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Meatless Friday: Domenico Bettinelli's Grilled Eggplant
CatholicMom.com - Nov 3, 2017 at 7:30 am
This recipe combines two different recipes from Milk Street Kitchen that have Israeli and Iranian origins. The first is Grilled Eggplant with Sesame and Herbs and the second is...
Hope after the Horror: Reflections on a massacre of Baghdadi Christians
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 3, 2017 at 7:08 am Washington D.C., Nov 3, 2017 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- This Halloween marks the seventh anniversary of when my parents' church in Baghdad was held hostage by the Islamic State...
The dangers of spiritual navel-gazing
Aleteia - Nov 3, 2017 at 7:00 am As a good priest used to say, “Your spiritual life is none of your damn business!”During the admittedly brief time when I was visiting the gym regularly, I was thrilled with how...
The Feast of All Saints 2017: the Virgin Mary, Model of the Saints
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 3, 2017 at 7:00 am From the Roman Breviary of 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the feast of All Saints.We must certainly believe that the blessed Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, the...
Pakistan Court Fines and Jails Husband For Polygamous Marriage Without Wife's Consent
The Religion Clause - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:15 am According to Deutsche Welle, for the first time a trial court in Pakistan has sided with the woman in a polygamy case. A trial court in Lahore sentenced Shahzad Saqib to 6 months...
Westminster exorcist discusses his work (Catholic World Report)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 am According to the article, the Archdiocese of Westminster now has at least 8 priests who work as exorcists.
+Manlio Simonetti, 91 (ANSA)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 am The Italian patristics scholar was one of the inaugural recipients of the Ratzinger Prize.
Cardinal Rai to visit Saudi Arabia in 'historic' first for a Christian leader (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 am Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai (al-Rahi) is Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church.
New GOP tax bill would allow '529 Plans' for parochial school tuition (Religion Clause)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 am The bill also allows parents to set up 529 Plans on behalf of unborn children.
German Lutheran leader: Reformation was 'act of liberation,' 'spiritual renewal' (World Council of Churches)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 amUK Christians and Jews celebrate 75 years of interfaith relations (Anglican Communion News Service)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 amWyoming diocese settles lawsuit with federal government over HHS mandate (K2 Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 amUSCCB official reflects on 15th anniversary of anti-poverty pastoral (To Go Forth)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 am In 2002, the US bishops published the pastoral reflection “A Place at the Table: A Catholic Recommitment to Overcome Poverty and to Respect the Dignity of All God’s Children”.
Nuncio discusses continued violence in Syria (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:11 am Cardinal Mario Zenari emphasized the importance of Catholic initiatives to provide medical care: he said 2/3 of doctors have left the country.
Canada's Supreme Court Rejects Aboriginal Tribe's Religious Objection To Ski Resort
The Religion Clause - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:10 am In Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), (Sup. Ct. Canada, Nov. 2, 2017), the Supreme Court of Canada rejected a claim by the...
New Tax Bill Would Allow "529 Plans" For Parochial School Tuition
The Religion Clause - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:05 am The Republican tax bill (full text) introduced yesterday (see prior posting) would allow parents to set up "529 Plans" for up to $10,000 per year of elementary and secondary...
A very short history of the English language
Aleteia - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:00 am Generations of conquerors left their mark in words that live on today.Where did English come from? That’s the subject of this fascinating TEDed video on the origins of the English...
Respectfully Disagree: Learn from the Saints
CatholicMom.com - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:00 am By Marcello eM via Freeimages.com (2007), Freeimages.com content license
Do we debate or disagree respectfully anymore? It seems that discourse and argument has risen to a new...
Republican Tax Bill Would End Johnson Amendment Ban On Partisan Sermons
The Religion Clause - Nov 3, 2017 at 6:00 am As reported by CBS, House Republicans yesterday released their proposed tax reduction plan. The bill (full text) titled "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" includes a limited change in the...
The Injustice of Social Justice
Crisis Magazine - Church - Nov 3, 2017 at 5:55 am
Affordable and accessible health care is a right, was the line. And it worked.
By shoving the partisan healthcare bill through the straw of “social justice,” Obamacare was passed...
