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An essay on the postures of the congregation at a Traditional Latin Mass
Rorate Coeli - Apr 5, 2016 at 6:31 am While we are all waiting for the official publication of Amoris Laetitia and the inevitable polemics that will accompany it, I am posting a couple of essays on liturgical matters...
Brazilian Court Trains Clergy As Mediators
The Religion Clause - Apr 5, 2016 at 6:05 am Religion News Service reports on an experimental mediation program instituted by the courts in the Brazilian state of Goias. In a program called "Mediar e Divino" ("To Mediate is...
Army Grants Sikh Soldier Accommodation After His Preliminary Court Victory
The Religion Clause - Apr 5, 2016 at 6:00 am As previously reported, last month the D.C. federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring the Army from subjecting Sikh Army officer Simratpal Singh to any non-...
Safety While Running: Be a RoadID Warrior
CatholicMom.com - Apr 5, 2016 at 6:00 am
My husband started running several years ago and quickly started accumulating a lot of gear. I balked at some of it (until I took up running two years ago and realized how...
Pope meets head of traditionalist Society of St. Pius X
Franciscan Media - Apr 5, 2016 at 6:00 am As discussions continue between Vatican officials and leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Pope Francis met at the Vatican with Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the...
Medieval Franciscan convent opens doors to refugees
Franciscan Media - Apr 5, 2016 at 6:00 am A medieval Franciscan convent near Assisi opened its doors once again to offer refugees shelter and assistance.
With the support of the Order of Friars Minor in Umbria, the local...
Bishops urge Scottish Catholics to ‘shape a better society’ by taking active role in politics
Catholic Herald - Apr 5, 2016 at 5:48 am Scottish bishops are calling on Catholics to take a more active role in politics and not be “passive spectators”.
In a letter which will be read to church goers in Scotland on...
Leading Canadian bishop laments treatment of indigenous during Age of Discovery
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 5, 2016 at 5:39 am The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has joined leaders of other Canadian Catholic organizations in lamenting the European confiscation of the land of...
Liturgical Time Travel
Dominicana - Apr 5, 2016 at 5:30 am What a long, strange trip it’s been, hasn’t it? Yesterday we kept the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, usually celebrated on the day nine months before Christmas. The Word...
Here's what actually happens when you fight for conscience rights
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 5, 2016 at 5:24 am Olympia, Wash., Apr 5, 2016 / 05:24 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Every morning, Greg Stormans contemplates a Bible verse perched in a
tiny frame above his bathroom sink, which his...
Prelates urge congressional support for Conscience Protection Act
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 5, 2016 at 4:51 am Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore have called upon members of the House of Representatives to support the Conscience Protection Act of...
Church to take part in Colombian peace talks
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 5, 2016 at 4:40 am The Colombian government has announced peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN), a communist guerilla group that has taken part in the nation’s conflict since ...
Is Hillary Clinton becoming 'more extreme' on abortion?
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 5, 2016 at 4:33 am Washington D.C., Apr 5, 2016 / 03:33 am (CNA).- Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has long been known for supporting legal abortion. But her comments in this election year...
Church agency backs proposal to allow asylum seekers right to work in UK
Catholic Herald - Apr 5, 2016 at 4:31 am Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) has given its support to changes in the law to allow asylum seekers the right to work in the UK.
CSAN, the social action arm of the Catholic...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 5, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Apr 5, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 3, 7B-15
In the gospel today, Jesus is trying to help a teacher of Israel, Nicodemus, understand a spiritual reality. But Jesus’ answers don’t help Nicodemus...
Peruvian episcopal conference: the Church respects the freedom of voters
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 5, 2016 at 4:14 am As Peru’s April 10 general election approaches, the permanent council of the nation’s episcopal conference emphasized that the Church respects the liberty of voters.
The ...
The duty of rekindling hope: the Church’s support for refugees in Jordan
Vatican Insider - Apr 5, 2016 at 4:04 am How is the Catholic Church in Jordan coping with the great number of refugees arriving from the Middle East? What are the different initiatives carried out to help them by both...
Safety concerns over site of Pope’s World Youth Day appearance leaked
Catholic Herald - Apr 5, 2016 at 3:58 am A leaked report says the site for Pope Francis’s July meeting with world youth in southern Poland poses a “high risk for the life and health of people.”
Released on Monday by...
French cardinal reiterates promise to cooperate with police on abuse
Catholic Herald - Apr 5, 2016 at 3:36 am A French cardinal reiterated his promise to cooperate with law enforcement officials after his offices were raided in connection with charges of failing to discipline a priest now...
Amid national crisis, Brazil's bishops lament polarization, corruption
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 5, 2016 at 3:34 am The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, joined by three associations of magistrates and judges, appealed on April 4 for an end to polarization and corruption amid a national...
