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Our Lady of the Expectation, Lady of ‘O’
Communio - Dec 18, 2017 at 6:49 am Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Expectation. This Marian feast is sadly no longer on the universal liturgical calendar but it is retained in some places like Spain, Portugal...
Bishop reacts to injunction against religious liberty rules
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 18, 2017 at 6:39 am Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec 18, 2017 / 06:39 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Despite the long efforts of Catholics and others who have sought to
prevent mandatory employer health care coverage of...
Bolivian president visits pope ahead of papal trip to Chile
Franciscan Media - Dec 18, 2017 at 6:34 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Bolivian President Evo Morales implied in a Tweet that he and Pope Francis had discussed Bolivia’s territorial dispute with Chile during a meeting at the...
Will Ofsted start policing thoughtcrime in schools?
Catholic Herald - Dec 18, 2017 at 6:17 am The First Amendment of the US Constitution protects both free speech and the free exercise of religion. Perhaps, post-Brexit, Britain will be allowed to treat itself to something...
Vows are for Every Day
CatholicMom.com - Dec 18, 2017 at 6:00 am Copyright 2017 Marya Hayes. All rights reserved.
It started off like this: a couple months before our wedding our priest asked us to memorize our vows. We didn’t start right away...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Dec 18, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Bruce Ledewitz, Is Religion a Non-Negotiable Aspect of Liberal Constitutionalism?, (Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2017, No. 2, 2017).
Robin Bradley Kar, ...
Rodrigo Duterte pledges to introduce same-sex marriage in Philippines
Catholic Herald - Dec 18, 2017 at 5:38 am Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has said he want to bring same-sex marriage to his country, in a move that will bring into even deeper conflict with the Church. Speaking to...
Peru officials charge Chicago man in connection with Sodalitium abuse scandal
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 18, 2017 at 5:20 am Chicago, Ill., Dec 18, 2017 / 05:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Peruvian officials have charged Chicago area resident Jeffrey Daniels
with abuse that occurred while he was part of the...
Bloody Christmas for Christians in Pakistan
Vatican Insider - Dec 18, 2017 at 4:26 am This year, pain marks Jesus’ feast in Christian Pakistan. Only faith can avoid despair and help to recognize the hand of divine Providence on one’s own story. A suicide bomb...
Pope Francis: media sins by dredging up and sensationalising old news
Catholic Herald - Dec 18, 2017 at 3:46 am Pope Francis has criticised journalists who dredge up old scandals and sensationalise the news, saying it’s a “very serious sin” that hurts all involved. Francis, who plans to...
US faith leaders condemn ‘harmful’ gender ideology
Catholic Herald - Dec 18, 2017 at 3:38 am In an open letter, a group of 20 Catholic bishops and other religious leaders described as “deeply troubling” the movement today “to enforce the false idea – that a man can be or...
European Christian, Muslim groups decry violence against women (Precious in God's Eyes)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2017 at 3:12 am Several Protestant and ecumenical bodies, including the Anglican Communion and World Council of Churches, joined with Islamic Relief Worldwide to condemn “human trafficking, rape...
Milwaukee priest announces to parish that he is gay and proud (Journal-Sentinel)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2017 at 3:12 amLocal diocese: Medjugorje pilgrimages still not approved (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2017 at 3:12 am The diocese in Bosnia-Herzegovina where Medjugorje is located has taken issue with a recent announcement by a Vatican-appointed visitor who said that pilgrimages to Medjugorje are...
New Vatican rules for relics (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2017 at 3:12 am The Congregation for the Causes of Saints has issued new rules for the handling of relics, reinforcing the ban on any sale of relics. The rules are a response to increasingly...
We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2017 at 3:00 am Winston Churchill
A Lion Teaches Us About Humility
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 18, 2017 at 2:15 am
It’s a small miracle, in our present moment of pronounced decline, that any new Catholic eventually arrives at the destination of robust orthodoxy, fervent spirituality, and...
Duterte will push for same-sex marriage in Philippines (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2017 at 2:12 am Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has pledged to work for legal recognition of same-sex marriage. He said: “Why impose a morality that is no longer working and is almost passé?”
Papal greetings to children at Rome pediatric clinic (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2017 at 2:12 amCatholics in Pakistan celebrate Year of the Eucharist (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 18, 2017 at 2:12 am “We must return to the roots of our faith and the Eucharist, teaching the faithful to have a personal relationship with the Eucharistic Lord and to guide the faithful to celebrate...
