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Did you pray today?
The Deacon's Bench - May 1, 2014 at 2:19 pm This is the National Day of Prayer—every day, for some of us, is a day of prayer!—and there’s some interesting background on this day, from the folks at the Pew Center: Today is...
Victory: Maryland county drops lawsuit against crisis pregnancy center Centro Tepeyac
LifeSiteNews - May 1, 2014 at 2:19 pm by Dustin Siggins MONTGOMERY, MD, May 1, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Maryland county has dropped its lawsuit against a crisis pregnancy center near the nation's capital, which...
National Poetry Month, Continued
Commonweal - May 1, 2014 at 2:13 pm April may be over, but poety lives on! Here are some poetry links worth clicking on.
Michael Robbins, a Commonweal contributor, has an essay on James Dickey in the new issue of ...
The Second Joyful Mystery: The Visitation
CatholicMom.com - May 1, 2014 at 2:00 pm The Second Joyful Mystery is the Visitation. Mary, newly pregnant, travels to be with her cousin Elizabeth, who is in her seventh month with her son, the future John the Baptist...
Pope to greet new commission on abuse prevention as it meets first time
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 1, 2014 at 1:59 pm VATICAN CITY — A new papal commission for protecting minors from sexual abuse was meeting for the first time to discuss its mandate and expand input from more countries.
Pope...
Esteemed Canonist Edward Peters…..
Quartermaster of the Barque - May 1, 2014 at 1:55 pm …..Delivers Five Points regarding a married Roman Priesthood.
Planned Parenthood Completely Ignored the Sexual Abuse of a 12-Year-Old Girl
LifeNews.com - May 1, 2014 at 1:55 pm Washington, DC (LiveActionFilms) – In 1990, “Mary Jean Doe” (a pen name used for anonymity) told her story of child sexual abuse to SisterLife magazine. At the age of 12, Mary...
Five Things To Remember On May 1
USCCB Media Blog - May 1, 2014 at 1:55 pm 1. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, president of the USCCB, said in appointmenting new members to the National Review Board, that it "plays a vital role as a consultative...
Maltese bishop opposes 'melting' bodies as alternative to creation
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2014 at 1:47 pm In Malta, Bishop Charles Scicluna has voiced his opposition to a proposal to "melt" human corpses, as an alternative to burial or cremation.
"I don't think that this is in line...
Southern Poverty Law Center’s List of “Hate Groups”
Quartermaster of the Barque - May 1, 2014 at 1:43 pm From Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 3rd. Ed.:
Hate: 1 to have strong dislike or ill will for; loathe; despise 2 to dislike or wish to avoid; shrink from…..
According to...
Taiwan's non-Catholic vice-president received Communion at canonization ceremonies
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2014 at 1:38 pm The vice president of Taiwan, who is not a Catholic, has come under criticism for receiving Communion during the canonization Mass for Popes John Paul II and John XXIII.
It is...
Fem site: Mayweather ‘Bats**t insane’ for leaving ex for aborting twins
LifeSiteNews - May 1, 2014 at 1:38 pm by Kathryn Yoder He’s popular, famous, the world’s highest paid athlete – and pro-life? Cue the media backlash. American professional boxer Floyd Mayweather just announced on...
Billboard Outside Kickstarter HQ Blasts It for Censoring Kermit Gosnell Movie
LifeNews.com - May 1, 2014 at 1:36 pm Here’s a message Kickstarter won’t miss.
Hat Tip Films, responsible for the Gosnell movie, erected a billboard slamming Kickstarter – a half mile away from Kickstarter’s...
Pope Francis makes constant requests to St. Joseph
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2014 at 1:35 pm Pope Francis keeps a small wooden statue of St. Joseph at his residence, and routinely writes prayer petitions that he slips beneath the statue, reports Andrea Tornielli of La ...
A challenging but worthwhile read on U.S. church and how it changes
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 1, 2014 at 1:31 pm Peter McDonough, professor emeritus at Arizona State University and twice a Fulbright fellow, begins his book “The Catholic Labyrinth” with these words: “The argument of this book...
Puerto Rico diocese loses court right, must hand over abuse records
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2014 at 1:29 pm A Catholic diocese in Puerto Rico has lost a court battle to stop release of internal records concerning sex-abuse allegations.
The Diocese of Arecibo had brought suit to block a...
She looked the man who killed her entire family in the face, and said, ‘I forgive you’
LifeSiteNews - May 1, 2014 at 1:20 pm by Jonathon van Maren I’ve had the privilege of meeting a number of people in the past several years who taught me something profound about the nature of forgiveness, people who...
Planned Parenthood abortionist: Tonya Reaves ‘was kind of giggling’
LifeSiteNews - May 1, 2014 at 1:19 pm by Cheryl Sullenger CHICAGO, May 1, 2014 (Operation Rescue) - With the assistance of the Thomas More Society, Operation Rescue has obtained a copy of the sworn deposition of...
Quintessential for May 1
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Transition on the road to priesthood
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson is expected to ordain 10 men to the transitional diaconate at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3...
Rescue workers save over 400 migrants at Lampedusa
Catholic Culture - World News - May 1, 2014 at 1:18 pm More than 400 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea and brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa on April 30, Vatican Radio reports.
The migrants brought to Lampedusa...
