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After Rejecting Abortion, They Left Their Babies With Nuns; What They Do Next Will Surprise You
LifeNews.com - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:14 pm In Jamaica, a group of Catholic nuns run a pro-life center called Holy Innocents Crisis Centre for mothers who initially considered aborting their children. According to The...
Book Review – Manual for Spiritual Warfare
The Curt Jester - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:12 pm One of the gems I got for review late last year was A Year With the Saints: Daily Meditations With the Holy Ones of God. by Paul Thigpen. In the past when I got a book in this...
Pope's Message for World Day of the Sick
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm Below is Pope Francis' message for the 23rd World Day of the Sick, Feb. 11, 2015: ***
Sapientia Cordis
"I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame"
(Job 29:15)
Dear...
Pope: How Great a Lie Lurks Behind Those Insisting 'Quality of Life' Makes Lives Not Worth Living
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm ‘Time spent with the sick is holy time,’ Pope Francis has reaffirmed. Pope Francis restated this is his message for the 23rd World Day of the Sick, Feb. 11, 2015, a day...
Despite Fear of Suicide Bombs, Displaced Nigerians Celebrate Christmas
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm Even if displaced by Boko Haram’s attacks and fearful of terrorist attacks, the displaced people in Nigerian Diocese of Maiduguri celebrated Christmas. Fr. Gideon Obasogie, the...
Fr. Lombardi Discusses Pope Francis' 2014
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm Recalling the second year of Pope Francis’ pontificate, Father Lombardi says Francis goes to the heart of the people. The director of the Holy See Press Office made this...
Pope Francis Appoints Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm Today, the Pope appointed Fr. John Saw Yaw Han to auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Yangon, the capital city of Myanamer, and assigned him the titular see of Buffada. The...
Presidential Elections Present Security Concerns for Pope's Visit to Sri Lanka
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm As the Pope’s second Apostolic Visit to Asia, but first to the Philippines and Sri Lanka approaches, Jan. 13-19, security concerns for the Pope’s visit due to presidential...
Text of Fr. Lombardi Interview With Vatican Radio
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here below is a translation of Vatican Radio’s interview with Fr. Lombardi this week to discuss Pope Francis: ‘A Year in Review’ ***
The year 2014 was another very intense year...
Nevada Bill Would Legalize Assisted Suicide, Push it as “Cheapest Treatment for Terminal Illness”
LifeNews.com - Dec 29, 2014 at 5:54 pm In October, terminally ill cancer patient, Brittany Maynard, became the face of the assisted suicide movement in our country. Brittany had stage IV glioblastoma multiforme, which...
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon Break World Record for Longest-Living Conjoined Twins
LifeNews.com - Dec 29, 2014 at 5:18 pm Ronnie and Donnie Galyon have broken the world record as the longest-living conjoined twins. The record is a tough one to beat in part because conjoined twins don’t typically live...
Pontifical Council for Culture’s strange video about women #LIFEOFWOMEN
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 29, 2014 at 5:04 pm A while back the Pontifical Council for Culture (PCC) posted a video about women. Actually, it is of a woman asking women to send photos, tweets, videos, social media stuff by...
India: New Delhi Officials Cracking Down on Misuse of Ultrasound for Sex-Selection Abortions
LifeNews.com - Dec 29, 2014 at 4:47 pm According to the Indian Express newspaper, local health authorities in New Delhi are beginning to crack down on the use of ultrasounds to facilitate sex-selective abortions—in...
The Weekly Francis – Volume 84 – 29 December 2014
The Curt Jester - Dec 29, 2014 at 4:32 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 21 – 28 December 2014.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings,...
The Weekly Francis – 29 December 2014
Jimmy Akin.org - Dec 29, 2014 at 4:30 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 21 – 28 December 2014.
Homilies
24 December 2014 – Solemnity of the Lord’s Birth – Midnight Mass...
Fr. Rutler interviewed. Fr. Z rants.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 29, 2014 at 4:17 pm
Interior of St. Michael’s and the Pastor
Speaking of Hell’s Kitchen, over at CWR there is a dynamite interview with Fr. George Rutler, Pastor of St. Michael’s in Manhattan.
He...
Must-read think piece: German activist and scribe travels inside Islamic State, with his eyes open
GetReligion - Dec 29, 2014 at 4:09 pm
Journalists have been known to do crazy things, dangerous things and sometimes both at the same time. For example, how is the outside world going to know what makes the Islamic...
Hiker Finds Dead Abandoned Newborn Baby, Mother Ignored Safe Haven Law
LifeNews.com - Dec 29, 2014 at 4:08 pm The discovery of a deceased newborn Sunday in Indianapolis’s Eagle Creek Park highlights the need to raise awareness of Indiana’s Safe Haven Law. Authorities believe the deceased...
Los Angeles Times Claims Ultrasound Photos Aren’t “Objective Scientific Fact”
LifeNews.com - Dec 29, 2014 at 3:42 pm The Woman’s Right to Know Act is a law that requires abortion facilities to give women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn baby before considering an abortion. Currently...
CHRISTMASCAzT 30: the human mind stands aghast at this unfathomable mystery
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 29, 2014 at 3:31 pm Here is a 5-minute, daily podcast to help you observe the Octave of Christmas.
Today is Monday in the Octave of Christmas. This should have posted at Midnight my time but… it...
