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State Department names 10 'egregious' religious freedom violators (US State Department)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 4:01 am The 10 “countries of particular concern” are Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Maryland Catholic school fires coach for being 'alt-right member' (WDCW-TV)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 4:01 am “This was not about politics,” said the president of the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington. “This is about extremism and hate.”
USCCB, CRS renew call for advocacy on behalf of migrants, refugees (Catholics Confront Global Poverty)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 4:01 am The suggested message to congressional representatives states: “I lift my voice in support of refugees and migrants, and I urge you to protect poverty-reducing international...
Notre Dame priest, history professor says university needs 'major course correction' (The Irish Rover)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 4:01 am Father Bill Miscamble, CSC, joined the University of Notre Dame’s faculty in 1988.
The Idea of an Inclusive Society
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:45 am
People today say they want a truly inclusive society. But what would that be like?
Evidently, it would not tolerate disadvantages associated with race, sex, religion, or cultural...
My New Year’s Resolution: Kill More Stink Bugs
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:30 am
You have your New Year’s Resolutions, I have mine. If you do not have the blight of Stink Bugs in your home, count your blessings. These walking shield-shaped sons of guns may...
The Pope invites the homeless, poor and refugees to the Circus
Vatican Insider - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:22 am An afternoon at the circus also for those who live on the street, for those who do not have a house or for those who cannot afford it. In the afternoon of Thursday, January 11,...
Italian prelate calls on political candidates to be honest, realistic (ANSA)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:01 am Bishop Nunzio Galantino is secretary-general of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
Appeals court strikes down Baltimore law targeting pregnancy centers (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:01 amContraception sometimes morally required, argues member of Pontifical Academy for Life (LifeSite News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:01 am A newly appointed member of the Pontifical Academy for Life has argued that there are some circumstances that “precisely for the sake of responsibility, require contraception.”...
Australian journalist will give Cardinal Pell's lawyers access to notes about abuse charges (Herald Sun)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:01 am Lawyers representing Cardinal Pell have secured a journalist’s agreement to turn over the notes that she used as the basis for a book in which she recounted sex-abuse charges...
At least 4.5 million take part in annual Black Nazarene procession in Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:01 am Click here for coverage of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s homily, here for photographs, and here for additional information about the devotion.
In Mexico, priest laments displacement of 5,000 indigenous persons in territorial dispute (Al Jazeera)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:01 amCatholic groups decry end of immigration protection for Salvadorans (CNS)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:01 am Click here for Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen’s announcement of the decision.
As ceasefire nears end, Colombia's bishops urge dialogue between government, ELN (Servizio Informazione Religiosa)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 3:01 am The Colombian conflict, which began in 1964 and has led to the death of over 175,000 civilians, has pitted the Colombian government against leftist guerillas. FARC (the main rebel...
Zambian bishops ban ‘sign of peace’ amid cholera epidemic
Catholic Herald - Jan 10, 2018 at 2:53 am As a cholera epidemic threatens the lives of more than 14 million Zambians, the country has banned church services and other gatherings in Lusaka’s high-density residential areas...
Pastors who lead double lives wound the church, Pope says
Catholic Herald - Jan 10, 2018 at 2:39 am Pastors who preach one thing and do another are wounded and harm the church, Pope Francis said. Like the scribes and Pharisees of old, pastors end up leading a double life when...
Mortar shell hits Maronite Catholic cathedral in Damascus (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 2:01 amA pastor's authority comes from closeness to God and people, Pope preaches at weekday Mass (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 10, 2018 at 2:01 am On January 9, Pope Francis preached on the readings of the day (1 Samuel 1:9-20; Mark 1:21-28) at Mass in Domus Sanctae Marthae.
