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The late Maltese bishop who can teach the Church a great deal
Catholic Herald - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:14 am Archbishop Joseph Mercieca has died. He was the Archbishop of the Malta from 1976 to 2006, and succeeded the formidable Monsignor Gonzi, who had been Archbishop for as long as...
The late Maltese bishop who can teach the Church a great deal
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:14 am Archbishop Joseph Mercieca has died. He was the Archbishop of the Malta from 1976 to 2006, and succeeded the formidable Monsignor Gonzi, who had been Archbishop for as long as...
Suit Charges NY Community College With Anti-Semitic Hiring Practices
The Religion Clause - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:10 am A lawsuit filed last month in federal district court in New York charges the Brooklyn-based Kingsborough Community College and Stuart Suss (who served variously as its Provost,...
Suit Charges NY Community College With Anti-Semitic Hiring Practices
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:10 am A lawsuit filed last month in federal district court in New York charges the Brooklyn-based Kingsborough Community College and Stuart Suss (who served variously as its Provost,...
Lawsuit Filed Against Mystic Rabbi By Woman Who Paid $214,000 For Matrimony and Torahs
The Religion Clause - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:05 am The New York Post reported yesterday on a lawsuit filed against Rabbi Chaim Sharabi, a controversial mystic in the Orthodox Borough Park community, by a woman who claims she paid...
A Gentle Reminder: Jesus Wept
CatholicMom.com - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:00 am Nothing is more important than The Cross, on which hung the Savior of the world. In today’s busy world we can easily be distracted from this Truth; and then, if we are lucky, He...
RLUIPA Challenge To Fire Safety Rules By Faith-Based Organization Fails
The Religion Clause - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:00 am Affordable Recovery Housing v. City of Blue Island, (ED IL, March 23, 2016), involves a challenge to the action of officials of a Chicago suburb who evicted residents of a...
Archbishop Hebda named archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:00 am The Pittsburgh native called the archbishop appointment to St. Paul and Minneapolis a “shock,” because he never seriously entertained the idea of staying in Minnesota, he said,...
Archbishop Hebda: Holy Thursday announcement underscores importance of Eucharist, service, priesthood in new role
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:00 am On March 22, Archbishop Bernard Hebda received a call from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the papal nuncio to the United States, with the news that Pope Francis had appointed him...
Churches say Holy Land violence must end
Franciscan Media - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:00 am JERUSALEM (CNS) -- The church must speak out against the continuing Israeli-Palestinian violence and remind people of their responsibilities, said representatives of the Catholic...
Airport chaplain struck by 'humanity' after Brussels blasts
Franciscan Media - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:00 am OXFORD, England (CNS) -- A Catholic priest who ministered to survivors of the attacks at Brussels airport said he was struck by the "profound humanity" shown by those caught up in...
Your task is to incarnate mercy, Pope Francis tells priests
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:54 am Vatican City, Mar 24, 2016 / 04:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During Holy Thursday’s Chrism Mass Pope Francis focused on the topic of mercy, telling priests that one of their primary...
Your task is to incarnate mercy, Pope Francis tells priests
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:54 am Vatican City, Mar 24, 2016 / 05:54 am (EWTN News/CNA).- During Holy Thursday's Chrism Mass Pope Francis focused on the topic of
mercy, telling priests that one of their primary...
The much-loved Sister who showed me that being a nun is a wonderful vocation
Catholic Herald - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:52 am In Europe and the UK the vocation to become a nun is very uncommon today, especially among the teaching orders. My old school, once a convent boarding school, is typical of many...
Léon Bloy’s Role in the Catholicism of Jacques and Raissa Maritain
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:50 am
The world in which Raïssa Oumançoff and Jacques Maritain began life at the university was a spiritual desert. In a horrifying pact, they swore together to give themselves one...
The apprehension of Catholics on the eve of the Post-Synod Exhortation - Roberto de Mattei
Rorate Coeli - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:49 am The apprehension of Catholics on the eve of the Post-Synod ExhortationRoberto de MatteiCorrispondenza Romana March 23, 2016In this Holy Week of 2016, the sentiments and pain of...
Crony Capitalism: Inefficient, Unjust, and Corrupting
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:45 am
Donald Trump’s candidacy has brought many topics to greater public attention: everything from frustration with the political correctness that the left uses to stifle debate, to...
The First Holy Hour
Dominicana - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:30 am There are, in the life of the believer, occasions when the Lord seems to slumber. It isn’t that He feels completely absent—as He did to St. John of the Cross, Bl. Teresa of...
Pope Francis at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass: respond to God's �excess of mercy' with gratitude
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:14 am Following the celebration of Terce from the Liturgy of the Hours, Pope Francis presided at the Chrism Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Holy Thursday morning.
“I would like to ...
Film review: In a coastal sanctuary, priests face up to their sins
Catholic Herald - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:00 am This week sees the release of two films that focus on far-flung Christian communities thrown into chaos by past crimes and misdemeanours. Much the better of the two is The Club...
