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Full schedule set for Pope's September visit to Albania
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 31, 2014 at 4:27 pm The Vatican has released a full schedule for the visit to Albania in September by Pope Francis.
The Pope will leave Rome early on Sunday morning, September 21, arriving at Tirana'...
Iraqi Christians brave heat to demand help from U.N.
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jul 31, 2014 at 4:23 pm Iraqi Christian refugees braved temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit to demand that the United Nations intervene to protect them from persecution by Islamist militants...
Armed resistance to Islamic rule arising in Mosul
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 31, 2014 at 4:19 pm Pockets of armed resistance against Islamic rule have begun to form in Mosul, Iraq, the Fides news service reports.
Young people have formed armed groups to oppose Islamic...
Syrian rebels' missile kills 3 at Armenian Catholic parish in Aleppo
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 31, 2014 at 4:15 pm Three people died when a missile launched by Syrian rebels hit an Armenian Catholic parish in Aleppo, the Fides news service reports.
The missile just outside the church, while...
Vatican tells Paraguayan bishop to stop ordaining priests
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 31, 2014 at 3:46 pm SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Vatican has told the bishop in the Diocese of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, to stop ordaining priests amid ongoing allegations of sexual abuse...
A Christian Told Him Abortion Will Never be Stopped, His Response Was Priceless
LifeNews.com - Jul 31, 2014 at 3:44 pm “Abortion cannot be stopped.” That is what a man said to me as I was coming out of Mass with the Stand True Mission Team and the walkers from Crossroads Pro-life Walks Across...
Did a Federal Court Just Rule That Every Single State Has to Have an Abortion Clinic?
LifeNews.com - Jul 31, 2014 at 3:27 pm Earlier this week, in a transparent act of judicial slight-of-hand, two judges on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a pro-life bill in Mississippi unconstitutional.
They...
Europe’s High Court Needs to Air Mail Ruth Bader Ginsburg a Giant Eraser. Here’s Why.
Catholic Vote - Jul 31, 2014 at 3:26 pm I’ve been making the rounds on global [+1:49:10] and national [+51:33] radio this week, talking about a recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights that defended...
UN Abandons Children Born of Rape in War-Torn Countries When Women Reject Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jul 31, 2014 at 3:12 pm New York, NY (LifeNews/CFAM) — As the issue of sexual violence has risen at the UN, the matter of the children born of that violence has fallen precipitously.
Forgetting Children...
"I have overcome the world."
Saint Louis Catholic - Jul 31, 2014 at 3:10 pm As reported on other sites, I repost here. Pray for persecuted Catholics!Open Letter of His Excellency Youhanna Boutros (John Peter) Moshe, Syriac Catholic Archeparch of Mosul...
For Maple Grove couple, love proves to be a grave matter
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jul 31, 2014 at 3:03 pm It was here, among rows of tombstones at the St. Vincent de Paul parish cemetery in Brooklyn Park, where Dave and Kathy LaPlante had their first conversation in early July 2005....
Mother Arrested After Giving Birth During Lunch Break, Abandoning Baby, Returning to Work
LifeNews.com - Jul 31, 2014 at 2:50 pm A woman in Poland has been arrested after she left work for her lunch break, gave birth, abandoned her baby, and then returned to her office. Fortunately the baby was found alive...
Meriam Ibrahim to begin new life in the U.S.
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 31, 2014 at 2:48 pm From Religion News Service: Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith and then spared after an international campaign,...
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Knowing I'll Be Okay: Lessons From PTSD Sessions
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Jul 31, 2014 at 2:15 pm Today was my last session for my PTSD and it was bittersweet. I'm going to miss my therapist because she was so encouraging and positive but I also know that I no longer need the...
Meriam Ibrahim Finally Heads to U.S. After Being Sentenced to Death for Her Faith
LifeNews.com - Jul 31, 2014 at 2:08 pm The Sudanese woman who was pregnant and sentenced to death for not recanting her faith is finally headed for the United States after she spent weeks in a U.S. embassy after her...
Archdiocesan briefs
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jul 31, 2014 at 2:00 pm Being Called to Serve?
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Go Ruth Vader Go!
Creative Minority Report - Jul 31, 2014 at 1:58 pm U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Vader Ginsburg just announced that she has no plans to retire in the near future, according to The Hill.CMR says "You go girl.""My answer is, I...
Pro-Life Billboards Make it Clear: Real Men Support Pregnant Women and Their Unborn Baby
LifeNews.com - Jul 31, 2014 at 1:47 pm Cleveland, OH (LiveActionNews) — This month, Ohio Right To Life launched a new pro-life ad campaign in Cleveland’s low-income, majority black neighborhoods.
“African Americans...
A Brave Open Letter, by the Syriac Catholic Archbishop of MosulDo not give in to alarm or fatalism: Jesus has conquered the world.
Rorate Coeli - Jul 31, 2014 at 1:36 pm Due to the false videos, false rumors of destroyed churches, false rumors of invasion that cause great fear among an already frightened people, the Archbishop of Mosul (Syriac...
