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Shutting 'you' up again: On religious freedom, Florida Politics team ignores key voices
GetReligion - Mar 4, 2016 at 8:10 am
They're talking about "you" again.
They, as in "mainstream media." You, as in "person who takes your faith seriously."
When church meets state these days -- as with a pastor...
Vatican official meets Australian sex abuse survivors
News.va - Mar 4, 2016 at 8:03 am (Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued a statement on Friday in response to Cardinal George Pell’s hearings via video link with Australia’s...
Cardinal Pell: I won’t resign unless the Pope asks me to
Catholic Herald - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:42 am Cardinal George Pell has said he won’t resign from his role in charge of reforming Vatican finances.
“No, I wouldn’t resign,” he said, when asked by journalist Andrew Bolt in a...
What the Church has done about sex abuse
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:41 am Vatican City, Mar 4, 2016 / 08:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The movie Spotlight's Best Picture win at the Academy Awards has brought
renewed attention to the Catholic sex abuse...
Science Equates Chimps Throwing Rocks Nonsensically with Religious People
Creative Minority Report - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:29 am So scientists have discovered that sometimes chimps do stupid things that make no sense. And they are therefore equating this with humans who do stupid things that make no sense...
Immerse Yourself in God’s Mercy: “24 Hours for the Lord”
Aleteia - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:17 am VATICAN CITY — On Friday afternoon, Pope Francis will open “24 Hours for the Lord” with a penitential celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica, part of a budding initiative to restore...
Francis did not receive Australian abuse survivors’ request for meeting, says spokesman
Vatican Insider - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:10 am Pope Francis has not received a formal request for a meeting with Australian survivors of clergy sexual abuse while they are in Rome for a series of extraordinary government...
What the Church has done about sex abuse
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:08 am Vatican City, Mar 4, 2016 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The movie Spotlight’s Best Picture win at the Academy Awards has brought renewed attention to the Catholic sex abuse...
Meatless Fridays with CRS Rice Bowl: Kawunga
CatholicMom.com - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:00 am
This Lent, CatholicMom.com is partnering with CRS Rice Bowl in a special way, sharing the CRS Rice Bowl featured recipes on each Lenten Friday–and 5 CatholicMom.com writers have...
Pope Francis to confessors: ‘be channels of mercy’
News.va - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:00 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday addressed the participants of a course on the internal forum organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary, calling them to become ‘channels of...
Another Excellent Series from Fr Hunwicke
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 4, 2016 at 7:00 am Fr Hunwicke has just published a series of three articles called “A Bluffer’s Guide to Pauline Pseudonomy.” Although the topic is per se tangential to liturgical matters, his...
St Thérèse of Lisieux’s ‘spiritual sister’ to be canonised
Catholic Herald - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:49 am Pope Francis has authorised the canonisation of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, a writer and Carmelite nun described as the “sister in the Spirit” of St Thérèse of Lisieux.
The...
How do you defend life? Show its beauty, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:26 am Vatican City, Mar 4, 2016 / 06:26 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Cultural trends and hardened hearts can obscure the value of human life.
But true virtues, compassion and beauty are the...
2nd Circuit: MTA Rule Change Makes Challenge To Rejection of Anti-Muslim Ad Moot
The Religion Clause - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:16 am In American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Metropolitan Transit Authority, (2d Cir., March 3, 2016), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal on mootness grounds...
India Effectively Denies Visas To USCIRF Delegation
The Religion Clause - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:15 am The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a press release yesterday that the government of India has effectively denied visas to a USCIRF delegation that was...
Australian Report On Laws That Encroach On Traditional Freedoms
The Religion Clause - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:10 am On Wednesday, the Australian Law Reform Commission released its report titled Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws. Chapter 5 of the report deals...
Four sisters dead in attack on Missionaries of Charity home in Yemen
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:09 am Aden, Yemen, Mar 4, 2016 / 06:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
At least 16 people are dead after two gunmen attacked a Missionaries of Charity convent and nursing home for elderly and...
Meatless Friday: Veggie Udon Soup
CatholicMom.com - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:00 am
This simple soup requires only 5 ingredients and only 5 minutes of prep time!
Copyright 2016 Mary Lou Rosien. All rights reserved.
Veggie Udon Soup
1 small package frozen udon...
12 sainthood, beatification causes advance
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:00 am In a March 3 audience with the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Francis approved the publication of decrees that advance a dozen sainthood causes.
In...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Mar 4, 2016 at 6:00 am In Dunn v. Catoe, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22252 (ED TX, Feb. 23, 2016), a Texas federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendations (2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23148, Jan. 15,...
