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May 23, 2013
Mom gives birth while technically dead, revives
LifeSiteNews - 16 hours 47 min ago by John Jalsevac May 23, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When Erica Nigrelli suddenly collapsed three months ago, paramedics were given the challenge of saving not just one, but two...
Booklet Published to Foster Closeness With Church in China
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 16 hours 49 min ago An Italian publisher dedicated to the missions has published a booklet to aid in prayer for the Church in China, as May 24 is the World Day of Prayer for the Church there. Since...
Lord Falconer’s ‘Assisted Dying Bill’ would change 2,400 years of history of physicians as healers
LifeSiteNews - 16 hours 51 min ago by Peter Saunders 'I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect.' So reads the Hippocratic Oath, which until recently...
Bill Banning Late Term Abortions A Step in the Right Direction
LifeNews.com - 16 hours 54 min ago The recent Gosnell trial exposed many Americans to the ugly reality of abortion, which is often hidden behind language such as “women’s rights,” “choice” and “reproductive health...
Pope Francis’ ‘obsession’ with the devil
GetReligion - 16 hours 55 min ago It’s kind of charming that all popes have to deal with bad media coverage and global press frenzies. This week we’ve seen some awful media coverage of Pope Francis, including...
Unschooling, Screen Time and Family Life
CatholicMom.com - 16 hours 58 min ago
Homeschooling or Unschooling?
I’ve heard bits and pieces about unschooling from some of you since Ifirst began this homeschooling journey. It never really sounded like it was...
Pope Francis: “Christian originality is this, each as he is, with the gifts the Lord has given him”
The Deacon's Bench - 17 hours 10 min ago Details: That Christians might spread the spiritual salt of faith, hope and charity: this was Pope Francis’ exhortation at Mass Thursday morning in the chapel of the Domus...
The saint who educated thousands
Catholic Herald - 17 hours 11 min ago Sophie Barat (1779-1865) may not have been, in sober fact, the founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart; she was, however, in every sense its creator.
The order ran boarding...
Pussy Riot Band Member Denied Parole After She Goes On Hunger Strike
The Religion Clause - 17 hours 11 min ago Reuters and The Guardian reported yesterday that in Russia, Pussy Riot punk rock band member Maria Alyokhina who is serving a two-year jail sentence for the group's anti-Putin ...
Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 17 hours 11 min ago I was struck today by the image of a galaxy posted at Astronomy Pic of the Day.
On the full screen it is amazing. Click it.
Note other galaxies in the background.
Sometimes I...
Cardinal Bertone's Homily at Ordination of Friar José Rodríguez Carballo
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 17 hours 12 min ago Eight cardinals (Bertone, Hummes, Maradiaga, Bráz de Avis, Monteiro, Bertello, Amigo and Cañizares), 10 archbishops (among them four nuncios) and 15 bishops of Spain and other...
Doctors Save Baby’s Life, Use 3-D Printer to “Print” Him a New Airway
LifeNews.com - 17 hours 15 min ago Doctors at the University of Michigan have saved a baby’s life using the marvels of modern technology to “print” the child a new airway using a goundbreaking 3-D printer to...
Faith at the Food Court: Mass in a Shopping Mall
The Deacon's Bench - 17 hours 17 min ago They’re trying it in the Philippines. Could this catch on? Details: Early on a Sunday morning, people are already streaming into a massive shopping mall in Manila. The seven-...
Church Organist Complains He Was Fired for Being Gay
Creative Minority Report - 17 hours 19 min ago The former organist with Saint Brigid Catholic Church in Georgia is complaining that he was recently forced to resign from his position because he's gay.
In an open letter...
New academic post aims to renew Africa's political culture
Catholic News Agency - General - 17 hours 27 min ago Vatican City, May 23, 2013 / 08:31 am (CNA).- Cardinal Robert Sarah, the president of Benin and officials from the Pontifical Lateran University presented a new chair whose goal...
New academic post aims to renew Africa's political culture
EWTN - World Catholic News - 17 hours 28 min ago Vatican City, May 23, 2013 / 09:30 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Cardinal Robert Sarah, the president of Benin and officials from the
Pontifical Lateran University presented a new chair...
Pope reappoints Cardinal Vallini as vicar for Rome
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - 17 hours 29 min ago Handles most work of local diocese
VATICAN CITY — Two months after he said he wanted time for dialogue and prayer before fully confirming or appointing top officials, Pope Francis...
Service, Scholarship and Speaking in Tongues
The Deacon's Bench - 17 hours 35 min ago And now for something a little different, from Canada: Pacific Academy in Surrey considers itself unique among schools, and few would disagree. Thanks to a billionaire benefactor...
Abortion Clinic Worker Helped Friend Give Birth, Let Newborn Infant Die
LifeNews.com - 17 hours 35 min ago A former worker at an abortion clinic now faces charges after helping a friend to give birth and then leaving the baby to die.
Jessica Carpenter and Rachel Lowe of Norfolk,...
With no bishop, Shanghai priests concerned about Masses, pilgrimages
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - 17 hours 38 min ago Government may prevent pilgrims attending shrine
MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese priest who recently arrived in the Philippines said that, this year, he did not make his usual May...