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Airline Faces Religious Objection To In-Flight Movie
The Religion Clause - Feb 25, 2016 at 6:05 am According to Haaretz, Israel's El Al Airlines yesterday faced an unruly passenger demand for religious accommodation. On a flight from Warsaw, Poland to Tel Aviv, an ultra-...
Saint Ananias … Saint Who?!
CatholicMom.com - Feb 25, 2016 at 6:00 am
Dateline: Monday, January 25, 2016 — the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle.
While reading the daily Mass readings on the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, I was struck not so...
Feds Indict FLDS Leaders On Food Stamp Fraud Charges
The Religion Clause - Feb 25, 2016 at 6:00 am The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah announced on Tuesday the unsealing of an indictment against eleven leaders and members of the polygamous FLDS Church charging...
Ampleforth Abbey’s oldest monk dies aged 98
Catholic Herald - Feb 25, 2016 at 5:53 am Ampleforth Abbey’s oldest monk has died, just two months after celebrating his 98th birthday.
Abbot Patrick Barry OSB died in the monastery infirmary on Sunday, after 80 years as...
Orthodox patriarchs to meet to resolve jurisdictional dispute
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 25, 2016 at 5:38 am John X, the Orthodox patriarch of Antioch, and Theophilos III, the Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, will meet in Cyprus in an attempt to resolve their jurisdictional dispute over...
Vatican conference on Pope Benedict's 1st encyclical
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 25, 2016 at 5:01 am On February 25, the Pontifical Council Cor Unum is hosting a conference on the tenth anniversary of Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical.
Writing in ...
The Mercy Bus brings lapsed Catholics to confession
Franciscan Media - Feb 25, 2016 at 5:00 am BURNLEY, England (CNS) -- A diocese in England is using a double-decker bus as a venue for priests to hear the confessions of people who have stopped going to church.
The Mercy...
Niger's bishops appeal for peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 25, 2016 at 4:33 am Amid tensions surrounding Niger’s February 21 elections, the bishops of the largely Muslim nation appealed for calm.
“The Catholic Christian community prays and does not ...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 25, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 25, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 16, 19-31
Today’s Gospel reminds me of the “Amazing Grace” verse that says, “I once was lost but now am found, was blind, but now I see.”
Today’s parable is...
Vatican spokesman: ‘We are all pained’ by death of pregnant Santa Marta worker
Catholic Herald - Feb 25, 2016 at 4:28 am Vatican spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi, has expressed his sorrow on behalf of Pope Francis following the death of a pregnant receptionist at the Santa Marta guesthouse in Rome....
Jerusalem bishop: work with Assad to defeat Islamic State
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 25, 2016 at 4:16 am At a recent conference in Cologne, Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem called upon the international community to work with the Syrian government to defeat the Islamic...
Singapore archbishop slams Madonna concert as 'pseudo-art'
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 25, 2016 at 4:15 am Singapore, Feb 25, 2016 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Singapore's music fans can do better than Madonna, the local Catholic archbishop has said.
Singapore archbishop slams Madonna concert as 'pseudo-art'
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 25, 2016 at 4:02 am Singapore, Feb 25, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Singapore's music fans can do better than Madonna, the local Catholic archbishop has said.
The American pop star will stop in...
Patriarch calls on Orthodox, Catholics to oppose de-Christianitization, persecution
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 25, 2016 at 3:56 am In the final days of his journey to Latin America, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow traveled to Rio de Janeiro, where he prayed for persecuted Christians at the statute of Christ the ...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/02/16
Catholic Herald - Feb 25, 2016 at 3:47 am It is “a huge exaggeration” to speak of a “German-Polish war” at last year’s synod, Polish bishops’ conference president Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki has said.
Franciscans in...
Unique High School for Special-Needs Students Offers Catholic Education, Plans to Open This Fall
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 25, 2016 at 3:41 am After years of searching for the right location, developers of the first high school in the U.S. offering a Catholic education exclusively for students with special needs, Veritas...
Unique Catholic High School for Special-Needs Students Plans to Open This Fall
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 25, 2016 at 3:41 am After years of searching for the right location, developers of the first Catholic high school in the U.S. created exclusively for students with special needs, Veritas Christi...
Sister arranges aid for thousands of struggling families in northern Syria
Catholic Herald - Feb 25, 2016 at 3:39 am People under constant threat of bombardment in the Syrian city of Aleppo will receive a fresh emergency relief package in the latest round of aid payments announced by the UK arm...
Nigeria's bishops decry corruption, welcome progress in fight against Boko Haram
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 25, 2016 at 3:35 am At the conclusion of their recent meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s bishops welcomed the government’s progress in the fight against the Islamist terrorist organization Boko ...
Catholic College to Host Radical Feminist in Residency Despite Abortion Advocacy
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 25, 2016 at 3:26 am St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., will once again host radical feminist “bell hooks” (who prefers not to capitalize her name) in residency, despite her advocacy for abortion...
