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Priest: Brazil’s prison system ‘factory of torture that creates monsters’
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 10, 2017 at 8:25 am SAO PAULO — The more than 100 deaths of inmates since the beginning of the year in Brazilian prisons does not come as a surprise for Father Valdir Joao Silveira, national...
Catholic parents forgive suicide bomber who killed their son in Pakistan
Catholic Herald - Jan 10, 2017 at 8:19 am Catholic parents whose son was killed by a suicide bomber in the 2016 Easter Sunday attack at Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park, Pakistan have told Lahore’s archbishop that they have forgiven...
RIP Nat Hentoff: How did press handle his crusade against illiberals, on left and right?
GetReligion - Jan 10, 2017 at 8:15 am As a self-proclaimed "Jewish, atheist, civil libertarian, left-wing pro-lifer,” journalist Nat Hentoff had -- as you would imagine -- an unusual set of friends and enemies.
In the...
Top Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway to speak at 2017 March for Life
LifeSiteNews - Jan 10, 2017 at 8:07 am She is the first woman from either major party to lead a presidential candidate to victory in the general election.
For Somali refugees, Catholic agencies 'welcome the stranger'
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 10, 2017 at 8:02 am St. Paul, Minn., Jan 10, 2017 / 08:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A Somali couple with three children is seeking a new life in Minnesota
thanks to a Catholic Charities' resettlement...
BREAKING: AUL’s annual state of life list ranks Oklahoma the best, Washington the worst
LifeSiteNews - Jan 10, 2017 at 7:59 am Americans United for Life reports more than 360 abortion restrictions in 43 states during 2016.
Father Scanlan, college and church leader, dies at age 85
Franciscan Media - Jan 10, 2017 at 7:58 am Franciscan Father Michael Scanlan, retired president of Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, died Jan. 7 after a long illness. He is pictured in a 2009 photo. (CNS photo/...
Theology of the Body for Tweens - Part 2
CatholicMom.com - Jan 10, 2017 at 7:30 am
“Teens: Pueblo Ingles” by Diverbo Idiomas, January 1, 2000, via Flickr, CC 2.0
Back in the fall I shared tips for parents about how to talk to your “tweens” (young, middle-school...
Senate report says online ad site hid child sex trafficking
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 10, 2017 at 7:22 am Washington D.C., Jan 10, 2017 / 07:22 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As a new Senate report alleges that the advertising site Backpage.com
covered for child sex traffickers, Backpage...
For Somali refugees, Catholic agencies 'welcome the stranger'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 10, 2017 at 7:03 am St. Paul, Minn., Jan 10, 2017 / 06:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Somali couple with three children is seeking a new life in Minnesota thanks to a Catholic Charities’ resettlement...
Bethlehem Icon Centre Featured in British Secular Press
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 10, 2017 at 7:00 am Ian Knowles, the British icon painter and director of the Bethlehem Icon Centre, has been featured in a recent issue of The Daily Telegraph, the British national daily. NLM...
The storied life of San Antonio's Archbishop Flores
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:46 am San Antonio, Texas, Jan 10, 2017 / 06:46 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Archbishop emeritus Patricio Fernandez Flores of San Antonio died Monday at the age of 87, prompting many to remember...
Daily homily: Jesus had authority because He was a servant
News.va - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:43 am (Vatican Radio) Jesus had authority because He served the people, He was close to persons and He was coherent, as opposed to the doctors of the law who considered themselves...
Church is the ideal place for the elderly to stave off loneliness
Catholic Herald - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:35 am New research shows that a great many of our older people are suffering from loneliness, as you can read here. This is not news, but it is good to be reminded of this, as it should...
A diplomacy of small steps to build trust
Vatican Insider - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:25 am The Order of the Holy Sepulchre works hard to be at the service of education and peace in the Holy Land, notably through supporting schools anduniversities where Muslims and...
Cert. Petition Filed In California Repairative Therapy Ban
The Religion Clause - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:15 am A petition for certiorari (full text) has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Welch v. Brown, cert. filed 1/3/2017). In the case, the 9th Circuit rejected facial free...
Kentucky Enacts New Abortion Restrictions; Suit Filed Challenging Required Disclosures
The Religion Clause - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:10 am In Kentucky yesterday, Gov. Matt Bevin signed into law H.B. 2 (full text), which, as described by CNN:requires a physician or technician to perform an ultrasound, describe and...
Cert. Denied In Buddhist Temple Dispute
The Religion Clause - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:05 am The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in Tung v. China Buddhist Association, (Docket No. 16-450, cert. denied 1/9/2017). (Order List). In the case, a New York state...
Therese of Lisieux's parents inspired this drug rehab project
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:01 am Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan 10, 2017 / 05:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A project to end the drug scourge in Uruguay has drawn inspiration from the recently canonized parents of the “...
Choose a Verse of the Year to Guide You in 2017
CatholicMom.com - Jan 10, 2017 at 6:00 am
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Have you noticed everyone choosing a Word of the Year for 2017? It’s a thing now. You select a word to embrace during the...
