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Hong Kong bishop talks Church-state relations, hopes for the future
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 3, 2017 at 5:08 pm Hong Kong, China, Sep 3, 2017 / 04:08 pm (CNA).-
The challenges endured by Catholics in China are complex, said Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung of Hong Kong, but there are...
ASK FATHER: Can a Pope name his own successor?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Sep 3, 2017 at 4:51 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
If a Pope wanted to ensure that the next holder of his office would be of like mind and continue his policies, is there any moral or theological...
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Regina Magazine - Sep 3, 2017 at 3:56 pm Today is the Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost. by Fr. Francis Xavier Weninger, 1882 “There met Him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off.”–Luke 17. St. Augustine and the...
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena for Marriage and Families 2017 | Day 6
Big C Catholics - Sep 3, 2017 at 3:30 pm September 4, 2017Saint John Paul II wrote at length about the family in 1994, when the Church celebrated the 'Year of the Family.' He said, "The civilization of love is possible;...
Selflessness: Prayer of the Day for Monday, September 04, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 3, 2017 at 2:41 pm O Dearly beloved Word of God, teach me to be generous, to serve Thee as Thou dost deserve, to give without counting the cost, to fight without ...
Daily Readings for Monday, September 04, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Sep 3, 2017 at 2:41 pm Reading 1: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:3-5, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:11-13, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:1, Gospel: ...
Court Upholds California Requirement That Health Plans Cover Abortions
The Religion Clause - Sep 3, 2017 at 1:40 pm In Foothill Church v. Rouillard, (ED CA, Sept. 1, 2017), a California federal district court upheld against a free exercise challenge letters from the California Department of...
Weekend think piece: Dennis Prager on what he said and what journalists said that he said
GetReligion - Sep 3, 2017 at 1:22 pm One of the most important skills in journalism is easy to state, but hard for reporters to do.
While teaching reporting classes for the past 25 years of so, I have stated it this...
Saint Rose of Viterbo, Mystic and Miracle Worker
Big C Catholics - Sep 3, 2017 at 1:21 pm Feast Day - September 4thThe life of Saint Rose of Viterbo was brief. Much of what we know about her comes from the documents used in her canonization. Born in the spring of 1235...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Sep 3, 2017 at 1:06 pm In Niederberger v. Guyll, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135552 (WD AR, Aug. 24, 2017), an Arkansas federal district court dismissed an inmate's complaint about problems with this kosher...
Operation “Organize the Library” Underway – Chime In and Win!
Lisa Hendey.com - Sep 3, 2017 at 12:16 pm My name is Lisa, and I'm a book-a-holic.
When we moved into our house in Los Angeles, I prioritized installing floor to ceiling bookcases along one wall and corner of my office. I...
Civil Rights Suit By Catholic School Principal Dismissed Under Ministerial Exception Doctrine
The Religion Clause - Sep 3, 2017 at 12:06 pm In Nolen v. Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, (ND AL, Sept. 1, 2017), an Alabama federal district court invoked the ministerial exception doctrine to dismiss a suit by a former...
Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 10, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - Sep 3, 2017 at 12:00 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)Asking the right question is always critical if we want arrive at good answers to what it is we...
Labor Day 2017 | On the Dignity of Work
Big C Catholics - Sep 3, 2017 at 10:30 am "From the beginning therefore he [man] is called to work. Work is one of the characteristics that distinguish man from the rest of creatures, whose activity for sustaining their...
Pope Francis: To follow Christ means also to accept the cross
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 3, 2017 at 9:47 am Vatican City, Sep 3, 2017 / 08:47 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis spoke about the sacrifice of the cross, explaining how as followers of Christ we must embrace...
Blogroll Additions
Big C Catholics - Sep 3, 2017 at 9:35 am Big C Catholics is for Catholics who are faithful to the Magisterium and who seek the fullness of truth. Our guiding mission is to advance the culture of life and the imitation of...
Pope Francis: To follow Christ means also to accept the cross
EWTN - Vatican News - Sep 3, 2017 at 8:47 am Vatican City, Sep 3, 2017 / 08:47 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On Sunday Pope Francis spoke about the sacrifice of the cross, explaining how as followers of Christ we must embrace...
Another young person’s reaction to Pope Francis about liturgical reform
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Sep 3, 2017 at 8:20 am A young woman at my home parish, St. Agnes in St. Paul, MN, penned a piece for the National Catholic Register in reaction to Pope Francis’ recent curious statements about...
Pope Angelus: The temptation to follow a Christ without a Cross
News.va - Sep 3, 2017 at 7:41 am (Vatican Radio) Before the recitation of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis delved into the meaning of this Sunday’s Gospel reading, telling pilgrims in St Peter’s Square...
“We Christians must walk against the current”
Vatican Insider - Sep 3, 2017 at 6:24 am "Let us pray to Mary the Most Holy not to fear the cross, not a cross without Jesus but of a cross to which Jesus is nailed” Francis affirms at the Angelus. There is always the...
