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The Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels
Regina Magazine - Oct 2, 2016 at 5:10 pm October 2 Today is the feast day of the Holy Guardian Angels. Your Guardian Angel is your companion and your friend. He is given to you at the first moment of existence and stays...
Pope Francis: Love those who struggle, but don't push gender theory on kids
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 2, 2016 at 4:55 pm Aboard the papal plane, Oct 2, 2016 / 03:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On his way back from Georgia and Azerbaijan Pope Francis criticized what he called the “wicked” push of gender...
Religion Clause Is On Short Publication Break
The Religion Clause - Oct 2, 2016 at 4:30 pm Religion Clause blog will be on break on Monday and Tuesday. Look for new postings on Wednesday, including coverage of any relevant action by the U.S. Supreme Court on its...
“This is how, I, as Pope, welcome homosexual people and transsexuals”
Vatican Insider - Oct 2, 2016 at 3:38 pm “As Pope I continue to accompany people who have a homosexual inclination and who practice homosexuality,” Francis said in response to journalists’ questions on the flight from...
101-year-old woman receives First Communion
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 2, 2016 at 3:29 pm Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 2, 2016 / 02:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At 101 years old, Doña Penha has seen quite a bit of life. But the centenarian experienced something new on...
Obama Holds Pre-Rosh Hashanah Call With 600 Rabbis
The Religion Clause - Oct 2, 2016 at 2:59 pm Rosh Hashanah begins this evening. As reported by JTA, last Monday President Obama held a pre-holiday conference call with over 600 rabbis from the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Oct 2, 2016 at 2:49 pm From SSRN:
Christopher C. Lund, RFRA, State RFRAs, and Religious Minorities, (San Diego Law Review, Vol. 53, p. 163, 2016 (symposium)).
Pranoto Iskandar, The Human Right to Non-...
Pope encourages Azerbaijan’s tiny Catholic minority
Catholic Herald - Oct 2, 2016 at 2:25 pm Catholics cannot “economise” when it comes to spending time in prayer with God and in service to other people, Pope Francis has told members of Azerbaijan’s tiny Catholic...
Dialogue is the key to progress, Pope tells Azerbaijanis
Catholic Herald - Oct 2, 2016 at 1:56 pm Co-operation, peace and prosperity come when people know how to hold fast to their cultural and religious identities without ever denigrating or trying to deny the rights and...
Pope Francis green-lights opening of Fr. Jacques Hamel beatification process
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 2, 2016 at 1:07 pm Rouen, France, Oct 2, 2016 / 12:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The French diocese of Rouen has officially begun an inquiry into the beatification of French priest Jacques Hamel, killed...
Pope Francis to Muslim Leaders: “No more violence in the name of God!”
Aleteia - Oct 2, 2016 at 12:37 pm VATICAN CITY — In his first visit to a majority Shiite nation, Pope Francis on Sunday called on Muslim leaders to join him in giving a united response to a conflict-ridden world,...
WaPo’s take on why Benedict XVI resigned: Was it really because of soccer?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 2, 2016 at 12:30 pm The brain-trusts at WaPo were asleep at the keyboards today. In a story about the reason why Pope Benedict resigned in 2013, they post in a big headline that he left because of...
Pope Francis ends Apostolic Visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan
News.va - Oct 2, 2016 at 12:21 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has ended his 16th Apostolic Journey Abroad.
The papal plane bringing him back to Vatican City departed from Baku’s International Heydar Aliyev...
Is Russia really going after missionaries? Few publications seem to care
GetReligion - Oct 2, 2016 at 12:15 pm Imagine if the U.S. Congress passed a law saying that you cannot talk about your faith in your own home or anywhere else besides a church building. You can’t even send an email to...
Seven and Seven Sunday
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 2, 2016 at 12:02 pm No, not the 7 & 7 you are probably thinking about.
Movie remakes.
Remakes of movies are a tradition of sorts. Some work. Some don’t.
For example, a while back I watched the...
Homily for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 9, 2016, Year C
Big C Catholics - Oct 2, 2016 at 12:00 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)We are all quite conscious of the fact that only one of the cured lepers returned to give thanks...
Pope: ‘In this night of conflict, may religions be a dawn of peace’
News.va - Oct 2, 2016 at 11:38 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has called on Muslim leaders to join him in giving a united response to a conflict-ridden world and to build together a future of peace.
Speaking...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Oct 2, 2016 at 11:02 am In a lengthy opinion in Jackson v. Crawford, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130983 (WD MO, Sept. 26, 2016), a Missouri federal district court upheld the prison system's failure to include...
Sunday Brunch Specials for October 2, 2016: Great Reads from This Week
CatholicMom.com - Oct 2, 2016 at 11:00 am
Welcome to the CatholicMom.com Sunday Brunch! We’re serving up a buffet of articles from the past week. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and settle in to enjoy some great reads....
Pope praises Azeris for good interfaith and ecumenical relations
News.va - Oct 2, 2016 at 10:30 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday praised the people of Azerbaijan for the good relations that exisit between Catholic, Muslims, Orthodox and Jewish communities in the...
