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Pope's Mass: Charlie Hebdo attack shows all the cruelty human beings are capable of (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:31 am To view the video click here.
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Dominicana - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:30 am We have just begun a new year and hopes are high that 2015 will bring with it new opportunities, new blessings, and new happiness. New Year’s resolutions have been made, and as I...
2nd Circuit Upholds New York's Compulsory Vaccination Requirements
The Religion Clause - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:30 am In Phillips v. City of New York, (2d Cir., Jan 7, 2015), the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld New York's requirement that, subject to medical and religious exemptions,...
Vatican to send 3.5 million dollars to African countries affected by Ebola (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:28 am To view the video click here.
Guantanamo Military Judge Orders End To Use of Female Guards For Objecting Muslim Defendants
The Religion Clause - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:25 am AP reports that a military judge at Guantanamo Bay yesterday issued an order that, pending a final decision, authorities should stop using female guards to move 5 defendants held...
Pray for Police Officers
Rorate Coeli - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:23 am Freedom of speech?... Freedom to blaspheme?...
We will not joint his debate. We take the opportunity of current events to pray for the souls of those who are always forgotten: our...
Court Denies Motions To Dismiss Suits In Shop's Refusal To Sell Flowers For Same-Sex Wedding
The Religion Clause - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:20 am AP reports that a Washington state trial court judge yesterday denied two motions to dismiss in State of Washington v. Arlene's Flowers in which the state and individual...
New cardinal profile: Patriarch Manuel Clemente
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:18 am Second on the list of new cardinals announced by Pope Francis on January 4 is Patriarch Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, 66. The Lisbon prelate, along with 19 others,...
US Bishops Plan Novena Around Anniversary of Abortion Legalization
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:16 am A period of prayer, penance, and pilgrimage, January 17-25, will mark the anniversary of the Jan. 22, 1973, U.S. Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion...
Florida Extends Health and Retirement Benefits To Same-Sex Spouses of State Employees
The Religion Clause - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:15 am The Miami Herald reports that Florida officials have decided same-sex spouses of state employees will now be eligible for health insurance and retirement benefits. The rulings in...
City Settles Suit Challenging Christian Symbols At Veterans' Memorial
The Religion Clause - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:10 am The King, North Carolina city council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to settle a federal lawsuit that had been filed against it in 2012 claiming that the design and flag policy of a...
A Maronite Ordination in Portland, Oregon
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:05 am On Saturday, December 27, 2014, His Excellency A. Elias Zaidan, bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, ordained Abouna Anthony Joseph Alles to the...
Israelis Bar Transgender Woman From Western Wall
The Religion Clause - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:05 am YNet News and Jerusalem Post report that in Israel on Tuesday a transgender woman was turned away from the women's section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. When Kay Long, who...
Nice Epiphany Mass image
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:00 am Here is a wonderful shot of Holy Mass for Epiphany in Washington DC celebrated by my friend Msgr. Charles Pope. They blessed Epiphany water, chalk and, I hope, gold frankincense...
Tech Talk: Updated Liturgy of the Hours App
CatholicMom.com - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:00 am
I first learned to pray the Liturgy of the Hours in college, using the familiar–and confusing–one-volume Christian Prayer book. But using an app to pray the Hours takes a lot...
Synagogue Board Improperly Denied Congregational Vote On Rabbi's Retention
The Religion Clause - Jan 8, 2015 at 6:00 am In Kamchi v. Weissman, (NY App., Dec. 31, 2014), a New York state appellate court interpreted the provisions of New York's Religious Corporation Law that apply to synagogues as...
Benedict XVI showed the way forward for the Muslim world
Catholic Herald - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:54 am How should Catholics react to the Charlie Hebdo massacre? We have already had a reaction from Cardinal Nichols and one from the Pope. The cardinal urges prayer, and the Pope does...
As Many Jesuit Universities Go with Secular Flow, Neglect of Catholic Mission Continues
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:53 am While Catholic identity abuse continues at many Jesuit universities, several leaders and staff members from Jesuit institutions interviewed in the recent Atlantic article...
Pope Francis: telegram to Cardinal Vingt-Trois
News.va - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:38 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegram expressing his condolences to the families of the victims of Wednesday's terror attack in Paris, an promising prayers for the...
Africa's new Cardinals: Who are they and where are they from?
News.va - Jan 8, 2015 at 5:34 am Last Sunday, Pope Francis announced the names of Archbishops and Bishops to be elevated as Cardinals on 14 February 2015. Among the new Cardinals will be five retired Archbishops...
