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No More War! Says Pope Francis During Audience
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm "No more war!" Pope Francis exclaimed after today's catechesis at the general audience. This appeal was made as the Holy Father reflected on the assassination of Dutch Jesuit ...
Cameroon Archbishop Visits War-torn Central African Republic
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm After a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), Archbishop Samuel Kleda of Doula, president of the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, conveyed his solidarity to those...
Pope Sends Condolences at Death of Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm This morning, Pope Francis sent a telegram to Iraq expressing his condolences to the patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis Raphaël I Sako, recognizing the death of Cardinal...
Pope's Audience: Pray for the gift of wisdom (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm To view the video click here.
10 Things I Did Differently This Week Because John Paul II Existed
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm 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...
Pope Francis to make two pastoral visits over summer
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:23 pm Vatican City, Apr 8, 2014 / 05:23 pm (CNA).- This coming summer, Pope Francis will make two pastoral visits inside of Italy, following two previous trips to the Italian cities of...
Canon Law and the Bishops’ Border Mass
Catholic Vote - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:21 pm Canon lawyer Ed Peters has a good and interesting blog post on the recent celebration of Mass on the U.S.-Mexico border by some American Bishops. He suggests that here the...
Court upholds ban on religious services in NYC public schools
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 8, 2014 at 6:02 pm New York City, N.Y., Apr 8, 2014 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A federal appeals court has upheld a New York City policy prohibiting religious services in public school buildings,...
Minnesota Senate Votes Against Ban on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions
LifeNews.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 5:41 pm An effort to finally end taxpayer funded abortions in the state has been defeated in the Minnesota Senate today. The pro-life amendment is strongly supported by Minnesota...
Prayer, charity surround John XXIII, John Paul II being declared saints
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 8, 2014 at 5:29 pm The rite of canonization for Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II April 27 will use the standard formula for the creation of new saints, but the Mass will be preceded by the...
Supporters of Feminist Professor Who Assaulted Teen Call Pro-Lifer a “Domestic Terrorist”
LifeNews.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 5:17 pm Pro-lifers who display graphic images of aborted children are like “domestic terrorists” who invade communities and make women feel unsafe, said a UCSB student supporter of a pro-...
Spending My Lent with a Notebook and a Chunk of Time
CatholicMom.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 5:00 pm The snow is melting at last and the temperature is moderating. Birds are singing and the days are once again longer than the nights. It’s the late winter/early spring, that time...
Russian lawmaker proposes constitutional amendment banning gay ‘marriage’
LifeSiteNews - Apr 8, 2014 at 4:59 pm by Catherine Briggs MOSCOW, RUSSIA, April 8th, 2014, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leader of one of Russia’s political parties has introduced an initiative to modify the country’s...
Russian lawmaker proposes constitutional amendment banning gay ‘marriage’
LifeSiteNews - Apr 8, 2014 at 4:58 pm by Catherine Briggs MOSCOW, RUSSIA, April 8, 2014, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leader of one of Russia’s political parties has introduced an initiative to modify the country’s...
Abortion Activists Call Parents of Baby Who Lived Just 10 Hours “Selfish” for Not Aborting Her
LifeNews.com - Apr 8, 2014 at 4:45 pm Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — Bristol Palin spotlighted the amazing and heartbreaking story of Sophia Kyla Dennis, daughter of Lindsey and Kevin. At 20 weeks pregnant, Lindsey...
Climate change & 'the afterlife'
Commonweal - Apr 8, 2014 at 4:42 pm There’s an interesting quote from Jonathan Schell in the New Yorker’s recent remembrance of the late author. Schell, who in his book The Fate of the Earth “brought home the sheer...
‘Domino’ singer comes out…as straight
LifeSiteNews - Apr 8, 2014 at 4:33 pm by Ben Johnson LONDON, April 8, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jessie J, the singer of the worldwide pop hit “Domino,” has come out of the closet: she says she is straight and looking...
Backlash mounts against the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Christian photographers’ appeal
LifeSiteNews - Apr 8, 2014 at 4:29 pm by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., April 8, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – By refusing to hear an appeal, the Supreme Court let stand a New Mexico court ruling that states business...
BREAKING: 16-year-old boy arrested in slaying of Nathan Trapuzzano
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 8, 2014 at 4:24 pm Details: Police have arrested a 16-year-old in connection with last week’s murder of 24-year-old father-to-be Nathan Trapuzzano. Simeon Adams, 16, Indianapolis, is being held at...
Scott Walker’s new spokesperson raises questions
Catholic Vote - Apr 8, 2014 at 4:07 pm
It’s no big secret that Scott Walker is thinking about a presidential run in 2016. But first he has to win reelection as Governor of Wisconsin this fall.
And to help his...
