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Tauran: "When we close the doors, we welcome extremism"
Vatican Insider - Mar 1, 2017 at 8:26 am A Gift to humanity and an opportunity for sincere" friendship " in a historical juncture crossed by tensions and discrimination, reminding us that, 'either there is war or there...
Head Knight of Columbus honored for aiding persecuted Christians
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 1, 2017 at 8:08 am Belmont, N.C., Mar 1, 2017 / 08:08 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Praising his "resolute defense of persecuted Christians," an institute
at Belmont Abbey College has awarded its Benedict...
Historic win against abortion decriminalization in Queensland
LifeSiteNews - Mar 1, 2017 at 8:07 am Two bills that would have provided more protections for abortion were taken down in Australia.
Information Request: When is Your Local Chrism Mass?
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 1, 2017 at 8:00 am I am preparing an article which I hope to publish shortly before Holy Week on the subject of the Chrism Mass. As I am sure everyone knows, the blessing of the oils is...
Abuse survivor resigns from Pope’s panel over Vatican resistance
Catholic Herald - Mar 1, 2017 at 7:59 am One of the founding members and the last remaining abuse survivor on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has quit over what she described as resistance coming...
Abuse survivor resigns from commission for protection of minors
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 1, 2017 at 7:42 am Vatican City, Mar 1, 2017 / 06:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday the decision of clerical abuse survivor Marie Collins to resign from her post on the Pontifical Commission for...
Masada: the Judaean fortress that became a Byzantine monastery
Aleteia - Mar 1, 2017 at 7:33 am Almost everything we know about the fortress of Masada we owe to the first century Jewish-Roman historian Josephus. High atop an isolated rock plateau, overlooking the Dead Sea,...
Lenten Prayers from CRS
CatholicMom.com - Mar 1, 2017 at 7:30 am As I fall to my knees, in prayer, in fasting In sacrifice and penitence Somehow, you have it in yourself to reach out and gently lift me To renew me To claim me as nothing of this...
Colorado church ministers to Native Americans, homeless, and deaf
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 1, 2017 at 7:24 am Denver, Colo., Mar 1, 2017 / 06:24 am (Denver Catholic).- St. Bernadette Parish, the pioneer Catholic church of Lakewood, Colorado, outgrew its first worship space just 18 years...
Lent isn't just about penance – it's also a time of hope, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 1, 2017 at 7:01 am Vatican City, Mar 1, 2017 / 07:29 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Ash Wednesday Pope Francis said that while Lent is certainly a time of mortification, it's also a journey of hope that...
Lone survivor on Vatican abuse commission resigns in frustration
Vatican Insider - Mar 1, 2017 at 6:53 am The only active member of Pope Francis' new commission on clergy sexual abuse who is an abuse survivor has resigned from the group due to frustration with Vatican officials'...
Lent isn’t just about penance – it’s also a time of hope, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 1, 2017 at 6:29 am Vatican City, Mar 1, 2017 / 05:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Ash Wednesday Pope Francis said that while Lent is certainly a time of mortification, it’s also a journey of hope that...
Vandalism at Jewish cemeteries decried, called hateful actions
Franciscan Media - Mar 1, 2017 at 6:25 am Local and national media report on more than 170 toppled Jewish headstones Feb. 21 after a vandalism attack on Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo. (CNS photo/Tom...
Fashion giants are making Italy sparkle again
Catholic Herald - Mar 1, 2017 at 6:24 am Why does Sheikh Mansour own Manchester City? Because it is a good business. It’s a prestige purchase that gives him exposure. You could say that the Roman Colosseum is a living,...
Ash Wednesday: ‘Let us rouse ourselves, and prepare for the spiritual combat’
LifeSiteNews - Mar 1, 2017 at 6:22 am A stirring call from Dom Gueranger as we begin our 40 day fast.
6th Circuit Grants En Banc Review In Legislative Prayer Case
The Religion Clause - Mar 1, 2017 at 6:05 am The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 27 granted en banc review in Bormuth v. County of Jackson. In the case, a 3-judge panel in a 2-1 decision held that the manner in...
An Open Book: March 2017
CatholicMom.com - Mar 1, 2017 at 6:00 am
Welcome to the March 2017 edition of An Open Book, now hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND Catholicmom.com!
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Supreme Court Clerk Chastises Amici For Wording In Brief On Transgender Rights
The Religion Clause - Mar 1, 2017 at 6:00 am Over three dozen amicus briefs have been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. At issue is whether Title IX requires schools to allow...
Pope Francis: ‘we do not go to heaven in a carriage’
News.va - Mar 1, 2017 at 5:48 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday inviting the faithful to renew their hope in Christ’s promises and their commitment to follow Him ever more closely.
He was...
After Trump's address to Congress, pro-lifers stress protections in health care
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 1, 2017 at 5:48 am Washington D.C., Mar 1, 2017 / 05:48 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on
Tuesday, pro-life leaders wished he had spoken more...
