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Theme for the 2017 World Day for Social Communications
News.va - Sep 29, 2016 at 7:01 am (Vatican Radio) The theme for the Church’s 2017 World Day for Social Communications was published on Thursday. The theme or motto chosen for this event is: “Fear not, for I am...
Novena to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux 2016 | Day 8
Big C Catholics - Sep 29, 2016 at 7:00 am September 29, 2016Saint Therese of Lisieux, you said that you would spend your time in heaven doing good on earth.Your trust in God was complete. Pray that He may increase my...
Small Success: All the Time in the World
CatholicMom.com - Sep 29, 2016 at 7:00 am
All the time in the world; I used to have it. Last week, I started working and somehow, those four hours each weekday eat up the rest of the day. Time to write? I used to have it...
Aleppo’s Christians say they are undergoing “ethnic cleansing”
Vatican Insider - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:34 am “Religious are like soldiers. And soldiers don’t run away.” Sister Luisa points to the tiles of the balcony that runs around the second floor of Farah, an Armenian Catholic school...
Baptist Joint Committee Appoints New Executive Director
The Religion Clause - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:15 am In a press release issued earlier this week, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty announced that it has chosen Amanda R. Tyler as its next executive director. She...
Amoris Laetitia is destined to be forgotten
Catholic Herald - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:15 am The battle over Amoris Laetitia seemed to be joined anew by the guidelines, endorsed by Pope Francis himself, of the Buenos Aires bishops. That has been covered extensively in...
My journey from Tehran to Rome
Catholic Herald - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:15 am On July 26, I announced my decision to join the Catholic Church. Hours earlier, a pair of jihadists had attacked a church in France and murdered a priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, while...
The Jesuits’ next chapter
Catholic Herald - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:15 am A general congregation meeting of the Jesuits is always a major event. But this year’s, the 36th in history, is unique in a number of respects. It is the first time that a general...
Appeals Court Upholds Ban On Father Discussing Religion During Child Visitation
The Religion Clause - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:10 am In Koch v. Koch, (FL App., Sept. 28, 2016), a Florida state appellate court upheld a trial court's order in a parenting plan that was part of a divorce proceeding prohibiting the...
Jewish Religious Court Lacks Standing To Appeal Bankruptcy Stay of Its Proceedings
The Religion Clause - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:05 am As previously reported, last year a New York federal bankruptcy court held that the statutory automatic stay of proceedings against a debtor that is triggered by the filing of a...
Why Nuns in Space?
CatholicMom.com - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:00 am
I hadn’t set out to write about nuns – or more accurately, religious sisters – working in outer space. I didn’t plan on writing Catholic-themed SF. I didn’t even look for...
Supreme Court Calendar Adjusted This Year For Jewish High Holidays
The Religion Clause - Sep 29, 2016 at 6:00 am National Law Journal reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has adjusted its argument calendar to accommodate the Jewish High Holidays which this year come in early October. The...
Celestial Intercession
Dominicana - Sep 29, 2016 at 5:30 am The angels in their glorious celestial array are the servants and messengers of God, the “mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word” (Ps 103:20, CCC 329)....
Ss. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Communio - Sep 29, 2016 at 5:03 am
The psalm response for today’s Novus Ordo Mass is: “In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.” Indeed, this is our position before the Divine Majesty.
On the...
Armed police patrol Canterbury Cathedral amid terrorist fears
Catholic Herald - Sep 29, 2016 at 4:56 am Police with guns are patrolling Canterbury Cathedral amid fears about terror attacks.
The extra security comes after a series of jihadist attacks across Europe, including the...
Pope Benedict is Still Misunderstood in Germany
Crisis Magazine - Church - Sep 29, 2016 at 4:35 am
In Germany, reality and media-hype are worlds apart when it comes to Pope Benedict’s latest book-length interview called Last Conversations (Letzte Gespräche) in German (and Last...
Daily Gospel Reflection for September 29, 2016 - Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
CatholicMom.com - Sep 29, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 1, 47-51 – Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
There is comfort in being known. I once attended a conference and the speaker was sharing the story of a friend...
Police Shootings and the Proper Respect for Authority
Crisis Magazine - Church - Sep 29, 2016 at 4:30 am
Police shootings have been lighting up the media for the last couple of years, with incidents such as Philando Castile’s death in Falcon Heights, MN and Alton Sterling’s in Baton...
Meet the Courage apostolate's new leader: Fr. Philip Bochanski
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 29, 2016 at 4:02 am Washington D.C., Sep 29, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Expansion and further welcoming outreach are the plans for the next head of Courage International, a Catholic apostolate...
Meet the Courage apostolate's new leader: Fr. Philip Bochanski
EWTN - US Latest News - Sep 29, 2016 at 4:02 am Washington D.C., Sep 29, 2016 / 04:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Expansion and further welcoming outreach are the plans for the next head
of Courage International, a Catholic...
