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Abortionist Complains About Pro-Lifers Passing Out Flyers Asking People to Pray for Him

LifeNews.com - May 28, 2014 at 5:06 pm
A Houston, Texas abortionist says fliers that say he performs abortions and asks his neighbors to pray for him is the pro-life way of “upping the ante.” Abortionist Bernard l....

LA priest says he has lived his vocation 'from my mother's womb'

Catholic News Agency - General - May 28, 2014 at 5:01 pm
Los Angeles, Calif., May 28, 2014 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- A young Nigerian priest who serves the Hispanic community in California says he received his vocation in his mother's womb....

Russian patriarch charges Ukrainian Catholics promote 'Russophobic' attitudes

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 4:56 pm
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has accused the Ukrainian Catholic Church of "engaging in direct political activities" and encouraging "Russophobic" attitudes in Ukraine....

Cardinal Baldisseri clarifies thoughts on 'updating' Church teaching about marriage

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 4:50 pm
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri said that he was not calling for a change in Church teachings on marriage in an email interview with the National Catholic Register. The secretary-...

Aide suggested Archbishop Nienstedt should step down

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 4:49 pm
The former vicar general of the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese suggested that Archbishop John Nienstedt consider resignation because of fallout from the mishandling of sex-abuse...

Vatican calls meeting for charities active with Syrian refugees

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 4:48 pm
The Pontifical Council Cor Unum, which handles the charitable acitivites of the Holy See, has called together Catholic relief agencies to discuss responses to the refugee crisis...

She Lost Both Arms When Her Mother Tried to Kill Her, After Adoption Now She’s a Happy Mom

LifeNews.com - May 28, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Here at LifeNews, we have a special place in our hearts for the disabled and for adoption. In a world where abortion is chosen so easily, babies who are placed for adoption show...

More than 130 pro-life candidates elected in Ireland after ‘Vote Pro-Life’ drive

LifeSiteNews - May 28, 2014 at 4:20 pm
by LifeSiteNews staff DUBLAND, Ireland, May 28, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Sixty-five percent of the 200 pro-life candidates identified by the Life Institute for Election 2014 went...

Fire in Philippines tent claims kills 7 in family that survived typhoon

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 28, 2014 at 4:07 pm
TACLOBAN, Philippines — A mother and her six children who survived the floods and winds of Typhoon Haiyan died May 28 when their tent in a camp near the city’s airport went up in...

Swiss euthanasia advocates will assist elderly in suicide even without illness

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 4:02 pm
A Swiss organization that promotes euthanasia, Exit, has decided to provide services for elderly people even if they are not suffering from any illness. To date Exit has offered...

Laos: Christian students barred from taking year-end tests

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 4:01 pm
A local official in Salsomboon, Laos, has ruled three young girls will not be allowed to take year-end examinations because they "forfeited their right to education" by embracing...

Just posted: Douthat responds to Bottum on same-sex marriage

Commonweal - May 28, 2014 at 4:01 pm
You may remember the controversial essay from Joseph Bottum we published last summer, “The Things We Share,” in which the former editor of First Things wrote it was no longer...

Vandals attack Catholic shrine in India

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Vandals smashed statues in a display of the Stations of the Cross in Warangal, in India's Andhra Pradesh state, the AsiaNews service reports. While priests were absent, the...

Beatification of Pius XII blocked by absence of approved miracle

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 4:00 pm
The cause for beatification of Pope Pius XII has not moved forward because there has not been a miracle attributed to his intercession, Pope Francis told reporters during his May...

Sudanese Christian woman facing death sentence gives birth in prison

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 3:59 pm
A Sudanese woman who faces a death sentence for converting to Christianity has given birth to a baby girl in prison. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim has been sentenced to death for apostasy...

Census Bureau will recognize same-sex 'families'

Catholic Culture - World News - May 28, 2014 at 3:58 pm
The US Census Bureau has announced that it will categorize same-sex couples as "families." The Census Bureau said that the change in policy was warranted by the shift in American...

Pro-Life Group Excluded From Peace Parade for Being Pro-Life

LifeNews.com - May 28, 2014 at 3:56 pm
Rochester, NY (LiveActionNews) —Every year in Rochester, NY, an organization called Metro Justice holds a Peace Parade on Memorial Day . The organization claims to fight for “...

New Live Action project exposes Planned Parenthood’s illegal practices, urges Congress cut funding

LifeSiteNews - May 28, 2014 at 3:49 pm
by Dustin Siggins ARLINGTON, VA, May 28, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- Six years of undercover videos and phone calls show that Planned Parenthood engages in illegal and unethical...

SSPX Bp. Fellay on Pope Francis: "He has read the biography of Abp. Lefebvre twice - and he liked it."And some other important revelations

Rorate Coeli - May 28, 2014 at 3:46 pm
In a visit to the French city of Fabregues on May 11 (that is, the day following Rorate's revelation of his meeting with Pope Francis), the Superior-General of the Society of...
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