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Boy Scouts accepts gender identity as new standard for admission
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 31, 2017 at 7:19 am Dallas, Texas, Jan 31, 2017 / 07:19 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Citing legal and community changes, the Boy Scouts of America have said self-declared gender identity now determines youth...
Religious conservatives and the Trump administration
OSV Daily Take - Jan 31, 2017 at 7:09 am Many religious conservatives are looking to the Trump years with high expectations. R.R. Reno, editor of First Things , says Trump’s ascendancy marks a significant defeat for “...
“There Will Be Blood” - Lessons on Introducing Good Music Into a Parish
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 31, 2017 at 7:00 am After my recent article on music, “Breaking Bad, Why Misalette Music is Destroying the Faith”, a number of readers who are choir directors contacted me asking for practical help...
Governor: ‘Put abortion rights in New York constitution’
Catholic Herald - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:53 am New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called for a state constitutional amendment to codify abortion rights should Roe vs Wade be overturned, the latest idea from Democrats...
Bishops to speak against death penalty for man accused of killing priest
Catholic Herald - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:42 am Catholic officials from Georgia and Florida are urging a Georgia prosecutor to reverse her decision to seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing a Florida priest....
BREAKING: Trump won’t overturn Obama’s special rights for LGBT gov’t workers
LifeSiteNews - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:21 am The White House press office insists Trump is 'supportive of LGBTQ rights.'
New Archbishop of Krakow seen as strong conservative, ‘culture warrior’
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:20 am Writing in Catholic World Report, Filip Mazurczak reports that the newly installed head of the Krakow archdiocese, Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski, is “not a typical ‘Francis bishop...
City says San Francisco archdiocese failed to cover employees’ health costs
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:15 am The city of San Francisco has said that the local archdiocese owes more than $3 million in health-care costs to employers, under the terms of a new city ordinance.
Boy Scouts Will Admit Transgender Males
The Religion Clause - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:15 am The Boy Scouts of America announced yesterday that it will accept and register youth in Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated on the application...
Dutch doctor cleared of charges after restraining patient for euthanasia
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:11 am A Dutch doctor has been cleared of charges after an incident in which the doctor directed family members to hold down a “euthanasia” patient who was struggling to stop the...
Puerto Rico Federal District Court Rules Says Catholic School Pension Plan Is Covered By ERISA
The Religion Clause - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:10 am In Martinez-Gonzalez v. Catholic Schools of the Archdioceses of San Juan Pension Plan, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11903 (D PR, Jan. 27, 2017), a Puerto Rico federal district court...
Brooklyn priest apologizes for sharing meme encouraging suicide
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:09 am Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan 31, 2017 / 06:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Parishioners were distressed after a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn posted a meme on Facebook that encouraged Trump...
British Court Denies Transgender Parent Contact With Children Because of Religious Community's Reaction
The Religion Clause - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:05 am A British Family Court in J v. B and the Children, (EWFC, Jan. 30, 2017), has rejected the petition of an Orthodox Jewish father, a member of the Manchester Charedi community who...
Filipino bishops take stand against return of death penalty
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:03 am The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have issued a firm statement against the return of capital punishment.
Take Five!
CatholicMom.com - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:00 am Take 5! Copyright 2016 Ellen Mongan, All rights reserved.
Do you have the time? Do you have the time to do lunch? Do you have the time to watch my child? Do you have the time to...
CAIR Sues Over Trump Executive Order
The Religion Clause - Jan 31, 2017 at 6:00 am CAIR announced yesterday that it has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Trump's recent Executive Order on refugees and on those entering the U.S. from...
Pope: ‘Jesus is always with people but never seeking popularity’
News.va - Jan 31, 2017 at 5:59 am (Vatican Radio) If we keep our eyes constantly fixed on Jesus, we will discover with surprise that it is he who looks lovingly upon each of us. That was Pope Francis’ message on...
Mexican archbishop: apologize to emigrants for failure to provide jobs and security
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 31, 2017 at 5:58 am A Mexican archbishop has suggested that his country owes an apology to the people who migrate to the US in search of safety and economic opportunity.
Vatican, World Council of Churches preparing joint statement on Education for Peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 31, 2017 at 5:54 am Staff members of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue met this week with their counterpart from the World Council of Churches, to work on a forthcoming joint...
Merton’s birthday
Communio - Jan 31, 2017 at 5:35 am
Today in 1915 Prades, France, Thomas Merton was born. The famous monk of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance (the Trappists), was known in his monastery as Father Louis...
