread over the year, the ‘Ember Days’. They are today a feature of the calendar of the...
+Arseny Roginsky, 71 (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 4:12 am The human rights activist fought to keep the memory of Stalin’s crimes alive and was imprisoned for 4 years in the 1980s. He also documented abuses in post-Soviet Russia.
Fighting in eastern Ukraine at its worst since February (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 4:12 am More than 10,000 people have died since 2014 in a conflict that pits Ukraine against Russian-backed separatists.
Papal audiences (12/18, 12/19) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 4:12 am Pope Francis received King Abdullah II of Jordan and the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Resignations and appointments (12/19) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 4:12 am Pope Francis named retired Argentine Bishop Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta as assessor of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), the treasury of the Holy See and...
Young people increasingly attracted to Gregorian chant
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2017 at 4:06 am James Senson grew up in the Virginia Beach area in the 1980s and his exposure to music in his home parish sounded remarkably similar to the tunes played on popular radio stations...
