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Prohibiting Opposite-Sex Dorm Visitation Promotes Chastity, Authentically Catholic Campus Culture
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 23, 2016 at 5:18 am A new Cardinal Newman Society report released this week on visitation policies at residential Catholic colleges in the U.S. found that only nine out of 192 colleges prohibit...
Guatemalan bishops decry sex-education legislation
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 23, 2016 at 5:03 am The bishops of Guatemala have issued a statement strongly criticizing a sex-education bill under consideration in the nation’s legislature.
The bill proposes a “totally ...
Bishop challenges Catholics to combat anti-Islamic bigotry
Franciscan Media - Feb 23, 2016 at 5:00 am SAN DIEGO (CNS) -- San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy is challenging U.S. Catholics to take an active role in combating "the scourge of anti-Islamic prejudice."
"We are witnessing...
French cardinal under fire for dealings with priest charged with abuse
Franciscan Media - Feb 23, 2016 at 5:00 am LYON, France (CNS) -- French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon is facing questions about how he dealt with a priest who faces abuse and rape charges.
On Jan. 27, proceedings...
The dignity of work – a company's quest for the mentally ill
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 23, 2016 at 4:50 am Denver, Colo., Feb 23, 2016 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- When Bayaud Enterprises was started in 1969 in Denver, Colorado, they had one thing on their mind: employment.
Venezuelan prelate laments collapse of health care
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 23, 2016 at 4:38 am The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference’s justice and peace commission, led by Archbishop Roberto Lückert León, has issued a statement decrying the “profound ...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 23, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 23, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12
Today’s Gospel reading from Matthew presents us with a fundamental choice: will we live in illusion or reality, in false pride or true humility?...
Mother Angelica in a ‘delicate’ condition
Catholic Herald - Feb 23, 2016 at 4:26 am In an early morning tweet on Monday, Catholic television network, the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), said its founder, Mother Angelica, remains in a “delicate” condition...
Peruvian bishops issue election statement
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 23, 2016 at 4:22 am Stating that “our political system is affected by high levels of corruption,” Peru’s bishops have issued a reflection as the April 10 general election approaches.
The ...
French cardinal criticised over handling of abuse allegations
Catholic Herald - Feb 23, 2016 at 4:08 am French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon is facing questions about how he dealt with a priest who faces abuse and rape charges.
Proceedings opened on January 27 against Fr...
The dignity of work – a company's quest for the mentally ill
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 23, 2016 at 4:02 am Denver, Colo., Feb 23, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- When Bayaud Enterprises was started in 1969 in Denver, Colorado, they had one thing on their mind: employment.
But not...
Jesuit who worked as Sandinista government minister dead at 82
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 23, 2016 at 3:58 am Father Fernando Cardenal, a Jesuit liberation theologian who supported Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution and served as the nation’s education minister from 1984 to 1990, died ...
Visitation Policies at Catholic Colleges Should Promote Chastity, Not ‘Hook-Up’ Culture
Catholic Education Daily - Feb 23, 2016 at 3:22 am Writing in Crisis Magazine today, The Cardinal Newman Society’s Adam Wilson argued that restricting opposite-sex visitation in college dorms sends a strong pro-chastity message to...
Report: ISIS releases 43 Christian hostages
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 23, 2016 at 3:19 am The Islamic State has released 43 Christians who were taken captive during a February 2015 military offensive in northeastern Syria, according to the Assyrian Church of the East...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/02/16
Catholic Herald - Feb 23, 2016 at 3:14 am Bishops must “never be seen as pitted against each other” in a battle for control of the Church, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier has said.
Police in Victoria have referred the alleged...
Pope to faithful: ‘Don’t lose heart, God will forgive’
Catholic Herald - Feb 23, 2016 at 2:38 am Jesus welcomed sinners in his day and continues to do so today, Pope Francis has said.
“If we think of this in a human way, the sinner would be an enemy of Jesus, an enemy of God...
New Dorm Visitation Study Reveals Need for Reform
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 23, 2016 at 2:10 am
In a hyper-sexual society, once-traditional morals have eroded even in our Catholic institutions—and especially on many Catholic college campuses. Research shows that the...
The Beauty of Fr. Scalia’s Funeral Homily
Crisis Magazine - Church - Feb 23, 2016 at 2:00 am
Fr. Paul Scalia’s homily at the funeral of his father, Justice Antonin Scalia, was “remarkable in its moving profundity,” as one of my colleagues wrote. But why was the homily so...
ASK FATHER: My lapsed son to have a “humanist” marriage. Can I attend?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 23, 2016 at 2:00 am From a reader…
My Son, who has lapsed from the Faith, is soon to be ‘married’ in a humanist ceremony. I and my wife have been invited but I am conscious of giving credence to the...
Father Lombardi steps down from Vatican Radio amid media reform
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 23, 2016 at 1:50 am Vatican City, Feb 23, 2016 / 02:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- As the process of reforming the Vatican's communications is carried out, Fr. Federico Lombardi will step down as director...
