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$3.5 Million Belongs To Break-Away Episcopal Diocese
The Religion Clause - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:26 am In Diocese of Quincy v. The Episcopal Church, (IL App., July 24, 2014), an Illinois state appellate court applied the "neutral principles" approach to hold that over $3.5 million...
In Britain, Theology Student's Unemployment Benefits Ended For Attending Communion Instead of Interview
The Religion Clause - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:20 am Church Times today reports on a decision in Britain, upheld on appeal, to cut off the unemployment benefits of a theology student because he skipped a required interview to attend...
�China's aging millions look forward to bleak future'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:17 am China's population of elderly will rise to 350 million by 2030, and the nation's one-child policy will "impose a huge burden on the country, shrink the labor force that has fueled...
Court Reaffirms Catholic Hospital's Plan Not Exempt From ERISA As" Church Plan"
The Religion Clause - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:15 am In Rollins v. Dignity Health,(ND CA, July 22, 2014), a California federal district court reaffirmed its earlier holding that Dignity Health's retirement plan is not a "church plan...
Vatican revises canon law to highlight abuse penalties
Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:14 am The Vatican is revising the Code of Canon Law to underline the need for bishops to enforce penalties against clergy guilty of abuse.
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, president of...
Microscope Technician Sues Over Firing For Creationist Research
The Religion Clause - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:05 am CBS News reports on a state court lawsuit filed earlier this week by a former electron microscope technician in the Biology Department of California State University Northridge. ...
Weighing In on Weight Loss
CatholicMom.com - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:00 am
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 69% of adults over 20 years old are overweight. I am one of them, more specifically a yo-yo’ing one of them. In my...
Bishop Pates: mining companies, CAFTA have had harmful effects on Central America
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:00 am Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines, the chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, returned from a visit to El...
Editor Fired For Anti-Gay Blog Post Files EEOC Religious Discrimination Claim
The Religion Clause - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:00 am Yesterday, a complaint (full text) was filed with the EEOC by Bob Eschliman, former editor of the Newton (IA) Daily News. As reported by the Des Moines Register, Eschliman was...
Attention Writer/Editors: Watch This
Snoring Scholar - Jul 25, 2014 at 6:00 am …and thank me later.
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Pope recalls helping other priests hear confessions at shrine
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2014 at 5:37 am In a message commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Shrine to St. Pantaleon in Buenos Aires, Pope Francis said he wished to be close to you to be able to relive...
The near breakdown of the 2017 Luther celebration is no disaster
Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2014 at 5:20 am Report: Protestants try to calm row ahead of Luther celebration
Plans by German Catholics and Lutherans to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 have hit the...
Patron saints named for World Meeting of Families
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2014 at 5:18 am Archbishop Charles Chaput has announced that Pope St. John Paul II and St. Gianna Molla are the patron saints of the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.
The two "had a...
Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage to Rome
Rorate Coeli - Jul 25, 2014 at 5:10 am The organisers of the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage to Rome, which is taking place October 23-26, 2014, have asked me to draw attention to details, below, for the benefit of...
Film: People with same-sex attraction find peace in Church
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 25, 2014 at 5:07 am Philadelphia, Pa., Jul 25, 2014 / 04:07 am (CNA).- Dan, Rilene and Paul knew that once their stories were out, life would not be the same.
“We’ve been advised not to google...
Daily Gospel Reflection for July 25, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Jul 25, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28
Don’t we all want the best for our children? Don’t we think our kids are the best? (Or, depending on the day, the worst?) (Tell me it’s not just...
Communion of the Converted
Dominicana - Jul 25, 2014 at 4:52 am “The celebrant for today’s Mass is Father _________. Please stand and greet your neighbor.”
These can be words of controversy. Proponents emphasize the importance of community and...
The Explainer: what is Pope Francis doing to help persecuted Christians?
Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2014 at 4:50 am Yesterday Pope Francis received Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman who is condemned to death, while pregnant, for alleged “apostasy”. The touching encounter gained...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/07/14
Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2014 at 4:48 am The Vatican is revising canon law on penalties for abuse.
Fifty-two priests have been laicised in England and Wales since 2001, according to the National Catholic Safeguarding...
As Boko Haram expands, Cameroon's Catholics pray for peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2014 at 4:31 am As the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram expands its operations from Nigeria to neighboring Cameroon, the nation's Catholics gathered in churches on July 19 to pray for...
