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Vatican will offer showers for Rome's homeless
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 5:09 pm The Vatican is setting up shower stalls to serve the homeless of Rome.
Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, who as papal almoner has been directed by Pope Francis to provide help for Rome...
Abortionist Who Stored 30 Bodies of Aborted Babies in His Freezer Fined, Loses License
LifeNews.com - Nov 13, 2014 at 5:04 pm New Jersey abortionist Steven Chase Brigham has been ordered to pay $420,000 to the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners to cover the cost of prosecuting him. That decision was...
Charity requires preaching Gospel, not just material help, says head of papal charity
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 5:02 pm The highest manifestation of Christian charity is not only to provide material help but to preach the Gospel message, the head of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum told a conference...
The Fate of Obamacare
Catholic Vote - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:50 pm The New York Times‘s esteemed Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse has a piece discussing the Supreme Court’s decision to grant review in the King v. Burwell case, which...
Seal of confession remains after penitent dies, Vatican officials affirm
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:48 pm A priest is never allowed to disclose what he heard in a sacramental confession, Vatican officials emphasized in talks during a conference this week on the confessional seal.
The...
Pictures of the Week November 17, 2014
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Catholic-Muslim forum condemns terrorism, calls for deeper understanding
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:39 pm A Catholic-Muslim forum, meeting this week at the Vatican, concluded with a statement calling for a "culture of inter-religious dialogue for deepening mutual understanding."
The...
Catholics, Muslims together condemn terrorist acts in name of religion
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:34 pm Vatican City, Nov 13, 2014 / 03:34 pm (CNA).- In a joint statement delivered Thursday, the Catholic-Muslim Forum condemned acts of terrorism, oppression, and violence, affirming...
If I Were the Sovereign Order of Malta, I’d Be Miffed…
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:33 pm Since the rumors concerning His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke’s reassignment as the Cardinalis Patronus of the Sovereign Order of Malta, all we’re hearing is what a demotion...
Ousted editor reportedly back on payroll in legal battle with Italian bishops' newspaper
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:33 pm Dino Boffo, who was ousted as editor of the newspaper owned by the Italian bishops' conference, has won a legal battle against the bishops, the ANSA news service reports.
Boffo...
Supreme Court to Decide if Drivers Can Purchase Choose Life License Plates
LifeNews.com - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:25 pm In August, leaders in the North Carolina legislature petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review a decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals that prohibited the state...
Russian Orthodox prelate calls for independent Orthodox banks
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:12 pm A leading representative of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow has said that Russia's economy should move toward independence from the world's banking system, to reduce the...
Un génocide catholique méconnu
Regina Magazine - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:11 pm Jim Morlino, réalisateur catholique et président de Navis Pictures, une société innovante basée dans le Connecticut, présente à Meghan Ferrara pour Regina Magazine son film La...
Austrian president meets with Pontiff
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:07 pm Pope Francis met on November 13 with President Heinz Fischer of Austria.
A brief Vatican statement released after the meeting indicated that the conversation had centered on...
Benedict XVI in 'fantastic health,' mentally sharp, American visitor reports
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:05 pm An American priest reported finding Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI in "fantastic health" and mentally alert during a recent meeting at the Vatican.
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo, the...
What’s wrong with The Principle?
Jimmy Akin.org - Nov 13, 2014 at 4:04 pm The Principle is a documentary promoting geocentrism, or the idea that the earth is at the center of the universe.
In a previous post, I looked at how well it worked as a film. (I...
SCOTUS gets another shot at gutting the ACA
Commonweal - Nov 13, 2014 at 3:56 pm Be sure to read Linda Greenhouse's powerful column in the New York Times on the Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments in King v. Burwell -- which Jonathan Chait called "a...
New Jersey Assembly Passes Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide, Gov. Christie Promises to Veto
LifeNews.com - Nov 13, 2014 at 3:53 pm The New Jersey Assembly today passed a bill to legalize assisted suicide and it will now send the measure to Governor Chris Christie, who has promised to veto it.
After...
Verbum Monthly Sale: Man to Man, Father to Father by Brian Caulfield
Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Nov 13, 2014 at 3:52 pm Explore a wide range of contemporary Catholic writers on the topic of fatherhood during the Verbum Monthly Sale.
Here is an excerpt from Man to Man, Father to Father by Brian...
Mexican bishops plead for peace, call violence a ‘national crisis’
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 13, 2014 at 3:41 pm MEXICO CITY — The Mexican bishops’ conference issued an impassioned plea for peace and an end to the bloodshed in a country consumed with the crisis of 43 teacher trainees...
