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Good News for a New Year-- and an Invitation, Too: Traditional Rite Baptism in Jefferson City Diocese
Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 4, 2018 at 10:52 am A kind reader in the Diocese of Jefferson City asked me to share his good news, which I am happy to do (slightly edited): __________________Timman-Long time follower. Thanks for...
Dubia Cardinal urges faithful: Hold fast to tradition amid Church confusion
LifeSiteNews - Jan 4, 2018 at 10:38 am In a wide-ranging interview, Cardinal Brandmüller discusses Luther, the Dubia, the LGBT agenda, and growing confusion in the Church.
What No One Is Telling You About Iran
LifeSiteNews - Jan 4, 2018 at 10:36 am Iranian Muslims are converting to Christianity at an unprecedented pace. It could be time for this great, hidden story to be known to the whole world.
IMPORTANT: Bishop Athanasius Schneider interview with Rorate Caeli on "Profession of the Immutable Truths", communion for "divorced and remarried"
Rorate Coeli - Jan 4, 2018 at 10:32 am Bishop Athanasius Schneider -- auxiliary of Astana, Kazakhstan, and one of the original three drafters of this week's Profession of the Immutable Truths in response to Amoris...
Each Vocation is a Vocation to Maternity
CatholicMom.com - Jan 4, 2018 at 10:30 am Mary Cassatt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
As I was grappling with what it means to be a woman, free from passing cultural attitudes but instead from an eternal...
BOOK NOTES – What I’m receiving and reading about the “spirit of Vatican II”, the Devil, priests in history
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 4, 2018 at 10:21 am I have a lot of books stacked up. Happily, I receive them from authors and publishers. I can’t possibly get to them all. But I can get to some.
For example…
Among the books I...
Across the Universe: What is life?
The Catholic Astronomer - Jan 4, 2018 at 10:12 am
This column first ran in The Tablet in January 2015 Every year, the University of Arizona’s College of Sciences puts on a public lecture series; the 2015 theme was “Life in the...
WATCH: Pro-Abortion Student Defends Infanticide. Killing a 2-Year-Old Baby is Okay Because “It Can’t Communicate”
LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2018 at 10:06 am A pro-abortion student has been filmed on video defending infanticide, saying there is nothing wrong with killing a two-year-old baby. The student at the University of Tennessee,...
Eleventh Day of Christmas from the Catholic Poet
Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 4, 2018 at 9:59 am Merry Christmas! Yes, the photo you see is real. It shows the actual 2017 Christmas light display on the hedge at Bob Dylan's Malibu home.Let Bob be Bob, people.
President Trump named ‘pro-life person of the year’ for 2017
LifeSiteNews - Jan 4, 2018 at 9:53 am Trump has already accomplished more for the pro-life agenda than any other president, says Operation Rescue.
US cardinal pays tribute to deceased Mormon president
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2018 at 9:39 am Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has paid tribute to Thomas Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Doctors’ Group: It Should be Legal for Women to Kill Their Own Babies in Abortions
LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2018 at 9:31 am Abortion activists once claimed that abortions need to be legal to protect women from dangerous back alley and self-induced abortions.
But it has become increasingly clear that...
USCCB president mourns death of the Mormons’ president, Thomas Monson
Franciscan Media - Jan 4, 2018 at 9:18 am
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, mourned the death of Thomas S. Monson, president of the...
Planned Parenthood Celebrates Killing 7.6 Million Babies in Abortions
LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2018 at 9:15 am As the pro-life movement prepares for the 45th annual March for Life, here’s a number the liberal media are unlikely to report: Planned Parenthood has committed 7.6 million...
3 Minutes with Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle
CatholicMom.com - Jan 4, 2018 at 9:00 am Lately, I’ve been thinking about how busy we all are these days. Too busy to do housework, to cook, to plan, to communicate. Too busy to read. Too busy to pray.
Too busy.
I share...
Plan for this must-cover Godbeat item in 2018: The 50th anniversary of 'Humanae Vitae'
GetReligion - Jan 4, 2018 at 9:00 am Rightly or wrongly, most papal encyclicals land in newsrooms with a thud.
But there were no yawns in 1968 when Pope Paul VI issued his birth-control edict “Humanae Vitae,” which...
Much of eastern US affected by bomb cyclone
Aleteia - Jan 4, 2018 at 8:46 am At least a dozen deaths, thousands without power, snow for first time in parts of the SouthParts of the South and southeastern United States saw its first snow ever, while areas...
The five bishops are surely not alone in being concerned about Communion
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2018 at 8:43 am The news that five bishops have made a declaration upholding the Church’s teaching about marriage and its teaching about divorce is cheering news. At the same time it is...
A new kingdom for all humanity
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 4, 2018 at 8:41 am A Scripture scholar once told me that it is very important to pay attention to the minor characters in Scripture stories. This advice is especially true with respect to the...
Ministry of ushers has a long history
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 4, 2018 at 8:36 am The Living Rite column explores what you will see, hear, taste, touch or smell while at church this weekend.
We all know something about the story of the Magi that we hear in the...
