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Special Olympians show world that ‘every person is a gift,’ pope says
Franciscan Media - Feb 17, 2017 at 7:35 am Pope receives a stuffed animal from a participant in the Special Olympics during a meeting Feb. 16 at the Vatican. The athletes and organizers were at the Vatican to promote the...
Meatless Bow-Tie Lasagna
CatholicMom.com - Feb 17, 2017 at 7:30 am
I have never been one to sneak fruits and vegetables into my children’s food, but this recipe was written this way when I found it long ago. My children, even though they’re...
Remains of first bishop of Tasmania to be returned to Australia
Catholic Herald - Feb 17, 2017 at 7:26 am The mortal remains of an Australian bishop who was buried in Nottingham have been exhumed in order for them to be returned to Tasmania.
The remains of Bishop Robert Willson, a...
Pope Francis encourages meeting of popular movements in California
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 17, 2017 at 7:12 am Stockton, Calif., Feb 17, 2017 / 07:12 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis on Friday sent a message of encouragement to the hundreds
of religious and community leaders participating...
How one organization hopes to revolutionize orphanages
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 17, 2017 at 7:01 am Rome, Italy, Feb 17, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic Church puts a lot of effort into having excellent schools and hospitals, but what about its orphanages? For...
Possible 2017 release for Terrence Malick film on Catholic martyred by the Nazis
Catholic Herald - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:15 am A new film about the Catholic martyr Blessed Franz Jägerstätter is attracting “large” interest from distributors, according to film industry sources.
Variety magazine reports that...
“Migration is not a threat but a challenge to grow”
Vatican Insider - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:11 am “Hey Francis! Le’s take a selfie!” Pope Francis was enthusiastically welcomed by students and professors during this morning’s visit to University Roma Tre, the third and most...
Jewish Groups Criticize Trump's Response To Questions About Anti-Semitism
The Religion Clause - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:10 am JTA reports that the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League have issued statements criticizing President Donald Trump's response at his news conference yesterday...
Jewish School's Challenge To Zoning Decision Is Ripe For Litigation
The Religion Clause - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:05 am In Congregation Kollel, Inc. v. Township of Howell, N.J., (D NJ, Feb. 16, 2017), a New Jersey federal district court rejected a township's lack of ripeness defense in a suit by an...
Muslim refugee hails Pope Francis as the example of religion
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:02 am Vatican City, Feb 17, 2017 / 06:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Nur Essa, a Muslim Syrian woman whose family was brought to Rome from Lesbos by Pope Francis last April, said that the...
Pope sends message to popular movements meeting in California
News.va - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message to hundreds of faith and community leaders taking part in a national meeting of popular movements in Modesto, California, in the...
Washington Supreme Court Says Florist's Refusal To Sell For Same-Sex Wedding Violated State Law
The Religion Clause - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:00 am In a widely followed case, the state of Washington's Supreme Court yesterday unanimously upheld a trial court's decision that a florist's religiously-motivated refusal to sell...
Prudence - Sister to Temperance, Fortitude, and Justice
CatholicMom.com - Feb 17, 2017 at 6:00 am
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St. Francis of Assisi forged one primary mission: “to wake people up to the reality of God.” (Bishop Barron, The...
Who Are the Real Defenders of Humanity?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 17, 2017 at 5:45 am
The latest advances in science and biotechnology (three-parenting, surrogate motherhood, human enhancement, hybridizing of humans and animals…) have now and again encountered...
The Death of Unconditional Love
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 17, 2017 at 5:40 am
Like unsuspecting characters in an Agatha Christie novel, we are all witnesses to the commission of a murder still in progress, carried out in slow motion. It is happening so...
Pakistani Catholics now living in the US describe flight from persecution
Catholic Herald - Feb 17, 2017 at 5:03 am The Sharifs were living contentedly in Pakistan when life turned into a nightmare in 2012.
A terrorist group called BLA targeted Amir Sharif, a Catholic and a well-known professor...
Papua New Guinea's cardinal has bigger concerns than Amoris Laetitia
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 17, 2017 at 5:02 am Rome, Italy, Feb 17, 2017 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- While many in different sectors of the Church are pulling out their hair
trying to resolve the Amoris Laetitia communion...
Catholic thinker Michael Novak remembered with gratitude
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 17, 2017 at 4:38 am Washington D.C., Feb 17, 2017 / 04:38 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The theologian, philosopher and Catholic commentator Michael Novak died Friday, drawing remembrances for his insights...
US Catholic bishops urge Trump to protect religious liberty
Catholic Herald - Feb 17, 2017 at 4:26 am US Church leaders have said they are encouraged that President Donald Trump may be considering an executive order to protect religious freedom and that they would be grateful if...
Guest Op-Ed - Waiting for the Bridegroom: The Nuptial Character of the Usus Antiquior
Rorate Coeli - Feb 17, 2017 at 4:00 am By Veronica A. Arntz
The parable of the ten virgins
awaiting the bridegroom reveals a significant key for understanding our
relationship with Christ: We are meant to be watchful,...
