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ISIS claim responsibility for stabbing of Christian convert in Bangladesh
Catholic Herald - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:35 am ISIS have claimed responsibility for the killing of Hussein Ali Sarkar, a Christian stabbed to death yesterday in Bangladesh.
According to SITE, a US-based intelligence group,...
Pope Francis appeals for condemnation of terrorism
News.va - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:25 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday said it was with an “aching heart” that he followed the news of the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday which killed at least 34...
Pope Francis will speak on the synod soon. But the spin has already begun.
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:18 am Vatican City, Mar 23, 2016 / 06:18 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The war of interpretations has begun over Pope Francis' yet-to-be-published post-synodal exhortation. And this war is...
Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments Today In Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Accommodation Challenge
The Religion Clause - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:14 am This morning the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Zubik v. Burwell and six other cases consolidated for argument with it. (Hearing List.) The cases all involve...
NCAA Won’t Punish Catholic Colleges for Title IX Gender Identity Exemptions
Catholic Education Daily - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:11 am Catholic colleges and universities that requested exemptions from the new gender identity provisions of Title IX in order to protect their religious missions will not receive any...
Chabad Center Sues New Jersey Town Claiming Discrimination
The Religion Clause - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:05 am A lawsuit was filed in a New Jersey federal district court yesterday by the Chabad Jewish Center of Toms River, New Jersey and Rabbi Moshe Gourarie. The suit claims that the town...
Gunmen kill Congolese priest who reported on atrocities
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:01 am Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mar 23, 2016 / 06:01 pm (EWTN News).- A Congolese Catholic priest who documented human rights abuses in his
home country was killed by...
Easter Vigil: Bring your Family to the Fire
CatholicMom.com - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:00 am I used to think that it was crazy to try to bring young children to the multi-hour Epic Liturgical Celebration that is the Easter Vigil.
We’ve done it, a couple of times, and both...
North Carolina Legislature Aims To Repeal City's Transgender Rights Ordinance
The Religion Clause - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:00 am In February, the Charlotte, North Carolina City Council approved changes to the city's Non-Discrimination Ordinance. According to a City Council press release issued in February...
Pew study finds women generally more religious than men
Franciscan Media - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Women, especially among Christians around the world, generally are more devout than men when standard measures of religious commitment are considered, a Pew...
Archbishop thanks Christians for support after attacks
Franciscan Media - Mar 23, 2016 at 6:00 am OXFORD, England (CNS) -- The Brussels archbishop thanked Christians for gestures of support in the wake of bomb attacks in his city and urged Belgians not to react by stoking anti...
Let them serve: Hundreds outside court back Little Sisters
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:56 am Washington D.C., Mar 23, 2016 / 05:56 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Hundreds of people – many of them women – joined religious sisters outside of the Supreme Court on Wednesday chanting "...
Pope Francis: Easter Triduum speaks of God’s love and mercy
News.va - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis spoke about the upcoming Easter Triduum during his Wednesday General Audience.
Here is the English language summary of his remarks.
Dear Brothers and...
Luxembourg's royal family meets with Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:37 am Pope Francis received Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his family in audience on March 21.
During the 30-minute meeting, the royal family gave the Pope a family portrait, while...
Handed Over By Fire
Dominicana - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:30 am Today’s Gospel recounts Judas’s betrayal of Jesus. For thirty pieces of silver, he agrees to hand Jesus over to the chief priests. This betrayal begins a chain of additional...
After Brussels attacks, Pope asks Virgin Mary to ‘convert the hearts of fundamentalists’
Catholic Herald - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:28 am In the wake of the terrorist attacks on Brussels, Pope Francis has requested prayers for the conversion of heart of those taken in by fundamentalism.
At his Wednesday audience,...
Pope reflects on the Triduum and mercy
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:27 am Pope Francis devoted his March 23 general audience to the theme of mercy and the Triduum.
“As we prepare to celebrate the Paschal Triduum in this Holy Year of Mercy, we are ...
The Homeless Jesus comes to the Vatican
Vatican Insider - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:16 am The man is lying down on a bench, his body almost entirely covered by a thin blanket. You cannot see the face, just the feet poking out and these bear the unequivocal signs of the...
Churches targeted in South Sudan's civil war
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:14 am A recent UN report documented the widespread murder and rape of civilians in the South Sudanese Civil War, which began in 2013.
The belligerents have “targeted places of refuge...
The Eucharist is the answer to priestly vocations, says Bishop of Shrewsbury
Catholic Herald - Mar 23, 2016 at 5:13 am The Bishop of Shrewsbury has said that new vocations to the priesthood can only be found through recognising the “reality of the Eucharist” and its intimate link with the...
