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Epiphany 2015
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:07 am The Adoration of the Magi, by Gentile da Fabriano, 1423; originally displayed in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Florence, now in the Uffizi Gallery.Jesus was born in a humble...
5 Church Members Indicted For Assault and Kidnapping In Efforts To Cure Teen of Homosexuality
The Religion Clause - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:05 am The Shelby (NC) Star reported yesterday on the kidnapping and assault indictments last month of five members of a North Carolina church growing out of their attempts to break a 19...
True models of conversion: wise men believed in love, not worldly power
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:05 am Vatican City, Jan 6, 2015 / 05:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the solemnity of the Epiphany, Pope Francis said that the journey of the three wise men reflects a path of conversion...
D.C. Legislation Jeopardizing Religious Freedom Places Church ‘at a Crossroad’
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:01 am The unanimous approval of two bills jeopardizing the religious freedom of The Catholic University of America and Catholic institutions in D.C. has effectively placed the Church...
Sending an Angel for Encouragement
CatholicMom.com - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:00 am
There is always a need for prayers. Sometimes, I am so overwhelmed by the number of people who I love that need my prayers, I wonder if I missed a vocation as a cloistered nun!...
Challenge To Florida School Choice Expansion Dismissed On Standing Grounds
The Religion Clause - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:00 am In Faasse v. Scott, (FL Cir. Ct., Dec. 30, 2014), a Florida state trial court dismissed for lack of standing a suit by Florida teachers challenging a statute passed last year...
Cardinal Burke On Manly Virtue
Making Things Visible - Jan 6, 2015 at 6:00 am Cardinal Burke says, Be Manly! Which means be Virtuous."Worsening this sad confusion of men in the culture, there has also been a terrible loss of home life. The culture has...
Catholic Colleges Must Launch ‘Revolution of Love of God’ to Protect Religious Freedom
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 6, 2015 at 5:45 am While the continuing attacks on the religious freedom of Catholic institutions can be traced back to a failure by believers to witness to the Faith, students formed by faithful...
'It's like Jesus is coming to the Philippines': Frenzy builds over Francis
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 6, 2015 at 5:35 am Vatican City, Jan 6, 2015 / 06:06 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A priest on the papal flight for Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the
Philippines said the country is anxiously awaiting the...
Pope Francis: may we, like the Magi, overcome temptations and find Jesus
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 6, 2015 at 5:31 am The Magi, who "represent men and woman who seek God in the world's religions and philosophies," encountered "many difficulties" before finding Jesus Christ, Pope Francis said in...
Pope Francis: Epiphany homily 2015
News.va - Jan 6, 2015 at 5:25 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis delivered the homily at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday, January 6th, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. Below, please find the...
Cardinal wowed by vocation surge at Rome's American seminary
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 6, 2015 at 5:22 am Rome, Italy, Jan 6, 2015 / 05:22 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The Vatican's Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin voiced enthusiasm at seeing the high number of American seminarians...
'It's like Jesus is coming to the Philippines': Frenzy builds over Francis
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 6, 2015 at 5:02 am Rome, Italy, Jan 6, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A priest on the papal flight for Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the Philippines said the country is anxiously awaiting the...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 6, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jan 6, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 6:34-44
Optional Memorial of Saint Andre Bessette, Religious
I enjoy baking bread. It makes me feel so productive, and it brings a wonderful smell to the...
Bishop Braxton recalls racial profiling he has experienced.
Franciscan Media - Jan 6, 2015 at 5:00 am In a 19-page reflection on the "racial divide" in the United States, Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, who is African-American, said he twice had been the victim of what he...
Lights go out on Cologne Cathedral in protest at ‘anti-Islamisation’ marches
Catholic Herald - Jan 6, 2015 at 4:52 am The lights were switched off on Cologne Cathedral last night in protest at anti-Islamisation rallies taking place in the city and across Germany.
Protest group Patriotic...
Florida bishops react to same-sex marriage
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 6, 2015 at 4:43 am Florida's bishops said that a federal judge's decision to overturn a state constitutional amendment and impose same-sex marriage "threatens both religious liberty and the freedom...
World's oldest Catholic bishop dies at 104
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 6, 2015 at 4:42 am Paris, France, Jan 6, 2015 / 04:42 pm (EWTN News).- Retired Bishop Gery Leuliet, the oldest Catholic bishop in the world,
passed away New Year's Day at the age of 104 in his home...
Pray, advocate for protection of migrants, says USCCB committee chair
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 6, 2015 at 4:33 am The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration called upon Catholics to pray for, and advocate on behalf of, the protection of ...
