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Argentine bishop, too, threatens excommunication for faithful who attend SSPX chapels
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 4, 2014 at 3:09 pm Following the lead of an influential Italian bishop, a bishop in Argentina has warned that Catholics may be penalized with excommunication if they attend Mass at chapels...
Pope Francis: Modern Day "Pharisees" Undercut Evangelizaton
Commonweal - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:55 pm Pope Francis on the relationship of love, law, and evangelization.
Chen Guangcheng on Forced Abortions in China: “They Will Kill Your Baby in Your Face”
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:52 pm “In today’s China, under the communist rule, the government can put their hand into your body, grab your baby out of your womb, and kill your baby in your face.”
These were the...
Restrictions on religious freedom are widespread and growing worldwide, study shows
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:51 pm Religious freedom is substantially in more than half of the world's nations, a new study has found, and restrictions on religious freedom are growing in more than one-fourth of...
Washington archdiocese warns pastors of demonstrations, disruptions at Catholic churches
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:36 pm The Archdiocese of Washington, DC, has warned priests that an unidentified group of protesters has staged demonstrations outside local Catholic churches, and in at least two cases...
Election Day-Feels Like The First Time
CatholicMom.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:30 pm The other day I mentioned to my recently-turned-eighteen-year-old that she would get to vote for the first time today. She looked at me with a touch of panic in her eyes and said...
Companies criticized for offering to pay to freeze female workers’ eggs
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:19 pm LEVITTOWN, Pa. — The recent announcements by Facebook and Apple that they would include among employee health benefits the option for young women to freeze their eggs for future...
Mom Throws Her Autistic 6-Year-Old Son Off Bridge After Mental Breakdown
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:16 pm An Oregon mom who apparently had a mental breakdown reportedly threw her 6-year-old autistic son off of a bridge. News reports indicate she couldn’t handle caring for both her son...
Institute officials outline alternatives to in vitro for infertile couples
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:15 pm DAVENPORT, Iowa — For couples struggling to conceive a child, in vitro fertilization has been a medical standard for the past 30 years.
A culture vessel is injected with culture...
Cardinal says mergers tough to take, but address shifts in population
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:12 pm NEW YORK — In a long-awaited but nonetheless stunning announcement, the Archdiocese of New York said Nov. 2 it would merge 112 of its 368 parishes into 55, effectively shuttering...
Lighter Fare
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 4, 2014 at 2:05 pm I’t election day, and we are dealing with that. The Synod was a wreck, and we are dealing with that. Ebola is around, and we are dealing with that. Obama is still President and...
Cremation resisted as answer to overcrowding at Mexico City cemeteries
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 4, 2014 at 1:53 pm MEXICO CITY — Amid graves adorned with marigolds in the San Isidro cemetery, brothers of the Missionaries of Christ the Priest offered prayers for visiting families remembering...
Woman’s suicide called tragedy, symbol of ‘culture of death’ in U.S.
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 4, 2014 at 1:50 pm PORTLAND, Ore. — Brittany Maynard, a young California woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer and gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon’s assisted...
Scarlett Johnansson: “If Republicans Win They’ll Take Away a Woman’s Right to Choose”
LifeNews.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 1:43 pm In a recent Democratic National Committee email, actress Scarlett Johansson said if Republicans win control of the Senate they will take away a woman’s right to choose. Johnansson...
Parish hopes to save priceless art in New York church slated for merger
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 4, 2014 at 1:22 pm An interesting sidebar to the church merger story in the Archdiocese of New York, via The New York Post: A Midtown church slated to close as part of a massive shakeup by the...
“Missionary Impulse”
Catholic Hot Dish - Nov 4, 2014 at 1:10 pm
By Susanna Bolle
It was not long after arriving at the Proclaim Catholic Mission’s Conference that I found myself deeply moved. Before I knew it, I was surrounded by many young...
St. Anthony Family Shelter–Friends of Fiat
Lisa Hendey.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 1:05 pm It’s “launch week” for my brand new book The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living. To celebrate, we are paying tribute to seven very special examples of “The Grace of...
Giving Thanks: A Love Letter from God
CatholicMom.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 1:00 pm During this season of thanksgiving, I am especially reminded that there are moments in life when God interacts with us in a playful and surprising manner. They are moments of pure...
Latin Mass Society of England and Wales: Canon Law Briefing on Status of Faithful who receive Sacraments from SSPX Priests
Rorate Coeli - Nov 4, 2014 at 12:56 pm COMMENT: letters from the Bishop Semeraro of Albano, Italy, and then from Bishop Sarlinga of Zárate-Campana in Argentina, have declared that the lay faithful who receive the...
None Are Welcome on Their Own Terms
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 4, 2014 at 12:55 pm This is the flip side of the Elton John discussion and is also, paradoxically, perfectly biblical. The way Jesus puts it is this: Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he...
