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Supreme Court GVR's Another Non-Profit Contraceptive Mandate Challenge
The Religion Clause - Apr 28, 2015 at 6:00 am The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in Michigan Catholic Conference v. Burwell, (Docket No. 14-701) (Order List) granted certiorari, vacated the judgment below and remanded the case...
Fleeting peace as Baltimore pays final respects to Freddie Gray
Franciscan Media - Apr 28, 2015 at 6:00 am
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- For four hours April 27, Freddie Gray Jr. was patiently and prayerfully memorialized.
That peace, however, was extremely fragile.
Gray, 25, died April 19,...
5,000 join March for Marriage three days before Supreme Court arguments
Franciscan Media - Apr 28, 2015 at 6:00 am
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops called same-sex marriage "the greatest social experiment of our
time" and said that "children do not...
Cardinal Mamberti receives additional appointment
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:26 am Pope Francis has named Cardinal Dominque Mamberti, the prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as the president of the Commission of Advocates.
Cardinal...
UN leader meets Pope and addresses climate change conference
News.va - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:08 am (Vatican Radio) The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Tuesday before going on to address a conference exploring the moral...
Pope meets with UN secretary general as Vatican climate-change conference begins
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:07 am Pope Francis met with Ban Ki-moon on April 28 before the UN secretary general addressed an interfaith conference on climate change.
The purpose of the conference, which is...
Local bishop describes 'a very, very frightening scene' in Nepal
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:05 am Kathmandu, Nepal, Apr 28, 2015 / 05:05 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Nepal's bishop has given a graphic account of the country's catastrophic
April 25 earthquake, describing how he was...
Sermon for the Third Sunday after Easter: Seeing, believing and not believing
Rorate Coeli - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:02 am The gospels of Eastertide all deal with faith, specifically Easter faith, but also faith in God and what that means and what it looks like. Once again we make reference to the...
No to nuclear weapons, yes to nuclear technology – the Holy See's stance
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:02 am Rome, Italy, Apr 28, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In an effort to abolish the production of nuclear weapons worldwide, the Holy See is pushing an agreement – with a deadline...
No to nuclear weapons, yes to nuclear technology – the Holy See's stance
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:02 am Rome, Italy, Apr 28, 2015 / 05:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In an effort to abolish the production of nuclear weapons worldwide, the
Holy See is pushing an agreement – with a deadline...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 28, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 10:22-30
Optional Memorial of Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr
Optional Memorial of Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest
It is painful to me to...
Mexican cardinal laments nation's corruption, violence
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 28, 2015 at 5:00 am The president of the Mexican Episcopal Conference lamented widespread corruption and crime and said that the principal reason for the decline in the nation's Catholic population...
Thousands join March for Marriage in US
Catholic Herald - Apr 28, 2015 at 4:58 am The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops called same-sex marriage “the greatest social experiment of our time” and said that “children do not need experiments,” but...
Vatican cardinal: Jaricot a �bright star' in Church's evangelizing efforts
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 28, 2015 at 4:44 am Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, traveled to Lyon, France, where he upheld Ven. Pauline-Marie Jaricot as a model for...
Books blog: St Francis wasn’t sentimental about animals and we shouldn’t be either
Catholic Herald - Apr 28, 2015 at 4:33 am Much is made by zoologists and primatologists of the fact that we share, according to Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape, “about 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees.” In an...
Catholic Schools Say Pro-Life Week Teaches Lifelong Values
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 28, 2015 at 4:30 am Catholic educators preparing for this week’s National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week told The Cardinal Newman Society that teaching and inspiring students about the dignity of every human...
Pope Francis to celebrate outdoor Mass in Washington
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 28, 2015 at 4:27 am Pope Francis's Mass for the canonization of Blessed Junipero Serra will be celebrated outdoors, outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, according...
Anniversary of St. John Paul's canonization recalled
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 28, 2015 at 4:17 am Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals and St. John Paul II's secretary of state, was the principal celebrant at an April 27 Mass in St. Peter's Basilica that ...
Supreme Court doesn't tip hand: asks tough questions of both sides in marriage case
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 28, 2015 at 4:15 am Washington D.C., Apr 28, 2015 / 04:15 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- U.S. Supreme Court justices asked tough questions of both plaintiffs and
respondents at oral arguments on Tuesday in a...
How to encounter Islam, according to Pope Francis: with the whole truth
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 28, 2015 at 4:10 am Vatican City, Apr 28, 2015 / 04:10 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Speaking Monday to the bishops of the west African nation of Benin, Pope
Francis encouraged their formation of youth...
