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Oklahoma Legislator Will Replace Destroyed 10 Commandments Monument
The Religion Clause - Nov 24, 2014 at 12:08 pm As previously reported, last month a man, claiming to have been directed to do so by Satan, drove his car into the Ten Commandments monument on the Oklahoma State Capitol grounds...
The Cosby Fallout
Feminine Genius - Nov 24, 2014 at 12:06 pm All rape is reprehensible, and yet there's something about the hypocrisy of the Cosby story that adds to the indignity -- and the problem is two-fold. First. there is the toxicity...
Pope calls for dialogue and peace in the Middle East in meeting with Egypt’s President Al Sisi
Vatican Insider - Nov 24, 2014 at 12:01 pmMemory eternal: Arne Fjeldstad and his efforts to help (global) media get religion
GetReligion - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:59 am
There is really no way to tell the story of GetReligion.org without talking about the veteran journalist and pastor who for years led The Media Project -- the Rev. Dr. Arne...
This Dying Patient Has the Same Cancer as Brittany Maynard, But His Response is Priceless
LifeNews.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:56 am Aaron and Nora met in 2010 and like most people who fall in love, they were head over heels for each other. The next year, Aaron suffered a seizure at work which led to a very...
Herding Cats
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:51 am The failure of fallen human culture to cooperate with Truly Reformed diagrams is under discussion over at the Register at Yr. Obdt. Svt’s place.
Website shines light on which health plans cover abortion
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:47 am Washington D.C., Nov 24, 2014 / 10:47 am (CNA).- A new website informing Americans whether or not their health plans cover abortion is up and running, with advocates saying it...
The Preferential Option for Life
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:46 am The difference between being prolife and being merely anti-abortion is under discussion by Yr. Obdt. Svt. over at America.
Conservative Group Seeks IRS Communications With Freedom From Religion Foundation
The Religion Clause - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:45 am As previously reported, in July the Freedom From Religion Foundation reached a settlement agreement with the Internal Revenue Service in a suit challenging the IRS's alleged non-...
Troubled teen turned actor will tell harrowing story
The Busy Catholic - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:38 am Man Up! production shares testimonies based on the lives of four at-risk youths
Dzinh Nguyen (centre) lacked adult role models and became steeped in
gang life by age 15. He found...
Ordination update: 6 new deacons for San Bernardino
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:37 am This arrived in my in-box this morning, from Rich Herbst, Episcopal Master of Ceremonies in San Bernardino: Six new permanent deacons ordained for the Diocese of San Bernardino...
Advent calendars are a very old tradition, but they have immense variety
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:26 am Remember those pretty, paper Advent calendars? They had 24 little doors that opened to reveal a holiday picture, Bible verse or — if you were really fortunate — a piece of candy?...
Break down isolation, stigma of autism, pope says
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:24 am VATICAN CITY — 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...
An update on the saving of the tallest Church in the U.K.
Rorate Coeli - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:23 am Back in April, we brought to your attention the story of the saving of St. Walburge Catholic Church in Preston, Lancashire -- the tallest Church in the United Kingdom [see here...
The value of giving thanks
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:05 am It’s all about grace. This essay is not particularly religious—the author admits she was raised Catholic but now numbers herself among those who are “spiritual but not religious”—...
Clinic Worker Describes Seeing an Abortion “I Saw Perfectly Formed Fingers and Toes”
LifeNews.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:03 am Former clinic worker Zlata blogs about her time in the abortion industry:
I remember assisting, once in particular, in the operating room at the clinic where I had been a medical...
The Catholicism Pilgrim Journal
CatholicMom.com - Nov 24, 2014 at 11:00 am Fr. Robert Barron’s Catholicism Pilgrimage Journal from Word on Fire represents a new approach to formation that is truly intergenerational. Based on the original, epic...
Student Committee Pushes for ‘Gender-Neutral’ Bathrooms at Loyola University Chicago
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 24, 2014 at 10:55 am A student committee has been formed at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) "to create and maintain gender-neutral bathrooms across campus," according to the Loyola Phoenix.
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Vatican's new top prosecutor was involved in notorious abuse case, <I>Boston Globe</I> finds
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 24, 2014 at 10:39 am The American Jesuit priest who was recently appointed as the Vatican's top prosecutor in sex-abuse cases was involved in the handling of complaints against a notorious abusive...
