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Barber Shop That Refused Transgender Customer on Religious Grounds Settles
The Religion Clause - Feb 8, 2017 at 6:05 am In a press release issued last week, Lambda Legal announced it had reached a settlement with a California barber shop that had refused to cut the hair of a transgender man because...
Archbishop Gallagher discusses Japan visit
News.va - Feb 8, 2017 at 6:02 am (Vatican Radio) The Secretary for Relations with States in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, is recently returned from an official visit...
What makes a perfect homily?
CatholicMom.com - Feb 8, 2017 at 6:00 am
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Homilies: how many do we remember? Are they even worth remembering? As a child I will tell you what I remember – almost nothing....
5th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments On School Board Invocations
The Religion Clause - Feb 8, 2017 at 6:00 am The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments (audio of arguments) in American Humanist Association v. Birdville Independent School District. Last August...
Experts tell Australian abuse panel Church must look closely at clerical culture
Catholic Herald - Feb 8, 2017 at 5:24 am Catholic experts have told an Australian government commission that the Church needed to re-examine its culture of clericalism if it wanted to help put an end to clergy sexual...
Pope Francis prays for Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya
News.va - Feb 8, 2017 at 5:21 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has asked for prayers for the Rohingya people in Myanmar who are persecuted and forced to flee from their homes.
Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni...
Glasgow priest attributes ‘miraculous’ recovery to Venerable Margaret Sinclair
Catholic Herald - Feb 8, 2017 at 5:09 am A Glasgow priest says he firmly believes he survived a recent near-fatal health scare thanks to the miraculous intercession of Venerable Margaret Sinclair, the poor Edinburgh girl...
Samurai martyr beatified in Japan
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 8, 2017 at 5:02 am Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2017 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A 17th century Catholic Samurai and martyr was beatified during a Mass in Osaka, Japan on Tuesday.
Pope calls for action in the fight against human trafficking
News.va - Feb 8, 2017 at 4:44 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis appealed to government leaders to be strong in the fight against the scourge of human trafficking.
Marking Wednesday’s ‘International Day of Prayer...
Bishop Egan: pray for the Church because there is a ‘growing problem’
Catholic Herald - Feb 8, 2017 at 4:43 am Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth has said there is a “growing problem” in the Church and called for prayer.
After a meeting with his diocesan council of priests, Bishop Egan...
Bishop Shaw: “Justice for Asia Bibi”
Vatican Insider - Feb 8, 2017 at 4:41 am Sometimes “the idea overcomes reality”, one could say in completely opposition to the principles of the Evangelii gaudium, when the factual matter of a court case is overwhelmed...
Samurai martyr beatified in Japan
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 8, 2017 at 4:02 am Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A 17th century Catholic Samurai and martyr was beatified during a Mass in Osaka, Japan on Tuesday.
Cardinal Angelo Amato,...
Our Lady of Victory
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 8, 2017 at 3:50 am
In 1952 Bishop Fulton Sheen wrote that Mary, Our Lady of Fatima, was the key to converting Muslims. Bishop Sheen believed that the devotion Muslims already had toward Mary would...
The War on Fat and the Dumb Ox
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 8, 2017 at 3:45 am
In years past, the advice given by doctors to “cut down on the calories” or “go out for a walk more often” was just that: a friendly instruction delivered more or less earnestly...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 8, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Feb 8, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Mark 7:14-23
The Gospel passage today focuses on the problem of evil. It would be a depressing scripture if it were not for the reality and power of the Cross,...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/02/17
Catholic Herald - Feb 8, 2017 at 3:26 am Cardinal Walter Kasper has said he believes that the Pope approves of intercommunion in mixed marriages under certain conditions.
The Church is a “law unto itself”, Archbishop...
New gender policy won’t affect Catholic Scouting units, says committee
Catholic Herald - Feb 8, 2017 at 3:19 am The Boy Scouts of America’s new policy to accept members based on their gender identity will have no impact on Scouting units sponsored by the Catholic Church, said the National...
Adultery has always been with us – but normalising it is a very modern mistake
Catholic Herald - Feb 8, 2017 at 2:47 am Father John Hunwicke has just asked some Big Questions on his entertaining and scholarly blog, and I thought I would try and answer one of them. The first question is this:
BIG...
St Josephine Bakhita, former slave, is patron of trafficking victims
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 8, 2017 at 2:02 am Rome, Italy, Feb 8, 2017 / 02:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- As human trafficking continues to be a supremely important issue during Pope Francis' pontificate, with an estimated 20...
Mary, the Perfect Disciple
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 8, 2017 at 1:59 am …is under discussion over at Our Sunday Visitor in the second of my series on Models of the Church.
