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Senate Democrats Plan All-Out Assault on Bill to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks
LifeNews.com - Dec 26, 2014 at 9:41 am When they take over the Senate next year, Republicans will promote legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks and protect unborn babies who are capable of feeling intense...
Pod people: Looking at the year's Top 10 religion-beat stories, through the eyes of the late George W. Cornell
GetReligion - Dec 26, 2014 at 9:18 am Anyone who knows their religion-beat history knows this byline -- George W. Cornell of the Associated Press.
When he died in 1994, the national obituaries called him the "dean of...
Waves of destruction: remembering the tsunami, 10 years later
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 26, 2014 at 9:11 am Photo: Peter Lemieux / CNEWA Hard to believe it, but today marks the 10-year anniversary of the devastating tsunami that swept over Indonesia—one of the deadliest natural...
Huffington Post Ignores Pro-Life View In “News” Reports on Abortion
LifeNews.com - Dec 26, 2014 at 9:09 am Here’s a question: how can you tell when you are reading “news” from the Huffington Post? Answer: When both views on a highly controversial topic are NOT given…meaning, only the...
The Church of Vatican II: Collapse in Mass Attendance and the Biological Solution in France
Rorate Coeli - Dec 26, 2014 at 9:00 am It is a well known historical fact that France, the most populous nation in Europe for many centuries, was also the first in the continent to experience demographic stagnation -...
If Guys Ran Christmas
Creative Minority Report - Dec 26, 2014 at 8:38 am Everyone's always talking about the secularization of Christmas. I'm more concerned right now with the wife-icization of Christmas. I'm supposed to be wrapping my presents for my...
Key cardinals defend Pope's tough talk to Roman Curia
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2014 at 8:29 am Some of the top allies of Pope Francis have defended the Pontiff's harsh criticism of the Roman Curia, saying that the Pope has the full support of the College of Cardinals....
Topless feminist protester seizes Jesus figure from display in St. Peter's Square
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2014 at 8:22 am A topless protester from the activist group Femen rushed into the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square on Christmas Day and seized the figure of the baby Jesus before being...
Love is the source
Communio - Dec 26, 2014 at 8:20 am
“Love, indeed, is the source of all good things; it is an impregnable defence, and the way that leads to heaven. He who walks in love can neither go astray nor be afraid: love...
From Christmas to Calvary
CatholicMom.com - Dec 26, 2014 at 8:00 am I received a Christmas card with a photograph of a large crucifix from my godfather several years ago, and it perplexed me but also beckoned me to pause for a moment. In the midst...
Court Allows Hospital to Kill Brain-Dead Pregnant Mom’s 18 Week Unborn Baby
LifeNews.com - Dec 26, 2014 at 7:58 am The High Court in Ireland issued a ruling today allowing a hospital to shut off life support for a pregnant mom, which would claim the life of her 18-week-old unborn baby.
The...
Catholic refugee relief opens hearts in Syria
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 26, 2014 at 7:30 am Beirut, Lebanon, Dec 26, 2014 / 08:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Catholic participation in refugee and humanitarian relief in the Syrian
civil war is strengthening a foundation for...
Where St. Stephen was stoned
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 26, 2014 at 7:12 am Today marks the feast of the church’s first martyr and the patron saint of deacons, St. Stephen. St. Stephen, pray for us! From Wikipedia: Stephen or Stephan (Greek: Στέφανος,...
‘May the sacrifice of the martyrs strengthen the commitment to freedom of belief’
Vatican Insider - Dec 26, 2014 at 7:09 amCatholic refugee relief opens hearts in Syria
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 26, 2014 at 7:02 am Beirut, Lebanon, Dec 26, 2014 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic participation in refugee and humanitarian relief in the Syrian civil war is strengthening a foundation for...
Solemn Mass (EF), Epiphany of the Lord
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 26, 2014 at 7:00 am Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 6th (Feast of the Epiphany), beginning at 6:00 pm at Holy Ghost Church, 472 Atwells Avenue,...
Christmas in the Cave
Dominicana - Dec 26, 2014 at 6:30 am St. Stephen’s memorial is always the day after Christmas. But somehow, it always surprises me. We’ve only just arrived at the cozy stable with the little baby under the shining...
Pope Francis: Ask Stephen for gift of Christian coherence
News.va - Dec 26, 2014 at 6:30 am (Vatican Radio) Below, please find the complete text of Vatican Radio’s translation of Pope Francis’ Angelus address for the Feast of Saint Stephen, 26 December 2014.
ANGELUS...
St. Stephen removes �false saccharine sweetness' from Christmas, says Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2014 at 6:28 am In his St. Stephen's Day Angelus address, Pope Francis said that the saint, by his martyrdom, "shows us how to live the fullness of the mystery of Christmas," and that the Gospel...
