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Focus on Faith, Values a Draw for Non-Catholics to Excellent Catholic High Schools
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:19 am Many parents of non-Catholic students are now looking to Catholic high schools not only for their academics but also their focus on spirituality and faith, according to a recent...
Abortion, Torture, and the Juice-Box Theologians
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:15 am
There is a movement well underway to convince faithful Catholics they do not have a political home in the Republican Party.
The effort is comprised of former political...
Canadian court backs Christian law school in homosexuality dispute
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:13 am The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has ruled that graduates of Trinity Western University's law school are permitted to practice law in Nova Scotia.
The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society...
Wrecking Churches: Iconoclasm or Continuity?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:10 am
There are few better illustrations of the clash between conservative values and progressive ideologies than the church architecture wars of the last fifty years. Although...
Woman bishop challenges future of Anglican-Catholic dialogue
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:04 am London, England, Jan 30, 2015 / 05:04 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- While the
consecration of the Church of England's first woman bishop presents
significant challenges in bringing...
Myanmar: authorities order removal of cross
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:03 am Authorities in Chin State, which is located in western Myanmar (Burma), have ordered the removal of a hillside cross that is 16 feet tall.
Tial Cem, who constructed the cross and...
Missionary: Boko Haram behind attacks on churches, religious in Niger
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:01 am Niamey, Niger, Jan 30, 2015 / 04:01 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- Boko Haram is determined to take its jihadist campaign beyond Nigeria. Its next targets include Niger, where,...
Finding one’s way deeper into the Faith
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:00 am On the threshold of the big… *yawn* … game, there is something of interest in a piece at the National Catholic Register, an interview with the grandson of the legendary Vince...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 30, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
As I read over this Gospel, I began to think of my own children as the farmer’s land. As the farmer did in Christ’s parable, my husband and I planted...
Become islands of mercy in an indifferent world, pope says
Franciscan Media - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:00 am Christians are called to overcome apathy, discouragement and pretentions of self-sufficiency by letting God enter into their hearts, making them joyful, merciful and strong, Pope...
Five New Majors at Northeast Catholic College Set to ‘Attract Many Young Scholars’
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 30, 2015 at 5:00 am These majors will reportedly build on the foundation provided by the College's extensive core curriculum, which spans eight semesters and includes the humanities, Latin, music,...
Venezuelan bishop victim of armed robbery
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 4:54 am A bishop and 50 priests and parishioners were victims of an armed robbery at a parish in Puerto Ordaz, a city of 600,000 in Venezuela.
Three masked men entered the parish...
Business Students at CUA to Study Compatibility of Capitalism with Catholic Teaching
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 30, 2015 at 4:45 am A new program at The Catholic University of America’s School of Business that seeks to integrate Catholic social doctrine and business practices will focus on exploring the “...
Christian school attacked in Pakistan
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 4:36 am Over 200 Muslim students, angered by caricatures of Muhammad in a Parisian publication, attacked a Christian boys' school in Pakistan and demanded its closure, according to Agence...
Carmelite priest to preach Lenten retreat for Pope, Curia
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 4:28 am Father Bruno Secondin, a Carmelite priest who teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, will preach the Lenten retreat to Pope Francis and the members of the Roman...
Priest urges Chinese Catholics to stay united in face of Beijing ‘defiance’
Catholic Herald - Jan 30, 2015 at 4:07 am The announcement of plans by Beijing authorities to ordain bishops without a papal mandate has driven a young priest from northern China to call Church leaders to work for...
Mexico: Pope Francis' prayers for maternity hospital
News.va - Jan 30, 2015 at 4:00 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has called for prayers in the wake of a deadly gas explosion at a maternity hospital in the Cuajimalpa section of Mexico City. Appearing on the Holy...
Vatican to Offer Haircuts for Homeless
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 30, 2015 at 3:45 am Last November, the Holy See announced that they would be opening three showers under the colonnades of St. Peter's Basilica for the homeless. Now they will also open a barber shop...
New cardinal profile: Archbishop Alberto Suárez Inda
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 3:45 am Seventh on the list of new cardinals announced by Pope Francis on January 4 is Archbishop Alberto Suárez Inda, 76, of Morelia, a city of 730,000 that is capital of the western...
Ghana priests shift focus to marriage prep, youth formation
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 30, 2015 at 3:35 am Accra, Ghana, Jan 30, 2015 / 04:21 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
A national gathering of hundreds of priests in Ghana have resolved to become more involved with their parishioners through...
