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Pope: Christians are not masochists because they have hope
News.va - May 5, 2015 at 8:00 am (Vatican Radio) Tribulations, trust, and peace. These are the three words around which Pope Francis developed his homily at Tuesday morning’s Mass at the Santa Marta guesthouse...
Controversy over Serra sainthood: Not all media settle for reporting
GetReligion - May 5, 2015 at 8:00 am
Ever hear people arguing past each other? Each makes seemingly good points, but doesn't answer those raised by the other.
If they only had someone -- oh, like a reporter, for...
Great moments in American business: Nail salon forced to change name after harassment
The Deacon's Bench - May 5, 2015 at 7:56 am From the In My Backyard Desk: The terrorists have won in Queens — where the owner of a salon called ISIS Nails was forced to change the name because of constant harassment from...
Presentation of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
News.va - May 5, 2015 at 7:50 am
Vatican City, 5 May 2015 (VIS) – This morning in the Holy See Press Office, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New...
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri: signs of light in the churches of Iraq
News.va - May 5, 2015 at 7:50 am
Vatican City, 5 May 2015 (VIS) – Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, concluded his visit to Iraq at a meeting of the bishops of...
Knights of Columbus Leader Laments Obama’s False Promise at Notre Dame
Catholic Education Daily - May 5, 2015 at 7:21 am After accepting the Evangelium Vitae Medal from the University of Notre Dame last week, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson of the Knights of Columbus looked back six years to the...
A third of Catholics in England and Wales will ‘become more green’ if Pope speaks out on climate change
Catholic Herald - May 5, 2015 at 7:15 am More than one million Catholics in England and Wales are prepared to overhaul their lifestyles if Pope Francis speaks out on environmental issues, according to a poll commissioned...
What the Oaks Teach Us
CatholicMom.com - May 5, 2015 at 7:00 am Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is in the Lord. He will be like a tree planted beside the waters. Jeremiah 17:7-8
Photo Credit: Judy Landrieu Klein,...
“Christians are not masochists, when things get tough they turn to God”
Vatican Insider - May 5, 2015 at 6:53 amReview: A Short Guide to Praying as a Family
Dominicana - May 5, 2015 at 6:30 am This is not your usual prayer book. Earlier this year—on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, to be exact—the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia released a new prayer book entitled A Short...
Ahead of National Police Week, DC cardinal honors fallen officers
EWTN - US Latest News - May 5, 2015 at 6:20 am Washington D.C., May 5, 2015 / 06:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington called on Tuesday for gratitude to
be given to the law enforcement officials who are...
Madison, Wisconsin Bars Discrimination Against Atheists, Agnostics, and Nonbelievers
The Religion Clause - May 5, 2015 at 6:10 am As reported recently by AP, last month the city of Madison, Wisconsin enacted amendments (full text) to its Equal Opportunities Ordinance adding "nonreligion" to the protected...
Cert Denied In Challenge To New Jersey's Reparative Therapy Ban
The Religion Clause - May 5, 2015 at 6:05 am Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in King v. Christie, (Docket No. 14-672, cert. denied 5/4/2015) (Order List). In the case, the 3rd Circuit upheld against 1st...
Finding Rebates Shopping Online and Off
CatholicMom.com - May 5, 2015 at 6:00 am
A few months ago, I wrote about the WalMart Savings Catcher that’s found online and in their smartphone app. I’ve discovered another app that helps you save through rebates that...
The Jubilee Year of Mercy now has a website—and a logo
The Deacon's Bench - May 5, 2015 at 6:00 am The website, unveiled today, is here. The logo: A description of the image and its meaning: The logo and the motto together provide a fitting summary of what the Jubilee Year...
District Court Invalidates Invocations Delivered By County Commissioners Instead of Invited Clergy
The Religion Clause - May 5, 2015 at 6:00 am In Lund v. Rowan County, North Carolina, (MD NC May 4, 2015), a North Carolina federal district court held that a county Board of Commissioners invocation policy is not...
Documentary on Thomas Merton marks centennial of his birth
Franciscan Media - May 5, 2015 at 6:00 am
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Morgan Atkinson's new documentary on Thomas Merton,
the famed Trappist monk from the Cistercian abbey in Gethsemani,
Kentucky, was "40 years in the making,"...
Vatican unveils logo, prayer, details of Holy Year of Mercy
Franciscan Media - May 5, 2015 at 6:00 am
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Holy Year of Mercy will be an opportunity to
encourage Christians to meet people's "real needs" with concrete
assistance, to experience a "true...
