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Bolivian bishops declare pro-abortion legislators should not receive Communion
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:25 pm by Sofia Vazquez-Mellado LA PAZ, Bolivia, August 23, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Secretary General for the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (BEC), Monsignor José Fuentes, has...
Now on our homepage: Joseph Bottum on the case for same-sex marriage
Commonweal - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:23 pm Just posted to the homepage, Joseph Bottum’s essay “The Things We Share: A Catholic’s Case for Same-Sex Marriage.”
Bottum, former chief editor of First Things, writes: “We are now...
Federal appeals court strikes down Arizona law banning Medicaid funds for abortion providers
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:11 pm by Kirsten Andersen PHOENIX, AZ, August 23, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal appeals court has blocked enforcement of an Arizona law that would have prevented abortion...
Pope Francis to meet with refugees in Rome next month
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:04 pm Vatican City, Aug 23, 2013 / 12:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a few weeks, Pope Francis will make a short trip outside the walls of the Vatican City to the center of Rome to visit a...
Nidal Hasan Found Guilty, Reports Exclude Unborn Baby From Tally of Those Killed
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 1:02 pm Nidal Hasan has been convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, but media reports on the conviction are ignoring the fact that 14 people died that...
The revolution of the family: the Marxist roots of ‘homosexualism’
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:43 pm by Hilary White August 15, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – I have been asked recently “what is homosexualism?” I started using the term in my writing on these issues a few years ago...
UK: Arrest in Chichester Case Should Remind Why Assisted Suicide is Illegal
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:37 pm A 65-year-old woman and her son from the Chichester area have been arrested after police suspected they were planning to take her husband to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland to...
Episode 16: In Consequence of the Incarnation
Dominicana - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:30 pm Br. Henry Stephan, O.P., speaks about devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary (CCC, 963–975):
See the whole series
Ten Commandments for Atheists
CatholicMom.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Ten Commandments for Atheists
Well, well, evolution really does work. The Atheists now have a set of Ten Commandments, aka “The List for Life.” Apparently, the virtuous gene has...
Canadian nun: Egyptian Muslims protected church buildings after threats
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:26 pm CAIRO — Churches and other Christian properties around Egypt had already been looted, so when Catholics in Berba were tipped off that their southern village could be next, they...
In the Music Industry: Summer of Sisters
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:20 pm The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, entered the recording industry with their album, Mater Eucharistiae, ranking No. 1 on both the Classical Overall and...
Meath Bishops Offers Funeral Guidelines
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:15 pm Here are guidlines for funeral Masses issued by Bishop Michael Smith of Meath, Ireland. * * *
Following a discussion at the last meeting of the Council of Priests, I agreed to...
Vatican's U.N. Observer: Do Not Jump to Conclusions Without Facts
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:12 pm In the wake of allegations that chemical weapons were used outside the Syrian city of Damascus, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations offices in Geneva,...
What do Egyptians really mean when they say ‘sharia’?
GetReligion - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:12 pm One of the major themes in GetReligion posts about Islam over the past decade has been our emphasis on the fact that there is no one monolithic Islam, no one simplistic way for...
The Indomitable Barbara Nicolosi-Harrington…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:12 pm …is offering a nifty opportunity!
2013 Council of Priests Election
Archdiocese of Saint Louis - Aug 23, 2013 at 12:07 pm If you haven't cast your ballot, please do so by Friday, August 30.
Your vote is important.... some of the deanery races are very close!
Dissident Church Lady
The Curt Jester - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:52 am WIth the LCWR conference recently over some random thoughts have occurred to me.
I would really like to see Dana Carvey do a take on their members.
Kind of a “Dissident Church...
My summer as a pro-life intern
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:51 am by Molly Loesel August 23, 2013 (HLI Worldwatch) - Though I have always been pro-life, my passion for defending life in the public arena has grown significantly over the past few...
Tensions between Albania and Greece grow over Orthodox community of Përmet
Vatican Insider - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:44 am