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In the three-parent embryo debate, why do we assume that scientists are always neutral and benign?
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:18 am When I sat down to listen to the BBC’s 5 o’clock news programme on the radio yesterday, for a fleeting minute, as the broadcaster introduced the item about the Commons vote on “...
Break-Away S.C. Episcopal Churches Win Right To Real, Personal and Intellectual Property
The Religion Clause - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:15 am In Protestant Episcopal Church In The Diocese of South Carolina v. Episcopal Church, (SC Cir. Ct., Feb. 3, 2015), a South Carolina state trial court held that 38 break-away...
New Islamic Tribunal Is Set Up In Texas
The Religion Clause - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:10 am What is perhaps the first Islamic Tribunal in the United States has been set up in Dallas, Texas. The Tribunal offers to the Muslim community mediation and non-binding...
Pope appeals for peace, dialogue in Ukraine
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:09 am At the conclusion of his February 4 general audience, Pope Francis appealed for peace and dialogue in Ukraine.
"Unfortunately the situation is worsening," he said. "Let us pray...
Registration open for Encounter
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:05 am
The Encounter Conference is hosted by the Archdiocese of St. Louis Young Adult Ministry and Franciscan University of Steubenville. The weekend will offer insights into...
International Court of Justice Clears Both Serbia and Croatia of Genocide Charges
The Religion Clause - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:05 am Yesterday the International Court of Justice at The Hague handed down a 145-page opinion rejecting both Croatia's claim of genocide against Serbia (vote of 15-2) and Serbia's...
Islamic State invades Syrian town, forces Christians to remove cross from church
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:03 am The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has taken over the Syrian town of Tel Hormizd and has forced the Christian residents to remove the cross from their church, according to...
History, Anna, Simeon, and Old People
CatholicMom.com - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 am
Sky by God, photo by author, all rights reserved.
I went to a lecture recently, something along the lines of, “Alternative Medicine in Victorian England.” It was fascinating and...
Administrative Law Judge Finds Bakery's Refusal To Furnish Same-Sex Wedding Cake Violates Anti-Discrimination Law
The Religion Clause - Feb 4, 2015 at 6:00 am In In re Melissa Klein, (OR BOLI, Jan. 29, 2015), an Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Administrative Law Judge, in a 52-page opinion, held that Aaron Klein, a co-owner of the...
Pope Francis speaks on the mission of fathers in families
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:53 am A week after he lamented the absence of fathers from families, Pope Francis devoted his February 4 general audience to the mission of fatherhood.
Reflecting on a text from the...
The Catholic Church’s Terri Schiavo scandal
LifeSiteNews - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:40 am Terri Schiavo's killing marked a new age of brutality against innocent life in the United States. The most disgusting tragedy was the failure of the local Catholic Church...
Please Tell Me This is a Reporter Error. Please.
Creative Minority Report - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:30 am Did the principal of a Catholic school really compare marching in a pro-life demonstration to taking drugs? Please tell me this is a mistake.In a story about teachers' contracts...
BBC is failing to take religion seriously, says Leeds Bishop
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:26 am The Bishop of Leeds has criticised the BBC for failing to prioritise religion.
Following the announcement by the BBC that the specialist role of Commissioning Editor for Religion...
Embryos with three parents? The risks are yet to come, critics warn
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:25 am London, England, Feb 4, 2015 / 06:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Despite warnings from religious leaders and scientists, British
lawmakers have voted to allow a version of in-vitro...
Pope decries ‘fratricide’ conflict in Ukraine and appeals for dialogue
News.va - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:15 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has decried the 'fratricide' conflict in Ukraine and issued an urgent appeal for dialogue, “the only possible path to peace”.
Speaking at the end of...
Embryos with three parents? The risks are yet to come, critics warn
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:02 am London, England, Feb 4, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite warnings from religious leaders and scientists, British lawmakers have voted to allow a version of in-vitro...
We must not forget Armenia’s suffering
Catholic Herald - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:01 am Early February is a good time, liturgically speaking. On Monday we celebrated the lovely feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, when candles were blessed, marking...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 4, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 6:1-6
What is disturbing about this famous gospel passage about the reaction Christ receives in his hometown is that Jesus’ neighbors admit that He speaks...
Black History Month opens with Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral
Franciscan Media - Feb 4, 2015 at 5:00 am
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Hundreds of men, women and children, many in the
traditional, colorful clothing of their African and Caribbean ancestral
homelands, opened Black History Month...
Pray daily for the Ukrainian army, says Church leader
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 4, 2015 at 4:48 am As pro-Russian separatists battle Ukrainian troops for the control of eastern Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church called upon the faithful "to become guardian...
