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Florida Bishops Respond to State's Change in Definition of Marriage
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 5, 2015 at 8:11 am The bishops of Florida have issued a statement addressing the redefinition of marriage in Florida to accommodate couples of the same sex. Same-sex marriage is now recognized in 36...
I'm Sure It's Christians' Fault But Study Says Post Abortive Women a Suicide Risk
Creative Minority Report - Jan 5, 2015 at 8:06 am The war on women continues. Because the "right" to kill babies in the name of women's health is more important than actual women's health.NRTL News:Voluntary guidelines for post-...
A look at the soon to be Cardinals of the Catholic Church (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 5, 2015 at 7:07 am To view the video click here.
What is a Cardinal? (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 5, 2015 at 7:04 am To view the video click here.
Pope Francis cast into the deep to find two cardinals for Oceania
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 5, 2015 at 7:01 am Wellington, New Zealand, Jan 5, 2015 / 07:01 pm (EWTN News).-
At his Angelus address on Jan. 4 Pope Francis announced the appointment of 20 cardinals, among whom are two...
Announcing the My Sisters the Saints Book Club!
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 7:00 am We’re excited to announce our latest book club: the My Sisters the Saints Book Club! We’re reading Colleen Carroll Campbell’s latest book, My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual...
The Nativity: Faith, Hope, and Love
Dominicana - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:30 am St. Thomas Aquinas explains the fittingness of the Incarnation in several reasons, including how it raises our minds and hearts to an increase in faith, hope, and charity. Here I...
A deacon writes about his LGBT son
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:14 am I can’t recall reading anything by a member of Catholic clergy on this particular subject that is this personal. Maybe it will offer some perspective and healing to those in...
Law Aimed At Religion-Based Terrorists On Fast Track In Pakistan's Parliament
The Religion Clause - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:05 am In Pakistan on Saturday, the government introduced two new bills in response to the Taliban terrorist attack last month on the Army Public School in the city of Peshwar that...
My 2015 Facebook Resolutions
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Here’s a social experiment to try the next time you’re gathered with a group of friends: throw out the F-word and see what...
Recent Articles, Bood and Movie of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Lina Triantafyllia Papadopoulou, Religious Jurisdictions and the Pluralisation of Legal Adjudication: The Emergence of Parallel Religious Jurisdictions in Greece, (...
Cardinal Burke says...
Making Things Visible - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:00 am Another fantastic interview with Cardinal Burke. As usual his eminence is extremely candid. "The difference between the two forms is very stark." Pray for him!"I understand that...
Former Catholic Herald editor Desmond Fisher dies
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:28 am Former Catholic Herald editor Desmond Fisher has died, aged 94.
He passed away at Blackrock Hospice in Dublin on December 30, surrounded by his family, leaving behind his wife...
Cologne cathedral to show displeasure with march against Muslim immigration
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:13 am Cologne's cathedral will turn off its lights on the evening of January 5 in a manifestation of displeasure at a protest march planned by Patriotic Europeans Against the...
ROME DAY 1: Jet Lag
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:12 am I am on the ground at FCO. On the way down we had some splendid mountains and at the end a nice view of the ruins of ancient Ostia. Alas I didn’t have my camera ready early...
�3 rules for preaching like Pope Francis'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:01 am L'Osservatore Romano has republished "three rules for preaching like Pope Francis," a blog post by Sister Mary Ann Walsh of America magazine.
"Looking over Pope Francis'...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 5, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25
Memorial of Saint John Neumann
What must it have been like for Jesus to hear that John the Baptist has been arrested? Surely he knew what...
20 new Cardinals named, most from global South
Franciscan Media - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:00 am Underscoring the geographical diversity of his selections, Pope Francis named 15 cardinal electors "from 14 nations of every continent, showing the inseparable link between the...
20 Christians kidnapped in Libya
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2015 at 4:48 am Members of the Ansar al-Sharia militia kidnapped 20 Egyptian Christians in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte, according to a report by Saudi-based Arab News.
Ansar al-Sharia, which...
Vatican: ‘New cardinals will represent Catholic minorities’
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2015 at 4:46 am The director of the Vatican press office has said that a number of the new cardinals selected by Pope Francis will represent Catholics who make up minorities in their countries....
