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In Puerto Rico, mistrust fuels public doubt on Zika
Franciscan Media - Aug 19, 2016 at 6:00 am SAN
GERMAN, Puerto Rico (CNS) -- Mistrust of local government and federal agencies
has caused doubt among Puerto Ricans about reports the Zika epidemic poses a
grave situation to...
Cardinal: Dialogue key in building communion with others
Franciscan Media - Aug 19, 2016 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS)
-- Christians must never tire of seeking dialogue with others in order to promote
mutual respect and forgiveness among people with different experiences and...
Blessed Are The Disaffected Voters
Dominicana - Aug 19, 2016 at 5:30 am This is a tale of two betweens. As far as the presidential election goes, we’re currently in that period of relative peace and quiet between the conclusion of the national...
Villages ‘obliterated’ as Christian persecution grows in eastern Congo
Catholic Herald - Aug 19, 2016 at 4:59 am The persecution of Christians has escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), prompting fears that a jihadist group is gaining strength in the region.
At least 36 people...
In Arab Christian's murder, some see signs of deadly American cultural tensions
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 19, 2016 at 4:57 am Tulsa, Okla., Aug 19, 2016 / 04:57 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Khalid Jabara, a Lebanese-American Christian man, was killed in Tulsa, Okla. last week. His alleged assailant was a man who...
After decline in sales, Target tests out bathroom compromise
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 19, 2016 at 4:57 am Washington D.C., Aug 19, 2016 / 04:57 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Amid continuing dispute over its transgender bathroom policy, the retail giant Target has denied that the controversy is...
What's it like to be a persecuted Christian? This exhibit shows you
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 19, 2016 at 4:45 am Rimini, Italy, Aug 19, 2016 / 04:45 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A teddy bear, a diploma, a menu – items owned, achieved and touched by
Christians who were brutally killed in attacks this...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 19, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Aug 19, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 22, 34-40
Even young children can usually recite the great commandment to love God above all else and the secondary commandment to love one’s neighbor as...
Silver medallist shot putter: priests and religious ‘helped me a ton’
Catholic Herald - Aug 19, 2016 at 4:04 am A shot putter who won a silver medal in Rio is a member of the Knights of Columbus who counts priests and religious among his friends and role models.
Joe Kovacs, who was world...
Olympic Signs of Contradiction
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 19, 2016 at 3:15 am
Just before the 2016 Olympic Games began in Rio, Cardinal Orani Tempesta blessed the Olympic torch at the feet of the Statue of Christ the Redeemer. Images of Jesus with arms...
An Apology for Catholics of the Past
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 19, 2016 at 3:10 am
When teaching survey courses in French and Western literature, I sometimes note a student’s puzzled reaction to the thoughts of medieval writers. Novice readers will eagerly dive...
Oh goody! Mike Flynn is back writing his history of the Crusades!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 19, 2016 at 2:53 am Flynn is one of the most droll and erudite scribblers I know. His absolutely fascinating series on the history of our journey from geocentrism to heliocentrism is one of the most...
Papal message for Communion and Liberation gathering
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 19, 2016 at 1:51 am Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has written a message in Pope Francis’s name on the occasion of Communion and Liberation’s annual gathering in Rimini,...
New leader of Chemin Neuf community
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 19, 2016 at 1:38 am The leadership of the Chemin Neuf community has passed from its founder to a close collaborator.
Cardinal Marx faces accusations over handling of alleged abuse case
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 19, 2016 at 1:34 am Trier, Germany, Aug 19, 2016 / 01:34 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Accusations have been raised in a number of German media that Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising failed to...
Challenge to Maryland Ten Commandments statue dropped
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 19, 2016 at 1:17 am Baltimore, Md., Aug 19, 2016 / 01:17 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A monument of the Ten Commandments outside a Maryland courthouse is safe, after a lawsuit against it was dropped this...
Challenge to Maryland Ten Commandments statue dropped
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 19, 2016 at 1:17 am Baltimore, Md., Aug 19, 2016 / 12:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A monument of the Ten Commandments outside a Maryland courthouse is safe, after a lawsuit against it was dropped this...
Brisbane Lions player Tom Bell gives inspiring speech at his old school
The Catholic Leader - Aug 19, 2016 at 1:00 am BRISBANE Lions footballer Tom Bell returned to his old school, Iona College, to deliver a stirring message to young athletes.Be determined, be committed and don’t let knockbacks...
Sisters of Charity file $50M suit against hospital system
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 19, 2016 at 12:37 am The Sisters of Charity have filed a $50 million suit against a Columbia, South Carolina, hospital system, according to a local newspaper report.
