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Monument Challenges Dismissed For Lack of Standing
The Religion Clause - Dec 5, 2017 at 6:00 am In American Atheists, Inc. v. Levy County, (ND FL, Dec. 3, 2017), a Florida federal district court dismissed on standing grounds a challenge to a Ten Commandments monument in a...
Pope Francis: Pray for elderly during December
News.va - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:55 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has revealed his prayer intention for the month of December, which is “for the elderly”.
In a video message explaining the prayer petition, the Pope...
Pope appoints Washington auxiliary as new bishop of Richmond
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:13 am Vatican City, Dec 5, 2017 / 04:13 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday the Vatican announced Pope Francis’ appointment of Bishop Barry C. Knestout, until now one of three auxiliary...
Israeli missiles target Syrian military facility near Damascus: Syrian state media (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Bangladesh: priest in state of shock following apparent abduction, release (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:12 amChurch in Philippines: 2018 is Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons (Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:12 am Clergy and religious “are greatly instrumental for the lay to become truly an evangelized and evangelizing community of disciples,” the bishops stated in their pastoral...
Missionary sister discusses bubonic plague in Madagascar (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:12 amBishops call on UK Government to help Calais migrants (Catholic Parliamentary Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:12 am The Catholic Parliamentary Office is an agency of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland.
Bolivian archbishop: pro-democracy protests should be peaceful (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:12 amSpiritually adopting children to protect them against demonic influences
Aleteia - Dec 5, 2017 at 5:00 am Being a "spiritual auntie" to many children sounds sweet, but it's a warrior's calling.As one who lives an “anchorite” or eremitic lifestyle, I feel a calling to pray for the...
Honoring Rulers, Honoring Truth
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:15 am
Public opinion matters a great deal today. That situation creates a way in which all of us participate in public affairs, even in hierarchical settings like the Church. So we...
Resignations and appointments (12/4) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:12 am Pope Francis named a new auxiliary bishop in Texas.
The Pope: accept humiliations to resemble Jesus
Vatican Insider - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:12 am Humility for a Christian is fundamental: indispensable. Pope Francis reminds us in this morning’s Mass, December 5 ,2017, at Casa Santa Marta. ...
The best pictures from Pope Francis's trip to Burma (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:12 amIn letter to priests, Vatican cardinal extols Sacrament of Penance (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:12 am Cardinal Mauro Piacenza has served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary since 2013.
Australian bishop: young Catholics are creating a resurgence in the Church (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:12 am Bishop Richard Umbers is an auxiliary bishop of Sydney.
UN relief wing appeals for record $22.5 billion in aid for 2018 (UN News Centre)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/3 Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
New interview with Cardinal Raymond Burke (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:12 am Cardinal Burke discusses confusion in the Church, the dubia, the Mass, and the Knights of Malta. “One may have the feeling that the Church gives the appearance of being unwilling...
All God Asks
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 5, 2017 at 4:10 am
Ronald Knox once said, “He who travels in the barque of St. Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.” In case you’ve been living under a rock the last five,...
Pope Francis, about conversions and the “work” of grace
Vatican Insider - Dec 5, 2017 at 3:48 am Saint Teresa of Lisieux, Patroness of the Missions, wrote that “Jesus does not need anyone to carry out his work”. Pope Francis, speaking with journalists on the flight that took...
