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What's unprecedented about Pope Francis' Year for Mercy
EWTN - Vatican News - May 8, 2015 at 7:02 am Vatican City, May 8, 2015 / 07:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In tune with his knack for making history, Pope Francis' Year for Mercy
will include things no other jubilee has: worldwide...
Meatless Friday: Savory Cauliflower Bake
CatholicMom.com - May 8, 2015 at 7:00 am I love cauliflower any way I can get it. Raw, steamed, sauteed, baked, even microwaved with a splash of lemon juice and some cracked pepper. My family, however…not so much....
How Chinese Catholics around the world are renewing their commitment to the Bible
Catholic News Agency - General - May 8, 2015 at 7:00 am Taipei, Taiwan, May 8, 2015 / 06:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the 25th anniversary of the founding of the United Chinese Catholic Biblical Association, groups across the globe are...
How Chinese Catholics around the world are renewing their commitment to the Bible
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 8, 2015 at 7:00 am Taipei, Taiwan, May 8, 2015 / 07:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On the 25th anniversary of the United Chinese Catholic Biblical
Association, groups across the globe are reaffirming their...
Fans want a Catholic Rematch for Pacquiao
Catholic Vote - May 8, 2015 at 6:58 am
Ex-Catholic Manny Pacquiao, pictured here with a Catholic priest who is a fan, lost the WBO Welterweight title to Floyd Mayweather, Jr. May 2.
Religion has loomed large in the...
Pope Francis meets with Pentecostal pastors
News.va - May 8, 2015 at 6:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday afternoon met with a group of Pentecostal pastors in the “Auletta”, a meeting room adjoining the Paul VI Audience Hall.
A statement...
Archbishop Auza's Statement to UN on Role of Youth in Countering Violent Extremism and Promoting Peace
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 8, 2015 at 6:35 am Here below is the statement by Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See, to the United Nations at the Security Council Open Debate in New...
Sent at His Mother’s Request
Dominicana - May 8, 2015 at 6:30 am The Lives of the Brethren, which chronicles the experiences of the first Dominican Friars, relates how before the foundation of the Dominican Order a good monk was caught up in...
Vocations poster inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run
Catholic Herald - May 8, 2015 at 6:17 am A vocations poster released by the Dominicans today was inspired by album covers such as Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run, one of its creators has said.
Fr Ciaran Dougherty OP,...
Pope: the Church is about unity, not forming lobbies to win
News.va - May 8, 2015 at 6:15 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis says discussions within the Church are to seek unity and and it should not be a place where people are always clashing, betraying each other and...
Pope Francis: Cheating to win in sport is "ugly and sterile"
News.va - May 8, 2015 at 6:15 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday met with members of the Italian Tennis Federation, and used the encounter to speak about sport as an “educational experience.”
“There are...
In Israel, Coalition Agreements Promise To Roll Back Recent Anti-Haredi Religious Changes
The Religion Clause - May 8, 2015 at 6:10 am JWeekly reported yesterday that in Israel the coalition agreements signed by Benjamin Netanyahu in order to create a parliamentary majority in the newly-elected Knesset will roll...
Statutes of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Chirograph of Pope Francis
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 8, 2015 at 6:06 am Below is the Vatican-provided text of the Statues of the Institution of a Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and the Chirograph of Pope Francis for the commission'...
Faith Healer Sues Atheist Activist Claiming Misuse of YouTube Video
The Religion Clause - May 8, 2015 at 6:05 am In Arizona last week, Adam Miller, a "spiritual transformational healer," filed a federal lawsuit against Joel Guttormson, an activist in the atheist and transgender communities,...
Suit Seeking Declaration That Homsexuality Is Sinful Receives Quick Dismissal
The Religion Clause - May 8, 2015 at 6:00 am With the leading academic law-and-religion listserv filled with suggestions for grounds on which the lawsuit might be dismissed, a Nebraska federal district judge has, only six...
Texas Governor speaks about prayer after accident
Franciscan Media - May 8, 2015 at 6:00 am
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has not always lived life in a
wheelchair. He was on his morning jog 31 years ago when a falling tree
broke his spinal cord, leaving...
Married former Anglican priest ordained for special ministry
Franciscan Media - May 8, 2015 at 6:00 am
MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) -- Vaughn Treco, a husband, grandfather of two and
former Anglican priest, was ordained to the Catholic diaconate and
priesthood in early May with the approval...
Out-of-wedlock births falling: “People are just not having the kids”
The Deacon's Bench - May 8, 2015 at 5:55 am From The New York Times: Single parenthood was on a “mysterious and alarming rise,” becoming a “huge problem,” according to a 2013 article in the Atlantic. The lawyer defending ...
European bishops recall end of World War II
Catholic Culture - World News - May 8, 2015 at 5:31 am Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, the president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community, has issued a statement commemorating the 70th anniversary...
Ghana's Christian leaders condemn Islamist attacks on Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - May 8, 2015 at 5:24 am Ghana's bishops met with the Protestant leaders of the Christian Council of Ghana and issued a joint statement in which they decried the persecution of Christians.
After...
