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Sheri Shepherd Cuts Off Unwanted Surrogate Newborn Baby From Her Health Insurance
LifeNews.com - Sep 17, 2014 at 3:23 pm Former “The View” co-host Sheri Shepherd came under fire earlier this year after reports surfaced showing she wanted “nothing to do” with her unborn child now that her marriage...
Lisa Mentioned in “Fast Company” Article on Church’s Digital Revolution
Lisa Hendey.com - Sep 17, 2014 at 3:16 pm If you head over to Fast Company today, you’ll find a very insightful article on the Catholic Church’s endeavors to use the latest in digital tools to serve and education. I was...
Cardinal Dolan explains why he is serving as Grand Marshall in the St. Patrick’s Day parade
The Deacon's Bench - Sep 17, 2014 at 3:05 pm From his column in New York Catholic: I haven’t been in this much hot water since I made the comment, right after I arrived as your archbishop five-and-a-half years ago, that Stan...
Where are the September Ember Days? (And some other fascinating stuff!)
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Sep 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm In the Roman tradition we observe the Ember Days four times a year, around the changes of the seasons, during Lent, at Pentecost, and close to St. Lucy’s Day and Exaltation of the...
FSSP Mission Trip to Peru
New Liturgical Movement - Sep 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm Our thanks to Fr Daniel Heenen of the Fraternity of St Peter for sending us this account and some pictures of a recent mission trip to Peru. You can see more pictures by clicking...
Knoxville diocese investigating reported miracle in cause of Father Isaac Hecker
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:53 pm The Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee is reviewing reports of a miracle which, if verified, could advance the cause for beatification of Father Isaac Hecker.
Bishop Richard Stika...
Cardinal Dolan: Ukraine 'flowing with blood,' America must speak up
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:51 pm New York City, N.Y., Sep 17, 2014 / 01:51 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has urged U.S. Catholics to listen to the “chilling” pleas of Greek-Catholic bishops who...
Robert Bellarmine and Global Warming
Catholic Vote - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:41 pm In the popular imagination, Galileo was a courageous champion of Science (YAY!) against the corrupt and backwards Catholic Church. (BOOO!) This simplistic view is attractive to...
Technology That You Can Trust with Verbum, Part I
Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:40 pm Pope Francis made headlines last month when he spoke to thousands of altar servers in Rome.
Interestingly, the headline from the Catholic Herald UK read “Young People Shouldn’t...
Wisconsin diocese will not adopt Common Core in schools
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:39 pm Catholic schools in the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, will maintain their own educational standards, rather than adopting the Common Core standards, the diocese has confirmed....
Argentine judge who ordered probe of bishop's death meets with Pontiff
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:31 pm Pope Francis met on September 15 with an Argentine judge who was instrumental in securing the conviction of former military officers for the death of a Catholic bishop during the...
Dad Learns It’s Double Trouble Making Breakfast For Adorable Twin Babies
LifeNews.com - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:31 pm An amusing video which may just brighten your day was recently posted to YouTube. The video, titled “Twins-Why breakfast takes longer to prepare” shows a father getting...
“There are not a series of rules made up by the Church; they constitute divine law, and the Church cannot change them.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:29 pm
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Today in the liberal Italian daily Corriere della sera there is an article about the forthcoming book Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion...
Kurdish forces free some Christian villages
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:25 pm Kurdish forces have driven the Islamic State out of seven Christian villages in northern Iraq, the AsiaNews service reports.
The Kurdish Peshmerga fighters said that American air...
Rio cardinal is armed-robbery victim
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:21 pm Cardinal Orani Joao Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro was robbed by gunmen in broad daylight on September 16.
A spokesman for the Rio archdiocese reported that the cardinal was traveling...
Scots nervous as independence vote approaches, bishop reports
Catholic Culture - World News - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:16 pm The people of Scotland are "highly nervous" about the independence referendum that will be decided by vote on September 18, a Scottish bishop told Vatican Radio.
Bishop John...
Meet Kathi Klaas: Wife, Principal, and Mom of a Seminarian
CatholicMom.com - Sep 17, 2014 at 2:00 pm
There exists in the folds of south-central Wisconsin farmland a gem of a Catholic school. St. Peter Catholic School in Ashton has been around since 1850 and is as vibrant as ever...
5Q+1 interview: Religion writer Bob Smietana on the Godbeat, #RNA2014 and, yes, GetReligion
GetReligion - Sep 17, 2014 at 1:59 pm Coming soon to GR: @bobbyross interviews @ReligionReport prez @bobsmietana in advance of #RNA2014 in Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/GR3eJNfVl4
— GetReligion (@GetReligion) September 17...
Growing secularization seen weakening place of religion in U.S. society
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Sep 17, 2014 at 1:42 pm NEW YORK — Religious liberty is under aggressive assault on many fronts in a culture increasingly insensitive to rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to U.S. Constitution,...
Five Things To Remember On Sept. 17
USCCB Media Blog - Sep 17, 2014 at 1:33 pm 1. Updates from the Holy Land during the Peace Pilgrimage show how the bishops are meeting with leaders of Israel and Palestine, as well as visiting Gaza.
2. The sixth meeting of...
