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7th Circuit: Illinois May Apply Education Laws To Bible Colleges
The Religion Clause - Aug 30, 2017 at 6:00 am In Illinois Bible Colleges Association v. Anderson, (7th Cir., Aug. 29, 2017), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to three Illinois statutes that require...
18-22 Sept 2017: Conference on liturgical formation!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 30, 2017 at 6:00 am There is to be an interesting liturgical conference in W. Peabody, Mass, in September. Priests and seminarians should pay particular attention.
Culmen Et Fons 2017: On Liturgical...
Vatican mystery: A stolen 500-year-old copy of Christopher Columbus’ letter is found in the U.S.
Aleteia - Aug 30, 2017 at 6:00 am Investigators discover that the purloined letter had been replaced by a forgery.Investigators have recovered a copy of a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing his...
A little bit of 'youthful euphoria' is healthy for Christian life, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 30, 2017 at 5:44 am Vatican City, Aug 30, 2017 / 05:44 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On Wednesday Pope Francis told pilgrims to ignore gloomy people that drag others down, and stressed the need to maintain a...
A little bit of 'youthful euphoria' is healthy for Christian life, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 30, 2017 at 5:44 am Vatican City, Aug 30, 2017 / 04:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis told pilgrims to ignore gloomy people that drag others down, and stressed the need to maintain a...
Court: Company can take nuns’ land to build natural gas pipeline
Catholic Herald - Aug 30, 2017 at 5:34 am The Adorers of the Blood of Christ and other landowners in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have lost their court case to keep a natural gas pipeline from being built on their...
Sunday Gospel Sept. 3, 2017
News.va - Aug 30, 2017 at 4:41 am (Vatican Radio) In this week's edition of There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the...
Here's what Benedict XVI's former students will discuss next month
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 30, 2017 at 4:32 am Rome, Italy, Aug 30, 2017 / 04:32 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The persecution and martyrdom of Christians will be the topic of
discussion at an annual gathering of Pope Benedict XVI's...
Pope Francis: General Audience English summary
News.va - Aug 30, 2017 at 4:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his catechesis on Christian hope at his Wednesday General Audience in St Peter's Square.
Please find below the official English-language...
US bishops urged to organise special collections for Hurricane Harvey victims
Catholic Herald - Aug 30, 2017 at 4:03 am Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, asked bishops across the country to consider a special collection to assist victims...
How this Catholic saint might be the patron of opioid addicts
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 30, 2017 at 4:01 am Washington D.C., Aug 30, 2017 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the opioid addiction crisis rises to the threshold of a national emergency, the story of a little-known Catholic...
How this Catholic saint might be the patron of opioid addicts
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 30, 2017 at 4:01 am Washington D.C., Aug 30, 2017 / 04:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
As the opioid addiction crisis rises to the threshold of a national emergency, the story of a little-known Catholic...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 30, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Aug 30, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 23:27-32
“Woe to you!” Jesus says these words twice to the scribes and Pharisees in these verses. In fact, this Gospel passage is only a small segment of...
I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.
Aleteia - Aug 30, 2017 at 3:00 am Cary Grant
Interested in Helping Fund a Film Project?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 30, 2017 at 2:34 am Reader Dave LeRoss writes: I’m part of a massive team of Catholic filmmakers who are working on an 8-part anthology film based on the beatitudes. (I’m writing the script for...
A Cardinal’s Implausible Defense of Amoris Laetitia
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 30, 2017 at 2:10 am
Many of Pope’s Francis’ closest allies have presented vindications of his troubling apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, who is the President...
Is the Joel Osteen Brouhaha Justified?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 30, 2017 at 2:00 am
I’m genuinely unsure whether Joel Osteen deserved the enormous flak he took this week over his reluctance to open his mega-church to flood victims in the wake of Hurricane Harvey...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/08/17
Catholic Herald - Aug 30, 2017 at 1:36 am The Venezuelan bishops’ headquarters has been ransacked by an unidentified mob. Chinese officials have reportedly abandoned plans to demolish a Catholic church after local...
Taxi driver who kicked down a burning bus returns from dangerous mission to find long-lost family
The Catholic Leader - Aug 30, 2017 at 1:30 am BRISBANE Catholic taxi driver Aguek Nyok has thought a lot about friends, family and faith in the 10 months since he kicked in the door of a burning bus to save the lives of 11...
US bishops to hold special collection for Hurricane Harvey victims
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 30, 2017 at 1:03 am Washington D.C., Aug 30, 2017 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a special nationwide collection in upcoming...
