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Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics—New Orleans
Commonweal - Jan 2, 2017 at 8:27 am Happy New Year! Every year I post the program of the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics,which meets annually in conjunction with the Society of Jewish Ethics and...
Staff Pick: 'What Are Intellectuals Good For?'
Commonweal - Jan 2, 2017 at 8:20 am There are some writers whose style is alluring but almost gaudy, ornamented: they are gifted, but you are very much aware of those gifts when reading their work. I mean it as the...
Non-violence at heart of Pope's plea for World Day of Peace
News.va - Jan 2, 2017 at 7:55 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is calling for a renewed culture of nonviolence to inform global politics today, saying military responses to conflicts only breed further violence....
Seven Simple Ways to Bring Mary into Your Life
CatholicMom.com - Jan 2, 2017 at 7:30 am
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Yesterday, we celebrated the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. As Pope Paul VI notes in his encyclical, Marialis Cultus,...
Six Years Ago, Prospects for the ROTR Looked Bright: A Letter from January 2011
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 2, 2017 at 7:00 am Back when men were men and mitres were mitresI was going through some papers recently and discovered a copy of a letter I had written to His Eminence Antonio Cañizares Llovera on...
Top Knight of Malta reaffirms allegiance to Pope Francis
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2017 at 6:18 am The grand master of the Order of Malta has written to Pope Francis, confirming his fidelity to the Pontiff.
New Jersey Mosque Wins Zoning Challenge
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2017 at 6:10 am In Islamic Society of Basking Ridge v. Township of Bernards, (D NJ, Dec. 31, 2016), a New Jersey federal district court granted partial summary judgment to plaintiffs claiming...
Israeli Former Chief Rabbi Reaches Plea Deal In Bribery Case
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2017 at 6:05 am Times of Israel reported last week that Israel's former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yona Metzger has reached a plea deal with Israeli prosecutors. He will plead guilty to fraud, theft...
True Radiance, wisdom for a season of life
CatholicMom.com - Jan 2, 2017 at 6:00 am
The subtitle of True Radiance: Finding Grace in the Second Half of Life, reflects Lisa Mladinich’s way of relating her experience and encouragement to women. Readers find grace...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Yinka Olomojobi, Marriage in Nigeria Across Ages: Problems and Prospects,(September 24, 2016).
Effie Fokas, Comparative Susceptibility and Differential Effects on the...
Overcoming Obstacles Between Us and Christ in the New Year
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 2, 2017 at 5:50 am As I considered what to write for today’s post, I reflected on years of well-intended resolutions to lose weight, go to daily Mass, pick up a new hobby, play more tennis, etc....
Order of Malta leader professes loyalty to Pope Francis amid Vatican investigation
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2017 at 5:01 am The leader of the Order of Malta has promised Pope Francis his loyalty, as the Order faces an investigation by the Vatican over a recent controversy.
In a letter to mark the World...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 2, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Jan 2, 2017 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 1:19-28, Memorial of Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen
Humility can be tricky to navigate. To live humbly means to live gratefully within one’s means...
A Catholic Critique of Corporate America
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 2, 2017 at 2:45 am
In the recent presidential campaign we observed the strongly critical reaction of business and economic commentators, surely representing the views of many corporate leaders, to...
The Euthanasia Deception: A New Film, An Old Lie
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 2, 2017 at 2:10 am
A middle-aged man wheels his disabled daughter through a public park. They have enjoyed their visit there. The young woman likes to look at the flowers. For a moment, their...
The Impulse of Love: The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 2, 2017 at 2:00 am
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh. Kasper, Melchior, and Balthazar. These three gifts and names are familiar enough. We see images of the three kings who visited Jesus in almost...
Remember Richard Spencer’s little Nuremburg Rally?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 2, 2017 at 1:26 am Yeah. So his close buddy Stephen Miller will be penning the Dear Leader’s Inauguration Address to the Reichsvolk. No word yet on whether the Man in the High Castle will be...
In other words…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 2, 2017 at 1:15 am …the law–including economic and property law–was made for man, not man for the law: Why Libertarian is as incompatible with the Faith as Communism.
The post In other words…...
Arson attacks on Chilean churches continue
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2017 at 1:13 am Militants from the indigenous Mapuche people set fire to a church in Ercilia, Chile, on December 21.
Scholar: 90,000 Christians were killed for their faith in 2016
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2017 at 12:37 am Massimo Introvigne, a sociologist who directs the Center for Studies on New Religions, told Vatican Radio that he estimates that 90,000 Christians were killed in 2016 because of...
