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A Jesuit chaplain shepherds Congress’ divided flock
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:51 pm WASHINGTON — In his youth, Jesuit Father Patrick J. Conroy pictured himself as a lawyer and a senator, working in the deep recesses of Washington’s U.S. Capitol building. In a way...
Dialogue with Islam, promote the family, Pope urges Consolata Missionaries
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:47 pm Vatican City, Jun 5, 2017 / 03:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Monday challenged the Consolata Missionaries to give a “new impetus” to their missions work, including by...
No Room for Pro-Life Attorneys in the Bar Association
LifeNews.com - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:42 pm I’ve never been a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, even though I was once on the editorial board of its professional journal, the Philadelphia Lawyer Magazine. But I...
Steven Greydanus Keeps Speaking the Truth
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:37 pm He writes: The good news is that it turns out there are still some over-the-top horrifically offensive things you can say that can apparently get you fired from Breitbart, such as...
Kermit Gosnell’s Abuses Were So Bad He Kept Aborted Babies’ Feet. Now Another Clinic Has Problems
LifeNews.com - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:22 pm The allegations were horrifying—a Pennsylvania abortionist was accused of killing hundreds of full-term babies by delivering them alive and then murdering them by “snipping” their...
U.S. Catholics join pope in praying for victims of London attacks
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:19 pm U.S. Catholics joined Pope Francis and the rest of the world in expressing sorrow for those killed and severely injured in the latest terrorist attacks in London the night of June...
Ivanka Trump’s ‘pride’ tweets upset LGBT activists and people of faith
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:19 pm 'No rainbow hashtag can fix what the Trump administration is doing.'
Highly readable history looks at New York’s Irish Catholic archbishops
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:02 pm This highly readable book, as the subtitle indicates, narrates the stories of the 10 archbishops of New York, all Irish, from John Hughes (1850-1864) to Timothy Dolan (2009 to the...
Prints, cards of images from Our Lady of Fatima’s apparitions
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 5, 2017 at 4:00 pm The wonderful Benedict nuns in Missouri, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, have begun the building of their church.
To raise funds they are selling prints and cards...
President takes travel ban battle to U.S. Supreme Court — and Twitter
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 5, 2017 at 3:59 pm In a series of tweets June 5, U.S. President Donald Trump seemed to express frustration with his own lawyers' efforts to push forward with a revised version of a plan that seeks...
Former transgenders share sex change regret stories in new documentary
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2017 at 3:47 pm He woke up from a 'sex change' surgery and wondered, 'wow, what have I done?'
Two German Dioceses Did Not Ordain Any New Priest This Year
OnePeterFive - Jun 5, 2017 at 3:46 pm Image: Osnabrück, St. Peter’s Cathedral
The official website of the German bishops, Katholisch.de, reported on 2 June that the Diocese of Osnabrück and of Mainz (the home diocese...
Daily Reading for Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jun 5, 2017 at 3:43 pm Reading 1, Tobit 3:1-11, 16
1 Then, sad at heart, I sighed and wept, and began this prayer of lamentation:
2 You are just, O Lord, and just are all ...
US bishops say draft religious freedom rule 'long overdue'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 5, 2017 at 3:23 pm Washington D.C., Jun 5, 2017 / 02:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A draft federal rule from the Trump administration regarding the contraception mandate is “encouraging news” that could...
Sacrilegious: Pro-gay group in Malta archdiocese uses rainbow flag as altar cloth
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2017 at 3:22 pm The altar was bedecked with candles, the statue of the Virgin Mary, and a rainbow flag.
How a Supreme Court decision about pension plans affects religious hospitals
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 5, 2017 at 3:08 pm Washington D.C., Jun 5, 2017 / 02:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Supreme Court of the United States, in an 8-0 decision on Monday, ruled that the pension plans of religious hospitals...
Total Eclipse Planning
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 5, 2017 at 3:03 pm I am giving strong consideration to the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse.
Plans are to be made.
A strong contender must be in Missouri, near to St. Joseph and to Gower, which the...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Ends Harvard Speech With a Prayer
ChurchPOP - Jun 5, 2017 at 2:59 pm Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered the commencement speech at Harvard’s graduation. And he ended his 20-minute speech with something you might not
The post...
Note: Trouble with the "read more" links
Rorate Coeli - Jun 5, 2017 at 2:54 pm Readers, we are experiencing a problem with the blog, in that the "read more" link we use to cut the size of the posts is missing. To read the full articles, for now, just click...
Gay ‘marriage’ receives highest approval rating ever in Gallup poll
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2017 at 2:48 pm Sixty-one percent of respondents believe homosexual unions should be legally recognized today, but 68 percent were against it in 2005.