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My unlikely friendship with a lesbian mother
Aleteia - Oct 23, 2017 at 8:00 am While our friendship has challenged us, it’s made our relationship — and my faith — stronger.I met Reese in a new moms’ group a few years ago when our sons were still infants. I...
Christian Zionist gathering during Sukkot takes on International tone, says The Atlantic
GetReligion - Oct 23, 2017 at 8:00 am
Only religion-beat professionals used to know about the annual Feast of Tabernacles celebration in Israel that was more Christian than Jewish and involved all sorts of odd folks...
Al Smith dinner features House Speaker as keynoter, actress as emcee
Franciscan Media - Oct 23, 2017 at 7:56 am NEW YORK (CNS) — “Everyone looks great tonight,” House Speaker Paul Ryan told the crowd of women in ballgowns and men in white tie and tails at the 72nd Alfred E. Smith Memorial...
Rorate on the Road ... in Hagerstown, Maryland
Rorate Coeli - Oct 23, 2017 at 7:31 am Yesterday, Rorate was roaming the Pennsylvania countryside, and needed a traditional Latin Mass that didn't require a ride two hours into Washington, D.C. A friend from the area...
The Loss of Eschatology
CatholicMom.com - Oct 23, 2017 at 7:30 am Via Unsplash (2016), PD. Text added by author.
Eschatology is the area of theology that deals with death, judgement and the final destination of human souls. An overview of the...
Litany of Resignation to the Will of God
Aleteia - Oct 23, 2017 at 7:00 am The first step to holiness is always following God's will and not our own.One of the most difficult aspects of the spiritual life is the firm resolution to follow God’s will. So...
Sacred Art: Enjoying The Splendor Of Creation Through The Eyes Of Hubble.
The Catholic Astronomer - Oct 23, 2017 at 7:00 am
I greatly enjoy reflecting deeply on the theological and philosophical mysteries of our created world. When one gazes in wonderment at the world we live, it is natural to then...
New Sacred Music: Recordings and Remarks
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 23, 2017 at 7:00 am This past June, The Ecclesia Choir under the direction of Timothy Woods gave a concert of my sacred choral music at St. John Cantius Catholic Church in Chicago. It was a splendid...
Reformation 2.0
Commonweal - Oct 23, 2017 at 6:57 am Reformation 2.0
By Ed SimonOctober 23, 2017
October 31 marks the quincentenary of a certain Augustinian monk nailing his ninety-five theses to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany...
BBC accused of suppressing survey showing public opposition to abortion
Catholic Herald - Oct 23, 2017 at 6:30 am The BBC has been accused of suppressing a survey that shows the British public do not want more liberal abortion laws. Polling firm ICM found little support for so-called “...
Britain's Court of Appeal Invalidates Sex-Segregated Classes In Co-Ed Faith Schools
The Religion Clause - Oct 23, 2017 at 6:05 am In HM Chief Inspector of Education v. Interim Executive Board of Al-Hijrah School, (EWCA, Oct. 13, 2017), the England and Wales Court of Appeal held that a Muslim school which...
The Pope: the idolatry of money kills children, too
Vatican Insider - Oct 23, 2017 at 6:05 am The papal condemnation is strong and clear: there are people hungry for money and earthly goods, who have “a great deal” compared to “hungry children who have no medicines, who...
How to be a Bridge to Catholicism
CatholicMom.com - Oct 23, 2017 at 6:00 am By Benjamin Earwicker via Freeimages.com, CC0 Public Domain
Did you know that 45 percent of Americans (about 112 million people) have some meaningful connection to the Catholic...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Oct 23, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Rex Ahdar, Is Freedom of Conscience Superior to Freedom of Religion?,(October 17, 2017).
Teresa Stanton Collet, The Urgency of Restoring the Catholic (and Catholic)...
Religions in Jerusalem must live in peace, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 23, 2017 at 5:26 am Vatican City, Oct 23, 2017 / 04:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Meeting with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem on Monday, Pope Francis said that the different religions in...
Religions in Jerusalem must live in peace, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 23, 2017 at 5:25 am Vatican City, Oct 23, 2017 / 05:25 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Meeting with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem on Monday, Pope Francis said that the different religions in...
‘Gunpowder’ may be violent, but that’s how England treated Catholics
Catholic Herald - Oct 23, 2017 at 5:23 am Did you see Gunpowder on BBC 1 this Saturday? It has had some encouraging reviews, and also some reactions that strike me as rather strange. It seems a lot of viewers found it too...
Why your 'sexy nun' costume isn't funny
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 23, 2017 at 4:53 am Denver, Colo., Oct 23, 2017 / 03:53 am (CNA).- In 2015, the president of the University of Louisville issued an official apology, after a photo depicting him dressed in Mexican...
Bishops welcome efforts to defend unborn child of undocumented teen
EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 23, 2017 at 4:21 am Austin, Texas, Oct 23, 2017 / 04:21 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Texas' bishops have welcomed the decision of an appeals court delaying
the government-assisted procurement of an abortion...
Pope publicly clarifies new translation rules in letter to Cardinal Sarah
Catholic Herald - Oct 23, 2017 at 4:20 am The Vatican is not to “impose” a specific liturgical translation on bishops’ conferences, but rather is called to recognise the bishops’ authority and expertise in determining the...
