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Francis: Let us not privatise salvation like the elites do
Vatican Insider - Jan 29, 2015 at 7:41 amPope modifies and enriches Pallium Investiture Ceremony
News.va - Jan 29, 2015 at 7:35 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has made changes to the public ceremony of investiture of the Pallium on Metropolitan Archbishops emphasizing that the investiture is an ecclesial...
"We Are Humbled" – For Catholic Schools, The Future Needs "New Partners"
Whispers in the Loggia - Jan 29, 2015 at 7:24 am Now a cherished tradition of this last week of January, as Catholic Schools Week is observed across the nation – and these days, even beyond – the place of the church's education...
Small Success Thursday: Trade Offs
CatholicMom.com - Jan 29, 2015 at 7:00 am
After the triumph of the will last week, reality hit back hard. The gym did not get visited this week. The computer did not get serious writing done. Laundry, taking down the...
Assisted living centers defeat HHS mandate in court
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:56 am Denver, Colo., Jan 29, 2015 / 06:56 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A federal court has permanently barred the Obama administration from enforcing the federal contraception mandate against...
Pope: There is no room in the Church for ecclesial elites (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:52 am To view the video click here.
Four saints in one family? Beatification Process of St. Therese of Lisieux's sister, opens (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:46 am To view the video click here.
Archbishop welcomes Greece’s new government
Catholic Herald - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:39 am A Greek Catholic archbishop has welcomed his country’s new anti-austerity government and predicted Catholics would benefit from changes.
“Although the interests and concerns of...
Central American bishops meet to discuss immigration challenges
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:39 am Mexico City, Mexico, Jan 29, 2015 / 06:39 pm (EWTN News).- A group of bishops from Central America are meeting to discuss the
difficult realities faced by immigrants from the...
Pope says palliums will be given to new archbishops at home – not Rome
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:35 am Vatican City, Jan 29, 2015 / 06:35 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- As a sign of "synodality" with local churches, Pope Francis has decided
that new metropolitan archbishops will officially...
Too Deep for Words
Dominicana - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:30 am Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs [and expressions] too deep for words...
Pope: No to ecclesial elites who privatize the faith
News.va - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:25 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis says ecclesial elites who form cliques and scorn others are privatizing the faith and not following the way of Jesus. His words came during his...
Nova Scotia Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Trinity Western Law School
The Religion Clause - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:20 am In Trinity Western University v. Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, (NS SC, Jan. 28, 2015), the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, in a 138-page opinion, held that the Nova Scotia...
GITMO Inmate Invoking RFRA Wants Only Male Guards During Transfers
The Religion Clause - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:15 am Miami Herald reports that at a pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay yesterday, the defense lawyer for former al Quaida commander Abd al Hadi al Iraqi asked for an expansion of the...
Trial of Egyptian Poet Over Facebook Posting Begins
The Religion Clause - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:10 am Reuters reports that an initial hearing in the trial of poet Fatima Naoot was held yesterday in Egypt. She is charged with contempt of Islam, spreading sectarian strife and...
Orthodox Jewish Group Blasts NYC Universal Pre-K Program
The Religion Clause - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:05 am The New York Daily News reported yesterday that the Orthodox Union has taken out ads in a number of publications criticizing New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's free universal pre-K...
Court Issues Enforcement Orders To Assure Jehovah's Witnesses Access To Puerto Rico Urbanizations
The Religion Clause - Jan 29, 2015 at 6:00 am In Watchtower Bible Tract Society of N.Y. Inc. v. Municipality of El Dorado, (D PR, Jan. 26, 2015), a Puerto Rico federal magistrate judge issued broad remedial orders in an...
This is Real. Jeff Bridges' Super Bowl Commercial for His Sleeping Aid CD.
Creative Minority Report - Jan 29, 2015 at 5:51 am Oh my. I don't even know what to say anymore. I just don't. While this may not be a sign of the apocalypse, it's got to be a portent of bad things. Very bad things.It seems to me...
3 more companies exempted from HHS mandate
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 29, 2015 at 5:49 am Citing the US Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision, a federal court in Colorado has barred enforcement of the HHS mandate against three companies.
The three are Continuum Health...
Measles are making a comeback, so what does the Church teach about vaccines?
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 29, 2015 at 5:35 am Denver, Colo., Jan 29, 2015 / 06:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Disneyland is supposed to be the Happiest Place on Earth, not the place where you contract a highly contagious, once-...
