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Pope Francis suggests New Year’s resolutions
Homeschool Goodies - Jan 4, 2015 at 8:47 am Read the entire article on the Catholic News Service Blog. “Take care of your spiritual life, your relationship with God, because this is the backbone of everything we do and...
Illinois Health Care System Pension Plan Is Not Exempt From ERISA As A "Church Plan"
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2015 at 8:30 am In Stapleton v. Advocate Health Care Network, (ND IL, Dec. 31, 2014), an Illinois federal district court held that the defined benefit pension plan of Illinois' largest health...
Pope Francis' new cardinals shed light on Church's minorities
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 4, 2015 at 8:20 am Vatican City, Jan 4, 2015 / 08:50 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
In his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis announced the names of the 15 bishops to be created cardinals in February, many...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2015 at 8:00 am In Shehee v. Anlin, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177898 (ED CA, Dec. 25, 2014), a California federal magistrate judge dismissed with leave to amend a civil detainee's complaint regarding...
Epiphany Sunday
Communio - Jan 4, 2015 at 7:50 am Today the Latin Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany, a move that slightly changes the idea of the 12 Days of Christmas; this move is less than optimal but I can see...
Pope Francis' new cardinals shed light on Church's minorities
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 4, 2015 at 7:50 am Vatican City, Jan 4, 2015 / 06:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis announced the names of the 15 bishops to be created cardinals in February, many...
Gospel Reading for Sunday, Jan. 4
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 7:18 am Here is the Gospel reading for today. In the United States, the feast of the Epiphany is celebrated today. Matthew 2:1-12 * * *
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in...
Fr Lombardi: Note on new Cardinals
News.va - Jan 4, 2015 at 7:00 am (Vatican Radio) Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, head of the Holy See Press Office, has published the following "notes" on the new Cardinals, whose names were announced by Pope...
Vatican Spokesman Reflects on Those Chosen to Be Cardinals
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:51 am Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, offered the following reflections about the 20 prelates who will become cardinals in February. Their names...
Pope announces names of new cardinals: Only one Curia member, many pastors from the peripheries
Vatican Insider - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:51 amPope names new cardinals “from 13 countries from every continent”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:49 am And: No one from the United States is on the list. The Wall Street Journal notes: The 15 men are all under the age of 80, which makes them eligible to vote in a conclave to elect...
Cd. Napier On The Synod
Making Things Visible - Jan 4, 2015 at 6:00 am Great interview. Check it out. Cd. Napier on the Synod"When I spoke at the media briefing and criticized elements of the synod proceedings, I was by and large reflecting the views...
He Did It Again – Francis Dives Into Bleachers for 20 New Cardinals; None From US
Whispers in the Loggia - Jan 4, 2015 at 5:59 am As expected, at this Sunday's noontime Angelus, the Pope revealed the names of 20 cardinals-designate – 15 electors, five over 80 – who'll receive the red hat at the 14 February...
Pope announces names of new Cardinals
News.va - Jan 4, 2015 at 5:50 am (Vatican Radio) At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis announced the names of fifteen Archbishops and Bishops whom he will raise to the dignity of the Cardinalate on February 14,...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 4, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jan 4, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12
The Epiphany of the Lord
It is the glorious feast of the Epiphany today. The wise men are the most fascinating enigma as they follow a mysterious...
Maryland governor commutes sentences of last four men on death row
Franciscan Media - Jan 4, 2015 at 5:00 am
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CNS) -- Maryland's outgoing Gov. Martin O'Malley
announced Dec. 31 he would commute the death sentences of the last four
inmates on the state's death row to life...
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Communio - Jan 4, 2015 at 4:28 am Elizabeth Ann Seton was a woman of great and persevering generosity and service – as a wife, a mother, a widow, and as a religious. She was canonized on September 14, 1975 by Pope...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. John Chrysostom
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 4, 2015 at 3:30 am “If the Magi had come in search of an earthly King, they would have been disconcerted at finding that they had taken the trouble to come such a long way for nothing. Consequently...
‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5: A Catholic Creator’s Complex World
Catholic Vote - Jan 4, 2015 at 1:37 am
I’ve been plowing through season five of “Downton Abbey,” the saga of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in early 20th-century Britain, which premieres on Sunday...
