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Court says rule too rigid for execution exemption over mental ability
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 29, 2014 at 10:51 am WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court May 27 tossed out Florida’s standard for determining when someone’s intelligence level renders them exempt from execution.
In a 5-4 decision, the...
Five Things To Remember On May 29
USCCB Media Blog - May 29, 2014 at 10:45 am 1. Several U.S. Bishops took part in a Mass in Washington today to bring attention to immigration reform. “The time to act is now,” said Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop...
Youth Day encourages teens to embrace their faith
The Busy Catholic - May 29, 2014 at 10:40 am Speaker Jackie Francois Angel urges young people to ask tough questions of Catholic Church
This year's Youth Day welcomed keynote speaker Chris Padgett, from Steubenville, Ohio,...
New Blog Shows Teens How to Get Abortion Without Telling Their Parents
LifeNews.com - May 29, 2014 at 10:34 am Washington DC (LiveActionNews) — As if teenagers didn’t already feel misunderstood by their parents, here comes a zine to help distance them from their parents. Hot off the...
WDTPRS Ascension – Our humanity, “raised beyond the heights of archangels”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 29, 2014 at 10:25 am On my planet, this coming Sunday is the 7th Sunday after Easter, Ascension Thursday having fallen on Thursday.
In most places Ascension Thursday has been transferred to Sunday,...
Vatican has named two bishops being investigated for abuse
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 10:19 am Pope Francis told reporters on Tuesday that “three bishops are under investigation” for misdeeds related to the sexual abuse of minors and that “one has already been condemned and...
Absence and Presence
Commonweal - May 29, 2014 at 10:18 am John Eliot Gardiner's magnificent recordings of Bach's Cantatas (Soli Deo Gloria label) includes on one CD the four works which Bach composed to celebrate the Feast of the...
Oldie posts on the Ascension of the Lord
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 29, 2014 at 10:16 am I have in the past posted variously about the Ascension of the Lord.
For example:
PODCAzT 101: Preface for Ascension [2010]
The Ascension and Feet [2011]
PODCAzT 27: Leo on the...
She Ran a Late-Term Abortion Clinic for 10 Years, Now She Urges Pro-Lifers to Protest There
LifeNews.com - May 29, 2014 at 10:09 am John Barros, who counsels outside a later term abortion clinic in Orlando has spoken to a woman who used to run an abortion clinic in the state.
John writes, “A lady stopped by...
Quebec bishops: Euthanasia bill would bring ‘grave and harmful consequences’
LifeSiteNews - May 29, 2014 at 10:07 am by John-Henry Westen QUEBEC CITY, May 29, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a strongly worded letter the Assembly of Bishops of Quebec (AEQ) has urged the faithful to “urgently”...
Will abortion ever be ‘settled’?
LifeSiteNews - May 29, 2014 at 9:56 am by Joe Scheidler “History will sort out right and wrong,” Josh Noel assures us of this in his May 27 Chicago Tribune column. Noel’s column features a photo (at right) of...
Belgian doctors kill 5 per day
LifeSiteNews - May 29, 2014 at 9:49 am by Wesley J. Smith Belgium has jumped head first into the darkness that is the culture of death. Euthanasia deaths–the ones recorded, more are done sub rosa–have gone up 27% in...
Meriam Ibrahim Was Forced to Give Birth to Baby Maya While in Chains
LifeNews.com - May 29, 2014 at 9:45 am The first pictures have emerged today of Meriam Ibrahim’s newborn baby named Maya. The pregnant Christian woman gave birth in chains while in a Sudanese prison because of her...
Meatless Friday Thursday: Ascension Thursday Thursday Edition
Saint Louis Catholic - May 29, 2014 at 9:43 am Fact: Our Lord ascended to heaven on a Thursday. Suggestion: Why not celebrate this Feast on a Thursday, namely Ascension Thursday?Fact: The Sunday after Ascension Thursday has...
Live Action exposes Planned Parenthood – Will media note?
LifeSiteNews - May 29, 2014 at 9:36 am by Kathryn Yoder It seems like prime media bait: a group accusing a taxpayer funded organization of horrors from racism to sex trafficking. Except that the story is centered on...
The Deacon Sandy Chronicles
Creative Minority Report - May 29, 2014 at 9:32 am Sometimes you just have to laugh. A little gallows humor on the state of the liturgy.I am sure most of you remember Deacon Sandy and the Good Shepherd parish in Menomonee Falls,...
Nebraska Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Marriage Law in Same-Sex Divorce Appeal
Thomas More Society - May 29, 2014 at 9:28 am Thomas More Society-Omaha Amicus Brief Supports Attorney General’s Defense of Marriage Law (May 29, 2014 – Omaha, Nebraska) – Yesterday, the Nebraska Supreme Court heard oral...
Pope Francis Sends Encouragement to Young Recipients of Caritas Award
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 29, 2014 at 9:25 am Pope Francis has sent a message of encouragement to 1,000 young people in Scotland who are the recipients of the Caritas Award, praying that they “may continue to courageously...
Your guide to avoiding a fête worse than death
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 9:19 am For a very un-English word, “fête” has become something quintessentially English. Fêtes are often one of the few occasions where a community gathers for the sake of gathering. In...
Eastern Ukraine bishop: Catholics are too frightened to attend Mass
Catholic Herald - May 29, 2014 at 9:15 am A Catholic bishop in eastern Ukraine said church members are afraid to attend Mass in Donetsk and other towns after a priest from Poland was abducted by pro-Russia separatists.
“...
