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February 19, 2013
The Continuing “War on Religion”
dotCommonweal - 3 months 2 days ago A report in today’s NY Times from the front lines of the continuing liberal war on religion:
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation that...
Parents Agree Not to Force Their Daughter to Have an Abortion
LifeNews.com - 3 months 2 days ago After a legal battle that saw a teenager sue her parents in court to prevent them from pressuring her into having an abortion, a Houston, Texas girl’s parents have relented and...
Mahony Continues to Make a Spectacle of Himself
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 days ago Now he’s the Suffering Servant, identifying himself with Jesus as he was prophecied in Isaiah 53. He humbly writes of himself:
The poem of the Suffering Servant is important for...
The First Week of Lent: Still Reading!
CatholicMom.com - 3 months 2 days ago
Ahhhhh, we’re into the first REAL week of Lent. Bring on the sackcloth! Break out the ashes! Let me embrace the pain and suffering!
Except…uh…it doesn’t feel so bad this year....
True Knowledge is Being Struck by an Arrow of Beauty that Wounds Man
New Liturgical Movement - 3 months 2 days ago I recently wrote a small piece in which I highlighted the value of beauty in education, Beauty Communicates Something that Words Cannot. In this I quoted Augustine referring to...
Dr. Drew vs. Rahm Emanuel
Creative Minority Report - 3 months 2 days ago Criticism of Dr. Drew Pinsky is spreading like wildfire on the Internet with news of country singer Mindy McCready's apparent suicide. Her death has many wondering about the...
New report calls upon Canadians to have more kids or face economic disaster
LifeSiteNews - 3 months 2 days ago by Peter Baklinski OTTAWA, February 19, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – To celebrate family day in Ontario, a national marriage and family think tank has released a new report that...
Dr. Ben Carson’s faith makes news, this time
GetReligion - 3 months 2 days ago Every now and then, the newspaper that lands in my front yard runs a story about one of the most famous and, for many, most inspirational men currently alive and well and working...
Dr. Evelyn Billings, world-renowned pioneer of natural fertility regulation, dies at 95
LifeSiteNews - 3 months 2 days ago by Thaddeus Baklinski MELBOURNE, Australia, February 18, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Dr. Evelyn Billings, world-renowned pioneer of natural fertility regulation, died on February 16...
Vatican officials arrive in Jordan as refugee crisis continues
Catholic News Agency - General - 3 months 2 days ago Amman, Jordan, Feb 19, 2013 / 09:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, is visiting Jordan to take stock of the serious...
Doctor: Why I Quit Doing Abortions at Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - 3 months 2 days ago I received an email from a former abortionist. She wanted to share her story with me and also with all of you:
“I just wanted to let you know, you’ve touched my heart. For years…...
Judge rules that Texas teen can keep her baby in forced abortion case
LifeSiteNews - 3 months 2 days ago by Kirsten Andersen HOUSTON, February 19, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) — A judge has granted an injunction to the pregnant Houston teenager who sued her parents to stop them from...
Cardinal Ravasi: The River of Time, the God of History
News.va - 3 months 2 days ago (Vatican Radio) History as a place of encounter with God, and the figure of the Messiah, as read through the Psalms. This was the central theme of the two meditations preached...
Not That I’m Trying to Influence Your Vote or Anything But…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 days ago Vote for “Bad Catholic”! I love that Marc Barnes dude!
Or, if you prefer, maybe you can still register that conscience vote for “Not a Goblin, But a Troll“.
Media fallibility on papal infallibility
GetReligion - 3 months 2 days ago Last week in my post “Turkson wouldn’t be first African pope,” I quoted from an humorous guide for journalists covering the election. The last tip: Yes, the next Pope will be a...
‘Looking Back’ with Margaret O’Brien Steinfels
dotCommonweal - 3 months 2 days ago Our web-exclusive feature continues. In our 2005 series of articles titled “What Next?,” Commonweal asked five writers to look at the challenges the then newly elected Benedict...
The precedent for papal resignation
A Catholic View - 3 months 2 days ago An expert in medieval history spoke to Catholic News Service about the pope who set the precedent for papal resignation.
Priest conceived in rape recounts journey to forgive father
A Catholic View - 3 months 2 days ago Most victims of rape do not become pregnant by the rape, but the last statistics I read indicated that about three quarters of those women who do conceive that way decide to...
2013 About Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 3 months 2 days ago About.com is sponsoring again its 2013 About Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards. The categories are
Best Catholic Book of 2012
Best Catholic Blog [we are a finalist HERE]
Best...
Hobby Lobby Keeps Fighting Obama’s HHS Mandate in Court
LifeNews.com - 3 months 2 days ago Hobby Lobby, the Christian crafting store, continues fighting the Obama administration’s HHS mandate in court. After losing its initial bid to stop the mandate from imposing More...
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