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Israeli extremist sentenced for arson attack on Holy Land church
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:11 am Jerusalem, Dec 14, 2017 / 06:11 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
An arson attack on the church complex at the site of Christ's multiplication of loaves and fish on the Sea of Galilee has...
School Graduation In Christian Chapel Violates Establishment Clause
The Religion Clause - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:10 am In American Humanist Association v. Greenville County School District, (D SC, Dec. 12, 2017), in a case on remand from the 4th Circuit (see prior posting), a South Carolina...
How the Eucharist helps the lonely and the desperate
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:10 am In 2015, a blog called Spiritual Friendship, which publishes theological and personal reflections of interest to gay people who accept the Christian sexual ethic, interviewed...
Catholic of the Year: A generous man in a mean world
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:10 am In the neon-lit hellholes of the developing world, young women dressed as sex workers keep a wary eye on the street. Would-be customers who approach them will get nowhere – for...
How influential is the Poland’s Catholic Church?
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:10 am John Paul II is everywhere in Poland. His face smiles down from photographs. He stands in statue form. I have a little stone engraving of his face – I don’t know where it came...
Injunction Denied Again In Church Founder's Suit Over Marijuana Cutivation
The Religion Clause - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:05 am In Harris v. City of Clearlake, (ND CA, Dec. 12, 2017), a California federal district court for the second time (see prior posting) denied a preliminary injunction, and dismissed...
ASK FATHER: “Transgender” nun?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:00 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
What is going to happen when someone who identifies as a male , but is in a sane biological based world female, wants to become a priest of some male who...
You Don't Always Get What You Want
CatholicMom.com - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Pixabay (2016), CC0 Public Domain; title added in Canva
During prayers the other night, when it came time for my son to decide what to say, “Thank you, Jesus” for, he told us...
9th Circuit: Protection of Sacred Land From Mining Does Not Violate Establishment Clause
The Religion Clause - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:00 am In National Mining Association v. Zinke, (9th Cir., Dec. 12, 2017), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Obama administration's withdrawal for up to 20 years of over 1...
Keep internet neutral, U.S. bishops say
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Washington D.C., Dec 14, 2017 / 06:00 pm (EWTN News).- On Thursday, the Federal Communication Commission voted to repeal net
neutrality regulations, which the U.S. bishops have...
British Government refuses to say whether proclaiming divinity of Christ is a hate crime
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:54 am The British government has refused to say whether telling people about the Christian faith could be a hate crime. Lord Pearson of Rannoch, a UKIP peer, says when he raised a...
Iraqi bishop recalls his abduction, torture in new book (World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:12 am Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna, then a priest, suffered torture during his 27-day abduction in 2006. He is now apostolic visitor for Chaldean Catholics residing in Europe.
Faith amid the flames: California Catholics recount stories of survival (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:12 amShrinking majority of Americans believe that biblical account of birth of Jesus depicts actual events (Pew Research Center)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:12 am According to a new survey, 66% of Americans believe that Jesus was born to a virgin—down from 73% in 2013. Only 55% of those born after 1980 believe in the virgin birth. 51% of...
Largely Catholic Asian nation elects Muslim prime minister (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:12 am Timor-Leste (East Timor), a nation of 1.3 million, is 97% Catholic.
Washington March for Life announces location and speakers (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:12 amBelarus: Baptists maltreated, fined for offering religious literature (Forum 18)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:12 am The nation of 9.6 million is 48% Orthodox and 7% Catholic. 41% are nonbelievers.
Mexico: 2 dancers murdered while honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:12 am “These murders are not like the others, although it must be said that no homicide is good, but these people were not at a party or getting drunk, they were ... dancing for the...
An Aristocratic “Option” Inspired by St. Wenceslaus
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:10 am
We are living through dark times. Most Christians today share a sense of foreboding as we watch the decline of our culture. We see our friends and neighbors succumbing to...
Already anticipating post-Christmas blues? Snap out of it!
Aleteia - Dec 14, 2017 at 5:00 am What do you mean there is nothing to do after Christmas? Catholicism keeps you busy all the way through Candlemas!Katrina, What do you recommend for the post-Christmas blues?...
