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Cameroon's president meets with Pontiff
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2013 at 1:26 pm Pope Francis met on October 18 with President Paul Biya of Cameroon.
A brief Vatican statement released after the meeting indicated that the talks had centered on relations...
Brazil: proposal would allow churches to decline same-sex marriages
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2013 at 1:24 pm A Brazilian legislative commission on human rights has recommended a measure ensuring that religious bodies would not be require to solemnize same-sex marriages.
Since a court...
Thomas Aquinas College Mourns Founder Dr. Ronald P. McArthur
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 18, 2013 at 1:22 pm Dr. Michael McLean, president of TAC, said in a statement: "We thank God for blessing us with this good, holy man, who was our mentor, our colleague, our teacher, and our friend...
Sexual behavior and the absence of common sense
LifeSiteNews - Oct 18, 2013 at 1:02 pm by Judie Brown October 18, 2013 (ALL.org) - Common sense is not the exclusive domain of any particular group of people, but in our day and age it seems to be about as prehistoric...
99% of People With Down Syndrome Happy With Their Lives, Don’t Abort Them
LifeNews.com - Oct 18, 2013 at 12:51 pm The recent debate on abortion for anencephaly in Northern Ireland has reopened the wider debate on abortion for fetal disability.
It is worth, in this context, remaking the point...
I Made Cheese!
Creative Minority Report - Oct 18, 2013 at 12:33 pm I like to make things with my own hands, from scratch, in all 4 food groups.
I have my sourdough starter alive for 4+ years and have made hundreds of loaves of awesome bread...
Church Gives Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz a Humanitarian Award
LifeNews.com - Oct 18, 2013 at 12:27 pm The Universalist Church has come under criticism for years for taking a strongly pro-abortion position. That criticism will only deepen thanks to a local church in Albion, New...
Five Things To Remember On Oct. 18
USCCB Media Blog - Oct 18, 2013 at 12:25 pm 1. Pope Francis made his first English-language address today, which you can watch here.
2. Cardinal Timothy Dolan had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on immigration...
Malaysian court bars non-Muslims from using term 'Allah'
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 18, 2013 at 12:21 pm Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct 18, 2013 / 11:21 am (CNA).- An appeals court in Malaysia has prohibited non-Muslims from using the word “Allah” to refer to deities, even though it is...
The Common Good of Hidden Maternity
Incarnation and Modernity - Oct 18, 2013 at 12:08 pm ______ This is the second article in a series on maternity. See also The Hidden Face of Love. They are everywhere, unknown. Countless women whose maternal nature is unobserved,...
Julián Carrón speaks of Pope Francis
Communio - Oct 18, 2013 at 12:07 pm Milan, October 16, 2013
Dear friends,
On Friday, October 11th, I had the grace of being received in a private audience by Pope Francis. I experienced in person what we have been...
Awesome Video of His Holiness Benedict XVI
Quartermaster of the Barque - Oct 18, 2013 at 12:00 pm Welcoming a statue of Our Lady of Fatima. He looks well, praise God.
Here.
Kansas Suspends Phill Kline’s License for Investigating Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Oct 18, 2013 at 11:57 am In a detailed 154-page decision, the Kansas Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended the law license of former state Attorney General Phill Kline for 11 ethics violations related...
18 Oct: Faint Lunar Eclipse
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 18, 2013 at 11:41 am Just to remind us of who we are and who we are not, this is from SpaceWeather:
Space Weather News for Oct. 18, 2013http://spaceweather.com
FAINT LUNAR ECLIPSE: On the night of...
Papal encouragement for conference on evangelization in Philippines
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2013 at 11:38 am In a video message to the 1st Philippine Conference on the New Evangelization, Pope Francis said: "Let the Holy Spirit renew creation and bring forth justice and peace in the...
Pollution threatens masterpieces of Sistine Chapel
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2013 at 11:37 am Pollution is threatening the priceless frescoes by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the director of the Vatican Museums has reported.
Antonio Paolucci told a...
Israeli premier to meet with Pontiff
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2013 at 11:37 am Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Pope Francis next week during a visit to Italy, the Israeli government has announced.
The Vatican has not formally...
Pope praises renewed ICEL for liturgical translations
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 18, 2013 at 11:37 am Pope Francis met on October 18 with the members of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL), and praised the group for having "contributed to the...
Mom of 9 Kids, Quintuplets: “I’ve Been Given a Gift to Have Babies”
LifeNews.com - Oct 18, 2013 at 11:32 am These days, fertility seems to be more a burden to couples than a blessing. Large families were once a staple of the world, but lately they’ve become something of a spectacle – a...