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Pope Francis urges media to tell more ‘good news’ stories
Catholic Herald - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:49 am Pope Francis has urged the media to tell “good news” stories and to not constantly focus on stories to do with war and terrorism.
In his message for the 51st World Day of...
Ivory Coast: bishops warn tensions inhibit reconciliation after civil warfare
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:43 am The Catholic bishops of Ivory Coast have warned that a “deleterious climate” is blocking the path to reconciliation in the African country, which was shaken by violent upheavals...
Italian cardinal cautions on living-will legislation
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:39 am Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the president of the Italian bishops’ conference, has raised questions about legislation that would allow for living wills, saying that he is “not a...
Italians at their best in response to earthquake, cardinal says
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:35 am Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the president of the Italian bishops’ conference, said that the public reaction to a series of destructive earthquakes in the center of the country have...
School Bus Driver Wants Religious Exemption From Fingerprints In Background Check
The Religion Clause - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:20 am A former bus driver for the company that transports Altoona, Pennsylvania school students has filed a religious discrimination suit in federal district court in Pennsylvania. ...
Malaysian Politician Wants Ruling On Sharia Court Conviction
The Religion Clause - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:15 am In Malaysia, Parliament member Khalid Abdul Samad last month was fined RM2,900 (the equivalent of $650 (US)) by the lower shariah court for giving a religious talk without having...
There's a new leader of Opus Dei. Here's what he wants to do.
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:13 am Vatican City, Jan 24, 2017 / 06:13 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The new head of Opus Dei has been confirmed by Pope Francis, and his plan for the prelature is simple.
Court Says Environmentalism Is Not A Religion
The Religion Clause - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:10 am In Krause v. Tulsa City-County Library Commission, (ND OK, Jan. 23, 2017), a Oklahoma federal district court dismissed plaintiff's complaint that "fake" recycling bins in the...
Former Employees Sue Claiming They Were Required To Participate In Scientology Traininig
The Religion Clause - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:05 am According to yesterday's Madison County Herald Bulletin, Paul and Chelsea Wysong who are former employees of the Anderson, Ohio-based Continental Design Co. filed a religious...
Message for World Day of Communications: Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time
News.va - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:01 am (Vatican Radio) The Vatican has released Pope Francis’ Message for the 51st World Day of Social Communications. The theme of this year’s message is "Fear not, for I am with you":...
Trump Reinstitutes Ban On Foreign Aid To NGOs That Promote Abortion Services
The Religion Clause - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:00 am As reported by the New York Times, in a Presidential Memorandum (full text) issued yesterday President Trump reinstated the so-called "Mexico-City Policy." The policy bars U.S....
Your Children Make You Holy. Here's Why.
CatholicMom.com - Jan 24, 2017 at 6:00 am
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Our baptism makes us holy, but that’s just the first step. We need God’s sanctifying grace, a...
Filipino president looses obscene tirade against Catholic Church
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 24, 2017 at 5:43 am President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines unleashed an obscenity-laced tirade against the Catholic Church on January 24, charging that corruption is rampant among the clergy.
US House votes to permanently ban federal abortion funding
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 24, 2017 at 5:28 am Washington D.C., Jan 24, 2017 / 05:28 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. House of Representatives passed its first major pro-life bill of the new year on Tuesday, one which would...
Amoris Laetitia and the Post-Modern Papacy of Pope Francis
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 24, 2017 at 5:21 am
It has been nine long months since the publication of Amoris Laetita, but there is still no end in sight to the confusion and turmoil it has unleashed within almost every corner...
A Crisis of Reason? Whatever!
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 24, 2017 at 5:15 am
For the last five decades and more, youth culture has been a driving force in our society. As young people gained increasing amounts of discretionary spending power, purveyors of...
New exposé: no prenatal care at Planned Parenthood
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 24, 2017 at 5:01 am Although Planned Parenthood officials frequently say that their clinics offer valuable prenatal care, a new undercover survey finds that most Planned Parenthood clinics turn away...
With an excess of bad news, Pope tells media to offer a message of hope
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 24, 2017 at 5:01 am Vatican City, Jan 24, 2017 / 06:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In his annual message to communicators around the world, Pope Francis
again condemned the tendency for media to focus on...
At Planned Parenthood, 'women's health' often does not include prenatal care
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 24, 2017 at 4:56 am Washington D.C., Jan 24, 2017 / 04:56 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Scalding new charges from a pro-life investigative group say that
despite Planned Parenthood's claims to be a premier...
With an excess of bad news, Pope tells media to offer a message of hope
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 24, 2017 at 4:52 am Vatican City, Jan 24, 2017 / 03:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his annual message to communicators around the world, Pope Francis again condemned the tendency for media to focus on...
