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American brother in Kenya reburied after thieves desecrate grave
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 23, 2013 at 3:03 pm The body of an American-born Catholic religious will be reburied in the Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya, after thieves desecrated his grave.
The grave robbers had exhumed and then...
Washington state attorney general: hospitals must perform abortions
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 23, 2013 at 3:02 pm The attorney general of the state of Washington has announced that any hospital in the state that receives public funds must perform abortions.
Bob Ferguson based his ruling on...
My Parents, My Heroes
CatholicMom.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 3:00 pm
My Parents, My Heroes
Sooner or later each of us has to go through the grief of losing a parent. For me it came all too soon, with the death of my mother in 2006, of cancer. The...
The summer my eyes were opened
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:54 pm by Carter Grant August 23, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A year ago while in grade 12, I listened to a presentation from Fr. Tony Ricard a charismatic priest from New Orleans who had...
REVIEW: Folding altar cards for travel Mass set, including Requiem Mass cards
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:52 pm The nice people at SPORCH… yes, SPORCH, sent me – some time ago mind you – their newly revised Roman Rite folding, travel altar cards (for the Extraordinary Form).
SPORCH is the...
Disgraced cardinal stalled investigation of abuse in Scotland
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:44 pm Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who retired in February after reports of homosexual misconduct, derailed plans for an independent investigation of sex-abuse problems in the Catholic...
25 Million Dollar Campus Ministry Expansion at University of Nebraska Brings New Catholic Fraternity House
Opinionated Catholic - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:44 pm I talked last year about the massive $25,000,000 capital expansion plan as to various Catholic aspects of the campus ministry at the University Nebraska.Talk about putting your...
Secular foundation grants $2.3 million to <i>National Catholic Reporter</I> to provide publicity for women religious
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:43 pm The Conrad Hilton Foundation has awarded a $2.3 million grant to the National Catholic Reporter to establish as "global sisters' net," providing "greater voice to countless...
Japanese bishops oppose move to amend anti-war article in constitution
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:42 pm The Catholic bishops of Japan have stated their opposition to proposals to alter Article 9 of the country's constitution, which renounces warfare and forbids the development of a...
40 WYD pilgrims seeking asylum in Brazil
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:42 pm The UN's High Commission for Refugees has disclosed that about 40 people who traveled to Brazil for World Youth Day celebrations in July have subsequent applied for asylum there....
Scary Brave New World: Here Come Woman Fathers and Male Mothers
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:41 pm Have you noticed that we develop new biotechnologies these days for health issues, but they mostly become used for lifestyle facilitation? That’s what will happen if research in...
The Feeder Feed: Chicago Edition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:34 pm I had a way too brief visit to Chicago’s Institute of Art. I hadn’t been for a while and I was eager to refamiliarize myself with the collection.
During the visit, I spied this,...
Obama wants to work with the Church on amnesty, not abortion or marriage
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:27 pm by Judie Brown August 23, 2013 (ALL.org) - The Catholic Church is praised by the mainstream media whenever the political positions its leadership takes coincide with the policies...
Pennsylvania Faces a New Threat: Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:14 pm Euthanasia is something I don’t think about too often. Maybe it’s because I’m under 30 and healthy. Maybe it’s because assisted suicide is illegal in Pennsylvania and most of the...
Sacred Spaces in Remembrance of Dad
CatholicMom.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 2:00 pm August is a month for dads around the Salonen home. It’s the birthday month for both my husband and father. It’s also the month my husband’s and my parents celebrate their wedding...
‘Mystery priest’ hopes media hype won’t obscure message of God’s love
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:59 pm JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — An unlikely chain of events made him not only a national celebrity but a stand-in for every priest who has ever ministered to the faithful in an emergency....
Court: Arizona Can’t Stop Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:49 pm The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling today saying the state of Arizona can’t eliminate taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The court...
Air Force hosts drag queen performance for ‘Diversity Day’
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:49 pm by Thaddeus Baklinski LOS ANGELES, August 23, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jewels and the Brunchettes, a drag queen group of entertainers, were invited to perform at the Los Angeles...
Five Things To Remember On Aug. 23
USCCB Media Blog - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:34 pm 1. A Pittsburgh Steeler and a Benedictine monk have struck up a friendship over the years.
2. Several priests who work at the USCCB are in this Catholic News Service video about...
Being comfortable
Commonweal - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:29 pm Over at Our Sunday Visitor, my friend Greg Erlandson has posted a thought-provoking column, entitled Parish the Thought, which raises the question of where one should go to Mass:...
