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Cheesy Potato Soup
CatholicMom.com - Nov 17, 2017 at 7:30 am
It’s officially soup season in most of the Northern Hemisphere. Even in those areas that are still warm, you might desire for it to be so, so you turn on the air conditioner and...
Bishop Egan criticises ‘draconian’ crackdown on pro-lifers
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2017 at 7:21 am Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth has expressed dismay at a move to ban pro-life vigils outside an abortion clinic in his diocese. The bishop said the decision, by Portsmouth city...
Leonids Meteor Shower 2017: Nov. 17-18
The Catholic Astronomer - Nov 17, 2017 at 7:17 am
The Leonid meteor is a medium strength shower that has a rare history of reaching high strength activity. The shower should be visible from both hemispheres, but viewers in the...
Those close to the cause of Fr. Solanus Casey recall a humble, holy friar
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 17, 2017 at 7:15 am Detroit, Mich., Nov 17, 2017 / 07:15 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Before a potential saint is beatified, there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes.
Why we need to stop talking about priests and nuns (and other religious leaders) this way
Aleteia - Nov 17, 2017 at 7:00 am Traditional or progressive, conservative or liberal are terms not only misused but even misunderstood.Isn’t it time to stop labeling religious communities with alien terms? I...
Ahead of Myanmar visit, Pope says he's coming to promote peace
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 17, 2017 at 7:00 am Vatican City, Nov 17, 2017 / 07:29 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Friday Pope Francis sent a video greeting to the people of Myanmar
ahead of his Nov. 27-30 trip, saying he is coming to...
Venerable Solanus Casey: the priest who answered the doorbell.
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 17, 2017 at 7:00 am Vatican City, Nov 17, 2017 / 06:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Venerable Solanus Casey, a Capuchin priest from Wisconsin, was humble before all else, said the postulator of his cause for...
Ahead of Myanmar visit, Pope says he's coming to promote peace
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:29 am Vatican City, Nov 17, 2017 / 05:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Friday Pope Francis sent a video greeting to the people of Myanmar ahead of his Nov. 27-30 trip, saying he is coming to...
Why is the Vatican still negotiating with China’s sinister Orwellian state?
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:21 am It seems clear that Mr Xi, the leader of Communist China, is now the most important such leader since Chairman Mao, the Great Helmsman himself. The signs are hard to read for us...
Head of DHS Faith Based Office Resigns Over Anti-Muslim, Anti-Black Statements
The Religion Clause - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:20 am CNN reports that Rev. Jamie Johnson resigned yesterday as head of the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships. His resignation...
Court Upholds Large Penalty Against Jehovah's Witnesses For Failure To Produce Documents
The Religion Clause - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:15 am In Padron v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., (CA App., Nov. 9, 2017), a California appellate court upheld a $4000 per day penalty against a Jehovah's Witness...
Elaborate Museum of The Bible Opens In D.C. Today
The Religion Clause - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:10 am Washington Post reports that the new $500 million privately-funded Museum of the Bible opens in Washington, D.C. today. The museum has been created by the Green family, owners of...
Former Church Members Question Settlement of Suit Against Child Protection Officials
The Religion Clause - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:05 am Former members of the North Carolina-based World of Faith Fellowship (WOFF) will ask the North Carolina attorney general to seek review a settlement agreement reached 12 years ago...
Cancer Warriors
CatholicMom.com - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:00 am Luca Giordano [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Sometimes, I love how my son asks deep questions and makes me think about topics in new ways. Sometimes, I just want to drive...
Is the “prayer hands” emoji really a “high-five”?
Aleteia - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:00 am A picture is worth a thousand interpretations.The debate is on over the proper interpretation of the “prayer hands” emoji after ABC 6 in Philadelphia suggested that the little...
Suit Challenges Tennessee's Therapist Bill
The Religion Clause - Nov 17, 2017 at 6:00 am A suit was filed last week in a Tennessee federal district court challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's "Therapist Bill" (TN Code 63-22-302) that provides:No counselor...
The saint who founded a movement in response to Freemasonry
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:56 am Following on from my blog on the revised CTS booklet on fertility and infertility by Dr Pia Matthews (in the CTS Explanations series), I have been reading Freemasonry and the...
The quirky Father Solanus: Squeaky violinist, tamer of bees
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:53 am Detroit, Mich., Nov 17, 2017 / 05:53 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- You've heard of Jesus' multiplication of the loaves. But have you heard of Fr. Solanus Casey's multiplication of the ice...
Bishop Li, semper fideles, dies aged 97
Rorate Coeli - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:44 am Bishop Li in 2013
Bp. Joseph Li Side, an 'underground' bishop consectrated secretly, died this morning (11:20pm GMT), aged 97. Please pray for him.
Bp. Li was a pillar of...
Euthanasia is always wrong, Pope Francis tells doctors
Catholic Herald - Nov 17, 2017 at 5:29 am The Pope has addressed the ethics of medical intervention, telling doctors at the Vatican that those caring for the sick “without shortening their life, but also without futilely...
