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Kenyan bishops see 'national disaster' caused by terrorist attacks
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 1, 2014 at 1:16 pm Raids by Islamic terrorists are causing a "national disaster" in Kenya, the Catholic bishops' justice-and-peace commission reports.
Archbishop Zaccheus Okoth, who chairs the...
'Ecumenism of blood' should unite Christians, Pope says after meeting Orthodox Patriarch
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 1, 2014 at 1:12 pm In an exchange with reporters on November 30, Pope Francis spoke optimistically about prospects for ecumenical progress with the Orthodox churches and said that he is prepared to...
A time for waiting . . . and thanksgiving
Catholic Hot Dish - Dec 1, 2014 at 12:40 pm
Father Michael Becker, rector of St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul, poses for a picture with his 10-point buck.
As we make the transition from Thanksgiving season to...
Saints Edmund Campion and Robert Southwell, and companions
Communio - Dec 1, 2014 at 12:40 pm Today, particularly on the Jesuit ordo, is the Feast of Saints Edmund Campion, Robert Southwell, and the English Jesuit martyrs. These men of God were tortured and executed for...
Parents of Severely Disabled Babies: Quit Using the Term “Incompatible With Life”
LifeNews.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 12:33 pm Members of a disability support group have launched a campaign to ask members of the legal, media and medical professions to dispense with the term “incompatible with life“ when...
Religion ≠ Magic; Jesus ≠ Illusionist
CatholicMom.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 12:30 pm Dear Atheist,
There’s nothing like a good magic show, huh? Harry Houdini knew this as the all-time great illusionist. David Copperfield is right behind him in the theater of...
Drug overdose kills 35 inmates, Venezuelan bishops demand investigation
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 1, 2014 at 12:10 pm Caracas, Venezuela, Dec 1, 2014 / 11:10 am (CNA).- The bishops of Venezuela are calling for a government investigation into the deaths of 35 inmates who raided a prison infirmary...
In Iraq, “Christianity is bleeding”
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 1, 2014 at 12:08 pm The latest on the ground, from CNEWA’s blog One-to-One and Dominican Sister Maria Hanna: After four months of exile there are no signs of hope that the situation here in Iraq will...
Stewardship advocates shine spotlight on gratitude
The Busy Catholic - Dec 1, 2014 at 12:02 pm Parishioners should give to the Church because they feel grateful, not guilty: Corinna Siy
Stewardship advocates call generosity "a way of life," and it's that notion of gratitude...
In Turkey, Pope Francis got a look at Christianity on the margins
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:55 am Ankara and Istanbul were gray and cold, at least compared to Rome, during Pope Francis' Nov. 28-30 visit to Turkey. And the general reception, outside of the pope's official...
Pro-Abortion Adoption Worker Wishes Some of Her Clients Had Aborted Instead
LifeNews.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:55 am (LiveActionNews) — During this National Adoption Month, a pro-abortion website called “RH Reality Check” released an article entitled Adoption Is Not a Universal Alternative to...
Amis's Zone
Commonweal - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:47 am I read Martin Amis’s new novel, The Zone of Interest, twice; the first time to flush away the effects of a belittling review in the LRB (some enemies there) and then to appreciate...
A Dearth of Investigative Reporting on the Abdication and the Conclave - and a very important Parable to enlighten our friends in the media
Rorate Coeli - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:43 am The most recent story that the Bergoglio Lobby, strongly active already in the 2005 conclave, was running a very smooth "convincing" operation in the period preceding the 2013...
Dutch doctors see euthanasia as source for organ donations
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:39 am As doctors in the Netherlands consider new guidelines for organ donations, some surgeons are arguing strongly in favor of harvesting the organs of people who choose physician-...
Supreme Court to hear case on pregnancy discrimination
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:35 am The US Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on a lawsuit brought by a woman who says that she lost her job at the United Parcel Service (UPS) because of her pregnancy....
Bishop and minister preside over wedding for 2,000 couples in Brazil
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:33 am From the BBC: Nearly 2,000 Brazilian couples have got married at an indoors sports venue in Rio de Janeiro, in the biggest mass wedding in the city’s history. The annual event,...
Keep saying this: Politics is all that matters, even when covering Pope Francis
GetReligion - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:30 am
I'm sorry, but it's "Kellerism" time again.
So soon? I am afraid so. This time, the virus hit The Politico in a rare news-feature venture by that politics-equals-life journal...
Minnesota Plans to Eradicate Gender Distinctions for High School Sports
Creative Minority Report - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:30 am Say goodbye to girls athletic teams. Because that's what the real effect could be. The Federalist:Minnesotans are currently facing a fast and furious onslaught by the transgender...
Pope's prayer intentions for December 2014
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 1, 2014 at 11:29 am The Vatican has announced the prayer intentions of Pope Francis for December 2014.
The Pope's universal intention is: "That the birth of the Redeemer may bring peace and hope to...
