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Media Shows Pictures of Dead People in Syria But Not of Babies Killed in Abortion
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:40 am WARNING: This article contains a VERY graphic abortion image after the jump….
When was the last time you saw photos of dead children in the media?
For me, it was this morning. I...
Pope Francis to announce canonization date in September
The Busy Catholic - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:34 am John Paul II and John XXIII likely to be saints in 2014
Pope Francis will meet with cardinals next month to formally approve the canonization of two late popes, Blesseds John Paul...
Holy Cross feast to be a day of prayer, fasting
The Busy Catholic - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:32 am Joint fundraising effort to help Syrian refugees will draw to an end Sept. 14
Fireworks explode over the Muslim and Christian town of Maloula, Syria,
on the eve of the feast of...
Who is my neighbor? This kid knows.
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:30 am Watch what happens when a man who appears to be Muslim needs help getting his tire changed.
NCR receives major grant to pursue global coverage of women religious
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:26 am KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co. has received a $2.3 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to be given over a three-year period, which...
Teen Sex Sleepovers: The Latest Fad in Immoral Sex Education
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:24 am Just when I think I’ve heard it all, I come across something that makes me pause in disgust. This week, I read an article from the Huffington Post titled, “How Do You Feel about...
Catholic, Orthodox leaders in Egypt say army is fighting terrorism
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:23 am
Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak is pictured during a service at a church in Rome in this June 18 file photo. CNS photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press...
Visit with an old friend
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:15 am I just had a nice long visit with an old friend, Fr Reginald Foster. You may know him as a famous Latinist. I’ve know him for just shy of 30 years, we figured out.
A glimpse of...
China’s ‘apple Catholics’ add spiritual activities to daily routine
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:09 am
Children gather with parish priests for a photo on the steps of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in the village of Fufengxian, in China’s Shaanxi province, in late July. CNS photo...
Man Arrested for Punching Elderly Pro-Life Woman Protesting Abortion
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:01 am Police have arrested an Iowa man who has been accused of punching an elderly pro-life protestor who was standing up against abortion.
From a local news report:
According to an...
Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves
CatholicMom.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 11:00 am
I remember when everyone was talking about Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves, edited by Helen M. Alvaré (Our Sunday Visitor, 2012). Some reviewers I really...
Losing my religion: faith, family, and the real story of secularization in the West
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:59 am by Julia Shaw August 14, 2013 (Public Discourse) - In her new book, Mary Eberstadt argues that the West started losing God when it started losing the natural family. If she is...
Welsh proposed system of presumed consent for organ donation are both unnecessary and unethical
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:49 am by Peter Saunders I was recently interviewed by Emily Graves of Crossrhythms Radio about Welsh plans to introduce a system of presumed consent for organ donation. The following is...
I’m Catholic, But That’s Not Why I’m Pro-Life on Abortion
LifeNews.com - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:45 am If you were to listen exclusively to pro-aborts, you would get the idea that pro-lifers are a bunch of religious extremist nutjobs, out to force their beliefs on the rest of the...
Fear of Egyptian violence does not interfere with nuns’ hospital work
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:43 am
A military helicopter flies over clouds of smoke in Cairo Aug. 16. A prominent Egyptian bishop said his country will not have a civil war, and international bodies should not...
Cardinal Rai: Christians always pay the highest price in Mideast conflicts
News.va - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:42 am (Vatican Radio) The Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Rai, says Christians always pay the highest price when conflicts erupt in Middle East countries such as Egypt, Syria and...
Fidel Castro’s niece to UN mtg: Latin America must accept abortion as a right
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:35 am by Fidero August 23 (C-FAM) - The British-style phone booth labeled “Talk to God” appeared in a Plaza outside a UN meeting in Uruguay. It sported a poster asking if Virgin Mary’s...
Nigerians, Christians and Muslims unite in the name of peace
Vatican Insider - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:32 amIrish Times claim of Ireland’s ‘first abortion’ a ‘lie’: doctor
LifeSiteNews - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:28 am by Hilary White DUBLIN, August 23, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although The Irish Times has claimed in a headline on Friday that the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin has...
Canadian nun: Egyptian Muslims protected church buildings after threats
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 23, 2013 at 10:17 am 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...
