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Archbishop says Italy’s civil unions bill is a defeat for democracy and family life

Catholic Herald - May 12, 2016 at 8:35 am

The Italian government’s approval of a bill that grants legal recognition to non-married heterosexual and homosexual couples is a defeat for democracy and family life, an Italian...

United Nations Pressures Ireland to Legalize Abortion and Stop Protecting Unborn Children

LifeNews.com - May 12, 2016 at 8:32 am

Pro-life nations are under intense international pressure to stop protecting unborn babies and legalize abortion. On Wednesday, pro-abortion countries at the United Nations pushed...

Yearning For the Fire of God

CatholicMom.com - May 12, 2016 at 8:30 am

Photo by geralt (2016) via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain. “Standing Outside the Fire”. Twenty thousand people leapt to their feet, singing and waving their lighted cell phones which...

Pope Francis meets with Prince Akishino of Japan

News.va - May 12, 2016 at 8:25 am

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday met with Prince and Princess Akishino of Japan. The Prince is the younger son of Emperor Akihito, and second in line to the throne. The...

Pope Francis meet students who make prosthetic limbs

News.va - May 12, 2016 at 8:25 am

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday met with a group of high school students who are using 3D printers to create prosthetic limbs for child amputees in Africa. The students...

Pope: Christians seek unity, those who sow weeds divide

News.va - May 12, 2016 at 8:18 am

(Vatican Radio) Jesus prays for the unity of Christians, but within the Church there are those who sow weeds (It: zizzanieri), those who divide and destroy the community with...

Lady Gaga clashes with Catholic blogger over criticism of her lifestyle

Catholic Herald - May 12, 2016 at 8:08 am

Musician Lady Gaga has criticised a Catholic blogger who said that the singer had done “obscene things”. Gaga prompted surprise among her fans when she posted a photo on Instagram...

Shotgun approach: Articles on Mississippi lawsuits are short, loud and messy

GetReligion - May 12, 2016 at 8:00 am

The progressive crusade to Clean Up the Bigoted Bible Belt revisits Mississippi this week. And as always, some professionals in the mainstream media are taking a shotgun approach...

The Postcommunion Prayers for the Feast of the Ascension in the OF and EF

New Liturgical Movement - May 12, 2016 at 8:00 am

Over the last few years, there has been an increasing focus on the differences between the proper prayers of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Mass. [1] More and more...

A reader has a question about Evangelical views of the Eucharist

Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 12, 2016 at 7:08 am

He writes: I’m studying the bible and the sacraments. How does the evangelicals interpreted 1 Cor, 11:27, 30? What is their interpretation?? The passage he refers to is this:...

Müller on Amoris Laetitia: the Church is called to promote a 'culture of the family'

EWTN - World Catholic News - May 12, 2016 at 7:02 am

Oviedo, Spain, May 12, 2016 / 07:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Those who think Pope Francis' recent apostolic exhortation changed the Church's discipline on Holy Communion for the...

Small Success: Gratitude is a choice

CatholicMom.com - May 12, 2016 at 7:00 am

This past weekend, I saw my 8th grader in a play. My son ran and finished 5th in finals for track in the 2-mile. It wasn’t his PR, but it was close! We had a date night; we went...

Why One Alumnus Removed His Son from the University of San Diego

Catholic Education Daily - May 12, 2016 at 6:30 am

It is no surprise that parents are increasingly worried about their children “losing the faith” at many Catholic colleges in the midst of growing Catholic identity concerns and...

Sandra Jolley Appointed To US Commission on International Religious Freedom

The Religion Clause - May 12, 2016 at 6:15 am

In a press release last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom announced that on April 27, Sandra Jolley was appointed to serve a two-year term on the U.S....

Florida Appeals Court Hears Oral Arguments In Scholarship Tax Credit Challenge

The Religion Clause - May 12, 2016 at 6:10 am

A Florida state appeals court on Tuesday heard oral arguments (video of full oral arguments) in McCall v. Scott, a constitutional challenge to the state's Tax Credit Scholarship...

Judge Orders Church To Hold New Election

The Religion Clause - May 12, 2016 at 6:05 am

In Rock Church, Inc. v Venigalla, (Sup. Ct. NY Cnty, May 3, 2016), a New York state trial court ordered conflicting factions in a small upper East Side nondenominational Christian...

4th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Graduation Prayer and Venue Case

The Religion Clause - May 12, 2016 at 6:00 am

On Tuesday, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in American Humanist Association v. Greenville County School District. (Audio of full oral arguments.) At...

Book Notes: Keep Your Kids Catholic

CatholicMom.com - May 12, 2016 at 6:00 am

Exactly whose job is it to teach your children about the Faith? Is it your parish priest’s responsibility? The second-grade catechist? The parochial-school teacher? While all of...

Groups urge Kenya to reconsider closing refugee camps

Franciscan Media - May 12, 2016 at 6:00 am

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- Jesuit Refugee Service has urged Kenya to reconsider its plans to close camps that host hundreds of thousands of Somali and South Sudanese refugees. "The...

Pope tells women religious Vatican will study women deacons