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Suit In France Says Social Media Failed To Remove Anti-Semitic, Racist, Homophobic and Terrorist Posts
The Religion Clause - May 18, 2016 at 6:05 am According to the Economic Times, on Sunday in Paris three French groups filed a lawsuit against Twitter, YouTube and Facebook charging that they failed to adequately comply with a...
K-12 Summer Program Available Online at Catholic Virtual School of Excellence
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Do you want to give your kids a Catholic education, despite not living close to a Catholic school or being unable to...
Same-Sex Couple's Newest Battle Is With Catholic Cemetery
The Religion Clause - May 18, 2016 at 6:00 am NewNowNext and Advocate reported yesterday that Greg Bourke and Michael De Leon, a same-sex couple who were among the plaintiffs in one of the same-sex marriage cases decided by...
Mexican bishop calls for compassion for poppy farmers
Franciscan Media - May 18, 2016 at 6:00 am MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- A Catholic bishop in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero has called for compassion toward the impoverished populations harvesting opium poppies out of...
Priest suspended over allegations of misconduct, abuse
Franciscan Media - May 18, 2016 at 6:00 am MINEOLA, N.Y. (CNS) -- The Marianists' Province of Meribah suspended Father James Williams after "a comprehensive and extensive investigation" into allegations of misconduct and...
USCCB president emphasizes continued opposition to HHS mandate
Catholic Culture - World News - May 18, 2016 at 5:35 am Reacting to the US Supreme Court’s Zubik v. Burwell decision, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops emphasized “the unity and resolve that the ...
Pope Francis: Saint Francis of Paola teaches "humility is a strength"
News.va - May 18, 2016 at 5:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis invoked Saint Francis of Paola during his weekly General Audience on Wednesday. The Holy Father greeted devotees of the saint, who are marking the...
A Light in Darkness
Dominicana - May 18, 2016 at 5:30 am At the Saint John Paul II Shrine, just up the road from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, a series of exhibits chronicles the life of the holy Pontiff and his...
Fota IX Speakers and Topics Announced
New Liturgical Movement - May 18, 2016 at 5:30 am St. Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce a list of speakers and topics for the Fota IX International Liturgy Conference to be held in Cork, Ireland, July ...
Papal tribute to St. Francis of Paola
Catholic Culture - World News - May 18, 2016 at 5:23 am At the conclusion of his May 18 general audience, Pope Francis paid tribute to the patron saint of Calabria, St. Francis of Paola (1416-1507).
The Italian friar founded the Order...
Pope Francis: heaven's doors are closed to those who close their hearts to the poor
Catholic Culture - World News - May 18, 2016 at 5:08 am Continuing his series of Wednesday catecheses on mercy, Pope Francis devoted his May 18 general audience to the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
“Lazarus, lying outside the ...
Archdiocese of Chicago to offer 12 week paid parental leave
EWTN - US Latest News - May 18, 2016 at 5:05 am Chicago, Ill., May 18, 2016 / 05:05 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- With the conviction that pro-family policies are critical for a healthy
Church, the Archdiocese of Chicago will soon start...
Leading Italian prelate laments demographic decline, persecution of Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - May 18, 2016 at 4:48 am In a May 17 address to his brother bishops, the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference welcomed recent documents and initiatives of Pope Francis and said that the Church in...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 18, 2016
CatholicMom.com - May 18, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 9, 38-40
In today’s Gospel, we meet John and some of the other disciples who are concerned that someone who is not of their group is casting out demons in...
Peru's bishops work to counter human trafficking
Catholic Culture - World News - May 18, 2016 at 4:23 am A commission of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference has begun a project to counter human trafficking in the South American nation.
An area of focus is Jaén, a city located on ...
Catholics have filled the internet with venom and vitriol, says Vatican media advisor
Catholic Herald - May 18, 2016 at 4:12 am Many Catholics on the internet are uncharitable and disturbed individuals, the Vatican’s English-language media advisor has said.
Speaking to the DeSales Media Group of Brooklyn...
Repeat abortions rise in England and Wales, figures reveal
Catholic Herald - May 18, 2016 at 4:06 am More than three in ten abortions carried out on women in England and Wales in England and Wales in 2015 were repeat procedures, according to the latest annual figures from the...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/05/16
Catholic Herald - May 18, 2016 at 4:05 am Young people visiting Kraków for World Youth Day face “no danger”, Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz has said.
Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro of Juba has urged the people of South Sudan...
Top Italian bishop throws punch at new civil unions law
Catholic News Agency - General - May 18, 2016 at 4:04 am Vatican City, May 18, 2016 / 03:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a powerful speech Tuesday at the opening of the Italian bishops' general assembly, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa...
Top Italian bishop throws punch at new civil unions law
EWTN - Vatican News - May 18, 2016 at 4:04 am Vatican City, May 18, 2016 / 04:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In a powerful speech Tuesday at the opening of the Italian bishops' general assembly, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa...
