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Action Needed to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortions in Virginia
LifeNews.com - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:58 am This week and next the General Assembly is meeting again in Special Session to draw up a final budget for the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is critical that they hear from all of...
Francis’ message to the young: “I’m happy and at peace despite existing problems”
Vatican Insider - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:45 amArchbishop gives deposition, says safety of children is top priority
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:42 am In an April 2 deposition given in a Ramsey County court case, Archbishop John Nienstedt responded to questions about sexual abuse committed by clergy and how the Archdiocese of St...
Gosnell Movie Campaign Earns $300,000 in Just Five Days
LifeNews.com - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:39 am Filmmakers Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, along with journalist Magdalena Segieda, launched their ambitious new project this week, Gosnell: The Movie, in hopes of exposing the...
Daily Homily: This Is the Christ
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:39 am ---
Jeremiah 11:18-20 Psalm 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12 John 7:40-53
On the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus proclaims to the crowds that he will give living water to those...
Cardinal O’Brien allegations to be investigated by Vatican’s former chief prosecutor
Catholic Herald - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:37 am The Vatican has appointed its former chief prosecutor on clerical sex abuse to investigate allegations against Cardinal Keith O’Brien.
Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna of Malta...
Sunday Homily: I Am the Resurrection and the Life
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:33 am ---
Ezekiel 37:12-14 Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45
The raising of Lazarus from the dead is the sixth sign in John's Gospel. It is the sign that...
Papal message to new Syrian Orthodox patriarch
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:32 am Pope Francis has written a message to Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Karim, the new head of the Syrian Orthodox Church.
"It is my prayer that Your Holiness may be a spiritual father...
The Perspective of a Child
CatholicMom.com - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:30 am
The perspective of a child is simple. It is dependent upon those who raised the child and how they have loved them or neglected them. Children are vulnerable and clean of heart....
Saint Augustine on the Resurrection of Lazarus "Let none despair, but let none presume in himself"
Rorate Coeli - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:30 am Ait Iesus: "Tollite lapidem." Dicit ei Martha, soror eius, qui mortuus fuerat: "Domine, iam fœtet, quatriduanus est enim." Dicit ei Iesus: "Nonne dixi tibi quoniam si credideris...
USCCB: nearly 1,000 abuse allegations last year, 27 substantiated
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:23 am Details: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released their eleventh annual report on the progress of implementing the Charter for the Protection of Children and...
Love Conquers Death
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:23 am 1) Love conquers death. The Gospel passage that is proposed today by the Liturgy of the Mass invites us to contemplate the miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus[1] as a...
A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches - Part 9
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:16 am Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent - San Lorenzo in DamasoThe church is nicknamed from the Pope who founded it, St Damasus I (366-384), in honor of St Lawrence, who has more...
Apparently, I’m the “Epitome of Hilarity”
Snoring Scholar - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:16 am This morning, I read this on Facebook:
In the linked post, TJ says:
If you ever have the opportunity to meet, read or bother Sarah with 11PM Skype calls, make sure you’re ready to...
Those who follow Christ will face persecution, Pope observes
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:08 am Vatican City, Apr 4, 2014 / 07:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis dedicated his April 4 daily homily to the theme of persecution, noting that although many of the trials Saints...
Those who follow Christ will face persecution, Pope observes
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:08 am Vatican City, Apr 4, 2014 / 08:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis dedicated his April 4 daily homily to the theme of
persecution, noting that although many of the trials Saints...
Pope Francis congratulates the new Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East
News.va - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:06 am Vatican City, 4 April 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has sent a message to Ignatius Aphrem II, the new Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, congratulating him on...
Police and Church Unite to Combat Human Trafficking
News.va - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:05 am Vatican City, 4 April 2014 (VIS) – The second international conference on “Combating Human Trafficking: Church and law enforcement in partnership” will take place on 9 and 10...
The Pope to offer the faithful a pocket Gospel to the faithful at the next Sunday Angelus
News.va - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:05 am Vatican City, 4 April 2014 (VIS) – During the Sunday Angelus, and on various other occasions, Pope Francis has urged the faithful to carry a pocket-sized book of the Gospels and...
Working for the inclusion of Gypsies
News.va - Apr 4, 2014 at 8:05 am Vatican City, 4 April 2014 (VIS) – Published below are extracts from the message sent by Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care...
