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The Marriage Debate with Peter Pellicaan
The Catholic Leader - Aug 27, 2017 at 9:00 pm ON January 9, 2010, I looked into the eyes of my beloved and vowed to take her as my wife,’to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for...
Catholic groups are mobilizing to help in Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 27, 2017 at 8:03 pm Catholic dioceses and charities are quickly organizing to help in the aftermath of Category 4 Hurricane Harvey that made landfall with winds of 130 miles per hour late on Aug. 25...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Aug 27, 2017 at 6:38 pm In West v. Palmer, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131109 (ND IA, Aug. 17, 2017), an Iowa federal district court dismissed a suit by a high security inmate at the Civil Commitment Unit for...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/08/17
Catholic Herald - Aug 27, 2017 at 6:01 pm Pope Francis deplored the “religious persecution” of Burma’s Rohingya minority at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). A priest has been found stabbed to death in Brazil....
Bob Garrison (1936-2017)
The Catholic Astronomer - Aug 27, 2017 at 4:15 pm
A noted astronomer and great friend of the Vatican Observatory, Bob Garrison, died on August 13. The Specola's Fr. Chris Corbally, a friend and close collaborator of Dr....
Belarus Court Refuses To Bar Construction On Former Jewish Cemetery Sites
The Religion Clause - Aug 27, 2017 at 3:01 pm JTA reports that last week a court in Belarus refused to grant an injunction against two construction projects on the sites of former Jewish cemeteries. The Tsentralny District...
NYC Day 3-4: Noodle Bliss, Trim & My View For Awhile
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 27, 2017 at 1:55 pm The all too brief Gotham jaunt continued.
After my breakfast of champions I made another foray to the Met.
I’ve seen most of the older European collection so often that many of...
Let Church teaching pervade your work, Pope Francis tells Catholic politicians
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 27, 2017 at 1:51 pm Vatican City, Aug 27, 2017 / 12:51 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis received a group of Catholic lawmakers from around the world on Sunday, telling them their work must build...
Heroic Priest Kayaks Into Flood to Offer Mass for Those Stranded by Hurricane Harvey
ChurchPOP - Aug 27, 2017 at 1:18 pm Hurricane Harvey made landfall this weekend, leaving devastation in its wake, especially in the Houston, TX area. A local ABC News station
The post Heroic Priest Kayaks Into...
Saint Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Doctor
Big C Catholics - Aug 27, 2017 at 1:00 pm Memorial – August 28thAugustine Aurelius was born on November 13, 354, in Tagaste, North Africa. His father was a pagan, his mother, Saint Monica, was a devote Christian. Still...
Homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 3, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - Aug 27, 2017 at 12:00 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)Always there is a connection between the first readings and the gospel accounts that the Church...
Another look at the soul of Gen. Robert E. Lee, as well as the times in which he lived
GetReligion - Aug 27, 2017 at 12:00 pm Debates about Confederate monuments remain in the news and there is little sign that this story is going away anytime soon.
In fact, it could broaden. For example, there are now...
Pope to Catholic lawmakers: heed Church's moral, social teaching
News.va - Aug 27, 2017 at 11:33 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received a group of lawmakers on Sunday, who are in Rome for a meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network.
ICLN origins
Founded in 2010...
Be ready to help Hurricane Harvey victims, U.S. bishops say
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 27, 2017 at 10:38 am Washington D.C., Aug 27, 2017 / 10:38 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The damage done by Hurricane Harvey is a cause for prayer and preparation to help the storm's victims, the U.S....
What It Means to Be a Christian
Big C Catholics - Aug 27, 2017 at 9:29 am By Father Thomas MattisonThere is no such thing as a Church teaching that is not social.Once upon a time the bishop of the Diocese of Burlington was named Robert F. Joyce. He was...
Pope Francis at Angelus: all have role in building Church
News.va - Aug 27, 2017 at 9:17 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
Gospel episode
Ahead of the traditional prayer of Marian...
Pope Francis: prayers for flood victims in Bangladesh, India, Nepal
News.va - Aug 27, 2017 at 8:44 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis offered prayers on Sunday for the victims of massive flooding in Bangladesh, Nepal, and northern India over the past several days. “I express my...
Pope Francis: appeal for end to violence against Rohingya
News.va - Aug 27, 2017 at 8:27 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for an end to the violent persecution of the minority Rohingya population in Burma.
Speaking to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter’...
Pope encourages Catholic politicians
Vatican Insider - Aug 27, 2017 at 8:25 am “It is vital that your commitment be constantly pervaded by the church’s moral and social teachings, in order to build a more humane and just society”. This is in summary the Pope...
The autographed letters with Paul VI's preventive resignation
Vatican Insider - Aug 27, 2017 at 7:51 am Bearing in mind the possibility of a long inability with the risk of paralyzing the government of the Church, Paul VI had signed two letters of resignation. Cardinal Giovanni...
