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EF Mass for Epiphany in Philadelphia
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 5, 2017 at 7:00 am The Cathedral Basilica of Ss Peter and Paul in Philadelphia will host a Solemn Mass for the feast of the Epiphany on the traditional date, January 6th, together with the blessing...
Legal expert: Religious freedom does not justify child abuse
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 5, 2017 at 6:49 am Minneapolis, Minn., Jan 5, 2017 / 06:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Two Minnesota parents are facing charges of child neglect after they prayed over their severely ill son rather than...
Clericalism: bad and good
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 5, 2017 at 6:30 am At The Catholic Thing there is a post today by Fr. Mark Pilon about clericalism.
I am for clericalism. That is to say, I am for good, beneficial clericalism. I am against bad...
Egyptian cathedral restored after December bombing
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 5, 2017 at 6:20 am Cairo, Egypt, Jan 5, 2017 / 06:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Egyptian army corps of engineers has completed the restoration of
Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, where a...
4th Circuit Upholds City Policy Requiring Civil Marriage Certificate To Get Spousal Health Care
The Religion Clause - Jan 5, 2017 at 6:10 am In Abdus-Shahid v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, (4th Cir., Jan. 4, 2017), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Baltimore's policy of requiring city employees to...
State Sends Religious Publication To Families of Auto Accident Victims
The Religion Clause - Jan 5, 2017 at 6:05 am The American Humanist Association in a press release yesterday called attention to an unusual state government practice of disseminating a religious publication. The South...
A third of the US Congress is Catholic
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2017 at 6:04 am The religious make-up of the 115th Congress is significantly Christian – 91 per cent – with Catholics comprising one third of the House of Representatives and about a quarter of...
Ready to Declutter? There's an App for That.
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2017 at 6:00 am
Are you struggling to make room for all the new goodies Santa brought? If your family, like mine, has amassed a collection of DVDs no one watches anymore or CDs that have been...
Army Grants Greater Dress and Grooming Accommodation For Sikhs and Muslims
The Religion Clause - Jan 5, 2017 at 6:00 am The Army yesterday issued Directive 2017-03 revising Army uniform and grooming standards to allow greater religious accommodation, particularly for Sikh and Muslim members of the...
When a mother loses a child, respond with tears, not words, says Pope
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2017 at 5:53 am In the depths of despair, when no words or gestures will help, then cry with those who suffer, because tears are the seeds of hope, Pope Francis has said.
When people are hurting...
Pope: fostering vocations requires passion and gratitude
News.va - Jan 5, 2017 at 5:52 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Thursday with participants in a Conference organized by the national Office for Pastoral Care for Vocations of the Italian Episcopal Conference...
This Utah legislator wants internet porn peddlers to face lawsuits
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 5, 2017 at 5:04 am Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 5, 2017 / 05:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A Utah legislator says the damage internet pornography can cause means people should be able to sue pornography...
A Vatican inquiry into the Order of Malta? Legally speaking, this makes no sense
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2017 at 4:52 am Imagine that the UK Foreign Office recommended the creation of a commission to investigate the dismissal of the Canadian Finance Minister. It would, to say the least, raise some...
This Utah legislator wants internet porn peddlers to face lawsuits
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 5, 2017 at 4:04 am Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 5, 2017 / 03:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A lawmaker in Utah says the damage internet pornography can cause means people should be able to sue pornography...
Guest Op-Ed - The Festivals of the Church: The Glories of the Liturgical Calendar
Rorate Coeli - Jan 5, 2017 at 4:00 am By Veronica A. Arntz
The glorious liturgical calendar reveals the heart of the Church. At the center of the Church’s life, we find profound festivity, for the liturgical year is...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/01/17
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2017 at 3:32 am Bishop Athanasius Schneider has urged SSPX leader Bishop Bernard Fellay to accept the Vatican’s proposal of a personal prelature.
Remarried Catholics can now receive Communion “...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 5, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 1:43-51, Memorial of Saint John Neumann
I’ve always loved this story about St. Nathaniel. Even though the synoptic Gospels only list him under his Greek name...
Race relations are a Church responsibility, bishops say in call to action
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 5, 2017 at 3:14 am Washington D.C., Jan 5, 2017 / 03:14 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The Catholic Church can be a force for healing race relations, said the U.S. bishops' task force on racism and peace in...
A Catholic Answer to the Indignities of Modern Man
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 5, 2017 at 3:10 am
“When the sense of God is lost, there is also a tendency to lose the sense of man, of his dignity and his life.” ∼ Evangelium Vitae, 21
It is a perplexing fact of history that...
Islamist rally in support of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws turns violent
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2017 at 3:07 am Pakistan police have said violence erupted at a rally convened by Islamists in favour of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws in the city of Lahore.
Wednesday’s rally coincided with...
