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Month: December 2020

Signs of Mind

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Hadley Arkes: Jesus was seen to live and die; His wounds could be touched. And we have the lasting testimonies of those who saw it happen.

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#9907 Weird Christmas Questions – Jimmy Akin

Posted by | Dec 29, 2020 | |

Jimmy Akin, senior apologist at Catholic Answers, selects from weird and wacky questions submitted via the internet and tackles them head on in this episode of “Weird Questions.” If you have a mysterious, fantastic, or otherworldly query, please email …

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#9906 Weird Christmas Questions – Jimmy Akin

Posted by | Dec 28, 2020 | |

Jimmy Akin, senior apologist at Catholic Answers, selects from weird and wacky questions submitted via the internet and tackles them head on in this episode of “Weird Questions.” If you have a mysterious, fantastic, or otherworldly query, please email …

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BREAKING: Federal appeals court blocks Governor Cuomo’s restrictions on size of religious gatherings

Posted by | Dec 28, 2020 | , |

New York City, N.Y., Dec 28, 2020 / 03:55 pm (CNA).- Handing an important religious freedom victory to houses of worship in New York, the state’s Second Circuit ordered that the 10 and 25-person caps to worship had to be suspended while the case is pending.

According to the Becket Fund, who represented a group of Synagogues and rabbis as well as the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, the court’s decision “effectively means that New York cannot enforce its caps against any house of worship.”

“And since Connecticut is also in the Second Circuit, it means that Connecticut’s similar caps on worship are unconstitutional,” Becket Fund explained in a tweet.

And since Connecticut is also in the Second Circuit, it means that Connecticut’s similar caps on worship are unconstitutional.

— BECKET (@BECKETlaw) December 28, 2020

On November 25th, the day before Thanksgiving, the Supreme Court ruled that Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 10 and 25-person caps on worship attendance were discriminatory against synagogues and other houses of worship. Since that decision, a majority of states have moved away from caps on worship attendance.

“The Court also said that after remand the district court had to reconsider the 25% and 33% percentage capacity limits using ‘strict scrutiny’ – the highest standard known to constitutional law. That will be a hard standard for the Governor to meet,” The Becket Fund stated.

“It would be better to stop trying to restrict synagogues, churches, and mosques. Gov. Cuomo should read the writing on the wall and let New York join the 33 states that do not cap or put percentage limits on in-person worship,” The Becket Fund added.

According to Eric Rassbach, attorney at the Becket Fund, “under the Second Circuit standard, California would lose immediately. It makes no sense to allow thousands to mob Macy’s etc., as they did before and after Christmas while allowing zero worship. No other state has such differential treatment of worship.”

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We’re Gonna Get a Whole Year Dedicated to Amoris Laetitia, The Evil Exhortation That Will Never Die

Posted by | Dec 28, 2020 | , , |

Pope Francis has announced that beginning on March 19, 2021, an entire year will be dedicated to the “Amoris Laetitia Family” (whatever that means): In his Angelus address Dec. 27, the feast of the Holy Family, the pope noted that March 19, […]

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Good Sign about Conduct at Mass

Posted by | Dec 28, 2020 | |

This notice on the bulletin board at a parish we visited on Sunday is proper and appropriate. It would be nice to see this at every parish and have people taught about proper conduct at Mass. We’ve all learned about proper conduct in a grocery store or a restaurant, so not a bad idea to […]

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