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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 2, 2014 at 12:01 pm NEW YORK — Patrons are unlikely to walk away from the overstuffed but diverting 3-D comic-book sequel “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ (Columbia) feeling that they’ve failed to get...
Agency makes push on Medicaid, food stamp bill
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - May 2, 2014 at 11:44 am By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter:@josephkenny2
The Missouri Catholic Conference is making a last-minute push on bills before state legislators before they...
Newspaper reporter critiqued by GetReligion fires back
GetReligion - May 2, 2014 at 11:39 am .@TipsForJesus still leaves $$$, so for #Easter, we asked ethicists – is it moral? http://t.co/Nmvb0cyEoF pic.twitter.com/nhAZPrBsF2 — Megan Finnerty (@MeganMFinnerty) April 17,...
Pro-Life Leader Has Plan Cancelled Under Obamacare, Now Forced to Pay for Abortions
LifeNews.com - May 2, 2014 at 11:37 am Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Connecticut pro-life leader and his family that are losing their health plan due to Obamacare filed suit in federal court...
Crisis Has a Remarkably Silly Piece Up
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2014 at 11:13 am denouncing Yr. Obdt. Svt. as an “Inquisitor” because I express the opinion that Libertarianism is a species of heresy. What I mean, of course, is that libertarian thought does...
Ahead of UN meeting, Holy See condemns “any form of torture, degrading treatment or punishment”
The Deacon's Bench - May 2, 2014 at 11:10 am This statement was released by the Vatican Press Office today. How timely: Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr Federico Lombardi, has issued a statement in which he...
More Human Embryos Destroyed in Grisly Human Cloning Experiments
LifeNews.com - May 2, 2014 at 11:01 am On the heels of the announcement that researchers were able to clone two adult men and destroy those cloned embryos for stem cells, another group funded by the New York Stem Cell...
Meatless Friday: African Vegetables
CatholicMom.com - May 2, 2014 at 11:00 am
“African vegetables” makes this dish sound so exotic…would you believe it’s all staples that you can find at your local supermarket, many from the frozen section? And it’s EASY...
Pope says he cried over images of Christians allegedly crucified
Catholic Herald - May 2, 2014 at 10:59 am Pope Francis said he cried when he recently saw images of Christians allegedly killed by crucifixion.
“Still today there are people who kill, who persecute in the name of God,” he...
Worth noting: the pope’s prayer intentions for May
The Deacon's Bench - May 2, 2014 at 10:58 am From the Vatican: Pope Francis’ universal prayer intention for May is: “That the media may be instruments in the service of truth and peace”. His intention for evangelisation is...
Venice Day 9 – Of St. Athanasius and risotto
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 2, 2014 at 10:53 am This morning we had our Mass at Santo Stefano, quite beautiful though dark on this dark, gray, rainy day.
Some Tintoretto… you know… same ol’…
Okay, forget about the Tintoretto...
“Every good homily always begins on your knees”
The Deacon's Bench - May 2, 2014 at 10:39 am Photo by Michael Alexander/Georgia Bulletin Some wise words from Atlanta’s archbishop to a group of diaconate directors last week, from The Georgia Bulletin: Speaking to a...
He met a martyr’s, not a soldier’s death
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 2, 2014 at 10:38 am St. Florian of Lorch traveled widely — at least in death. Florian was born in the mid-3rd century in or near modern Vienna. He joined the Roman army and eventually becoming a...
Archbishop says botched execution highlights brutality of death penalty
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 2, 2014 at 10:35 am OKLAHOMA CITY — Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said the botched execution April 29 of an Oklahoma inmate “highlights the brutality of the death penalty” and should...
Democrat Walks Out of Prayer Event After James Dobson Calls Obama “The Abortion President”
LifeNews.com - May 2, 2014 at 10:29 am President Barack Obama has a laundry list of a pro-abortion record. He has promoted and supported abortion at every turn. He’s stacked his administration with abortion advocates,...
Pope: I cried over reports of crucified Christians
Catholic News Agency - General - May 2, 2014 at 10:28 am Vatican City, May 2, 2014 / 09:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his daily homily on May 2, Pope Francis said that he wept over recent news of Christians allegedly being crucified,...
Pope: I cried over reports of crucified Christians
EWTN - Vatican News - May 2, 2014 at 10:28 am Vatican City, May 2, 2014 / 10:28 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In his daily homily on May 2, Pope Francis said that he wept over recent news of Christians allegedly being crucified,...
Canonizations: Symbolic of Holy See-UK Relations
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 2, 2014 at 10:13 am The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, as representatives of the Queen of England, were among the many delegates in attendance at the canonizations of Saint John XXIII and Saint John...
Appreciating the Gift of Motherhood {Moms’ Night Out: A Real Life Look}
CatholicMom.com - May 2, 2014 at 10:00 am Editor’s note: Today we have another installment of our Moms’ Night Out: A Real Life Look series, where our writers share how this movie resonated with them, how it touched them...
Planned Parenthood Abortion Doc Surrenders License After Sexually Molesting Patients
LifeNews.com - May 2, 2014 at 9:59 am A former Planned Parenthood abortionist has surrendered his Massachusetts medical license amid allegations that he sexually molested patients – many under anesthesia – during...
