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Complete Transcript of Pope Francis’ Remarks on Women Deacons
Aleteia - May 13, 2016 at 7:13 am VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ announcement yesterday that he intends to set up a special commission to study the topic of the nature and role of deaconesses in the early Church has...
On "Deaconesses," A Commission Doesn't Equal The Result
Whispers in the Loggia - May 13, 2016 at 7:10 am Weeks after closing out one years-long process that served to convulse much of the Catholic conversation, the Pope has opened the door to another live-wire discussion: at a Q&...
Meatless Friday: Big Metal Hashbrown
CatholicMom.com - May 13, 2016 at 7:00 am
Did you ever have one of those weeks where, between middle-aged forgetfulness and spousal miscommunication, you end up with, say, absolutely no milk in the fridge but instead...
Last Days in the Desert
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 13, 2016 at 6:55 am NEW YORK — “Who do you say that I am?” As has often been pointed out, this question — originally posed by Jesus to the 12 Apostles — is in fact a decisive inquiry directed by the...
BP Ayuso Guixot: ‘Peaceful coexistence of religions benefits peace and human advancement’
News.va - May 13, 2016 at 6:41 am (Vatican Radio) Bishop Ángel Ayuso Guixot addressed the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations this week in Tokyo about the need to protect minorities in Muslim majority states...
Pope: The fight against poverty above all a moral one
News.va - May 13, 2016 at 6:41 am (Vatican Radio) It’s been 25 years since Pope St. John Paul II’s watershed encyclical on politics, economics, and society and to mark the occasion the Centesimus annus – pro...
Faith-conscious investing responds to Pope's challenges to global economy
News.va - May 13, 2016 at 6:41 am (Vatican Radio) With the reform of the Vatican IOR making a landmark on Thursday, one possible way of putting into practice Pope Francis’ challenges to the 'globalization of...
Money Monster
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 13, 2016 at 6:40 am NEW YORK — Forty years ago, Peter Finch gave an Oscar-winning performance in the black comedy “Network.” He played Howard Beale, a crazed television news anchor who exhorts his...
“We need to value brides and mothers, not clericalise them”
Vatican Insider - May 13, 2016 at 6:32 am Francis’ willingness to dig deeper into the question of the female diaconate, expressed during yesterday’s meeting with women religious, is in tune with what he has said on other...
Our Lady of Fatima
Communio - May 13, 2016 at 6:27 am Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
Those who pray the rosary likely add this prayer following the Doxology: O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell and lead...
Saudis, Iran At Odds Over Hajj Arrangements This Year
The Religion Clause - May 13, 2016 at 6:10 am AlJazeera reported yesterday that Iranian Muslims may miss out on the Hajj this September because Iran and Saudi Arabia have been unable to agree on organizational details. The...
Wedding Artists Challenge City's Public Accommodation Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
The Religion Clause - May 13, 2016 at 6:05 am Two owners of an upscale hand painting and calligraphy business filed suit in an Arizona state court yesterday challenging the provision in the Phoenix city code, adopted in 2013...
Mary, Jesus Expert
CatholicMom.com - May 13, 2016 at 6:00 am
Photo by Antranias (2014) via Pixabay, CCO Public Domain.
In my day, if I wanted to increase my tennis prowess, I would watch Chris Evert Lloyd’s moves on the court. When my...
Student's Complaint Over Expulsion From Catholic High School Dismissed Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine
The Religion Clause - May 13, 2016 at 6:00 am In In re St. Thomas High School, (TX App., May 1, 2016), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine requires dismissal of a breach of contract...
Drought ravages Ethiopian communities as hunger rises
Franciscan Media - May 13, 2016 at 6:00 am CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) -- Watching hungry schoolchildren in Ethiopia carefully put away one of the two biscuits they received at a food program, Msgr. John Kozar, president...
Photopost Request: Pentecost 2016
New Liturgical Movement - May 13, 2016 at 6:00 am Our next major photopost will be for Pentecost, this coming Sunday, May 15th; please send your photos (whether of the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form) to photopost@...
Catholic faith drove terminally ill woman to meet Pope Francis
Franciscan Media - May 13, 2016 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The military mantra of "suck it up" and an intense love for the Catholic faith drove Cheryl Tobin to reach new heights -- the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica...
What did Pope Francis actually say about the female deaconate?
Catholic News Agency - General - May 13, 2016 at 5:55 am Vatican City, May 13, 2016 / 04:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Yesterday Pope Francis raised eyebrows around the world after declaring his openness to establishing a commission to study...
What did Pope Francis actually say about the female deaconate?
EWTN - Vatican News - May 13, 2016 at 5:55 am Vatican City, May 13, 2016 / 05:55 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Yesterday Pope Francis raised eyebrows around the world after declaring his openness to establishing a commission to study...
Burma’s cardinal: after decades of Calvary we are entering a season of hope
Catholic Herald - May 13, 2016 at 5:49 am After decades of suffering, Burma is entering a “season of hope”, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo has said.
During a Mass at Westminster Cathedral Burma’s first ever cardinal compared...
