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Register Now: Conference to Showcase World Premiere of Oratorio About St Rita
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 1, 2016 at 7:00 am Full details are now available online for the conference about sanctity, beauty and Catholic artistic expression taking place at St Rita’s Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas, May 19...
The organisation that helped me fix my broken marriage
Catholic Herald - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:54 am Twelve years ago the walls finally crumbled in a marriage that for many years left myself and my wife Frances feeling unloved, unheard, alone and unwanted.
The final devastating...
The other side of 'Spotlight': how the Church changed to fight sex abuse
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:51 am Washington D.C., Mar 1, 2016 / 06:51 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- While the movie "Spotlight" won Best Picture for portraying a
journalistic investigation of the sex abuse crisis in...
Cardinal Nichols announces new shrine dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary
Catholic Herald - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:17 am Cardinal Vincent Nichols has announced a new diocesan shrine dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary at St Dominic’s Priory, Haverstock Hill. He will officially inaugurate the shrine...
Pope Francis: Divine mercy forgives and forgets
News.va - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:15 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on Tuesday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day...
Court May Decided Church Affiliation Dispute
The Religion Clause - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:15 am In Ohio District Council, Inc. of the Assemblies of God v. Speelman, (OH App., Feb. 29, 2016), an Ohio state appeals court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine does...
Catholic Bible Online: The Douay-Rheims, Knox and Clementine Vulgate in one website
Rorate Coeli - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:12 am Baronius Press has just launched a new website, Catholic Bible Online, with the full texts of the Clementina Vulgata, the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision, 1899 printing)...
Sikh Army Captain Sues Seeking Religious Accommodation
The Religion Clause - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:10 am U.S. Army Captain Simratpal Singh, a Sikh, filed suit yesterday in federal district court in the District of Columbia seeking an injunction to require the Army to allow him to...
China Charges Human Rights Lawyer Criminally
The Religion Clause - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:05 am Radio Free Asia reported yesterday that Chinese authorities have now arrested a Chinese human rights lawyer on criminal charges after he assisted Protestant churches in resisting...
On Being in Need … and Invisible
CatholicMom.com - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:00 am Copyright 2016 Christine Johnson. All rights reserved.
After years of having our prescriptions filled at a locally-owned pharmacy, we decided to move our meds to the mail-order...
Cert. Denied In Challenge To N.J. Conversion Therapy Ban
The Religion Clause - Mar 1, 2016 at 6:00 am The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari in Doe v. Christie, (Docket No. 15-195, cert. denied 2/20/2016) (Order List.) In the case, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of...
Vatican Approves of Naming New Research Center in London in Honor of Pope Benedict XVI
Catholic Education Daily - Mar 1, 2016 at 5:45 am A new research center named in honor of Pope Benedict XVI and dedicated to the study of religion and the social sciences was recently given approval by the Vatican to be called...
Dominican bishops issue election statement
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 1, 2016 at 5:34 am As the Dominican Republic’s May 2016 elections approach, the nation’s bishops have called upon voters to shun bribes and political patronage and “be zealous and vigilant ...
Spring Training for the Soul
Dominicana - Mar 1, 2016 at 5:30 am In the warm southern states of Florida and Arizona, where it seems as if winter never really arrives, the captivating sound of the crack of the bat can already be heard. Baseball...
Amid firestorm of publicity, Mount St. Mary's president resigns
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 1, 2016 at 5:09 am Emmitsburg, Md., Mar 1, 2016 / 05:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After fierce controversy during his short-lived term at Mount St. Mary's
University, president Simon Newman has stepped...
Colombian bishops urge president to address health crisis
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 1, 2016 at 5:07 am Three Colombian bishops have called upon President Juan Manuel Santos to improve health care and other services in the northwestern region of the nation.
Citing a scarcity of...
'Spotlight' is not anti-Catholic, Vatican newspaper says
Franciscan Media - Mar 1, 2016 at 5:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican newspaper said the Oscar-winning film, Spotlight, is not anti-Catholic.
"It is not an anti-Catholic movie, as has been written, because the film...
Mount St. Mary’s University President Resigns Amid Catholic Identity Concerns
Catholic Education Daily - Mar 1, 2016 at 5:00 am Mount St. Mary’s University President Simon Newman, who sparked national debate over the future and Catholic identity of the nation’s second-oldest Catholic university, announced...
Report: Priests abused hundreds of kids in Altoona-Johnstown Diocese
Franciscan Media - Mar 1, 2016 at 5:00 am ALTOONA, Pa. (CNS) -- Hundreds of children were sexually abused over at least 40 years by priests and other religious leaders in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, a statewide...
Catholics prepare to take part in world-wide ‘Confession drive’
Catholic Herald - Mar 1, 2016 at 4:52 am People across England and Wales will participate in a worldwide ‘Confession drive’ this weekend that has been initiated by Pope Francis, as an integral part of the Jubilee Year of...
