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Ukrainian prelate raps Moscow patriarchate for failure to condemn Russian aggression in Crimea

Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:58 pm
Catholic World Report has provided a translation of an interview in which Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, speaks of the role...

A Saint’s Autobiography: Journal of a Soul

USCCB Media Blog - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:56 pm
(Photo by CNS) <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> By Father John Crossin, OSFS Rereading Pope John XXIII’s “Journal of a Soul” decades after its initial appearance in...

Fasting: Letting God fill our needs so to fill others’ needs

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:53 pm
In Catholic households across the country, it is very common to ask, “What are you giving up for Lent?” Many will say, they are giving up chocolate, junk food, Facebook or another...

Kickstarter Rejects Gosnell Movie Fundraiser Because of ‘Baby Stabbing’ Description

LifeNews.com - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Nearly a year after the end of the trial, there’s still opposition to telling the Kermit Gosnell story. Fox News Contributor Kirsten Powers appeared on FNC’s “The Kelly File”...

Breaking: Ninth Circuit Court suspends Arizona’s pro-life RU-486 regulations

LifeSiteNews - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:53 pm
by Ben Johnson SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 2, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has suspended an Arizona law regulating medication abortions, a provision...

The Surprising Humor of St. John XXIII

USCCB Media Blog - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:51 pm
<!--[if gte mso 9]> 800x600 <![endif]--> By Father James Martin. SJ One night, in the late 1980s, during a retreat as a first-year Jesuit novice, I was poking around...

Vatican II: The Call to Religious to Change

USCCB Media Blog - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:50 pm
<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> By Sister Doris Gottemoeller, RSM In 1993, I represented the Leadership Conference of Women Religious as an auditor at the Synod on...

Time to raise minimum wage

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:49 pm
What seemed unlikely even a year ago seems to be gaining support: raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. Wisconsin’s minimum wage matches the...

Pope John XXIII and the Quest or Ecumenism

USCCB Media Blog - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:45 pm
By John Borelli From the start, Pope John wanted the Second Vatican Council to be “ecumenical.” Of course, the Council would be one of the already twenty historic universal or “...

Ukrainian Catholic leader creates jurisdiction in eastern Ukraine

Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:42 pm
Amid continued tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has created a new ecclesiastical jurisdiction headquartered near the Russian...

Pope John XXIII enjoyed occasional 'escape' from Vatican, aide reveals

Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:39 pm
A Vatican aide who served in the papal household under Pope John XXIII has disclosed that "Good Pope John" would occasionally make secret unscheduled trips out of the Vatican,...

Musings of Future Priests (And an Occasional D Mac)

Creative Minority Report - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:39 pm
Perhaps you're one of those people who wonder where priests come from or what kind of guy is entering the seminary these days. "If I only I could listen on on the conversations of...

Lent survival tip No. 11: Kick sin to the curb

OSV Daily Take - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:32 pm
Here are five ways to give it a try. This week, try fasting from sin. Craziness? Maybe, maybe not. Christians really are supposed to do this all the time. But, then again, the...

Transhumanist Children's Book Says "Death is Enemy of Us All"

Creative Minority Report - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:30 pm
*subhead*Where does that leave Heaven?*subhead*Transhumanism is everywhere. We are being steeped in it like a tea bag in hot water. Not all the images are favorable, but shows...

At border Mass, bishops call for compassion, immigration reform

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:28 pm
NOGALES, Ariz. — With the backdrop a few feet away of the rusted iron slats of the 30-foot wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley and a dozen other...

Pro-life sidewalk counselor gunned down as wife prepares to deliver their first child

LifeSiteNews - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:18 pm
by Ben Johnson INDIANAPOLIS, IN, April 2, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 24-year-old sidewalk counselor was gunned down in cold blood early Monday morning, and police have no idea...

Christianity Is Not an April Fool's Joke

Creative Minority Report - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:07 pm
I think this sums up the irrationality behind the accusation that the disciples pretended Jesus existed or rose from the dead. HT Catholic Memes*subhead*Funny cause it's true.*...

Planned Parenthood opposes lawmaker with Gosnell victim tie

Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:04 pm
Philadelphia, Pa., Apr 2, 2014 / 12:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Planned Parenthood has decided not to endorse a Pennsylvania lawmaker who supported increasing health regulations for...

UK bishops assure Catholic MPs they won’t be denied Communion for backing same-sex ‘marriage’

LifeSiteNews - Apr 2, 2014 at 1:00 pm
by Hilary White LONDON, April 2, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales assured Catholic Members of Parliament this week were that there...
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