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America and the Common Core debate
OSV Daily Take - Aug 5, 2014 at 3:12 pm Is lagging student achievement in the U.S. more the fault of the classroom or the culture at large?
Democrat Uses Little Girl in Campaign Ad to Promote Abortion, Trash Pro-Life Candidate
LifeNews.com - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:54 pm Pro-abortion Colorado Sen. Mark Udall has released a campaign ad trashing pro-life Congressman Cory Gardner, who is challenging the abortion advocate in one of the hottest Senate...
Pope meets with German altar servers
News.va - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:51 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday evening met with more than 50,000 altar servers from Germany.
The young people are on their annual pilgrimage to Rome, which this year has...
Pope urges young people to use their freedom to share love, faith
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:51 pm VATICAN CITY — Meeting 50,000 altar servers, Pope Francis urged young Catholics to make careful use of their freedom, treasure their dignity as sons and daughters of God and make...
Amid Iraqi suffering, Chaldean Catholics urged to keep focus on Jesus
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:37 pm SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Standing in the sanctuary of Mother of God Chaldean Cathedral, flanked by an empty cross and two ominous red symbols, Chaldean Bishop Francis Kalabat led more...
U.S. Supreme Court Orders Autocam Case to Be Re-Decided in Light of Religious Liberty
Thomas More Society - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:15 pm Thomas More Society anticipates victory for Autocam against HHS Mandate (August 5, 2014 – Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court officially vacated the 6th...
SYNODS, Bishops and Councils
CatholicMom.com - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:00 pm The Church, born at Pentecost, soon experienced serious growing pains. On that marvelous birthday when fired-up apostles preached in many languages, there was a very diverse...
Low-budget Bible Belt films meet the bright lights of Hollywood
GetReligion - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:00 pm Hollywood has discovered the Bible Belt — again.
Here at GetReligion, our leader — Terry Mattingly — suggested in 2011:
Someone needs to copyright that phrase, "Tinseltown is...
The State Almost Starved Haleigh Poutre to Death, Look at Her Now
LifeNews.com - Aug 5, 2014 at 1:59 pm Aside from the misleading claim in the article referring to my sister, Terri Schiavo, as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS), the Boston Globe did a wonderful follow-up...
Three US states back EWTN religious liberty lawsuit
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 5, 2014 at 1:49 pm Washington D.C., Aug 5, 2014 / 12:49 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Alabama, Georgia, and Florida each filed legal briefs on Monday in support of EWTN in a lawsuit over the HHS mandate,...
Bill would protect faith-based adoption agencies against discrimination
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 5, 2014 at 1:10 pm Two lawmakers July 30 introduced a measure they say is needed to protect faith-based agencies that provide adoption and foster care services from discrimination based on their...
Must-see video: “How to Dad,” a great new ad from Cheerios
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 5, 2014 at 1:06 pm Smart, funny and utterly winning. One blogger writes: It is well shot and the guy playing the dad is fantastic. Also, it is funny without being condescending, and that is hard....
Dedication of St. Mary Major: Pope Liberius, St. Athanasius, and a miracle
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 5, 2014 at 1:00 pm That's a hoe, not a golf club.
Pope Liberius (352-366) was Bishop of Rome in difficult times.
In 350 the Emperor Constans was assassinated and Constantius became the sole Emperor...
Teen Gives Birth, Hides Baby Under Sink Fearing Mom Would Make her Have an Abortion
LifeNews.com - Aug 5, 2014 at 12:57 pm A 19-year-old teenage girl has been arrested in connection with a case of possible infanticide. She apparently kept her pregnancy from her mother, whom she feared would force her...
U.S. Becomes a Destination for Brits to Use IVF to Sex-Select Their Baby
LifeNews.com - Aug 5, 2014 at 12:36 pm There are dozens of countries around the world that have banned sex selection. Unfortunately, the United States is not one of them. That makes the U.S. a destination spot for...
Does God Really See Me?
CatholicMom.com - Aug 5, 2014 at 12:30 pm Today–unless we’re involved in a church, or have parents who are believers, or Christian friends who influence us–we don’t hear much about God. We might wonder: Does God really...
Bishop calls for fasting, prayer in battle against Black Mass
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 5, 2014 at 12:00 pm Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa has issued a letter to his flock: As has been widely reported, a Satanic Black Mass has been scheduled for September 21 in Oklahoma City’s Civic...
An abusive "culture of violence" at Rikers's youth prisons
Commonweal - Aug 5, 2014 at 11:59 am The front page of today's New York Times reports on the findings of the U.S. Attorney's Office that there is a “deep-seated culture of violence” in the prisons that hold...
