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Marked Tardy
CatholicMom.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 5:00 pm
“OH! No wonder you were late,” said the pleasant nurse after I told her the ages of my children (she had asked). There was only one problem. And, really it wasn’t a problem at...
Death With Dignity? Study Shows Friends and Family of People Dying in Assisted Suicide Suffer PTSD
LifeNews.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 4:59 pm In a way, this may be a hopeful sign. A study in European Psychiatry shows that 20% of close friends or family who witness assisted suicide develop post traumatic stress disorder...
Beijing presses for negotiations on bishop nominations and “Patriotic” organisations
Vatican Insider - Nov 24, 2014 at 4:55 pmThe Weekly Francis – Volume 80 – 24 November 2014
The Curt Jester - Nov 24, 2014 at 4:49 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 November – 22 November 2014.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings...
The Weekly Francis – 24 November 2014
Jimmy Akin.org - Nov 24, 2014 at 4:46 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 November – 22 November 2014.
Angelus
9 November 2014
General Audiences
12 November 2014
Letters...
Abortion Doctor Admits He Regretted His Decision to Abort His Own Child
LifeNews.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 4:17 pm In March 1983, OB-GYN and former abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson sat down with Canada’s notorious abortionist Henry Morgentaler who helped overturn Canada’s abortion law, to...
New issue, Christmas Critics
Commonweal - Nov 24, 2014 at 4:09 pm It's that time of year...our Christmas Critics issue is now on the website, and it features twenty-five book reccomendations from Priscilla McMillan, Michael Walsh, Molly Redden,...
Pope names Milwaukee auxiliary bishop to head Gary Diocese (Update)
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 24, 2014 at 4:06 pm WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Donald J. Hying of Milwaukee as bishop of Gary, Indiana, and accepted the resignation of Bishop Dale J. Melczek, who has...
Baby Girl Saved From Forced Abortion, Mom Hid From Chinese Officials for Months
LifeNews.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:51 pm Here is a girl for whom we are most thankful – MEIRONG (her name has been changed to protect her identity) – one of more than 100 girls saved by our “Save a Girl” Campaign....
Knights of Columbus to give coats to kids on ‘Black Friday’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:33 pm On Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving known as "Black Friday," 1,200 Minnesota children will receive a free new coat from the Knights of Columbus.
New Gary, Indiana bishop praised for focus on evangelization
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:33 pm Gary, Ind., Nov 24, 2014 / 02:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has named the next bishop of Gary, Indiana: Milwaukee’s Auxiliary Bishop Donald J. Hying, who drew praise for...
Chris and Elaine Weickert: Helping Us Bring Our Domestic Churches to Life
CatholicMom.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:30 pm I don’t remember exactly when I first met Chris and Elaine Weickert, but that meeting began a friendship that has seen all of us through some interesting times in both our...
Wisconsin farm is home to both deer and Christmas trees
Catholic Hot Dish - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:26 pm I went out yesterday to a property I have been bow hunting in Wisconsin. It’s where I got a nice doe on Nov. 12.
When I arrived around 11 a.m. to do some scouting, the property...
Break down isolation, stigma of autism, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:12 pm Pope Francis called for greater acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorders and their families to break down the "isolation" and "stigma" that burdens them.
The Vatican Museums 3D: The Church Honors God by Honoring Man
Catholic Vote - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:09 pm We live in a time of paradox, when those who refuse to acknowledge God also show scant respect for man. Those who call themselves secular humanists are in cold fact subhumanists,...
Man Who Raped 14-Year-Old Girl, Tried to Use Abortion Hide Crime, Gets 60 Years in Prison
LifeNews.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:05 pm Last week a Denver judge sentenced Mervin Edy Wolf to sixty years in prison for sexually assaulting a child and recording her abuse over a seven year period. As LifeNews...
Pope, creating six new saints, uses newly abbreviated formula
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:05 pm Using a newly simplified rite, Pope Francis proclaimed six new saints and praised them for the love and self-giving with which they served God and built up his kingdom by serving...
Muslim terrorists in Kenya attack people who, uh, aren't Muslims
GetReligion - Nov 24, 2014 at 3:00 pm Our GetReligion guru, tmatt, likes to complain how news media talk about "generic Christians" in the Middle East. Well, much of the coverage of Saturday's mass murder in Kenya...
Archbishop bars son of Italian crime boss from confirmation ceremony
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 24, 2014 at 2:53 pm Details: It’s long been accused of adopting an at best ambiguous role in the fight against organised crime in Sicily, but the Catholic Church has now taken a symbolic stand...
Obama Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Abortion Activist Meryl Streep
LifeNews.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 2:40 pm President Barack Obama today bestowed presidential medals to a number of recipients, but one of the people given the prestigious honor was pro-abortion actress Meryl Streep.
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