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A stunning (and haunted) work of public art in honor of Cairo's famous garbage collectors
GetReligion - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:15 am Now, here is a very beautiful and unusual story set in Egypt, one describing an astonishingly ambitious work of public art in a highly unusual place.
When I saw the headline -- "...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Apr 3, 2016 at 10:36 am In Navarro v. Herndon, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39682 (ED CA, March 25, 2016), a California federal magistrate judge recommended that a Native American inmate be allowed to move...
Pope Francis: Draw from the Well of the Father’s Mercy, and Bring It to the World!
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 10:25 am VATICAN CITY — Jesus’ disciples are called to draw continually from the well of the Father’s mercy and bring it to the world, Pope Francis in his homily at Holy Mass outside St....
The peripheries of Europe and the Pope’s unheeded prophesy
Vatican Insider - Apr 3, 2016 at 10:17 am The peripheries, a key theme in Francis’ magisterium, have once again become topical over the past year and a half, since a series of bloody and tragic terrorist attacks left two...
Thomas doubt exists today
Communio - Apr 3, 2016 at 10:05 am The Second Sunday of Easter presents to us the gospel reading of the Thomas doubting the existence of the risen Lord in the Novus Ordo Liturgy. It is also called Divine Mercy...
Hillary Clinton on Abortion: “The Unborn Person Doesn’t Have Constitutional Rights”
LifeNews.com - Apr 3, 2016 at 9:51 am In a new interview today, pro-abortion presidential candidate Hillary Clinton couldn’t have made her radical abortion views more clear. Clinton said unborn children simply do not...
Liturgical Reminder: Transfer of the Annunciation
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 3, 2016 at 9:40 am Just a brief reminder that the current season of solemnities is not quite finished with today’s Octave Day of Easter. Since it was impeded by Good Friday this year, the feast of...
Pope Francis appeals for peace and help for Ukraine
News.va - Apr 3, 2016 at 9:33 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has appealed for peace in Ukraine and highlighted the tragedy of “all those who thirst for reconciliation and peace”.
Speaking on Sunday during the...
Pope’s “Regina Caeli” on Divine Mercy Sunday
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 9:02 am VATICAN CITY — At the end of Holy Mass on the Jubilee of Divine Mercy, before praying the Regina Caeli, Pope Francis appealed for peace in Ukraine, where he said “mostly the...
Funny Vid: The Church For People Who Are “Spiritual, But Not Religious”
Creative Minority Report - Apr 3, 2016 at 8:54 am Some language so just be warned but this is just so dead on.The Church For People Who Are “Spiritual, But Not Religious”
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Catholic NGOs: “Cooperating means growing with others”
Vatican Insider - Apr 3, 2016 at 8:26 am Complex problems are tackled with sturdier foundations: this is how one may sum up the challenge faced by cooperation and development workers today. A concept which has changed...
Divine Mercy Sunday | 2016
Big C Catholics - Apr 3, 2016 at 8:10 am The Divine Mercy Image.
Jesus, I trust in you.
Today, Divine Mercy Sunday, we are called to avail ourselves of the enormous treasury of grace and forgiveness that Christ in his...
"Jesus Wishes To Throw Open Our Closed Doors" – On Mercy Sunday, The Pope's "Gospel"
Whispers in the Loggia - Apr 3, 2016 at 7:14 am At least in the minds of many, with Friday's release of Amoris laetitia – the all-important, hysterically-anticipated Apostolic Exhortation closing out the twin Synods on the...
Pope at Divine Mercy Mass: Be Apostles of mercy
News.va - Apr 3, 2016 at 7:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for the Feast of Divine Mercy, and encouraged the faithful to be “apostles of mercy” toward those in...
Refusal To Enter Requested Surname on Birth Certificate Did Not Violate Free Exercise Rights
The Religion Clause - Apr 3, 2016 at 7:00 am In Nix El v. Williams, (D DC, March 30, 2016), the D.C. federal district court rejected a claim by the father of a newborn daughter that his religious rights were infringed when D...
Francis announces special collection for victims of Ukraine conflict
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 3, 2016 at 6:20 am Vatican City, Apr 3, 2016 / 06:20 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Sunday Pope Francis announced that a special collection will be taken
up in all Catholic churches in Europe April 24,...
Francis announces special collection for victims of Ukraine conflict
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 3, 2016 at 6:20 am Vatican City, Apr 3, 2016 / 05:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis announced that a special collection will be taken up in all Catholic churches in Europe April 24, the...
Centuries of religious freedom at risk with Virginia veto, Catholic bishops warn
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 3, 2016 at 5:26 am Richmond, Va., Apr 3, 2016 / 05:26 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The veto of a religious freedom bill means faith-based groups that
support marriage as a union of a man and a woman won't...
Mercy is an open book – and it's our task to write it, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 3, 2016 at 5:08 am Vatican City, Apr 3, 2016 / 05:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Divine Mercy Sunday Pope Francis said the "Gospel of Mercy" begun by
Jesus and the apostles is still unfinished, and is...
Mercy is an open book – and it's our task to write it, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 3, 2016 at 5:08 am Vatican City, Apr 3, 2016 / 04:08 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- On Divine Mercy Sunday Pope Francis said the “Gospel of Mercy” begun by Jesus and the apostles is still...
