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FFRF Sues Connecticut City Over Refusal To Allow Winter Solstice Banner
The Religion Clause - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:37 am A suit was filed two weeks ago by the Freedom From Religion Foundation challenging the refusal by Shelton, Connecticut authorities to allow FFRF to place a Winter Solstice display...
The only way to defeat terrorism is the Cross
Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:34 am Having blogged here recently about Jim Malia’s engaging account of his walk to Rome, In Belloc’s Steps, I have just received through the post the latest copy of The Defendant,...
Pope to visit refugees on Lesbos on 16 April
Vatican Insider - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:14 am The Pope will visit the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday 16 April instead of Friday 15 as initially envisaged, in order to show his solidarity to the refugees headed for Europe...
Court Says Minister Can Move Ahead With Challenge To Ban on His Transitional Housing Project
The Religion Clause - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:10 am Martin v. Houston, (MD AL, April 6, 2016), involves an attempt by the Alabama legislature to close down a transitional housing arrangement consisting of a group of mobile homes...
9th Circuit: Denial of Exemption For Use of Cannabis Does Not Impose Substantial Burden On Religious Exercise
The Religion Clause - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:05 am In Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii v. Lynch, (9th Cir., April 6, 2016), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a church and its founder were properly denied an...
The Heroic Minute Challenge: Day 4: Jesus Lives Out the Heroic Minute
Saints 365 - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:02 am Day 4: - So far during the Heroic Minute challenge we have focused on the words of St. Josemarie Escriva who coined the phrase "Heroic Minute". He did not, however, invent the...
Tech Talk Meets STYLE Savvy: Post-it.com
CatholicMom.com - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:00 am
Last month, when I was writing about the Post-it® Plus app, I visited 3M’s post-it.com site for some visuals.
Oh. My. Goodness.
It’s a good thing it was a lightly scheduled...
Episcopal Church Still Holds Title To Property of Break-Away Diocese
The Religion Clause - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:00 am In Diocese of San Joaquin v. Gunner, (CA App., April 5, 2016), a California state appeals court held that applying neutral principles of law, the property of a break-away diocese...
Pope: Everyday saints and martyrs carry the Church forward
News.va - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:00 am (Vatican Radio) At his daily Mass on Thursday, Pope Francis said it is “the saints of ordinary life, and the martyrs of today that carry the Church forward.” They do so, he said...
Pope Francis addresses Methodist guests: full text
News.va - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:00 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday met with members of the World Methodist Council, the Methodist Council of Europe, and the Methodist Church in Britain.
The representatives...
Pope to visit Lesbos to highlight plight of refugees
Franciscan Media - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In an effort to highlight the dramatic situation of refugees left in limbo on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis and other Christian leaders will meet...
Tanzanian dormitories keep girls in school, lower pregnancy rate
Franciscan Media - Apr 7, 2016 at 6:00 am MOROGORO, Tanzania (CNS) -- Everyone knows how to stop the epidemic of teen pregnancies in Tanzania, where one out of every four babies is born to a woman under the age of 18.
It...
Devotion to a heroic priest who died on the Titanic is growing
Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:40 am Fr Hugh Allen, abbot of the Norbertines in Chelmsford, once told me that he had a devotion not to St John Vianney, the “Curé d’Ars”, but to the curé’s successor. The saint ate...
Flight of a million Christians
Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:40 am “If you gave me a plane ticket and a visa to Germany, I’d go to the airport now.” Sitting in a dimly lit room crowded with fellow Christian refugees, Stephanos Giorgis could be...
Snobbery, sin and salvation
Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:40 am Fifty years after his death on April 10, 1966, Evelyn Waugh’s life and work still captivate us. It’s not hard to understand why – he is one of the prose stylists of the age, and...
Only by surrendering to God’s love can we become heralds of mercy
Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:40 am Many of the Resurrection narratives, including John’s account of the appearance at the Sea of Tiberias, are characterised by an initial failure on the part of the disciples to...
Sent for the Forgiveness of Sins
Dominicana - Apr 7, 2016 at 5:30 am Today the Church continues to reflect on how Peter and his brother apostles preach the Holy Name of Jesus. Before the Sanhedrin they boldly proclaim the kerygma, The God of our...
PR expert strongly denies leaking Vatican documents
Catholic Herald - Apr 7, 2016 at 4:45 am A former consultant to a pontifical commission has vehemently denied giving private documents regarding the Vatican’s financial reform to two journalists.
Francesca Chaouqui, a...
These Iraqi children have lost everything – except their faith
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 7, 2016 at 4:31 am Erbil, Iraq, Apr 7, 2016 / 04:31 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Six hundred Christian children whose families fled ISIS violence in 2014
have lost their homes, schools, sometimes friends,...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 7, 2016 - St. Jean Baptist de la Salle
CatholicMom.com - Apr 7, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 3, 31-36 – St. Jean Baptist de la Salle
In two different gospels, Jesus himself proclaims that John the Baptist is the greatest man ever born of woman. If...
