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Generation Life hits the road
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jan 21, 2015 at 5:12 pm Jennifer Brinker | brinker@archstl.org | Twitter: @jenniferbrinker
On a chilly afternoon, under a few brief bursts of warmth from the sun,...
1st-century Gospel text found in mummy's mask?
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 5:09 pm Archeologists are expecting the publication of what could be the oldest known copy of one of the Gospels.
The fragmentary text, taken from the Gospel of St. Mark, was reportedly...
Fox’s ‘Bad Cop’ Drama ‘Backstrom’ Adds a ‘God Cop’ (Video)
Catholic Vote - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:57 pm
I’ll be keeping an eye on this character to see where he goes — and there’ll be more on this down the line — but Fox’s offbeat police drama “Backstrom,” premiering Thursday, has...
Wine experts gather for papal audience
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:56 pm Italian vintners and wine experts met with Pope Francis after his regular weekly public audience on January 21, and presented the Pontiff with a tastevin, the silver cup used by...
Pope blesses lambs, following tradition for feast of St. Agnes
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:53 pm Before his regular weekly general audience on Wednesday, January 21, Pope Francis blessed two lambs, following an annual tradition for the feast of St. Agnes.
The wool shorn from...
A great quote
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:50 pm To tell the priest to throw away theology and impress us with his personality, is exactly like telling the doctor to throw away physiology and merely hypnotize us with his...
Pope Francis decries Charlie Hebdo motivated attacks in Niger
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:50 pm Vatican City, Jan 21, 2015 / 03:50 pm (CNA).- Pope Francis condemned deadly protests in Niger during which dozens of churches were torched over the weekend, stressing that...
Large families are a blessing, Pope tells Wednesday audience
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:48 pm Pope Francis told his public audience on January 21 that he found it refreshing to meet parents in the Philippines who "know that every child is a blessing."
Commenting on his...
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst responds to Obama: ‘We’ll defend life’
LifeSiteNews - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:48 pm 'Protecting our most vulnerable is an important measure of any society,' she said in the official Republican rebuttal to the State of the Union address.
Toddler Dies After Parents Put Drugs in His Bottle to “Watch Him Have Fun”
LifeNews.com - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:42 pm We often write about how legalized abortion has produced a culture of death that sometimes results in infanticide. Here is a terrible case of of Indiana that exemplifies that....
Nigerian bishop seeks international military action against Boko Haram
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:36 pm A Catholic bishop in northeastern Nigeria has called for international military action to stop the terrorist offensive of Boko Haram.
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme, whose Maiduguri...
Indiana diocese asks court to dismiss verdict in teacher's IVF case
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:26 pm The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, has asked a court to dismiss a jury's decision granting a large financial settlement to a Catholic-school teacher who said she was...
Court OKs prisoner’s beard, declines case about confessional seal
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:26 pm WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Jan. 20 ruled unanimously that the Arkansas prison system may not prohibit an inmate from growing a half-inch beard as a part of what he considers...
Nigerian bishop calls for Western help
The Busy Catholic - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:15 pm Locals won't defeat Boko Haram alone, cardinal adds
A girl displaced as a result of Boko Haram rests her head on a desk at a camp for
internally displaced people in Yola, Jan. 13...
Nigerian bishop calls for Western intervention to stop Boko Haram
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:13 pm ROME — Underlining the failure of the Nigerian government to stop the violent rampage of Boko Haram, a Catholic bishop has called for Western military intervention.
A girl...
Baby Saved From Abortion Thanks to Pro-Life Newspaper Ad
LifeNews.com - Jan 21, 2015 at 4:10 pm On Saturday, my husband Joe and I attended the Northwest Families March for Life in Palatine, Illinois, along with over a thousand other pro-lifers.
Joe and I were scheduled to...
Pope will visit Iraq, nuncio predicts
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:57 pm Pope Francis is likely to visit Iraq, according to the apostolic nuncio there, although no plans for a papal visit have been made to date.
"The Holy Father is expected in Iraq,...
Prayer to end Human Trafficking released
The Busy Catholic - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:56 pm Pope Francis calls it a 'crime against humanity'The Archdiocese of Vancouver will join Pope Francis in prayer against human trafficking Feb. 8, the feast day of St. Josephine...
‘Chaste, Gay Couples’ and Other Same-Sex Unions
Catholic Vote - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:49 pm
In certain Catholic landscapes, an unsettling custom seems to be developing.
Many Catholic writers, pundits, and thinkers are opting to give a thumbs-up to the notion of the “...
I'm Not Saying the Super Bowl is Rigged, but...
Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 21, 2015 at 3:46 pm ... The NFL has unveiled a new design for the fabled Lombardi Trophy:
