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May 23, 2013
No Reading Commentary This Week
The Sacred Page - 1 day 5 hours ago I can't write a Readings commentary this week because I'm on a silent retreat without Internet. Sorry to all our faithful readers. I'll be back on it next week. Say a prayer for...
Catholic Charities USA is a dues-paying member of group that advocates for public funding of abortion and contraception
Socon or Bust - 1 day 6 hours ago The gravy train of Catholic money to support abortion advocacy keeps rolling. If an alien visited the Earth, he’d think that Catholics were the dopiest of all human beings:
May 23...
British Study: Nearly All Unmarried Couples With Children Break Up
The Deacon's Bench - 1 day 6 hours ago Details: A study by the Marriage Foundation calculates that cohabiting couples who have children are more than twice as likely to split up as those who had tied the knot...
Ordination Update: New Deacons in Peoria
The Deacon's Bench - 1 day 6 hours ago Four transitional deacons and one new permanent deacon were ordained by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky last Sunday. From the Diocese of Peoria Facebook page: pictured here with Bishop...
Health Canada admit gay sex dangerous, but blood donations accepted after 5 years of abstinence
Socon or Bust - 1 day 6 hours ago Homosexual men who have not had sex with other men for five years are now eligible to donate blood to the Canadian Blood Services (CBS).
The organization revealed yesterday that...
The Nidal Hasan Case: Justice Delayed
LifeNews.com - 1 day 9 hours ago It could hardly be more of what we used to call an “open and shut” case. Nidal Hasan, an active duty Army major and psychiatrist, walked into a room at Fort Hood, Texas, shouting...
Abortion Won’t Help British Woman SB’s Mental Health Problems
LifeNews.com - 1 day 9 hours ago London, England (LiveActionNews) — One of the ways that abortion advocates like to claim that abortion is “health care” is by claiming that it can sometimes be necessary for the...
What Pope Francis really said about atheists
Catholic Vote - 1 day 9 hours ago Pope Francis raised a lot of eyebrows Wednesday after saying all people who do good works, including atheists, are going to heaven.
At least, that’s how the Huffington Post...
Value of Human Embryos Created by IVF “Infinitely Variable?”
LifeNews.com - 1 day 9 hours ago I don’t think I could have found anything less “scientific” from a website called “ScienceAlert.” A group in Australia has taken up the challenge of reforming the laws regarding “...
Boy Scouts Uphold Ban on Gay Adult Leaders, Allow Gay Youths
Creative Minority Report - 1 day 10 hours ago Seems like the media is making this a big victory for gay rights in the Boy Scouts vote but it seems to me it's at least a mixed bag for "gay rights" as defined by the media.
CNN...
Boys Scouts of America lifts ban on openly gay members
Catholic News Agency - General - 1 day 10 hours ago Washington D.C., May 23, 2013 / 04:22 pm (CNA).- The Boy Scouts of America has voted in favor of a resolution that lifts the ban on openly gay members but will not allow gay adult...
Diocese of Worcester Reinstates Diaconate
The Deacon's Bench - 1 day 10 hours ago Details: Bishop McManus is reinstating the permanent diaconate formation program with a new class to start in 2014, according to Deacon Anthony R. Surozenski, director of the...
Pope Francis urges Christians to not be 'museum pieces'
Catholic News Agency - General - 1 day 11 hours ago Vatican City, May 23, 2013 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis reflected May 23 on Jesus Christ's exhortation to be “salt of the earth,” warning that Christians who do not...
Yes, Pope Francis said: All are ‘redeemed!’ Is that news?
GetReligion - 1 day 11 hours ago Let’s start with the actual words spoken by Pope Francis, in his much quoted, and warped, sermon on Mark 9:38-40 and the work of Jesus Christ in redeeming all of creation,...
IRS Places Lois Lerner on Administrative Leave Over Targeting Scandal
LifeNews.com - 1 day 11 hours ago Weeks after the IRS scandal erupted over its targeting of pro-life and conservative groups, the Internal Revenue Service has finally taken action.
As National Review first...
St. Paul's singles to celebrate 35th anniversary
The Busy Catholic - 1 day 11 hours ago Club invites adults for a dinner and dance
A couple dances the tango in St. Peter's Square three days after the election of Pope Francis, March 16.(Alistair Burns / The B.C....
India: Woman Says Two Nurses at Health Center Forced Her Abortion
LifeNews.com - 1 day 11 hours ago Forced abortions run rampant in nations like China and India and a new report out this week has a woman claiming two nurses at a medical center forced her to have an abortion.
A...
The IRS: Can Lois Lerner Keep Her Job?
Catholic Vote - 1 day 11 hours ago A few weeks ago, when news broke that the IRS had apparently been targeting conservative groups for heightened scrutiny, some liberal commentators claimed that there was really...
Lateran University announces new chair to honor late Cardinal Gantin
Catholic Culture - World News - 1 day 11 hours ago The Pontifical Lateran University has announced the establishment of a chair honoring the late Cardinal Bernardin Gantin.
Cardinal Gantin, a native of Benin, was the first African...
Pope confirms Cardinal Vallini as vicar for Rome
Catholic Culture - World News - 1 day 11 hours ago Pope Francis has formally confirmed Cardinal Agostino Vallini as his vicar for the Rome diocese.
Cardinal Vallini was named as vicar general of Rome by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008...
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