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U.S. bishop adds his support to correction of Pope Francis
LifeSiteNews - Sep 25, 2017 at 8:27 am Bishop Emeritus Rene Henry Gracida 'extend(s) my congratulations and gratitude to the originators of the Correction' and encourages Catholic to support it.
South China Morning Post covers church split over democracy movement
GetReligion - Sep 25, 2017 at 8:06 am
Three years ago, we covered the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and how many Christians were involved in those protests. Three years later, churches are still split over it...
Never mind “mommy brain” … motherhood actually enhances creativity
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 8:00 am But creativity isn't limited to professional work.I don’t know about you, but I love me a good long-form Atlantic essay. So I dove into this one published last week on the...
CU Weekly 353: Of Socks and Sacraments and Suffering.
Catholic Underground - Sep 25, 2017 at 7:58 am This week, the CU Crew discussed:
There's a chapel in the mall in Massachusetts.
Catholic NFL Player Paul Posluszny chats about how important his Faith is in life.
Natural...
Scholars say correction of Francis for ’heresy’ marked by hypocrisy, lack of signatories
Vatican Insider - Sep 25, 2017 at 7:49 am A few dozen Catholics have publicly accused Pope Francis of committing heresy, claiming in a 25-page letter issued Sept. 24 that the pontiff’s 2016 apostolic exhortation Amoris...
Daily Reading for Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 25, 2017 at 7:30 am Reading 1, Ezra 9:5-9
5 At the evening sacrifice I came out of my stupor and, falling on my knees in my torn clothes and cloak, stretched out my ...
When God Gives You More Than You Can Handle
CatholicMom.com - Sep 25, 2017 at 7:30 am Copyright 2017 Amanda Torres. All rights reserved.
New death reopens unhealed wounds. The coarsest salt. There is a heaviness on my heart. It is where I bury my sorrows when I don...
Francis to launch Caritas “Share the Journey” migration campaign.
Vatican Insider - Sep 25, 2017 at 7:18 am Next Wednesday during the general audience, Pope Francis will launch the Caritas Internationalis “Share the Journey” Campaign. The initiative involves all Caritas in the world and...
Why I am grateful for every stranger’s “blessing” on my large family
Aleteia - Sep 25, 2017 at 7:00 am Maybe all the "God bless you"s from strangers effect grace in our lives, even the ones that come with an eye roll.It was an early fall day. The smell of pencil dust seemed to fill...
Objective Form and Subjective Experience: The Benedictine/Jesuit Controversy, Revisited
New Liturgical Movement - Sep 25, 2017 at 7:00 am Almost three years ago, I published an article here entitled “The Ironic Outcome of the Benedictine–Jesuit Controversy,” which in rewritten form became part of chapter 5, “...
Jesuit in Puerto Rico says hurricane devastation is ‘apocalyptic’
Franciscan Media - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:51 am WASHINGTON (CNS) — It took a couple of days for Jesuit Father Flavio Bravo to venture out and survey the devastation of Hurricane Maria, with its torrential rain and winds of 155...
Blessed Herman the Crippled
Communio - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:50 am Today is the feast day of Blessed Herman the Cripple (also known as Hermannus Contractus, or Herman of Reichenau, 1013-1054), monk, 11th century scholar, composer, musical...
Pope Francis’ prayer for “humiliated and abused” women
Vatican Insider - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:21 am The Pope strongly reaffirms his closeness to women who suffer violence of all kinds. He does so in a Mass at Casa Santa Marta, praying “for all exploited, humiliated and abused...
Trump Issues New, More Targeted Version of Travel Ban
The Religion Clause - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:20 am President Trump yesterday issued a Proclamation (full text) (press release) (White House background document) setting out a more targeted version of his travel ban. The travel...
Trump administration announces changes to travel ban
EWTN - US Latest News - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:16 am Washington D.C., Sep 25, 2017 / 06:16 pm (EWTN News).- Just weeks before the Supreme Court was to hear a challenge to the Trump
administration's travel ban, the administration...
EEOC Sues Doctor Over Required Bible Sessions For Employees
The Religion Clause - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:15 am The EEOC last week filed suit against a Texas physician who required employees to attend daily meetings involving Bible study and the application of religious principles to...
California Lions Club Sues To Control Cross In Park
The Religion Clause - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:10 am According to the East Bay Times, on Sept. 11 the Albany, California Lion's Club filed suit in federal court against the city and several city officials in a dispute involving a 20...
Court Says Private Investigator Invaded Privacy of Buddhist Temple
The Religion Clause - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:05 am In Vo v. Mason, (CA App., Sept. 19, 2017), a California state appellate court held that plaintiff Thuy Thanh Vo was likely to prevail on her state constitutional invasion of...
Book Notes: Ignite
CatholicMom.com - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:00 am
Subtitled “Read the Bible like never before,” CatholicMom.com contributor Sonja Corbitt and Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers’ book Ignite (Servant Books, 2017) challenges both...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Sep 25, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Rahman Apalara, Striking a Balance: Freedom of Expression and the Prohibition of Hate Speech and Offensive Remarks, (September 11, 2017).
Nadia N. Sawicki, A Common Law...
