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Minnesota County Rejects Muslim Cemetery
The Religion Clause - Jan 11, 2017 at 6:05 am City Pages reports that in Chisago County, Minnesota, county commissioners on Dec. 21 by a vote of 3-2 rejected the recommendation of the county Planning Commission refused to...
Pope at Audience: ‘Christian hope born of trust in God's word, not idols’
News.va - Jan 11, 2017 at 6:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his series of catechesis on Christian hope at his Wednesday General Audience, in which he contrasted authentic hope, born of trust in God's...
European Court Rejects Muslim Parents' Complaints About Mixed Swim Lessons In Schools
The Religion Clause - Jan 11, 2017 at 6:00 am In Osmanoğlu and Kocabaş v. Switzerland, (ECHR, Jan. 10. 2017) (full text of opinion in French), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment rejected a challenge by...
A Hacked Epiphany
CatholicMom.com - Jan 11, 2017 at 6:00 am
What was my welcome to 2017? My website was hacked the day before December 31! It was down for 5 days as I struggled with technology and an uninvited interloper who took...
Some Canadian Bishops Pull Punches on Euthanasia
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 11, 2017 at 5:50 am
Euthanasia is the next front in the culture of death’s juggernaut, and Canada represents one of its biggest wins. The Supreme Court of Canada has declared an entire “right” to “...
Christian, Muslim, or Secular Neighbors—Does It Matter?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 11, 2017 at 5:45 am
During the Second World War, C.S. Lewis gave a series of radio talks that were to become the bestseller known as Mere Christianity. In his introduction, Lewis says his purpose is...
The “Divine Comedy” in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 11, 2017 at 5:40 am
While the words “Divine Comedy” naturally recall Dante’s classic poem in which the poet descends to the underworld of the Inferno, ascends Mount Purgatory, and rises to the...
Government integration advisor: ‘Catholic schools cannot oppose gay marriage’
Catholic Herald - Jan 11, 2017 at 5:17 am The UK Government’s top advisor on community integration has said it is “not OK” for Catholic schools to oppose gay marriage.
During a parliamentary oral evidence session on...
Catholic schools cannot oppose same-sex marriage, says UK government official
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2017 at 5:16 am Dame Louis Casey, the “integration czar” for the British government, has satated that “it is not OK for Catholic schools to be homophobic and anti-gay marriage.”
How an unusual lawsuit could affect a Catholic hospital's religious freedom
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 11, 2017 at 5:02 am Paterson, N.J., Jan 11, 2017 / 05:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A Catholic hospital faces an anti-discrimination lawsuit for cancelling a surgery to remove a uterus from a female who...
Cold snap killing vulnerable children in Sudan
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2017 at 5:02 am An unusual pattern of cold weather has caused the death of malnourished refugee children in Sudan and endangered many others, relief officials report.
Pope Francis: having an abortion to keep your figure is a big problem
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 11, 2017 at 5:02 am Vatican City, Jan 11, 2017 / 05:38 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Wednesday Pope Francis issued strong words against worshipping idols,
cautioning against the false hope that beauty,...
St. Louis Archbishop Carlson rips proposal for abortion ‘sanctuary city,’ says Church would not comply
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 11, 2017 at 4:57 am Archbishop Robert Carlson has spoken out strongly against proposed legislation that would make St. Louis a “sanctuary city” for abortion, and vowed that the archdiocese will not...
Knights of Malta refuse to cooperate with papal investigation of the order
Vatican Insider - Jan 11, 2017 at 4:53 am The leadership of the Knights of Malta is refusing to cooperate with a papal investigation into its decision to fire one of its senior leaders, claiming the inquiry has "legal...
Pope Francis: having an abortion to keep your figure is a big problem
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 11, 2017 at 4:38 am Vatican City, Jan 11, 2017 / 03:38 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis issued strong words against worshipping idols, cautioning against the false hope that beauty,...
Abortion survivor to speak at West Coast’s Walk for Life
Catholic Herald - Jan 11, 2017 at 4:22 am A 39-year-old woman who survived an abortion will address participants in the Walk for Life West Coast, in San Francisco, later this month.
Melissa Ohden was delivered during a...
Thirty cardinals ‘raised concerns’ about Amoris Laetitia draft
Catholic Herald - Jan 11, 2017 at 4:06 am The Pope’s apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia has caused widespread concern among cardinals and bishops, according to new reports.
Edward Pentin, veteran Vatican reporter for...
How an unusual lawsuit could affect a Catholic hospital's religious liberty
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 11, 2017 at 4:04 am Paterson, N.J., Jan 11, 2017 / 03:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Catholic hospital faces an anti-discrimination lawsuit for cancelling a surgery to remove a uterus from a female who...
Pope: 'Christian hope from trust in God's word' - Audience Summary
News.va - Jan 11, 2017 at 4:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his series of catecheses on Christian hope at his Wednesday General Audience, in which he contrasted authentic hope, born of trust in God's...
Archbishop Flores of San Antonio, first Hispanic bishop in USA, dies
Catholic Herald - Jan 11, 2017 at 3:52 am Retired Archbishop Patrick F Flores, 87, the first Mexican-American bishop in the United States, died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure on Monday at Padua Place Residence...
