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Report finds �slow-motion genocide' in West Papua
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 8:06 am The Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia, has charged that “slow-motion genocide” is taking place in West Papua, an historically ...
Thousands to enter Church in US at Easter
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 7:39 am About 40% of the dioceses in the United States have reported the numbers of catechumens and candidates who are expected to enter the Church at Easter. T
he highest figures were...
Study examines international religious gender gaps
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 7:21 am A study published by the Pew Research Center has found that women around the world are slightly more likely to be members of a religion than men are (83.4% vs. 79.9%).
In nations...
The Disturbing Fact of the Resurrection
CatholicMom.com - Mar 25, 2016 at 7:00 am
“Empty Tomb – Easter Sunday Morning” by Adam Nollmeyer (2006) via Flickr, all rights reserved.
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the be-all and the end-all of the...
Good Friday 2016
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 25, 2016 at 7:00 am O Lord, as Thou went up on the Cross, fear and trembling fell upon Creation; and Thou prohibited the earth from engulfing those that crucified Thee, but commanded Hades to send up...
Restoration announced for Christ's tomb at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:56 am Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Armenian Apostolic leaders have announced that Christ’s tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem will be restored within the next ...
Pope's Way of the Cross remembers migrants, persecuted Christians
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:54 am Rome, Italy, Mar 25, 2016 / 06:54 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Following the yearly Good Friday tradition set by his predecessors, Pope Francis presided over the Stations of the Cross at...
Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum: full text of meditations
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:22 am The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has released the meditations for the Way of the Cross at which Pope Francis will preside.
The Way of the Cross...
Malaysian Civil Court Orders Recognition of Conversion Back To Christianity
The Religion Clause - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:20 am In what the Borneo Post describes as a landmark case, a High Court judge in the Malaysian state of Sarawak has ordered the National Religion Department (NRD) to change a man's...
In N.J., Registered Sex Offender Not Barred From Mentoring Youth In Church Ministry
The Religion Clause - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:15 am In State of New Jersey v. S.B., (NJ App., March 22, 2016), a New Jersey appellate court held that a youth ministry associated with a church, where a registered sex offender is a...
Belgium's Constitutional Court Invalidates Required Religious Education Courses
The Religion Clause - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:10 am Flanders Today reported earlier this month that Belgium's Constitutional Court has struck down the requirement that all students in elementary or secondary school take either a...
U.N. Tribunal Convicts Former Serb Leader of Genocide
The Religion Clause - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:05 am The United Nations Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in a press release yesterday announced the highest level conviction yet in the ethnic cleansing of Bosnian Muslims...
University's Limits on Religious Speech Create 1st Amendment Concerns
The Religion Clause - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:00 am In Faulkner v. University of Cincinnati, (SD OH, March 23, 2016), an Ohio federal district court refused to dismiss a suit against the University of Cincinnati by one of its...
A Reflection on Good Friday
Franciscan Media - Mar 25, 2016 at 6:00 am She was young, attractive, athletic, dressed in spiffy, hot-pink tennis duds—and crying. As other members of her tennis team gathered around sympathetically, the woman explained...
Taking the Place of the Skull
Dominicana - Mar 25, 2016 at 5:30 am It’s called the Place of the Skull, we’re told. Κρανίου Τόπος. Everything converges on this place, as a figure hangs from a cross sunk into the Skull, a hill so named on account...
Daily Gospel Reflection for March 25, 2016 - Good Friday
CatholicMom.com - Mar 25, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 18:1—19:42 – Good Friday
I’ve read and heard the account of Jesus’ Passion countless times, yet it still stirs strong emotions in me. Today, the first thing I...
The Best Priest I Ever Knew
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 25, 2016 at 2:10 am
I may be something a bit rare in Catholic circles, both a convert and a revert. Between my conversion in 1985 and my reversion in 1993, I lived the life of a non-practicing...
The Goodness of Good Friday
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 25, 2016 at 2:00 am
The goodness of Good Friday is not supremely evident until Easter Sunday. By that, I mean there is no way we can call a crucifixion good unless and until it is surpassed. And...
The Suffering Lamb of God
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Mar 25, 2016 at 12:00 am Once again, Ellyn von Huben finds a work of art and manages to let us in to the story unlike anyone we know. She did it today with Zurbaran's "Crucifixion," which is a beautiful,...
The Many Reasons Why We Call it Good Friday
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 25, 2016 at 12:00 am On Good Friday we are reminded that death is no longer the final word.
For those filled with hope of the Resurrection, it is no longer an enemy
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