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Will youth inevitably support same-sex marriage? These activists say nope
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 29, 2015 at 5:08 pm Washington D.C., Apr 29, 2015 / 04:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Marriage defense advocates of diverse ages and backgrounds rallied outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on...
Local parishes asked to take up collection for Nepal earthquake victims
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 29, 2015 at 5:01 pm ALLOUEZ — At the request of Bishop David Ricken and on behalf of Louisville Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, parishes in the Green...
Pulling on My Ear
CatholicMom.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 5:00 pm
My mom turns 90 this year. This is her First Communion picture from 1933. They didn’t have money for a new dress. So this one came from a cousin.
Are your kids getting ready for...
Rubio says there is no constitutional right to gay ‘marriage’—but his staff is meeting with the Log Cabin Republicans
LifeSiteNews - Apr 29, 2015 at 4:56 pm "There isn’t such a right. You have to have a ridiculous reading of the U.S. Constitution to reach the conclusion that people have a right to marry someone of the same sex."
Activist Compares Dismembering Babies in Abortion to Getting Surgery on Her Wrist
LifeNews.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 4:46 pm An op-ed published by Sarah Erdreich (pictured below) who calls herself a “pro-choice activist” on her Twitter page, has made an absurd comparison regarding dismemberment abortion...
States could force Catholic priests to perform same-sex ‘marriages’ or lose legal status: Justice Scalia
LifeSiteNews - Apr 29, 2015 at 4:45 pm 'If it’s a constitutional requirement, I don’t see how you can' allow any religious exception, he said during oral arguments yesterday.
Nigerian archbishop says industrial countries should bear brunt of fossil-fuel restraints
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 29, 2015 at 4:36 pm Cardinal John Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria, has argued that the developed countries of the industrial world should bear the brunt of efforts to curb fossil-fuel emissions, rather...
Catholic-school teachers in New York threaten a strike
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 29, 2015 at 4:31 pm Teachers at parochial schools in New York have threatened a 1-day strike to protest plans for school closings in the archdiocese.
The work stoppage also reflects the...
Nigerian troops free 300 women kidnapped by Boko Haram
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 29, 2015 at 4:28 pm Nigerian military forces have announced the liberation of about 300 women and girls who had been kidnapped and held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists.
The hostages were freed when...
Nuclear deterrence is unstable; weapons should be eliminated, UN envoy tells UN
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 29, 2015 at 4:22 pm The Vatican's representative has told a UN audience that "the theory of nuclear deterrence is too ambiguous to be a stable and global basis of world security and international ...
Three suspects charged in death of Austrian missionary nun in South Africa
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 29, 2015 at 4:17 pm Police in South Africa have arrested three people in connection with the murder of Sister Stefani Tiefenbacher, an Austrian missionary who was killed in KwaZulu-Natal on April ...
House Will Vote on Bill to Stop D.C. From Forcing Pro-Life Groups to Hire Abortion Activists
LifeNews.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 3:50 pm Should pro-life organizations be forced to hire pro-abortion employees? That’s the question the House of Representatives will answer on Friday when it votes on a resolution to...
CNS: Feminist Steinem Touts Abortion, Ridicules Church at St. Norbert College (D. Green Bay)
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 29, 2015 at 3:43 pm The Cardinal Newman Society (see their live feed on my sidebar) has a story about a horrible event at a catholic college in Wisconsin.
Parents, if you are thinking about paying...
Believe it or not: a holy ghost in New York Post exclusive on Jeffrey Dahmer's killer
GetReligion - Apr 29, 2015 at 3:30 pm On its front page Tuesday, the New York Post touted an exclusive interview with the fellow inmate who killed serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer two decades ago:
The man who murdered...
Pope says ‘scandal’ of inequality, fear of marriage must be addressed
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 29, 2015 at 3:12 pm Two millennia after the "Gospel of the family" defeated an abusive social practice that humiliated women, the "radical equality" of spouses in Christian marriage must now bear "...
California Panel Passes Bill to to Force Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortions
LifeNews.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 3:06 pm A second California legislative committee has approved a bill that would compel pregnancy centers that provide women with abortion alternatives to promote and refer women for...
Pope: Is the fear of failure causing young people to avoid marriage?
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 29, 2015 at 3:02 pm Vatican City, Apr 29, 2015 / 02:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- With the number of children raised in brokenness on the rise, young people view marriage as a path to failure – so Pope...
Sister Mary Ann Walsh, woman of faith, writer, spokeswoman, dies at 68
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:52 pm Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh, who went from hometown schoolteacher to Vatican correspondent, lived out her drive to be a writer even in her last days. She died April 28 in her...
Fr. Z’s Voice Mail or ¡Hagan lío! & ASK FATHER: Date of Easter in Holy Land
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:52 pm I get interesting voice mail. Remember, I don’t call back, but I listen to it.
To the lady in S. Texas: By all means write to Card. Müller! If they determine that it is a matter...
‘Catholic’ gay activist: Church is wrong on marriage, but it’s ‘evolving’
LifeSiteNews - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:49 pm Supporting the homosexual movement's goals is part of 'Catholic social justice,' claims Phil Attey.
