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Pope Francis launches own Instagram account
News.va - Mar 18, 2016 at 6:25 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday officially launches his own account on the Instagram photo-sharing social network site, under the name “Franciscus.” Founded in 2010,...
Georgia Legislature Passes Wide-Ranging Religious Freedom Bill
The Religion Clause - Mar 18, 2016 at 6:15 am As reported by CNN, the Georgia General Assembly yesterday passed HB 757 (full text), the Free Exercise Protection Act. It contains wide-ranging religious freedom protections:
The...
Indian Court Says Sikh Witness Cannot Be Barred From Wearing Kirpan
The Religion Clause - Mar 18, 2016 at 6:10 am In Singh v. State of Haryana, (High Ct. Punjab and Haryana, March 16, 2016), a trial court in the Indian state of Punjab held that Art. 25 of India's Constitution which protects...
4th Circuit Upholds North Carolina's "Choose Life" License Plates
The Religion Clause - Mar 18, 2016 at 6:05 am In ACLU of North Carolina v. Tennyson, (4th Cir., March 10, 2016), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision upheld North Carolina's decision to issue specialty "...
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CatholicMom.com - Mar 18, 2016 at 6:00 am Photo via Morguefile.com (2005).
When the hour came He took his place at the table with the apostles. Luke 22:14
Next week we enter the sorrow, sacrifice and eventual triumph of...
False Online Prayer Website Closed Down
The Religion Clause - Mar 18, 2016 at 6:00 am This week Washington state's attorney general Bob Ferguson announced that his office had reached an agreement with Christian Prayer Center, a website that offered online viewers...
Kerry says Islamic State is committing genocide against minorities
Franciscan Media - Mar 18, 2016 at 6:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that atrocities carried out by the Islamic State group against Yezidis, Christians and other minorities were genocide,...
Christians concerned with Israeli restrictions for Holy Week, Easter
Franciscan Media - Mar 18, 2016 at 6:00 am JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Israeli restrictions on reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for Holy Week and Easter are part of the current Israeli government's policy of making...
We Advance Towards Him: The Martyrs of Tibhirine, Twenty Years On
Dominicana - Mar 18, 2016 at 5:48 am Twenty years ago this month, seven Trappist monks from the Atlas Abbey of Tibhirine in Algeria were kidnapped by extremist Islamic insurgents. Ultimately, their severed heads were...
Faculty, Students at Catholic Colleges Defend HHS Mandate in Court Brief
Catholic Education Daily - Mar 18, 2016 at 5:44 am Included among the briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the HHS contraception/abortifacient/sterilization mandate challenges was an amici curiae brief signed by...
Amid a ‘crisis in fatherhood’, bishop urges fathers to look to St Joseph
Catholic Herald - Mar 18, 2016 at 5:43 am The Bishop of Portsmouth has encouraged fathers to look to St Joseph as a model and an intercessor.
In a pastoral letter to “Christian Dads” to mark tomorrow’s feast of St Joseph...
Local government: Church does not own Córdoba cathedral, once a mosque
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 5:38 am The Catholic Church does not own the cathedral in Córdoba, Spain, according to a city government report.
The Great Mosque of Córdoba was built in 784 on the site of a ...
Card. Turkson lectures on Laudato Si' in business at Catholic University of America
News.va - Mar 18, 2016 at 5:33 am (Vatican Radio) Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, on Thursday addressed the participants of a conference on human ecology in...
Prisoners have human dignity, Argentina's bishops emphasize
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 4:34 am Every prisoner retains his status as a “person, a son of God, and a member of the human family,” Argentina’s bishops emphasized in a recently released pastoral ...
Paraguay's bishops approve Guarani Bible
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 4:34 am The bishops of Paraguay have approved the Ñandejara Ñe’ê, a 2006 translation of the Bible in the indigenous Guarani language, for liturgical use.
If approved ...
Why is Cardinal Kasper doing a victory lap ahead of the apostolic exhortation?
Catholic Herald - Mar 18, 2016 at 4:33 am On Monday of this week, Cardinal Walter Kasper said that Pope Francis would be ready to sign off on the final version of his post-synodal apostolic exhortation this weekend. While...
Daily Gospel Reflection for March 18, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Mar 18, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 10, 31-42
Everyone has an opinion about ushers, particularly church ushers.
To usher someone means to escort, to walk alongside, or to accompany a person. An...
Malawi's bishops decry abortion, homosexual unions, gap between rich and poor
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 4:17 am The bishops of Malawi have issued a lengthy pastoral statement on current social, political, and economic issues.
“First, as your Pastors, we cannot sit back and watch in the face...
My prayer for Anita Brookner
Catholic Herald - Mar 18, 2016 at 4:09 am Yesterday I read in the Telegraph the long obituary of Anita Brookner, novelist and art historian. It highlighted the significant factors of her life as the only child of wealthy...
How Bach is evangelizing Japan
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 18, 2016 at 4:02 am San Francisco, Calif., Mar 18, 2016 / 04:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Several years ago, a Lutheran theologian and former Japanese newspaper correspondent uncovered an unusual...
