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How the Catholic Church could help the crisis in the DRC
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:47 am Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec 6, 2016 / 06:47 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In late September, Pope Francis met with the controversial president of the Democratic Republic of...
Hopes for transfer of Archbishop Sheen’s body high despite emergency ruling
Catholic Herald - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:43 am Hopes buoyed in the Diocese of Peoria by a November 17 court ruling allowing Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s family to transfer the sainthood candidate’s remains from New York to Peoria...
Bishops work to bolster fragile peace in Democratic Republic of Congo
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:17 am The Catholic bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are acting as mediators to ward off a national crisis created by President Joseph Kabila’s refusal to relinquish his...
Despite distance, Iraqi Christians keep the spirit of Christmas alive
Franciscan Media - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:14 am Iraqi refugee Sami Dankha, 51, feeds his son Alin, 1, at his home in Istanbul, Turkey. He lives in Istanbul with his wife and five children; his brothers live in New Zealand,...
Britain Releases Report On Integration of Ethnic Communities
The Religion Clause - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:10 am Britain's Department for Communities and Local Government yesterday released a report (full text) (Executive Summary) by Dame Louise Casey on integration and opportunity in...
French bishop opens sainthood cause for founder of Tyburn Nuns
Catholic Herald - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:09 am A French bishop has opened the cause for canonisation of a nun who claimed she saw a consecrated host turn to bloody flesh in the hands of a priest.
Bishop Joseph de Metz-Noblat...
Vatican hosting its first Rembrandt exhibition
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:06 am The Vatican has opened an exhibition of works by Rembrandt van Rijn: the first exhibit of the Dutch artist ever shown at the Vatican Museums.
Congress Passes State Department Authorization Act Including Various Religious Liberty Provisions
The Religion Clause - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:05 am Yesterday evening the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 1635, the Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016 (full text). The...
From The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion: Don't You Tell a Single Soul
CatholicMom.com - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:00 am Editor’s Note: We’re thrilled to give our readers a sneak peek at The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion: A Book of Daily Reflections, the newest addition to our CatholicMom.com Book...
Questions On Abortion and Gay Marriage Violated Rights of Constable Candidate
The Religion Clause - Dec 6, 2016 at 6:00 am In Lloyd v. Birkman, (WD TX, Dec. 2, 2016), a Texas federal district court held that members of the Williamson County (TX) Commissioners' Court violated the equal protection...
Sheen beatification cause delayed again as New York archdiocese appeals decision to transfer remains
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2016 at 5:43 am A New York judge has granted the New York archdiocese a temporary stay of a court order calling for the transfer of the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen from New York to Peoria...
Promote ‘ethic of responsibility’ to replace nuclear deterrence: Vatican envoy
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2016 at 5:35 am “The logic of fear and mistrust that is epitomized by nuclear deterrence must be replaced with a new global ethic,” a Vatican representative said in an address to the...
Never mind the Twitter spats – Fr Spadaro just said something truly eye-opening
Catholic Herald - Dec 6, 2016 at 5:25 am Until yesterday, I was beginning to suffer from Spadaro Controversy Fatigue, a condition afflicting those who spend too long reading Catholic news. Fr Antonio Spadaro, the editor...
St. Nicholas: a bishop who went to jail for the truth
LifeSiteNews - Dec 6, 2016 at 5:00 am The 'jolly' saint should be an inspiration to all of us who find ourselves surrounded by the Diocletians and Ariuses of today.
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 6, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Dec 6, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 18, 12-14
Have you ever rebelled interiorly and became the sheep that wandered away from the Shepherd? The skeptic that sits through the homily fuming...
Sacrificing for the Faith vs. Sacrificing the Faith
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 6, 2016 at 4:10 am
The Church rightly honors martyrs for their sacrifice. Nowadays, however, there seems to be some confusion about the subject. It’s one thing to lay down your life for your faith...
Why France's 'Zombie Catholics' are so powerful
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 6, 2016 at 4:02 am Paris, France, Dec 6, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA).- It happened in Britain. It happened in the U.S.
And now it’s happening in France.
A staunchly right-winged politician whose...
The Press Try to Ruin a Popular TV Couple for Being Christian
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 6, 2016 at 4:00 am
Buzzfeed reported last week that HGTV stars of the show “Fixer Upper,” Chip and Joanna Gaines, belong to a church that is “firmly against same-sex marriage.” Of course, it may...
Two priests in Argentina arrested over alleged abuse of at least 22 children at school for the deaf
Catholic Herald - Dec 6, 2016 at 3:50 am At least 22 children were sexually abused by two priests at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in Argentina, an investigating prosecutor said on Monday.
Police arrested...
The inside story of how 226 Assyrian Christians were freed from ISIS
Catholic Herald - Dec 6, 2016 at 2:55 am Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the edges international law to save the lives of more than 200 people — one of the largest groups of hostages yet documented in ISIS’s...
