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Pope appeals to leaders to open borders to migrants
News.va - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:25 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has reiterated his appeal to State leaders to open their doors to migrants.
Speaking during the General Audience in St. Peter’s Square the Pope said “...
House Unanimously Passes Resolution Calling ISIS Actions "Genocide"
The Religion Clause - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:15 am On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a vote of 393-0 House Concurrent Resolution 75 (full text) that expresses the sense of Congress that atrocities committed...
Tennessee Legislature Passes Bill To Prevent Religious Indoctrination In Schools
The Religion Clause - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:10 am As reported by The Tennesseean, the Tennessee legislature yesterday gave final passage and sent to the governor for his signature HB 1905 (full text). The bill, responding to...
Israeli Court Sentences Muslim Preacher For Incitement To Racism
The Religion Clause - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:05 am In Israel this week, a Jerusalem Magistrate's court sentenced a Muslim preacher to 11 months in prison (and another 6 months suspended) on three counts of incitement to racism. ...
Book Review: Divine Mercy for Moms
CatholicMom.com - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:00 am In the Foreword to Divine Mercy for Moms: Sharing the Lessons of St. Faustina, Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC refers to St. Faustina’s “Prayer of Transformation from Within.” In that...
Florida Governor Signs Pastor Protection Act
The Religion Clause - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:00 am On March 10, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed HB 43, known as the Pastor Protection Act. (Full text) (Bill history). The new law protects clergy as well as churches, religious...
Pope Francis to make debut on Instagram
Franciscan Media - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Firming up his presence on social media, Pope Francis will make his debut on the photo-sharing app Instagram, a Vatican official announced.
Msgr. Dario...
Choosing between Trump and Clinton is a grim task for American voters
Catholic Herald - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:00 am If you have been following the Democratic and Republican primaries in the United States, you will know that yesterday was dubbed “Separation Tuesday”, the day on which five major...
Stations of the Cross for deaf help them follow Jesus' passion story
Franciscan Media - Mar 16, 2016 at 6:00 am GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) -- Praying the Stations of the Cross is a popular Lenten activity for Catholics, but for those who are deaf or hard of hearing, it can be a difficult,...
Pope reflects on mercy and consolation
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 16, 2016 at 5:44 am Resuming his Wednesday general audiences following last week’s spiritual retreat with the Curia, Pope Francis devoted his March 16 audience, the tenth devoted to mercy, to the...
Room for the Word
Dominicana - Mar 16, 2016 at 5:37 am “You are trying to kill me because my word has no room among you” (John 8:37). “Why was Jesus put to death?” For many, this question immediately evokes a host of socio-political...
Kidnapped priest is one of only 2 in Yemen
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 16, 2016 at 5:34 am Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the priest kidnapped during the March 4 terrorist attack on the Missionaries of Charity’s home for the elderly in Aden, is one of two priests who minister...
Yes, unborn babies can feel pain at 20 weeks, doctors testify
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 16, 2016 at 5:27 am Washington D.C., Mar 16, 2016 / 05:27 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As the Senate considers a bill protecting unborn human life past 20 weeks of pregnancy, medical experts insist these...
‘Father of US Latino theology’ dies in apparent suicide after allegation of abuse
Catholic Herald - Mar 16, 2016 at 5:17 am Fr Virgilio Elizondo, a nationally known professor of pastoral and Hispanic theology at the University of Notre Dame and founder of what is today the Mexican American Catholic...
This Sunday, where will the millions of palms come from?
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:53 am Washington D.C., Mar 16, 2016 / 03:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With Palm Sunday right around the corner, Catholics across the globe will soon be handed leaves as they walk into church...
This Sunday, where will the millions of palms come from?
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:53 am Washington D.C., Mar 16, 2016 / 04:53 am (EWTN News/CNA).- With Palm Sunday right around the corner, Catholics across the globe
will soon be handed leaves as they walk into church...
Iraqi president: Christians are nation's �original members'
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:47 am During a three-day visit to Egypt, Iraqi President Fuad Masum met with Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II and said that Christians are “original members” of Iraq, as ...
Leading Nigerian bishop decries corruption
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:33 am In a recent interview, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria denounced corruption as a “a social disease that has spread, permeating all echelons of ...
Daily Gospel Reflection for March 16, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 8:31-42
Growing up in the U.S., I was taught that I lived in the land of the free. I was taught that I had all kinds of freedoms, including freedom of speech...
I leaked Vatican documents because I was threatened, claims monsignor
Catholic Herald - Mar 16, 2016 at 4:28 am The monsignor at the centre of the “Vatileaks” trial has testified that he was being threatened and felt he had little choice but to give confidential documents to two Italian...
