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Bolivian feminists join bishops in opposition to bill allowing abortion for poor women
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:17 am The Catholic bishops of Bolivia have renewed their opposition to a proposal that would legalize abortion for poor families—and found unexpected allies in feminists who see the...
Pope’s liturgical schedule for Holy Week released
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:13 am The Vatican has released the schedule of public liturgical events at which Pope Francis will preside during Holy Week.
Virginia Federal Court OK's Trump's Second Travel Ban EO
The Religion Clause - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:10 am While federal district courts in Hawaii and Maryland have issued nationwide injunctions barring enforcement of President Trump's second travel ban Executive Order finding that it...
Religious Exemptions In ACA and FICA Upheld
The Religion Clause - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:05 am In Olson v. Social Security Administration, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41469 (D ND, March 22, 2017), a North Dakota federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendations (2017...
When You Can't Hear God's Voice: Nine Ways to Break the Silence
CatholicMom.com - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:00 am One night a few weeks ago, my sister sent me a text:
“Pray for me. Neither one of them is answering his phone.”
She didn’t have to say anything further. My sister and I are of the...
Another Suit Challenges Trump's Latest Travel Ban Executive Order
The Religion Clause - Mar 28, 2017 at 6:00 am Last week, another suit was filed challenging President Trump's latest travel ban Executive Order on, among others, Establishment Clause and equal protection grounds. The suit...
The Church and Asmodeus - Part 2
Rorate Coeli - Mar 28, 2017 at 5:22 am By Don Pietro Leone
A
spiritu fornicationis
libera
nos, Domine
(invocation from the Litany of the
Saints)
II
RECENT CHURCH MARITAL DOCTRINE UNTIL POPE FRANCIS
From the...
Do we face a new “Dark Age”? Rod Dreher says Yes, citing Ratzinger
Aleteia - Mar 28, 2017 at 5:00 am A ray of hope may be found, however, in the radical service of the monks of Norcia.As part of my extended chat with Rod Dreher, discussing his new book The Benedict Option, I...
Watching the Gorsuch hearings and pondering Thomas More
Aleteia - Mar 28, 2017 at 5:00 am The true role of a Supreme Court justice has a connection to being a man (or woman) for all seasons.Ah, C-SPAN. Years ago, I had the notion that if I could own a pub with full...
US Anglican ordinariate expands to include prominent Texas parish
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 28, 2017 at 4:54 am Houston, Texas, Mar 28, 2017 / 04:54 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Holy See directed last week that the oldest Catholic parish of the Anglican Use, located in San Antonio, will be...
New HHS official has strong background in religious freedom, civil rights
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 28, 2017 at 4:53 am Washington D.C., Mar 28, 2017 / 04:53 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A new high-ranking official at the Department of Health and Human Services could give the agency a significant shift in...
Treat us with humility, abuse survivors urge Church officials
Catholic Herald - Mar 28, 2017 at 4:21 am Acknowledging correspondence and treating victims with respect is the very least Church officials can offer, said survivors of clergy sex abuse.
Never letting a letter or email...
Francis encourages UN talks to ban nukes: time to ‘go beyond’ deterrence
Vatican Insider - Mar 28, 2017 at 4:03 am Pope Francis has written to the United Nations to encourage this week’s talks at the global organization on crafting a new worldwide treaty to ban nuclear weapons, saying in a...
BAD REASON #873 for not going to confession
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 28, 2017 at 4:00 am From the 24 March 2017 print edition of The Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly… for which I, by the way, write a a rather unheralded short weekly column. The title: ...
Supreme Court rejects Texas' standards for executing the intellectually disabled
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 28, 2017 at 3:43 am Washington D.C., Mar 28, 2017 / 03:43 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
In a death penalty case with national implications, the Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a Texas court ruling that a...
Daily Gospel Reflection for March 28, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Mar 28, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 5:1-16
John sets the scene beautifully for us, introducing us to the Pool of Bethesda with its five porticos. He tells us of crowds in this place of healing...
The Bad Lip Reading…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 28, 2017 at 2:56 am of Paul Ryan’s Video Diary. I have a weakness for these things:
Visionaries' canonization would 'complete' the Fatima centenary
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 28, 2017 at 2:50 am Fatima, Portugal, Mar 28, 2017 / 01:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Fatima's bishop has said the centenary of the locale's Marian apparition would not be complete without the announcement...
Visionaries' canonization would 'complete' the Fatima centenary
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 28, 2017 at 2:50 am Fatima, Portugal, Mar 28, 2017 / 02:50 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Fatima's bishop has said the centenary of the locale's Marian apparition would not be complete without the announcement...
Interesting Interview with the Grand-daughter of Dorothy Day
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 28, 2017 at 2:37 am
