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What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:34 pm From a reader…
I went to confession! It had been 10 years. Your encouragement helped me get up the nerve to go. The hardest part was actually going to the church. I wrote down...
North Carolina House Passes Pro-Life Bill for 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period
LifeNews.com - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:34 pm The North Carolina state House has approved a bill that would put in place a 72-hour waiting period before an abortion — allowing women more time to find abortion alternatives and...
Yet another study shows: Birth control is reducing the fish population for generations
LifeSiteNews - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:30 pm "These adverse outcomes, if shown in natural populations, could have negative impacts on fish inhabiting contaminated aquatic environments," the researchers said.
Tennessee poised to enact tougher health standards, demand abortion facilities inform women of health risks
LifeSiteNews - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:25 pm “We're going to be encouraging the governor to veto both of these bills, but that's unlikely,” Planned Parenthood said.
Deepening faith journey
The Catholic Leader - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:21 pm BRISBANE schoolteacher Majella Deegan entered Brisbane archdiocese’s Foundations for Evangelising Ministry course to learn more about the history of the Catholic faith and came...
5 ways watching porn is terrible for your romantic relationships
LifeSiteNews - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:04 pm Porn doesn’t compliment sexual intimacy with your partner, it competes with it.
Pre-school or Pre-university?
CatholicMom.com - Apr 23, 2015 at 5:00 pm
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A couple of years ago, I saw a documentary showcasing six families in New York City who were pursuing the...
Woman’s Massive Brain Tumor May Have Been Her Unborn Twin Sibling
LifeNews.com - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:58 pm In 2014, 26-year-old Yamini Karanam moved from India to Indiana to get her PhD in computer science but became bedridden by a tumor growing on her pineal gland. On her blog, she...
Starbucks locks up--really
Commonweal - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:56 pm There have been vauge rumors and news snippets that Starbucks has started to lock up its bathrooms. It's true!
Out and about in NYC in the last two weeks, I have taken advantage...
Bobby Jindal: I’ll fight for religious freedom against Hollywood and Wall Street
LifeSiteNews - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:43 pm Gov. Jindal recognizes the importance of religious freedom, Travis Weber of the Family Research Council told LifeSiteNews. 'Big Business should do the same.'
Pope's visit causes twist in pro football schedule
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:38 pm The National Football League (NFL) revised its schedule for the 2015 season to accommodate a visit by Pope Francis to Philadelphia.
Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput wrote...
Vatican has not decided on proposed French ambassador, agency reports
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:29 pm The Vatican has not yet made a decision regarding the appointment of a new ambassador from France to the Holy See, the respected Roman news agency I Media reports.
Contrary to...
Texas Pro-Life Bill Will Stop Starving Patients to Death by Denying Them Food and Water
LifeNews.com - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:21 pm Texas Right to Life announces that after weeks of intense negotiations, our concerns with House Bill 3074 are now addressed, and we are able to support the bill.
State...
German bishops' report: laity want change in Church teaching; many priests do not pray regularly
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:16 pm The German Catholic bishops' conference has made public a report on a survey of the faithful in preparation for the October meeting of the Synod of Bishops, finding a "gap between...
Vatican celebrates Pope's 'name day'
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:08 pm The Vatican celebrated April 23 as a holiday, marking the feast of St. George, the patron saint of Pope Francis, who was born Jorge Bergoglio.
Msgr. Guillermo Karcher, an...
Why is the pro-life movement so Christian?
LifeSiteNews - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:05 pm If science is enough to prove abortion is wrong, why are so many of us Christians?
Bishop intervenes to block lecture by Sister Jeannine Gramick in North Carolina
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 4:03 pm A Catholic parish in Charlotte, North Carolina, has cancelled a scheduled talk by a nun whose advocacy for homosexuals has drawn cautions from the Vatican and the US bishops' ...
Notes on Eucharistic Prayer II
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 23, 2015 at 3:56 pm Every once in the while, when I was saying the Novus Ordo far more often than I do today (last Sunday was the first in several months, after the EF and before an EF baptism), why...
Nuns walk out of San Francisco Catholic high school to protest pro-homosexual program
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 23, 2015 at 3:54 pm Five women religious teaching at a Catholic high school outside San Francisco boycotted their own classes last week to protest a program that they regarded as sympathetic toward a...
A priest’s response to the gay activist who tried to silence a Catholic teacher for opposing his agenda
LifeSiteNews - Apr 23, 2015 at 3:53 pm 'I believe those in charge of your formation failed you by failing to impart a proper understanding and love of the Catholic faith,' writes the priest.
