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Woman Fakes Having Cancer to Pay for Late-Term Abortion; Baby Was Born Alive, Left to Die
LifeNews.com - Apr 11, 2016 at 8:36 am New details are coming to light about an Arizona woman who allegedly lied about having cancer to pay for a late-term abortion on the taxpayer’s dime.
The trial of Chalice Renee...
5 Simple Strategies to Nurture Your Teen's Faith
CatholicMom.com - Apr 11, 2016 at 8:30 am
Parenting teens is scary.
I know…I have two!
It gets even scarier those of us parents interested in keeping our teens Catholic.
You’ve seen the apathetic look of most teens at...
Stealing magnolias: Journalists join pro-gay groups against Mississippi's religious liberty law
GetReligion - Apr 11, 2016 at 8:26 am Last week, when Gov. Phil Bryant signed its religious freedom law, much of the news about Mississippi has been about reprisals. Business groups have vowed to boycott the Magnolia...
Pope Francis’ appeal at the Regina Caeli - Freedom for people seized in war zones
News.va - Apr 11, 2016 at 8:18 am An appeal “for
the liberation of all people who have
been seized in areas of armed conflict” was launched by Pope Francis at the
Regina Caeli on Sunday, 10 April. In particular...
Pope urges kidnappers to release Indian priest captured in Yemen
Catholic Herald - Apr 11, 2016 at 8:14 am Pope Francis appealed for the release of all people being held captive in the world’s battle zones, including Salesian Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, who was abducted in Yemen.
“I...
The Omission that Haunts the Church — 1 Corinthians 11:27-29
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 11, 2016 at 8:00 am In all the discussion that is happening over the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, undoubtedly the question of who may or may not receive Holy Communion will...
Strengthening the Church at Home
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By Bishop Paul D. Etienne Many Americans are surprised to hear that almost half of our country is considered mission territory. In...
Praying for a Miracle through Fr. Joseph Peek
CatholicMom.com - Apr 11, 2016 at 7:00 am Photo copyright(2015 )(Mary Guest). All rights reserved.
My beautiful daughter suffers from severe clinical depression and anxiety. She is an intelligent, talented and self-giving...
The Heroic Minute Challenge: Day 8: The Proverbs 31 Woman's Heroic Minute
Saints 365 - Apr 11, 2016 at 7:00 am So far during the 14 Day "Heroic Minute" Challenge, we have learned from the Scriptures about how Our Lord Jesus himself rose before dawn to begin his day in prayer. Today, I'd...
De Mattei - The Post-Synod Exhortation, Amoris laetitia: First reflections on a catastrophic document
Rorate Coeli - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:59 am Roberto de MatteiCorrispondenza Romana April 10, 2016With the post-synod Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris laetitia, published on April 8th, Pope Francis has officially...
Pope Francis offers prayers for victims of Indian temple fire
Catholic Herald - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:49 am Pope Francis has offered prayers for the victims of a deadly fire at a Hindu temple in Kerala, India, and their families.
The explosion, sparked by fireworks, killed at least 100...
A historic conference in a land of history: A Catholic-Jewish summit in Warsaw
Vatican Insider - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:46 am Warsaw, Poland, a city and land where “some of the most abhorrent events in world history” took place, where up to 70% of world Jewry - 3.5 million people - had lived side by side...
Pope warns against judgemental “doctors of the letter”
Vatican Insider - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:39 am They pass judgement on others with a closed and hard heart. They do not care about the life – and wellbeing – of people but just about laws. At this morning’s mass in St. Martah’s...
White House Hosts Nowruz Celebration
The Religion Clause - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:15 am The White House last Wednesday hosted its annual Nowruz celebration. Nowruz is the Persian New Year celebrated as a secular holiday by many in the Middle East and central Asia,...
British Employment Appeal Tribunal Upholds Warning To Proselytizing Supervisor
The Religion Clause - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:10 am In Wasteney v. East London NHS Foundation Trust, (UK EAT, April 7, 2016), the British Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) rejected a religious discrimination claim brought by the...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:05 am From SSRN:
Varun Srinivasan, Need for a United or Unified Code? Understanding the Implications of the Uniform Civil Code, ((2016) 2 Madras Law Journal 13).
Jeremy K. Kessler, The...
Prayer Corner: April 11, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:00 am
Welcome to the CatholicMom.com Prayer Corner!
In this space, readers are invited to share their prayer intentions and give thanks for prayers answered. When requesting prayer,...
CAIR Sues Challenging Procedures For Terrorist Watch List
The Religion Clause - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:00 am Last week, CAIR-Michigan filed two federal lawsuits challenging the federal government's operation of the Terrorist Screening Database. Inclusion on the list leads to placement...
Church leaders hail document's mercy
Franciscan Media - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Church leaders from around the world hailed the tone of mercy in Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love"), but cautioned...
Religion must be key part of foreign policy, says Madeleine Albright
Franciscan Media - Apr 11, 2016 at 6:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state, said she grew up in a generation that was taught to "keep God and religion as separate as possible from...
