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British Appeals Court Refuses To Extend Civil Partnerships To Heterosexual Couples
The Religion Clause - Feb 22, 2017 at 6:15 am In Steinfeld & Keidan v Secretary of State for Education, (EWCA, Feb. 21, 2017), Britain's Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision, rejected a challenge to British law that allows...
In Settlement, School Will Remove Ten Commandments Monument
The Religion Clause - Feb 22, 2017 at 6:10 am The Freedom From Religion Foundation announced yesterday that it has reached a successful settlement with a Pennsylvania school district in FFRF's suit seeking removal of a 6-foot...
Administrative Law Judge Sues Over Requirement To Watch LGBT Diversity Training Video
The Religion Clause - Feb 22, 2017 at 6:05 am According to yesterday's Houston Press, a Social Security Administrative Law Judge has filed a federal court lawsuit claiming religious discrimination after the agency refused to...
Pope Francis: creation is a sign of hope – we have to take care of it
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 22, 2017 at 6:02 am Vatican City, Feb 22, 2017 / 06:32 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said creation has often suffered because of
humanity's sins and failings, stressing that we must...
Pope sends telegramme for death of Irish Cardinal Connell
News.va - Feb 22, 2017 at 6:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegramme of condolences for the death of the former Archbishop of Dublin, Cardinal Desmond Connell, who died on Monday at the age of 90...
Amish Drop Suit Against City Over Animal Waste Requirements
The Religion Clause - Feb 22, 2017 at 6:00 am Bowling Green (KY) Daily News reported yesterday that two members of the Swartzentruber Amish community who had sued Auburn, Kentucky officials over an animal waste ordinance...
Nice is NOT a Virtue
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Militants kill two Christians in Egypt’s Sinai
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2017 at 5:36 am Egyptian security officials say suspected militants have killed two Christians in the restive north of the Sinai Peninsula, days after an ISIS affiliate group vowed to step up a...
Pope Francis: creation is a sign of hope – we have to take care of it
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 22, 2017 at 5:32 am Vatican City, Feb 22, 2017 / 04:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said creation has often suffered because of humanity’s sins and failings, stressing that we must...
What We Talk About When We Talk About The Young Pope
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 22, 2017 at 5:15 am
Hollywood’s brush tends to paint the Vatican in colors dark and foreboding, a lavishly decorated place of simony and secret sexual sins. The papal throne is made to look smug and...
Pope Francis appeals for ‘suffering South Sudan’
News.va - Feb 22, 2017 at 5:12 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has appealed for the hard-hit people of South Sudan, “where a fratricidal conflict is compounded by a severe food crisis which condemns to death by...
Vatican to Security Council: enforce Ukraine ceasefire
News.va - Feb 22, 2017 at 5:10 am (Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Tuesday said “all necessary steps should be taken to enforce the ceasefire and to implement the measures agreed upon” in Ukraine.
The Permanent...
Why Treating Everyone Equally Is a Problem
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 22, 2017 at 5:10 am
I recently received an email from someone who questioned me on a comment I made about manners. I had said that manners presuppose distinctions. They call upon us to honor those...
How rice bowls can build a 'culture of encounter' this Lent
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 22, 2017 at 5:01 am Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2017 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Through its annual rice bowl initiative, Catholic Relief Services has
announced it will be promoting a "culture of...
George MacDonald’s The Wise Woman
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 22, 2017 at 5:00 am
I recently had the great pleasure to introduce my five-year old son to George MacDonald’s The Wise Woman, or the Lost Princess: A Double Story. In the back of my mind I thought...
Cardinal Burke leaves Guam after investigating abuse case
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2017 at 4:15 am US Cardinal Raymond Burke, accompanied by an official from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and three canon lawyers, spent two days in Guam interviewing witnesses...
Archbishop: Care for creation and human life aren't opposed – they go together
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 22, 2017 at 4:11 am Baltimore, Md., Feb 22, 2017 / 04:11 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Both Pope Francis and St. Francis of Assisi provide the right perspective on caring for creation in a way that places...
Pope General Audience: English Summary
News.va - Feb 22, 2017 at 4:02 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis at his Wednesday General Audience continued his catechesis on Christian hope, reflecting on St. Paul's words in the Letter to the Romans: "In hope we...
How rice bowls can build a 'culture of encounter' this Lent
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 22, 2017 at 3:50 am Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2017 / 02:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Through its annual rice bowl initiative, Catholic Relief Services has announced it will be promoting a “culture of...
Be ashamed when tempted to use Church for power struggles, says Pope Francis
Catholic Herald - Feb 22, 2017 at 3:44 am Whenever one is tempted to use the Church for pursuing personal ambitions or to be arrogant, pray to feel ashamed, Pope Francis said.
When the competitive bug strikes, reflect...
