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Pope: Clericalism distances the people from the Church
News.va - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:58 am (Vatican Radio) The spirit of clericalism is an evil that is present in the Church today, Pope Francis said, and the victim of this spirit is the people, who feel discarded and...
This is how Pope Francis will celebrate his 80th birthday
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:58 am Vatican City, Dec 13, 2016 / 06:58 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Saturday, Dec. 17, Pope Francis will celebrate his 80th birthday,
which he will spend doing what he normally does:...
Redefining marriage doesn't redefine birth certificates, court says
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:54 am Little Rock, Ark., Dec 13, 2016 / 05:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Children’s birth certificates must be linked to biological parentage, the Arkansas Supreme Court has said in a ruling...
In stressing error of clericalism, Francis calls for humble priests
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:50 am Vatican City, Dec 13, 2016 / 06:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In his homily at Mass Tuesday, Pope Francis spoke harshly about what he considers one of the great dangers of clericalism:...
Participants of landmark Vatican just war conference to meet again in Rome
Vatican Insider - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:46 am Several representatives of groups that participated in a landmark Vatican meeting last spring to reevaluate the Catholic Church’s long-held just war theory will be meeting again...
Church-State Gadfly Rob Sherman Dies In Small Plane Crash
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:20 am Robert Sherman, a leading atheist activist and prolific litigant over church-state issues, died this weekend in the crash of a small plane he was piloting. The Poplar Grove,...
“Clericalism exploits the law and tyrannises the people”
Vatican Insider - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:19 am The evil spirit of clericalism, which was present in the time of Jesus and is still present in the Church today, is “arrogance and tyranny” towards the faithful people of God on...
Russia Extends Reach Into France Via New Orthodox Cathedral
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:15 am A newly-constructed Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the heart of Paris is a symbol of Russian use of religion to extend the country's political reach. World Policy Blog yesterday...
Title VII Can Cover Transgender Discrimination
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:10 am In Mickens v. General Electric Co., (WD KY, Nov. 29, 2016), s Kentucky federal district court ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act supports a claim for employment...
Feds Bring RLUIPA Suit Against County That Barred Mosque Construction
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:05 am The U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has filed suit against Culpeper County, Virginia alleging that it violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized...
Mom’s Guide to Evernote
CatholicMom.com - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:00 am
Call me old fashioned, but I’m a pen and paper girl at heart. I love writing in my journal and sending hand-written notes to friends. I rarely go to a meeting without my college...
Attorney General Lynch Speaks To Interfaith Event About Hate Crimes
The Religion Clause - Dec 13, 2016 at 6:00 am Attorney General Loretta Lynch yesterday spoke on the Justice Department’s Commitment to Combating Hate Crimes (full text of remarks) at an interfaith event held at the All Dulles...
This is how Pope Francis will celebrate his 80th birthday
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 13, 2016 at 5:58 am Vatican City, Dec 13, 2016 / 04:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday, Dec. 17, Pope Francis will celebrate his 80th birthday, which he will spend doing what he normally does:...
Pope Francis and the Pacifist Jesus
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 13, 2016 at 5:20 am
In his recently released message for the 50th World Day of Peace, Pope Francis called on humanity to adopt nonviolence as a “style of politics for peace.” Continuing a tradition...
On Man’s Proper Disposition Toward God During Mass
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 13, 2016 at 5:15 am
Anyone coming upon Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Liturgy and Personality (Hildebrand Press), who thinks it will be a manual on how to imbue the liturgy with one’s personality, or how...
A Portrait Of The Artist At 100
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 13, 2016 at 5:10 am
James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man turns 100 this year. Not bad for a book that, like some of the stories in Joyce’s Dubliners (1914) and Ulysses (1922) almost...
How India's 'unreached' tribal areas are being evangelized
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 13, 2016 at 5:01 am Vatican City, Dec 13, 2016 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Every day in the remote villages of Northeast India courageous priests
and nuns are braving the elements of the wild –...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 13, 2016 - St. Lucy
CatholicMom.com - Dec 13, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 21, 28-32 – St. Lucy
In our lives there are a number of scenarios that echo the response of the second son from the Parable of the Two Sons – the friend...
Are we about to see the extinction of Christianity in Egypt?
Catholic Herald - Dec 13, 2016 at 4:06 am The aftermath of the recent murderous attack on the Coptic cathedral in Cairo has a drearily familiar ring to it. First come the expressions of grief and rage; then come the...
How India's 'unreached' tribal areas are being evangelized
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 13, 2016 at 4:02 am Vatican City, Dec 13, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Every day in the remote villages of Northeast India courageous priests and nuns are braving the elements of the wild –...
