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New bishop of Boise prays for an understanding heart
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:42 am Boise. Idaho, Nov 4, 2014 / 05:42 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Bishop Peter Christensen, the newly appointed Bishop of Boise, asked for prayers on Tuesday that he will be granted an...
Archbishop Chaput: The Goal of Catholic Education is to ‘Equip Saints’
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:38 am The goal of Catholic education is “to equip saints for life in this world and the next,” Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia stated in a pastoral letter released by the...
Overview of Malaysian Dispute On Use of "Allah" By Non-Muslims To Refer To God
The Religion Clause - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:36 am Today's New York Times carries an interesting overview of the conflict in Malaysia regarding non-Muslims speaking or writing in the Malay language using the word "Allah" to mean "...
Cardinal Parolin links Pope Francis's economic teaching to Aristotle, Pope Benedict
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:25 am In a recent address, the Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, linked Pope Francis's teaching on economics to Aristotle and the medieval scholastics.
He stated...
Archdiocese of New York to merge more than 100 parishes
Catholic Herald - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:18 am The Archdiocese of New York has announced that it is to merge 112 of its 368 parishes into 55, effectively shutting down at least 31 churches by August 1, 2015.
Twenty-four of the...
Pope, Curia Gathering Intellectuals to Study Man-Woman Complementarity
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:09 am Top Vatican congregations are going to gather intellectuals from around the globe, representing various religious beliefs, to consider the complementarity of man and woman in...
Faith in the time of annexation: A tough choice for Crimea's Churches
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:01 am Odesa, Ukraine, Nov 4, 2014 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March, religious groups there – aside from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 4, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 14:15-24
One of the most beautiful images of heaven in the scriptures is the royal banquet and the wedding celebration given by the Bridegroom. An invitation...
Institute offers in vitro alternatives to infertile couples
Franciscan Media - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:00 am For couples struggling to conceive a child, in vitro fertilization has been a medical standard for the past 30 years. The Catholic Church has long opposed the process of as...
Lebanon's Christian presidency in peril, warns cardinal
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 4, 2014 at 4:35 am The head of the Maronite Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, has called upon Lebanon's Christian political parties to stop bickering...
British religious leaders to address Vatican marriage conference
Catholic Herald - Nov 4, 2014 at 4:25 am Lord Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi of Great Britain, and Anglican Bishops NT Wright and Michael Nazir-Ali are to attend an interreligious conference at the Vatican dedicated...
African cardinal declares week of prayer following military takeover
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 4, 2014 at 4:23 am Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo of Ouagadougou has declared a week of prayer following the sudden resignation of Burkina Faso's autocratic president and the military takeover of the...
Faith in the time of annexation: A tough choice for Crimea's Churches
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 4, 2014 at 4:20 am Odesa, Ukraine, Nov 4, 2014 / 05:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March, religious groups there –
aside from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow...
Idaho For-Profit Wedding Chapel Under Fire With Same-Sex 'Marriage' Proponents
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 4, 2014 at 4:05 am By Jeremy Tedesco of the Alliance Defending Freedom You may have heard the news about a 95-year-old little wedding chapel called The Hitching Post in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Owned...
Fr. Rutler on NY church mergers: “There’s not a decline in Catholic population; there’s a decline in Catholic life”
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 4, 2014 at 3:59 am A timely and interesting interview by Aleteia’s John Burger with the well-known New York priest: Father George Rutler is administrator of both Holy Innocents and the West Side...
225th anniversary of 1st US diocese
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 4, 2014 at 3:56 am The Archdiocese of Baltimore, the first diocese in the United States, commemorated its 225th anniversary on November 2.
"In 1789, there were about 25,000 Catholics [in the United...
The Feast of All Saints 2014 - the Angels
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 4, 2014 at 3:44 am From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the fifth day in the Octave of All Saints: To this day’s solemnity, dedicated...
Mexican bishops issue letter to families of kidnapped college students
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 4, 2014 at 3:44 am Recalling the suffering experienced by the Blessed Virgin at the foot of the cross, four Mexican bishops have encouraged the parents and relatives of 43 abducted college students...
The state of religious freedom in 2014
News.va - Nov 4, 2014 at 3:22 am (Vatican Radio) A new report entitled “Religious Freedom in the World report 2014” will have its British launch later Tuesday in the House of Lords in London and will include a...
Will Pope Francis' visit to European Parliament be a wake-up call?
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 4, 2014 at 3:01 am Milan, Italy, Nov 4, 2014 / 02:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis' upcoming visit to European Parliament and the Council of Europe may serve as a wake-up call to Europe to...
