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Francis will venerate the Shroud during visit to Turin in June
Catholic Herald - Nov 5, 2014 at 10:15 am Pope Francis will visit the Shroud of Turin during its public display in Turin’s cathedral April 19-June 24, 2015, as well as commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of St...
Paul VI High School Students Take Pilgrimage to Rome for Namesake’s Beatification
Catholic Education Daily - Nov 5, 2014 at 10:09 am Students from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, Va., recently went on a pilgrimage to Rome for the beatification of their School’s namesake, Pope Paul VI.
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Did an out-of-touch abortion stance cause Democrats to lose the Senate?
EWTN - US Latest News - Nov 5, 2014 at 10:08 am Washington D.C., Nov 5, 2014 / 10:08 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In the wake of momentous losses for U.S. Democrats on Tuesday, one group said the party's abortion stance may be...
Black Pro-Life Candidates Tim Scott, Mia Love and Will Hurd Win Huge Victories
LifeNews.com - Nov 5, 2014 at 10:00 am Not only did pro-life candidates win huge election victories across the board last night, but black pro-life candidates won as well and helped undermine false criticism from the...
Files released for 24 men accused of clergy sexual abuse
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 5, 2014 at 10:00 am Documents from the priest files of 24 men given to the court by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis earlier this year were released today by Jeff Anderson and Associates...
New norms for the resignations of bishops
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 5, 2014 at 9:55 am My spidey-sense has been tingling for a while now. Given recent events and developments (e.g., the havoc of the latest Synod and the surprise outcomes) I have suspected that...
R.I.P, Mary Newman
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 5, 2014 at 9:43 am Every parish has its familiar fixtures: the windows, the statues, the shrines, the candles. At my parish in Queens for years we have also had a determined little woman with a...
Where’s the Prefect? Woman “priest” at altar of Benedictine monastery in Austria for 10 years?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 5, 2014 at 9:42 am I saw a piece by the intrepid Marco Tosatti of La Stampa about a “wedding” in Austria that was witnessed at a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmunster, by a woman “priest” (wymyn...
In the Wake of Tuesday's Elections - Open Thread
Commonweal - Nov 5, 2014 at 9:29 am Let's try an experiment. Rather than dive right into a national overview of what happened at the polls, I'd be interested to see what dotCommonweal readers and contributors found...
Rotal Judge: Justice in marriage tribunals must be done in a "timely manner"
News.va - Nov 5, 2014 at 9:27 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday met with a group of canonists taking a course at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. In his remarks, the Pope spoke about the importance of...
Today’s Catholic must-reads: 05/12/14
Catholic Herald - Nov 5, 2014 at 9:21 am It’s sad when a bishop “doesn’t serve, but struts like a peacock“, Francis said at today’s general audience (full text, short video, full video).
The Pope has issued a “rescript”...
After Losing Phony War on Women, Planned Parenthood Will Target African-Americans
LifeNews.com - Nov 5, 2014 at 9:19 am As Planned Parenthood’s phony war on women mantra gets aborted we watched as the map turn red in last night’s election. Today, Planned Parenthood appears to be placing their...
Pro-Life Mia Love Wins. First Black GOP Woman in Congress
Creative Minority Report - Nov 5, 2014 at 8:58 am Some more good news from last night that won't be touted by the media. Mia Love won her congressional race in Utah. She is the first black Republican woman in Congress. That's...
Abortion Activist Sandra Fluke Loses Campaign for California State Legislature
LifeNews.com - Nov 5, 2014 at 8:51 am Abortion radical Sandra Fluke is apparently so far out of the mainstream. she couldn’t even get the radical voters in California to support her bid for the state Senate. Fluke is...
Pope: Bishops must be servants, not vain careerists after power, honor
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 5, 2014 at 8:36 am VATICAN CITY — The world’s bishops are called to be servants and shepherds who use their position to care for people and the faith, not to seek power and boost their pride, Pope...
Sentimental Value
CatholicMom.com - Nov 5, 2014 at 8:30 am
I dislike clutter and unfinished projects and things strewn about haphazardly. Sadly the dislike does not translate into neatness. The latest task I’ve been putting off is...
Pope Francis asks faithful to pray for bishops: “It isn’t easy. We are all sinners, so pray for us.”
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 5, 2014 at 8:24 am From his Wednesday audience: A Church that is not united around its bishop is a sick Church. Jesus wanted unity between the bishop and all the faithful, starting with priests and...
Bishops’ decrees on SSPX may be illegal, says traditionalist group
Catholic Herald - Nov 5, 2014 at 8:21 am Bishops who effectively excommunicate those who attend SSPX Masses may be acting illegally, a leading traditionalist group has said.
The International Una Voce Federation was...
US Bishops' Anti-Poverty Collection Takes Up Pope's Call to Work on the Margins
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 5, 2014 at 8:20 am The US episcopal conference's annual collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development this year will echo Pope Francis' repeated exhortations and have the theme "CCHD:...
Bishop Appointed for Idaho
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 5, 2014 at 8:15 am Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Peter Christensen, 61, of Superior, Wisconsin, as bishop of Boise City, Idaho, and accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael Driscoll, 75, from...
