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Because #Art4Sarah Inspires Me to Hope
Snoring Scholar - Jan 7, 2015 at 6:30 am Funny where you find hope sometimes, isn’t it?
Birth of a baby, check. New fallen snow, sure. Family facing rare chromosomal anonomoly…whaaaa?
But that’s exactly where I found...
Justice and Peace Council on Church's Commitment to Ebola Response
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 7, 2015 at 6:21 am Here is a document published today by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, regarding the Church's response to the Ebola virus. * * *
Expanding the Catholic Church’s...
Mercy and compassion at heart of papal visit to the Philippines
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 7, 2015 at 6:12 am Manila, Philippines, Jan 7, 2015 / 06:12 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- "Mercy and compassion" will be the theme of Pope Francis' visit to the
Philippines, where devastation from Typhoon...
Indiana Supreme Court Interprets Civil Rights Commission Jurisdiction Over Educational Matters Narrowly
The Religion Clause - Jan 7, 2015 at 6:10 am In Fishers Adolescent Catholic Enrichment Society, Inc. v. Bridgewater, (IN Sup. Ct., Jan. 6, 2015), the Indiana Supreme Court held that the state's Civil Rights Commission...
2nd Circuit Upholds Eruv Against Establishment Clause Attack
The Religion Clause - Jan 7, 2015 at 6:10 am In Jewish People for the Betterment of Westhampton Beach v. Village of Westhampton Beach, (2d Cir., Jan. 6, 2015), the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Long...
Epiphany’s Prayer
CatholicMom.com - Jan 7, 2015 at 6:00 am
The Adoration of the Magi (L’adoration des mages) by James Tissot
Christmas is put away for another year. Our modern world is on ordinary time until Valentine’s Day.
But it’s...
Injunction Issued In Contraceptive Mandate Case On Remand From Supreme Court
The Religion Clause - Jan 7, 2015 at 6:00 am On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court after its Hobby Lobby decision (see prior posting), in Autocam Corp. v. Burwell, (WD MI, Jan. 5, 2014), a Michigan federal district court...
Burmese cardinal-elect will make religious tolerance a priority
Catholic Herald - Jan 7, 2015 at 5:28 am Burma’s first Catholic cardinal has said that he will make religious tolerance a priority.
Cardinal-designate Charles Maung Bo has said that he will work towards peace and...
Iraqi Christians say there's no going home after rise of Islamic State
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 7, 2015 at 5:15 am Amman, Jordan, Jan 7, 2015 / 06:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Christians lived in Iraq for nearly two thousand years, but the violent rise of the Islamic State has convinced many...
Iraqi Christians say there's no going home after rise of Islamic State
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 7, 2015 at 5:02 am Amman, Jordan, Jan 7, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians lived in Iraq for nearly two thousand years, but the violent rise of the Islamic State has convinced many...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 7, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jan 7, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 6:45-52
Optional Memorial of Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest
We’ve all had days (or even weeks or years) when no matter how hard we work at it, things...
Ordinariate leaders from US and Australia to visit England
Catholic Herald - Jan 7, 2015 at 5:00 am Ordinariate leaders from the United States and Australia are to visit England next month to meet their opposite number.
Mgr Jeffery Steenson, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate...
Rome's North American College Dedicates New Wing
Franciscan Media - Jan 7, 2015 at 5:00 am Five cardinals dedicated a new wing of the U.S. seminary in Rome, its first major addition in more than 60 years.
Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who as secretary of state is...
Papal tribute to motherhood at general audience
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 7, 2015 at 4:57 am Continuing his catechesis on the family, Pope Francis devoted his January 7 general audience to motherhood.
Noting that no Christian is an orphan because the Church is our mother...
Florida: Indian priest arrested on child pornography charges
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 7, 2015 at 4:51 am A month after he began ministry as a parochial vicar in the Diocese of Palm Beach, a Franciscan priest from India has been arrested on pornography charges.
After Sunday Mass on...
An Ambrosian Chant for Epiphany : “Omnes Patriarchae”
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 7, 2015 at 4:50 am Although the Ambrosian Office shares many features with that of the Roman Rite, its structure is different in almost every respect. Vespers begins not with psalmody, but with a...
Pope thanks mothers for their precious role
News.va - Jan 7, 2015 at 4:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis thanked all mothers for their precious role in society and for what they give to the Church and to the world.
Speaking on Wednesday morning at the...
French imams: Muslims must condemn 'barbaric' attack on newspaper
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 7, 2015 at 4:29 am Vatican City, Jan 7, 2015 / 04:29 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Two French imams visiting the Vatican have called on Muslims to respond to the deadly attack on the satirical newspaper...
Myanmar: newly appointed cardinal warns against Buddhist extremism
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 7, 2015 at 4:24 am Cardinal-designate Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar (Burma) warned that hate speech by the nation's influential Buddhist monks against the Muslim minority could trigger a backlash by...
Cause of Edinburgh sister is relaunched
Catholic Herald - Jan 7, 2015 at 4:20 am Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh has relaunched the Cause of an Edinburgh woman who died of tuberculosis in 1925.
The Venerable Margaret Sinclair was born in...
