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Divine Hiddenness and Human Disclosure
Dominicana - Jan 2, 2015 at 6:30 am The agnostic has said in his heart, “If God exists, why doesn’t He make it more obvious, such that it could not be doubted?” Surely, with so much riding on God’s existence (theism...
New Year, Old Lunacy: Cardinal Marx says Catholics can "learn from Luther"
Rorate Coeli - Jan 2, 2015 at 6:29 am Lutheran niceties: Luther preaches Christ, Pope and Catholic clerics in the jaws of hell(from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder)
Cardinal Marx, also known as "Cardinal Bling...
Canada declares April 2 �Pope John Paul II Day'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2015 at 6:19 am Following a 44-26 senate vote, Canada has designated April 2, the anniversary of St. John Paul II's death, as "Pope John Paul II Day."
The vote was preceded by an impassioned...
Ghana's Top Shia Imam Calls For Political Steps
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2015 at 6:05 am GhanaWeb yesterday published the New Year message from the Shia National Imam of Ghana. The message set out a political agenda, calling for support of Palestinians in Gaza and...
5 Catholic Ways to Ring in the New Year!
Catholic Underground - Jan 2, 2015 at 6:00 am 1. Make a Prayer Resolution.
You say it every year, right? I’m reforming my Catholic ways! I’m getting down to business! In his rule, St. Benedict noted that after interiorizing...
A Survey of Law School Books On Law and Religion
The Religion Clause - Jan 2, 2015 at 6:00 am With the new semester beginning in U.S. law schools, here is a listing casebooks and other publications designed for courses in law and religion:Ravitch and Backer's Law and...
Court rules against Catholic firefighters ordered to drive in gay pride parade
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:58 am The Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled that the constitutional rights to two Catholic firefighters were not violated when they were ordered to drive a fire truck in a gay pride...
Seoul Cardinal to Celebrate 1,000th Mass for Peace on Korean Peninsula
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:49 am For 20 years, the Archdiocese of Seoul has been celebrating a Holy Mass every Tuesday to pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula. This Tuesday, January 6th, the 1,000th 'Mass for...
Mario Cuomo dead at 82
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:20 am Mario Cuomo, who served as governor of New York from 1983 to 1994, died at the age of 82 on January 1, as his son Andrew began his second term as the state's governor.
Described...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 2, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: John 1:19-28
Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church
If you had to describe yourself in just three words, what...
Savour the silence of the Big Smoke
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:00 am London is at its emptiest between Christmas and New Year – when the commuters stay at home, the rich have retired to their second homes in the country and the not-so-rich are...
Sri Lanka’s not-so-tranquil Buddhists
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:00 am Last year the satirical news site The Onion published a story about Buddhist extremism. Its headline read: “Extremist cell vows to unleash tranquillity on the West.” It described...
How Catholics brought Napoleon to his knees
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:00 am “She was on her way home from church when she felt labour pains,” Napoleon would say of his mother Letizia, “and had only time to get into the house, when I was born, not on a bed...
Our lives are a pilgrimage into the light
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:00 am “Arise, shine out Jerusalem, for your light has come, the glory of the Lord is rising on you, though night still covers the earth and darkness the people. The nations come to your...
Preparing for Epiphany with a saint of Auschwitz
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:00 am I have been reading Edith Stein (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross). Not her philosophical works, but some conferences she gave for the Epiphany in 1941. They are striking in their...
German bishops' report: Sacraments should be OK for divorced, remarried
Franciscan Media - Jan 2, 2015 at 5:00 am
OXFORD, England (CNS) -- Germany's Catholic bishops have published a
report detailing their views on marriage and family; it suggests most
bishops now believe sacraments should...
Gaze upon Mary, recall the wonder of divine adoption, Pope tells faithful
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2015 at 4:51 am During his January 1 Angelus address, Pope Francis told the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square that "it is impossible to separate contemplation of Jesus, the Word of life who...
Do we really need a papal encyclical on climate change?
Catholic Herald - Jan 2, 2015 at 4:39 am The Observer recently ran a report that the Pope is contemplating an encyclical on the environment, or, more specifically, on climate change, and that this will be published in...
Pope Francis: Christ is inseparable from Mary and from the Church
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2015 at 4:33 am Preaching at Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on January 1, the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God and the World Day of Peace, Pope Francis emphasized that Christ is inseparable from...
Papal message for 450th anniversary of Rio de Janeiro
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2015 at 4:08 am Pope Francis has sent a video message to the Brazilian people on the 450th anniversary of the founding of Rio de Janeiro, the nation's second-largest city.
Recalling the city's...
