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Today’s Catholic must-reads: 09/04/14
Catholic Herald - Apr 9, 2014 at 9:06 am Francis said the “brutal killing” of Fr Frans van der Lugt filled him with “profound pain” at the general audience this morning (full text).
The Pope began a new cycle of...
United Methodist Church Group Sends Money to Planned Parenthood Abortion Business
LifeNews.com - Apr 9, 2014 at 9:06 am Methodist Health Care Ministries whose logo claims they are serving humanity to honor God is giving money to the nation’s top abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
Methodist...
1st graders’ “Valentine’s Day” cards censored
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 9, 2014 at 8:59 am How bad are things getting? Had you told me a few years ago that schools would censor 1st graders’ “Valentine’s Day” cards for religious content, I would have laughed at you.
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Newly-Elected Government in Chile Turns Its Back on Unborn Babies
LifeNews.com - Apr 9, 2014 at 8:31 am There is a truth universally acknowledged that elections have consequences, and earlier this morning that truth was made manifest during national reports at the United Nations...
A Little Thing
CatholicMom.com - Apr 9, 2014 at 8:30 am Like most people I am sometimes over-committed. I am currently in this situation and struggling to get it all done and figure out how this happened again! Part of the problem is...
Argentine archdiocese places confession booths on the streets (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 9, 2014 at 8:05 am To view the video click here.
10 Things I Did Differently This Week Because John Paul II Existed
Catholic Vote - Apr 9, 2014 at 7:42 am The saints that will be canonized on April 27 changed Catholics’ lives dramatically – Pope John XXIII by opening the Second Vatican Council, and Pope John Paul II by implementing...
Lent survival tip No. 14: Twiddle your thumbs
OSV Daily Take - Apr 9, 2014 at 7:15 am Slow down, toss the watch and spend time with the Lord, other people. Throughout this Lenten season, we have talked about very specific ways to pray, fast and give alms, whether a...
Daily Homily: Abraham Rejoiced to See My Day
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 9, 2014 at 7:14 am ---
Genesis 17:3-9
Psalm 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 John 8:51-59
Jesus continues his discussion with the Jews in the temple (John 8:2-58). He first encountered the scribes and pharisees...
Washington mudslide disaster: the heart of the matter
GetReligion - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:52 am More than two weeks after the horrendous mudslide in Oso, Wash., news coverage is taking a different turn. Gone are the frenetic rescue stories and the first profiles of those...
In Passiontide: The Scala Sancta and the Prayers at the Foot of the AltarAnd a video: The Restoration of the Scala Sancta
Rorate Coeli - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:50 am Aufer a nobis, quaesumus, Dómine, iniquitátes nostras: ut ad Sancta sanctórum puris mereámur méntibus introíre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen. [Take away from us our...
Here’s what I need to remember today: Christ came on behalf of sinners
Communio - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:43 am Do not fall into despair because of your stumblings. I do not mean that you should not feel pain because of them, but that you should not consider them incurable. For it is better...
Lawyers warn of global push for 'gender identity' language
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:40 am Rome, Italy, Apr 9, 2014 / 05:40 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Attorneys working for human rights at the United Nations and other global organizations note a growing trend to introduce “...
Lawyers warn of global push for 'gender identity' language
EWTN - World Catholic News - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:40 am Rome, Italy, Apr 9, 2014 / 06:40 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Attorneys working for human rights at the United Nations and other
global organizations note a growing trend to introduce "...
Fighting poverty requires 'culture of encounter', expert says
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:32 am Washington D.C., Apr 9, 2014 / 06:32 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Challenging a modern culture which supports isolation and an indifference to poverty requires a personal connection with...
The Way of Shame: Moral Education in Northanger Abbey
Dominicana - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:30 am The third in a series considering Jane Austen in light of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas.
Teach us almighty father, to consider this solemn truth, as we should do, that we may feel...
“He saw the city and wept over it”
Catholic Vote - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:21 am In American electoral politics, we take for granted that liberals will win in the cities and conservatives will win in the country with the suburbs up for grabs. However, this is...
Suit Challenges School's Ban On Student's Religious Valentine's Cards
The Religion Clause - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:10 am Alliance Defending Freedom announced yesterday that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Nazareth, Pennsylvania elementary school student and his parents complaining that under...
Humanists Seek Recognition By Federal Prison On Same Terms As Theistic Religions
The Religion Clause - Apr 9, 2014 at 6:05 am The American Humanist Association announced yesterday that it has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons seeking require an Oregon federal prison to recognize...
