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No-Fault Divorce Does Not Violate Hindu Husband's Free Exercise Rights.
The Religion Clause - Aug 20, 2016 at 8:45 pm In Bhandaru v. Vukkum, (KY App., Aug. 19, 2016), a Kentucky appeals court rejected an argument that the state's no-fault divorce law violates the free exercise rights of a Hindu...
ASK FATHER: People say Mass prayers together with the priest
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 20, 2016 at 8:04 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
I’ve been attending daily mass when I can at a particular parish. When at Mass I often hear some people in the pews who whisper to themselves every ...
This three-time Olympian wishes she could dine with Mother Angelica
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 20, 2016 at 5:02 pm New York City, N.Y., Aug 20, 2016 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When the New York Times interviewed retired Olympian Dominique Dawes, she was asked a peculiar question: if you...
Socci: Is the “God” of “Avvenire” and Communion and Liberation now Allah?
Rorate Coeli - Aug 20, 2016 at 4:46 pm Antonio Socci’s BlogLo StranieroAugust 20,...
Shutting Down the Blog, Questioning Faith, and Other Conundrums
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Aug 20, 2016 at 2:40 pm I almost shut down this blog this week. Almost. Then I received a message from a new reader (or a long-time reader who'd never reached out before) that renewed my commitment to...
St. Pius X: Saint of the Day for Sunday, August 21, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 20, 2016 at 2:35 pm On June 2, 1835, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto saw the light of earth at Riesi, Province of Treviso, in Venice; on August 20, 1914, he saw the light of ...
Prayer for the Sick and Seniors: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, August 21, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 20, 2016 at 2:35 pm All praise and glory are yours,
Lord our God.
For you have called us to serve you and one another in love.
Bless our sick today so that they may ...
Daily Readings for Sunday, August 21, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 20, 2016 at 2:35 pm Reading 1: Isaiah 66:18-21, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 117:1-2, Gospel: Luke 13:22-30, Reading 2: Hebrews 12:11-13, Reading 2: Hebrews 12:5-7
Praise Moments: Impossible Things
CatholicMom.com - Aug 20, 2016 at 2:00 pm
This week’s Praise Moment: “Impossible Things” by Sarah Kroger, Catholic singer-songwriter–such joyful encouragement for the listener! This is a fun, upbeat song that’s sure to...
Abortionist Has Terrifying Vision at Medjugorje, Converts on the Spot
ChurchPOP - Aug 20, 2016 at 1:36 pm In 2011, an unlikely group of non-religious abortionist doctors found themselves visiting the most active Catholic apparition site in the world, Medjugorje in Bosnia. One
The...
St. John XXIII's Advice on Living as a Disciple of Christ
Big C Catholics - Aug 20, 2016 at 12:58 pm We are not on earth as museum-keepers, but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare for a glorious future.
*** Consult not your fears but your hopes and your...
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church
Regina Magazine - Aug 20, 2016 at 11:32 am August 20 Today is the feast day of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Ora pro nobis. Bernard was born at the castle of Fontaines, in Burgundy near Dijon, in 1090. His parents were...
POLL: For whom will you vote in the 2016 Presidential Election?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 20, 2016 at 11:14 am I’m curious. How are you denizens of these USA (who can vote legally) leaning right now regarding the upcoming presidential election.
Make your best choice. If you wish to...
St Bernard of Clairvaux.
Communio - Aug 20, 2016 at 10:58 am I always look forward, for some reason, to the feast day of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Not sure why, but it may have something to do with marking the progress of the summer (just...
US Catholics sort of hug ELCA: Why do liberal, oldline flocks always seem to make news?
GetReligion - Aug 20, 2016 at 10:55 am If you walked the religion-news beat in the 1980s, and especially if you covered mainline Protestants and the Episcopal Church, then you probably knew Bishop William C. Frey.
At...
WDTPRS – 14th Sunday after Pentecost: healths, hands and the finger
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 20, 2016 at 10:34 am This Sunday’s Collect for the Extraordinary Form survived the snipping and pasting of the Consilium and the late Annibale Bugnini’s liturgical experts to be used in the Ordinary...
The Pope wrote to Rousseff, against the backdrop of the crisis in Brazil
Vatican Insider - Aug 20, 2016 at 10:10 am Pope Francis wrote a private letter to the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, who is the subject of impeachment proceedings. This is what she herself has confirmed in recent...
Works of Piety, Seattle Style
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 20, 2016 at 10:05 am It’s a bit of a caricature, but there’s a fair amount of truth here too: In Seattle, the real problem with the Democratic Party, is that it’s way too conservative. In Seattle, you...
Save the Children is also helping in Syria
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 20, 2016 at 9:48 am …and they have an excellent rating from Charity Navigator: You may have seen the photo of 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh sitting dazed and bloodied in an ambulance after he was pulled...
Over at Epic Pew…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 20, 2016 at 9:43 am Yr Obdt Svt is talking about his struggles with Fiction. But here’s the thing: with the Faith, you are–very, very carefully–not making stuff up. Indeed, the whole point of...
