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Organization Launches Annual "Friend or Foe Christmas" Campaign
The Religion Clause - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:44 am The advocacy organization Liberty Counsel announced yesterday that it is launching its 15th annual "Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign." Its campaign attempts to counter removal of...
Pope: Mass is for the Eucharist, not pictures. Put the phone away.
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:35 am Vatican City, Nov 8, 2017 / 06:35 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Wednesday a fiery Pope Francis chastised those who spend Mass talking
to others, looking at their phone or even taking...
Mark My Words!
Franciscan Media - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:33 am
Once upon a time there was a king who heard the message of an itinerant holy man and was struck to the heart. Immediately the king gave up his throne, his power and possessions...
Prominent Catholic writer criticises Pope for creating ‘liquid society’ Church
Catholic Herald - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:30 am A prominent Catholic writer has accused Pope Francis of turning the Church into a “liquid society” where uncertainty is the only certainty. Vittorio Messori, who came to...
Indonesian Constitutional Court Requires Recognition of Indigenous Religions
The Religion Clause - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:15 am According to an AP report, yesterday Indonesia's Constitutional Court handed down a ruling that will require recognition of adherents of the country's indigenous religions. In...
Pope Francis, global leaders discuss concern for climate change, migration
Franciscan Media - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:10 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis met with Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general, and former Irish President Mary Robinson to discuss shared concerns about peace, human...
St. Godfrey’s Last Words Where a Testimony of Faith
Big C Catholics - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:10 am Saint Godfrey was a 12th century German noble, born into wealth and prestige before encountering Saint Norbert at Cologne. Soon after, Godfrey was received into the Norbertine...
Suit Challenges Quebec's New Anti-Niqab Law
The Religion Clause - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:10 am As announced by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, a suit was filed in a Quebec Superior Court yesterday challenging the constitutionality of Sec. 10 of Quebec's recently...
Notre Dame, In About Face, Will Continue Contraceptive Coverage Under Accommodation Rules
The Religion Clause - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:05 am Reversing an announcement made last month (see prior posting), Notre Dame University yesterday told employees that they will continue to receive health insurance contraceptive...
One Hour
CatholicMom.com - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:00 am By Chris Hawes via Flickr (2015), CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
At some point in your children’s lives you are going to be challenged and met with resistance about going to church on Sunday....
Successful programs involving refugees do exist. Here are some of them
Aleteia - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:00 am Positive stories of refugees make it to the realm of higher education.Successful programs involving refugees do exist. In the face of the current refugee crisis, the response of...
6th Circuit Dismisses Challenge To Michigan Procedures For Vaccination Exemption
The Religion Clause - Nov 8, 2017 at 6:00 am In Nikolao v. Lyon, (6th Cir., Nov. 7, 2017), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered dismissal of a challenge to Michigan's procedures for granting school children a...
Pope: Mass is for the Eucharist, not pictures. Put the phone away.
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 8, 2017 at 5:35 am Vatican City, Nov 8, 2017 / 04:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday a fiery Pope Francis chastised those who spend Mass talking to others, looking at their phone or even taking...
National collection in Germany to support Church in de-Christianized areas of Scandinavia, Germany (SIR)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 8, 2017 at 5:11 amNew Vatican emphasis on '20 action points' for migrants, refugees (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 8, 2017 at 5:11 am In recent days, Pope Francis and a Vatican official have cited “Responding to Migrants and Refugees: Twenty Action Points,” a text quietly released in July by the Dicastery for...
Pope Francis at General Audience: English Summary
News.va - Nov 8, 2017 at 4:55 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has begun a new series of catecheses focussing on the Eucharist. He was addressing the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General...
Pope John Paul I takes step closer to sainthood after unanimous vote to recognise ‘heroic virtues’
Catholic Herald - Nov 8, 2017 at 4:41 am The Congregation for the Causes of the Saints has unanimously voted in favour of the “heroic virtues” of Pope John Paul I, meaning that Pope Francis will now shortly sign a decree...
Why Does the Left Hate Women So Much?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 8, 2017 at 4:35 am
I once took a Soviet film class where we were introduced to the brilliant propaganda of Sergei Eisenstein and the later films of “the thaw.” The “thaw” period in the Soviet bloc...
What “Hate” and “Bigotry” Mean Today
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 8, 2017 at 4:30 am
Everyone seems to agree that haters and bigots are bad people. The belief makes some sense. If someone’s way of viewing others is based on aversions that don’t regard truth or...
