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Magistrate Refuses To Dismiss Suit Against Anti-Falun Gong Organization
The Religion Clause - Feb 12, 2016 at 7:55 am In Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16560 (ED NY, Jan. 28, 2016), a group of Falun Gong practitioners in Flushing Queens, New York sued an...
The sinister crime in Mexico that the Pope cannot avoid
Catholic Herald - Feb 12, 2016 at 7:19 am The Pope’s meeting with the Moscow Patriarch is getting a great deal of media coverage and commentary, but we should perhaps remember that he is on his way to Mexico, a country...
From the Pope’s embrace with Kirill to his meeting with the Mexican people
Vatican Insider - Feb 12, 2016 at 7:13 am Francis set off on his Mexican voyage this morning, stopping off in Cuba first, for his historic visit with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill, at Havana airport. The...
Christ In The Surgery Wing | Thoughts In A Time of Illness
Incarnation and Modernity - Feb 12, 2016 at 7:06 am _________ There was nothing he could do except watch me writhe in agony. My broken body, convulsing in the middle of the night tethered between consciousness and hallucination. I...
Meatless Friday: Triple-Glazed Citrus Fish
CatholicMom.com - Feb 12, 2016 at 7:00 am
We are on a marmalade kick at our house right now, ever since we discovered Slow Cooker Orange Chicken (somewhere on my What a Crock Pinterest board). We loved the savory-sweet...
Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham Available in the US
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 12, 2016 at 7:00 am Thank you to reader Justin Legault for contacting me with this information. If any are having trouble getting hold of the Customary of Our Lady of Walshingham (as described...
Pope Francis sends telegrams on papal flight
News.va - Feb 12, 2016 at 6:50 am (Vatican Radio) As is tradition, Pope Francis has sent telegrams to the heads of state of the countries his plane flies over on Friday as he travels to Havana, and then to Mexico...
Pope Francis greets reporters on flight from Rome to Havana
News.va - Feb 12, 2016 at 6:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis greeted the reporters who joined him on the plane Friday for his apostolic journey to Havana – for a brief meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill – and...
Card. Parolin: Church in Mexico called to condemn all evil
News.va - Feb 12, 2016 at 6:50 am (Vatican Radio) Speaking on the eve of Pope Francis’ departure for Mexico, the (Vatican) Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said the Church there is called “to condemn...
BFR980: To Laugh or not to Laugh
SQPN - Podcast Network - Feb 12, 2016 at 6:13 am This show is brought to you by my patrons. Help me to continue to bring you these shows by joining them at http://Patreon.com/FatherRoderick.
In this episode: looking forward to...
Denial of Permit For Muslim Cemetery Was Arbitrary and Capricious
The Religion Clause - Feb 12, 2016 at 6:10 am The Farmington (MN) Independent reported yesterday on a decision last month by a Dakota County, Minnesota trial court judge holding that the Castle Rock Township board of...
Title VII Suit Dismissed Under Ministerial Exception
The Religion Clause - Feb 12, 2016 at 6:05 am In Moreno v. Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16543 (ED NY, Jan. 20, 2016), a New York federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing a Title VII action...
Tech Talk: Expanding Our View of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving
CatholicMom.com - Feb 12, 2016 at 6:00 am
Have you decided how you will spend the next 40+ days living out the tenets of Lent – Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving? Sure, it began a few days ago, but honestly, it is never too...
Vatican Sends Mixed Messages On Protection of Abuse Victims
The Religion Clause - Feb 12, 2016 at 6:00 am Vatican Radio reports that the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors released a communique on Feb. 8 at the end of its week-long Plenary Session. The document details...
Pope departs for Cuba, Mexico
News.va - Feb 12, 2016 at 5:54 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis departed Rome Friday morning on his way to Mexico for a weeklong pastoral visit that will take him to Mexico City, to the shrine of Our Lady of...
After deadly prison riot in Mexico, archbishop asks for prayers
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 12, 2016 at 5:38 am Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 12, 2016 / 04:38 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López of Monterrey has asked the entire community to unite in prayer in response to the...
Church unity more important than ever, says Italian cardinal
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 12, 2016 at 5:32 am The unity of the Church has assumed a greater importance than ever before, an Italian prelate wrote in a front-page column in the Vatican newspaper.
In a “culturally divided and...
Making a Pedophile?
Dominicana - Feb 12, 2016 at 5:30 am The nation is abuzz after a recent 10-part Netflix documentary series debuted just before Christmas entitled Making a Murderer. The series recounted the story of Steven Avery, who...
500,000 venerated relics of Padre Pio, St. Leopold
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 12, 2016 at 5:16 am Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on February 11 as the veneration in Rome of the...
Louis de Montfort, a saint whose life was the stuff of Hollywood
Catholic Herald - Feb 12, 2016 at 5:06 am Catholics are known for revering certain saints. We all have our favourites, those to whom we have a special devotion and love. My own list includes St Francis of Assisi (...
