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Where are many new priests coming from? You might be surprised
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:36 pm A growing number are coming from the military: Springtime is ordination season for U.S. Catholic priests, and the Class of 2015 will turn out nearly twice as many military...
Pro-Abortion Hillary Clinton: “Every Life Matters,” “Care for Every Child as Our Own”
LifeNews.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:34 pm Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave a speech today in which she apparently missed the irony of her own comments. While Clinton supports abortion on demand...
Rain, rubble: With no help in sight, Nepalese try to salvage possessions
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:08 pm KATHMANDU, Nepal — Five days after a powerful earthquake sowed death and devastation in Nepal, victims could be seen trying to salvage possessions from mountains of rubble in the...
Five Things To Remember About Sister Mary Ann Walsh
USCCB Media Blog - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:08 pm On April 28, 2015, our friend and former colleague, Sister Mary Ann Walsh, died after a struggle with cancer. "Five Things To Remember..." was her idea and she launched it as...
Marriage, Civil Society, and a Church on the Margins
Catholic Vote - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:07 pm It can often seem—among proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage alike—that the fight over marriage is a fight over sexual morality or visitation rights or tax preferences...
Byz-y Mama: You Are Not Enough (again)
CatholicMom.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 2:00 pm I’ve written previously on this topic, specifically regarding motherhood. I felt the need to write again, with more general applicability and depth, and in light of the season...
Get the mint juleps ready . . .
Homeschool Goodies - Apr 29, 2015 at 1:56 pm This is THE sporting event of the year for my family, and it also means mint juleps made with fresh mint from our garden.
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Human Rights Watch Pressures Ecuador to Legalize Abortion, Pro-Life Nation Fights Back
LifeNews.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 1:50 pm Human Rights Watch (HRW) told a key Ecuadoran politician in a letter last week that abortion restrictions are “cruel” and “degrading” to women, and that his country must reform...
‘Civil’ Marriage Does Not Exist
Catholic Vote - Apr 29, 2015 at 1:49 pm
If we Catholics ever hope to convince supporters of same-sex “marriage” that it isn’t real, we first have to convince ourselves that “civil marriage” is just as unreal.
Sure, the...
Pope Francis scandalized by inequality toward women in workplace
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 29, 2015 at 1:42 pm VATICAN CITY — Two millennia after the “Gospel of the family” defeated an abusive social practice that humiliated women, the “radical equality” of spouses in Christian marriage...
Chinese Student Carries Friend With Muscular Dystrophy To School Every Day For Three Years
LifeNews.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 1:26 pm For the last three years, a Chinese student has been carrying his friend around school since he can’t walk due to muscular dystrophy. Xie Xu attends Daxu High School in Jiangsu...
Meatless Friday Wednesday: Riot Edition
Saint Louis Catholic - Apr 29, 2015 at 1:21 pm I found these comments by John Angelos, Executive Vice President of the Baltimore Orioles to be particularly interesting, and largely true. Not an opinion you'll hear on the...
Prayer Request and Work of Mercy
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Apr 29, 2015 at 1:10 pm A reader writes:
I would appreciate some prayers.
Just some difficult times with the work load and the funding and business environment.
Thank you
Father, hear our prayer that...
Pope's encyclical could have huge weigh-in on climate change talks
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 29, 2015 at 1:02 pm Rome, Italy, Apr 29, 2015 / 12:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- With experts and global leaders looking to Pope Francis as a moral compass, his upcoming encyclical on the environment could...
Congress to Vote on Law that ‘Takes Away Our Right in Catholic Schools’ to Teach Faith
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 29, 2015 at 12:53 pm Down to the wire—and despite indications last week from Republican leadership aides that there were no plans to schedule a vote to overturn the District of Columbia’s Reproductive...
Natural family is the ‘masterpiece of society’: Pope Francis
LifeSiteNews - Apr 29, 2015 at 12:51 pm 'The most persuasive testimony of the blessing of Christian marriage is the good life of Christian spouses and families,' says the pope.
Precious babies like Teddy and Annie also give life to others, despite being called ‘incompatible with life’
LifeSiteNews - Apr 29, 2015 at 12:47 pm Abortion advocates fail to see the value and impact that even the shortest life can have.
The Matriarch of caregivers
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Apr 29, 2015 at 12:42 pm Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Photos by Lisa Johnston | lisajohnston@archstl.org | twitter: @aeternusphoto
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3 Ways to Bring Mary into Your Kitchen
CatholicMom.com - Apr 29, 2015 at 12:30 pm My kitchen is, quite possibly, my favorite room in my house. This has nothing to do with a love of cooking, mind you, but as much to do with the presence of my table, coffee, and...
