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On return from Philippines, Pope prays at St. Mary Major
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 20, 2015 at 2:22 pm Following what has become his regular practice, Pope Francis visited the basilica of St. Mary Major on Monday afternoon, January 19, to pray before the image of the Virgin Mary...
Obama Threatens to Veto Pro-Life Bill to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks
LifeNews.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 2:04 pm The White House today issued a veto threat indicating that President Barack Obama would veto a bill to ban late-term abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy because unborn children...
Tanzania Journal: Advice from a Daughter of St. Paul on the Church in Tanzania
CatholicMom.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 2:00 pm
On my “to do” list today are things like “learn how to say ‘please’ in Kiswahili” and “buy heavy duty bug spray”. Yes, our Tanzania mission with Catholic Relief Services is only...
'Given the new situation, a papal trip to Cuba would be hoped for'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 20, 2015 at 1:43 pm Vatican City, Jan 20, 2015 / 12:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Following the Vatican-brokered restoration of relations between the US and Cuba, a visit of Pope Francis to the island...
New DNA Editing Technique Makes Designer Babies a Possibility
LifeNews.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 1:42 pm In science fiction movies, it seems like it is easy to edit the genetics of a living organism. In reality, it is very, very difficult. A new technique in genetic engineering is...
Racially charged billboard puts Arkansas city in national spotlight
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 20, 2015 at 1:37 pm HARRISON, Ark. — Harrison was again the center of local and national attention when a racially charged billboard was erected with a white girl holding a dog pictured and stating...
Conference will empower B.C. educators
The Busy Catholic - Jan 20, 2015 at 1:23 pm Catholic Educators' meeting to be held Feb. 12-13
Loyola professor emeritus Robert Wicks, a psychologist and author, will
teach principals and teachers how to avoid stress on the...
In the spirit of MLK
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Jan 20, 2015 at 1:19 pm Yesterday people across the country celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring the legacy of a man who worked for the dignity of all people to be recognized. As the United...
Polish bishops blast directive ordering all EU states to allow abortion-causing drugs
LifeSiteNews - Jan 20, 2015 at 1:05 pm 'The assertion of the existence of a Polish obligation [to follow this directive] is completely untrue.'
Finding a Way to Make the Divine Office Work for Me
CatholicMom.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm I’ve been trying to be faithful to saying the Divine Office for a few years now.
I’m successful in dribs and drabs. I’ll have weeks and weeks where I can get up and get morning...
From Stockton, a diaconate ordination like no other
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:55 pm I received the following e-mail this afternoon from Virginia Meagher, Director of the Office of Worship, Music and Christian Initiation for the Diocese of Stockton, California: As...
Baby Gammy Doing Well After Couple Wanted Him Aborted Because He Has Down Syndrome
LifeNews.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:52 pm In 2014, LifeNews reported on twin baby Gammy who was abandoned by his biological parents after their surrogate refused abortion. Baby Gammy was born with Down syndrome to...
Father James Mason named Kenrick-Glennon president-rector
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:48 pm Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2
Father James Mason has been appointed president-rector of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary...
Firsthand report: Letter from a Birmingham March (for Life)
LifeSiteNews - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:42 pm For every lie that has been believed about life in the womb — for the language our nation has used to manipulate our moral vision and solution — we march to show we are standing...
British judge suspended and ‘re-educated’ for thinking children do best with a mom and dad
LifeSiteNews - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:36 pm 'They said I had a closed mind because of my Christian beliefs,' says Richard Page.
Schönborn: Will we manage to maintain the pace of Francis’ reforms?
Vatican Insider - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:36 pmAssociated Press serves up Pope Francis for dummies: Affirm the doctrines, ignore the rules?
GetReligion - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:30 pm
As he so often does, Deacon Greg Kandra looked at a news story about the Catholic church and summed it up in a crisp one-liner, a skill honed to a fine edge during his quarter of...
Christians to the closet?
LifeSiteNews - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:25 pm Frank Bruni of the New York Times and others clearly want to stuff Christians into the closet that they recently escaped.
The New Detectives: Dazed or Crazed?
Commonweal - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:21 pm We don't watch TV shows; we watch DVDs of TV shows on TV. As a result, we are working our way belatedly through a mess/mass of mystery/crime shows with detectives that are...that...
Man Found Guilty of Killing His Pregnant Girlfriend and Her 13-Week-Old Unborn Baby
LifeNews.com - Jan 20, 2015 at 12:16 pm A Tennessee man has been found guilty of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her 13-week-old unborn baby. The assailant was charged with two crimes for killing both mother and...
