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How America’s progressives unleashed ‘moral chaos’
Catholic Herald - Sep 22, 2016 at 6:15 am Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Societyby RR Reno, Regnery Faith, £21
I groan a little when I read an opening sentence like: “Our country is entering a crisis.” There is...
Guillermo Arboleda Tamayo new Abbot President of Subiaco Cassinese Congregation
Communio - Sep 22, 2016 at 6:07 am The General Chapter of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation elected today (22 Sept 2016) Father Guillermo Arboleda Tamayo, abbot of the Abbey of Santa Maria of Medellin and...
Massachusetts Supreme Court Upholds Rulings In Landlord's Assault On Muslim Tenant
The Religion Clause - Sep 22, 2016 at 6:05 am In Commonwealth v. Obi, (MA Sup Jud Ct, Sept 21, 2016), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a series of rulings by a trial court judge in the criminal trial of a...
Journalism can't be a 'weapon of destruction', Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Sep 22, 2016 at 6:05 am Vatican City, Sep 22, 2016 / 06:05 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Emphasizing the importance of respect for human dignity, Pope Francis told journalists Thursday that their profession can...
Book Review: Mary's Way: The Power of Entrusting Your Child to God by Judy Landrieu Klein
CatholicMom.com - Sep 22, 2016 at 6:00 am
“It is among a mother’s most important labors to pray diligently for her children.”
We’ve all been there. A child with “anger issues.” A pre-teen who just discovered porn. A ...
VA Updates Guidelines On Religious Exercise At Its Facilities
The Religion Clause - Sep 22, 2016 at 6:00 am On Aug. 19, the Veterans Administration issued an internal memorandum (full text) updating its Policy Guidance on Religious Exercise and Religious Expression In VA Facilities. ...
Movie Notes: Sully
Commonweal - Sep 22, 2016 at 5:33 am Last night I saw Sully, the Clint Eastwood-directed hymn of praise for airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who pulled off the daring emergency landing of US Air Flight 1549 on the...
Friar Teacher
Dominicana - Sep 22, 2016 at 5:30 am In depictions of Saint Dominic, a dog, clutching a torch in its mouth and seated upon a globe, often accompanies the Order’s founder. By God’s grace, that fire is still blazing...
Catholic and Orthodox theologians ‘reach landmark agreement’
Catholic Herald - Sep 22, 2016 at 5:25 am Catholic and Orthodox scholars have reached a landmark agreement on synodality and primacy in the early Church, it has been reported.
According to a Russian Orthodox Church...
Parolin: “Wars and national interests fuel the refugee crisis”
Vatican Insider - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:59 am “Wars such as those in Syria and Libya, which have exacerbated the asylum-seeker and refugee crisis, are not ending because there are too many diverging interests at play,...
The Secretariat for Communications now has its statute
Vatican Insider - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:50 am The statute for the Vatican Secretariat for Communications has been published. Pope Francis approved the statute on “an experimental basis” on 6 September this year. The document...
Thérèse Vanier: the L’Arche founder who looked reality in the eye
Catholic Herald - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:39 am Having mentioned Thérèse Vanier in an earlier blog post I decided to interview Jim Cargin, who knew her well for many years. This is because she deserves highlighting as someone...
Daily Gospel Reflection for September 22, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 9, 7-9
In honour of J.R.R Tolkien’s world, this day is known as Hobbit Day – to celebrate the birthdays of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins: two unsuspecting,...
Vatican Sec of State warns against increasing antimicrobial resistance at UN
News.va - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:15 am (Vatican Radio) Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, called for ‘the enhancement of infection prevention and control, including good sanitation and hygiene both...
Religion has the responsibility to condemn terrorism, Vatican official says
EWTN - US Latest News - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:09 am New York City, N.Y., Sep 22, 2016 / 04:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- While genocide, war crimes, and violence against humanity continue to
plague individuals across the globe, Vatican...
The modern – and little known – miracles of Padre Pio
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:02 am Rome, Italy, Sep 22, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Known around the globe as simply “Padre Pio,” Saint Pio of Pietrelcina has been called one of the “most active” saints in...
The modern – and little known – miracles of Padre Pio
EWTN - World Catholic News - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:02 am Rome, Italy, Sep 22, 2016 / 04:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Known around the globe as simply "Padre Pio," Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
has been called one of the "most active" saints in...
Trump names 33 conservative Catholics as new advisers
EWTN - US Latest News - Sep 22, 2016 at 4:01 am Washington D.C., Sep 22, 2016 / 04:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has released a list of 33
prominent conservative Catholic advisers for his...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/09/16
Catholic Herald - Sep 22, 2016 at 3:18 am Congolese bishops have threatened to withdraw from a national dialogue forum if Joseph Kabila seeks a third presidential term.
The Focolare movement has inspired a clan in...
World’s oldest bishop dies aged 104
Catholic Herald - Sep 22, 2016 at 3:09 am Archbishop Emeritus Peter Gerety of Newark, who was being cared for by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Totowa, New Jersey, has died aged 104.
According to a remembrance of...
