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UN Report On Religious Freedom In Denmark Released
The Religion Clause - Mar 26, 2016 at 8:38 pm On March 22, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief filed his Preliminary Findings (full text) on his visit to Denmark to review the status of...
Blasphemy Prosecutions In Egypt On The Rise
The Religion Clause - Mar 26, 2016 at 8:20 pm AP yesterday reported that since 2011, the number of blasphemy prosecutions in Egypt have risen dramatically. According to the report:Two years ago, the military ousted the Muslim...
6th Circuit: Names of Applicants For Non-Profit Tax Status Are Not Confidential
The Religion Clause - Mar 26, 2016 at 8:05 pm In a case which is highly charged politically, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals this week held that the names, addresses, and taxpayer-identificationnumbers of applicants for...
EX ORIENTE LUX - Dominica Paschæ in Resurrectione Domini - A Meditation of Saint Alphonsus on Paradise
Rorate Coeli - Mar 26, 2016 at 7:00 pm Osanna, Sanctus Deus Sabaoth,superillustrans claritate tuafelices ignes horum malacoth!L'anima d'ogne bruto e delle piantedi complession potenziata tiralo raggio e il moto delle...
Scholasticism, Dominic, and Thomas
Making Things Visible - Mar 26, 2016 at 6:05 pm The eleventh and twelfth centuries saw the rise of the universities. The early part of the middle ages was dominated by a theology that was monastic in nature but not...
Do not let darkness and fear distract you, Pope says at Easter Vigil
Catholic Herald - Mar 26, 2016 at 5:30 pm Pope Francis said that darkness and fear must not prevail as he concluded a bleak week in Europe with a message of hope during the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica.
Francis...
EXSULTET: WDTPRS and audio
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 26, 2016 at 4:41 pm The EXSULTET is one of the most spectacular moments of all the Church’s liturgical life.
When it is sung well in Latin the Church is in her glory!
I have fond memories of singing...
Live the Easter Way! More than a Day, Easter is a New Way of Life!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 26, 2016 at 4:41 pm Nothing can separate us from that Love incarnated in the Crucified,
Risen Son of the True and Living God. The light floods that once dark
cave ...
Pope at Easter Vigil urges us to let Risen Christ into our lives
News.va - Mar 26, 2016 at 4:41 pm
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday evening presided at the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica, with the baptism of 12 catechumens from Italy, Albania, Cameroon, Korea,...
Let yourselves be moved by hope, Pope says at Easter Vigil
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 26, 2016 at 4:38 pm Vatican City, Mar 26, 2016 / 03:38 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- During the Easter Vigil, Pope Francis told attendees not to be overcome by sadness in the face of life’s difficulties, but...
On Easter Night, "This Is The Foundation of Our Hope"
Whispers in the Loggia - Mar 26, 2016 at 4:23 pm HOMILY OF POPE FRANCISEASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHTST PETER'S BASILICA26 MARCH 2016“Peter ran to the tomb” (Lk 24:12). What thoughts crossed Peter’s mind and stirred his heart as...
Christ is Risen, Now It’s Up to Us to Rise, Pope Says at Vatican Easter Vigil Mass
Aleteia - Mar 26, 2016 at 4:22 pm The stone at the entrance of Christ’s tomb was found rolled away on Easter Sunday morning, but the first stone to be rolled away as Christians commemorate the Resurrection is “the...
“Fear must not take over our hearts”
Vatican Insider - Mar 26, 2016 at 3:33 pm “We see and will continue to see problems both within and without. They will always be there. But tonight it is important to shed the light of the Risen Lord upon our problems,...
Now this is how it's done
Rorate Coeli - Mar 26, 2016 at 3:00 pm The good Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) priests know how to treat our Lord. See below for the altar of repose at Immaculate Conception Church in Omaha, NE. If only all churches...
Daily Readings for Sunday, March 27, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 26, 2016 at 2:25 pm Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 10:34, Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 10:37-43, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118:16-17, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118:22-23, ...
St. Rupert: Saint of the Day for Sunday, March 27, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 26, 2016 at 2:25 pm Bishop and missionary, also listed as Robert of Hrodbert. A member of a noble Frankish family, he was appointed bishop of Worms, Germany, and then ...
Prayer for a Sick Person # 4: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, March 27, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 26, 2016 at 2:25 pm Dear Jesus,
Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick,
we turn to You in this time of illness.
O dearest Comforter of the Troubled,
alleviate ...
Thorn of the Crown bleeds with Good Friday and Annunciation fall together
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 26, 2016 at 1:52 pm God is great.
Appropos my post about Lady Day and Good Friday falling together, which won’t happen again for over a hundred years.
From CNS:
Andria, Italy, Mar 25, 2016 / 06:38 pm...
8 things you need to know about Easter Sunday
Jimmy Akin.org - Mar 26, 2016 at 12:41 pm
The great day is finally here: Easter, the most important day of the Christian calendar. More important even than Christmas.
What happened on this day?
Was Jesus’ resurrection a...
