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Daily Reading for Saturday, August 20th, 2016 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 18, 2016 at 7:36 am Reading 1, Ezekiel 43:1-7
1 He took me to the gate, the one facing east.
2 I saw the glory of the God of Israel approaching from the east. A sound ...
It's official: Our Lady of Good Help in Wisconsin is a national shrine
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 18, 2016 at 7:08 am Green Bay, Wis., Aug 18, 2016 / 07:08 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In 1859, a young Belgian woman saw a bright vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary appear between two trees in one of the...
Meet Church Curmudgeon: the grumpiest, funniest guy on Twitter
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 18, 2016 at 7:02 am Denver, Colo., Aug 18, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA).- He hates the way things are done these days, and church sure ain’t what it used to be.
Church Curmudgeon may be one of the most...
Small Success Thursday: Savoring a Joyful Summer
CatholicMom.com - Aug 18, 2016 at 7:00 am
We are getting ready for school. We are packing up two children for college. I am trying to get everyone who let everything go they didn’t want to deal with until August to...
Israel's Rabbinical Courts Grapple With Unrealistic Marriage Contract Terms
The Religion Clause - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:20 am In Israel, an interesting contract question is being increasingly faced by state rabbinical courts that have jurisdiction over divorce actions. Traditional Jewish marriage...
Defense Counsel's Prayers on Facebook Pose Concerns
The Religion Clause - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:15 am Prayers posted on Facebook by an Ellis County, Texas defense attorney have come under scrutiny of trial judges after complaints by the county district attorney's office that...
Debtors need our help
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:15 am Our society is fuelled by debt. Whether it’s your credit card, student loan or the latest mobile phone that you have to have, the average pile of household debt in Britain has...
How we stopped a Black Mass at Harvard
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:15 am Satanists are getting bolder in asserting their presence in the US public square. The Satanic Temple recently announced that they will try and start clubs for schoolchildren. A...
The true history of celibacy
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:15 am According to some reports, the next synod may touch on the question of ordaining married men. If we are to have such a debate, it should be based on fact, not fantasy. You will...
Word This Week
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:15 am As the Book of Isaiah draws to its conclusion, it sets before us the vision of a heavenly Jerusalem come down to Earth: a place where God would dwell amongst his people. Rather...
Book review: The ceaseless inferno of Maoist China
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:15 am The Cultural Revolutionby Frank Dikötter, Bloomsbury, £25
The Cultural Revolution in China exploded on Western consciousness in the summer of 1966. It seemed almost...
Suit Challenges Latin Cross In County Seal and Flag
The Religion Clause - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:11 am A suit was filed in federal district court this week seeking to enjoin Lehigh County, Pennsylvania from continuing to display the current county seal and county flag that includes...
Ministerial Exception Doctrine Bars ADA Claim By Adventist Music Teacher
The Religion Clause - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:10 am In Curl v. Beltsville Adventist School, (D MD, Aug. 15, 2016), a Maryland federal district court held that the ministerial exception doctrine applies to prevent a music teacher at...
Defrazzling Mom
CatholicMom.com - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:00 am Image credit Michele Faehnle 2016
A mom’s life is a busy one. We juggle multiple hats trying to keep our lives and our homes in order. I have always been able to handle many...
Settlement Reached Permitting "8THEIST" License Plate In New Jersey
The Religion Clause - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:00 am Last week, a New Jersey federal district court approved the parties' settlement agreement (full text) in Morgan v. Martinez. In the case, an atheist sued New Jersey's Motor...
French president meets pope to thank him after terrorist attacks
Franciscan Media - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis met privately at the Vatican with French
President Francois Hollande, who said he felt it necessary to thank the pope in
person for his words...
National security, foreign policy worries a factor in 2016 election
Franciscan Media - Aug 18, 2016 at 6:00 am WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) -- Not
since the aftermath of 9/11 has America's national security and foreign policy
seemed to resonate so heavily with the electorate during a U.S....
Sit a Spell and Have a Chat
Dominicana - Aug 18, 2016 at 5:30 am When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, What...
The Anjem Choudary verdict is an embarrassment for the BBC
Catholic Herald - Aug 18, 2016 at 5:22 am Readers may well remember the career of the odious Nazi Julius Streicher, the man who was behind the most virulent anti-Semitic propaganda of the Nazis and the editor of the paper...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 18, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Aug 18, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 22, 1-14
Who doesn’t love picking up the mail and finding a crisp thick envelope containing an elegant wedding invitation? Whether it’s family or friend,...
