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Mississippi moves to make the Bible the state book
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 14, 2015 at 8:09 am A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. (Via Wikipedia / Public Domain) From AP: Mississippi is the birthplace of William Faulkner,...
Which way to church? Supreme Court weighs directions for roadside signs
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 14, 2015 at 8:09 am Washington D.C., Jan 14, 2015 / 07:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. Supreme Court is scrutinizing an Arizona town’s restrictions on church signs that critics say intentionally...
Damage already done? Charlotte Observer replaces slanted report on gay substitute teacher let go by Catholic high school
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Cyclone menaces Pope's trip to Philippines, Catholics join in prayer
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 14, 2015 at 7:18 am Manila, Philippines, Jan 14, 2015 / 07:18 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- With Pope Francis arriving in the Philippines on Thursday, the
Archbishop of Manila is asking that the faithful pray...
Bishop Named for Grand Island, Nebraska
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 14, 2015 at 7:16 am Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Joseph Hanefeldt, 56, pastor of Christ the King Parish in Omaha, Nebraska, bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, and accepted the resignation of...
Pope Francis Stresses Religious Freedom as ‘Fundamental Human Right’
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 14, 2015 at 7:10 am Pope Francis recently called for the genuine expression of religious freedom and fruitful worship of God, when speaking to the crowd gathered at the canonization Mass for Saint...
Pope's visit prompts release of more than 600 Sri Lankan prisoners
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 14, 2015 at 7:02 am Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan 14, 2015 / 07:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Prompted by Pope Francis' visit and in keeping with the ongoing theme of
reconciliation, more than 600 men and women...
Talbot’s Conversion Ripples Across the World
CatholicMom.com - Jan 14, 2015 at 7:00 am
In my early 20s, I lived alone in tiny efficiency apartments in Chicago. I eased solitude with music of Christian singer/songwriter John Michael Talbot. His lyrics are poetic,...
From St John Paul to Francis: message to youth
News.va - Jan 14, 2015 at 7:00 am (Vatican Radio) The Philippines is the country with more Catholics than any other across Asia, eighty- two million for the record. No wonder Pope Francis has chosen to meet with...
St. Macrina the Elder
Dominicana - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:30 am Pope Francis recently gave an address on the importance and the value of motherhood. In one of his concluding statements he noted, “It is they, mothers, who often give the first...
Indian faithful save church in England’s Catholic heartland
Catholic Herald - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:30 am A historic church in Preston that was closed two months ago will re-open after the Bishop of Lancaster offered it to Syro-Malabar Catholics.
St Ignatius’ Church, opened in 1836,...
Two New Books for Life
Snoring Scholar - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:30 am Over at my Register blog today, I’m sharing two books that are great life resources: Prayers for Life and On Human Life.
On the one hand, a great devotional. On the other hand, a...
Pope prays for reconciliation at Shrine of Madhu in Tamil territory
Vatican Insider - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:24 amPope in Sri Lanka: “Mary forgave her son’s killers at the foot of his cross…”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:15 am From Catholic News Agency: At a Marian shine during his three-day trip to Sri Lanka, Pope Francis touched on the country’s brutal decades-long civil war and pointed to the Mother...
Minister Sues Michigan For Right To Perform Same-Sex and Polygamous Marriages
The Religion Clause - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:15 am In Michigan, a Detroit minister filed a federal court lawsuit on Monday against the state's governor and attorney general alleging that the state is violating his religious...
After Charlie Attack, Media Responsiveness To Religious Sensiivities Is Still An Issue
The Religion Clause - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:10 am In the aftermath of last week's terrorist massacre at Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, it has become clear that the issue of the appropriate media response to religious...
In Kurdish Iraq, new beginnings for exiled nuns and priests
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:07 am Erbil, Iraq, Jan 14, 2015 / 06:07 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In 2014, more than 120,000 Christians in Iraq, among them dozens of
priests and religious, had to flee from the Islamic...
Damage Award Against Diocese Reduced In In Vitro Fertilization Firing
The Religion Clause - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:05 am In Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Inc., (ND IN, Jan. 12, 2015), a federal judge reduced a jury's verdict against a Catholic diocese in a Title VII sex discrimination...
Byz-y Mama: Small Children in Church
CatholicMom.com - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:00 am It should be a movie:
Small Children in Church, an American Horror Story
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3rd Circuit Hears Arguments In Muslim Challenge To NYPD Surveillance
The Religion Clause - Jan 14, 2015 at 6:00 am Yesterday the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Hassan v. City of New York. (Audio of full oral arguments.) The case involves a constitutional challenge...
