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Why this slain priest's opposition to the death penalty matters
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 2, 2017 at 8:04 am Savannah, Ga., Feb 2, 2017 / 08:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A priest who was murdered in 2016 had previously certified that he would not want his murderer executed. Three Catholic...
Blue-Dyed Orchids and Dying to Self
CatholicMom.com - Feb 2, 2017 at 7:30 am
Photo via Pixabay (2015), CC0 Public Domain
In the west window atop the stairs are shelves for growing houseplants, one being a white phalaenopsis orchid. I am drawn to the...
If There Is An Antichrist, Is There An Antimary?
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 2, 2017 at 7:10 am This is the title of an article by Dr Carrie Gress which appears in the National Catholic Register, and caught my eye. I met Dr Gress last year at the Acton University where she...
Why this slain priest's opposition to the death penalty matters
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 2, 2017 at 7:04 am Savannah, Ga., Feb 2, 2017 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A priest who was murdered in 2016 had previously certified that he would not want his murderer executed. Three Catholic...
Pope's February Prayer Intention: Welcome the Needy
News.va - Feb 2, 2017 at 7:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ prayer intention for February is to Comfort for the Afflicted: That all those who are afflicted, especially the poor, refugees, and marginalized, may...
Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes 2017 | Day 1
Big C Catholics - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:59 am February 2, 2017In The Power of One Hail Mary, it is written that, "St. Bernard and many Saints said that it was never, ever heard at any time or in any place that Mary refused to...
Catholic leaders: Refugee ban actually harms national security
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:37 am Washington D.C., Feb 2, 2017 / 06:37 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Rather than protecting U.S. interests, recent executive orders
restricting immigrants and refugees could actually post a...
Knights of Malta seek to reaffirm commitment to the poor
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:23 am Rome, Italy, Feb 2, 2017 / 06:23 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
After a tense row with the Holy See led to the resignation of their Grand Master and the reinstatement of ousted Grand...
Could your parish welcome a refugee family? Government appeals to churches for help
Catholic Herald - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:15 am The Home Office has appealed to churches to help integrate refugees, as it tries to meet a target of accepting 20,000 Syrians.
The Full Community Sponsorship scheme, launched last...
Trump Travel Ban Will Not Apply To Israelis Born in Covered Nations
The Religion Clause - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:10 am A refinement was announced yesterday to President Trump's Executive Order on entry into the U.S. of nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries. The modification, which...
Archb. Gallagher in Japan promoting culture of peace
News.va - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:05 am (Vatican Radio) Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher is wrapping up a week-long visit to Japan during which he met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and celebrated Mass in the...
6th Circuit Rules On Qualified Immunity In Prisoner Case
The Religion Clause - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:05 am Last month in White v. Pauly, (S.Ct., Jan. 9, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court in a police shooting case emphasized that when officials claim qualified immunity from damages,...
Despite terror, Aleppo's Christians have hope, desire to rebuild
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:02 am Rome, Italy, Feb 2, 2017 / 06:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Despite the destruction caused by nearly six years of conflict between
rebels and pro-government forces, the people in Aleppo...
Tech Talk: Amazon Echo
CatholicMom.com - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:00 am
It was the Amazon kiosk at Park City Center that got me.
A week after Christmas, my husband and I were walking through the mall when we came upon it. Although I’d seen brick-and-...
Falwell To Head New Federal Task Force on Department of Education Policies
The Religion Clause - Feb 2, 2017 at 6:00 am The Chronicle of Higher Education reported this week that Liberty University president Jerry Falwell, Jr. has been asked by President Trump to lead a new task force that will...
Flexible Genders and Fanciful Selves
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 2, 2017 at 5:45 am
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission made “transgender” a protected status under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Catholic moral theologian Christian Brugger states that a “...
Paganism Redeemed
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 2, 2017 at 5:40 am
Lord Dunsany has written a charming short story about two “local gods” obliged to share the same temple. Every Tuesday the priests enter the inner sanctum, praise and sacrifice...
SSPX-Vatican: "Two dates are mentioned in Rome: May 13 or July 7"
Rorate Coeli - Feb 2, 2017 at 5:37 am French conservative daily Le Figaro's religious correspondent Jean-Marie Guénois mentions in an article today the current status of negotiations between the Society of Saint Pius...
Trump keeps ‘extreme’ executive order that bishops say threatens religious freedom
Catholic Herald - Feb 2, 2017 at 4:45 am US bishops have expressed disappointment over President Donald Trump’s decision not to revoke an executive order, introduced by Obama, which bans discrimination on the basis of...
Presentation of the Lord
Communio - Feb 2, 2017 at 4:29 am
A mosaic of Mary and Joseph presenting the child Jesus to Simeon decorates the chapel of the Jesuit infirmary in Rome. (CNS photo/Paul Haring, 2012)
Today’s feast brings to the...
