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Chicago installs Archbishop Blase Cupich
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2014 at 5:52 pm Jesus invites all to take risk 'of being more,' says Chicago archbishop
Father Shakes Two-Year-Old So Violently She’s Brain Dead, Parents Fight Over Her Organs
LifeNews.com - Nov 18, 2014 at 5:49 pm Last Friday, two-year-old Thaiya Spruill-Smith was declared brain dead after being shaken violently by her stepfather. Now, her parents are in a dispute concerning whether or not...
Hypoallergenic incense, low-gluten hosts can ease Massgoers’ allergies
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2014 at 5:38 pm Billowing clouds of incense at Mass and the inability to receive Communion can force some Catholics to cover their face or get out of the pew because of allergies and a...
Abortion Doctor: “I Wonder How Many Fingers and Toes We’ll Put Down the Disposal Today”
LifeNews.com - Nov 18, 2014 at 5:25 pm For those of us who are active in the pro-life movement, and who know what an unborn baby looks like even at the earliest stages, it is hard to believe that so many people do not...
New Chicago archbishop: Be authentic, leave your comfort zone
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 18, 2014 at 5:06 pm Chicago, Ill., Nov 18, 2014 / 04:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Newly installed Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich’s first public homily stressed the importance of personal witness “with...
PARIS – Day 4: Le déjeuner sur la Musée d’Orsay
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:55 pm I don’t have many pics to show of what I did pretty much all day, which was slowly work my way through the Musée d’Orsay… for hours.
I saw pretty much everything that I needed to...
“The Risen Christ is in the boat with us”
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:53 pm “Just as Jesus left the peacefulness of his mountain top prayer to embrace the disciples in all their too human and fallible journey, so now the Church in our day is called to be...
Racist Abortion Supporter: “I Hope They Kill All the White Babies”
LifeNews.com - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:51 pm A video uploaded a month ago shows a black abortion supporter threatening pro-lifers outside an abortion clinic with her water gun, using expletives, racist rants, and displaying...
Do Words Have Any Meaning?
Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:41 pm This might surprise you, but the Holy Father gave another homily today. This might surprise you, but it contained another round of condemnation for certain Catholics the Pope...
Remember the 'least of these' in spending cuts, bishops tell Congress
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:40 pm Washington D.C., Nov 18, 2014 / 03:40 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the 113th Congress enters the “lame-duck” session before newly-elected members take office, the U.S. Bishops are...
Senegal's president visits Pontiff
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:37 pm Pope Francis met on November 18 with President Macky Sall of Senegal.
The conversation revolved around Church-state relations in Senegal, but also included discussion of current...
Mom Who Adopted Daughter as Frozen Embryo: “Life Begins at Conception, These are Little Humans”
LifeNews.com - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:22 pm It’s National Adoption Month, and in my last article I wrote about a family who adopted a baby “traditionally.” Today I want to tell you about a family who adopted their baby as a...
Controversial issues should be 'off the table' at next Synod meeting, Cardinal Burke argues
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:19 pm Cardinal Raymond Burke has said that debate on controversial issues distracted attention from the central questions of marriage and family life during the recent Synod of Bishops...
Vatican representative urges UN to discuss moral problems of drone strikes
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:08 pm The Vatican's representative at UN offices in Geneva has questioned the growing use of drones in warfare and called for discussion of how drone strikes should be restricted by ...
Fees for annulments barely cover judicial costs, says official of Vatican tribunal
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:02 pm A Vatican official has cautioned against assuming that all Church tribunals will stop collecting fees for annulment cases.
"Pope Francis did not say that procedures for the...
Don’t be Fooled Louisiana, Mary Landrieu is 100% Pro-Abortion
LifeNews.com - Nov 18, 2014 at 4:01 pm The 2014 elections swept many formidable pro-abortion incumbents from the Senate. The last to remain standing is Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, who has voted against the pro-life...
SBL/AAR 2014 sessions I am looking forward to attending (Part 2: Sunday - Monday)
The Sacred Page - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:56 pm I still have more sessions to read about and I'm on the fence on what to do during a couple of time slots, but here are some thoughts on Sunday-Monday.
Of course, somewhere in all...
Attacks on religious minorities are human-rights violations, Vatican envoy tells UN meeting
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:48 pm Attacks against religious minorities should be recognized as violations of fundamental human rights, the Vatican's representative told a UN-sponsored meeting.
Archbishop...
Political infighting blocks response to Boko Haram, says Nigerian archbishop
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:45 pm A Catholic archbishop has lamented that the Nigerian government's strategy to combat Boko Haram is "completely unreasonable" and has done nothing to stop the terrorist ...
Compass sponsors pilgrimage to Philadelphia
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 18, 2014 at 3:44 pm ALLOUEZ — The Compass will be sponsoring a bus pilgrimage to Philadelphia for the eighth World Meeting of Families next September. The meeting’s theme is “Love Is Our Mission: The...
