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Black on White Crime/Racism

The Forum - Aug 22, 2013 at 7:05 pm

Where does true racism reside? From Pat Buchanan, writing for WND:Interracial violence is overwhelmingly black-on-white Last Friday, Christopher Lane, a 22-year-old Australian...

National Catholic Reporter's $2.3 million grant to cover religious sisters

Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 22, 2013 at 7:03 pm

Kansas City, Mo., Aug 22, 2013 / 06:03 pm (CNA).- Amid continued controversy over the Catholic identity of U.S. women religious, a dissenting Catholic newspaper has been awarded a...

Colloquium Reflects on Ethical Solutions for Migration and Poverty

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 22, 2013 at 7:00 pm

The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) is celebrating Migrant and Refugee week (19-25 August) with a colloquium in honour of Bishop Joe Grech on 22 August,...

Senate bill would aid religious minorities in Middle East

Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:49 pm

Washington D.C., Aug 22, 2013 / 05:49 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid ongoing attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt, a U.S. Senator has introduced legislation aimed at protecting...

Before resigning, Benedict XVI ordered changes to Novus Ordo Baptism Rites

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:15 pm

Just before abdicating, Benedict XVI (the Pope of Christian Unity) approved a decree to make a change to the Novus Ordo or Ordinary Form Rite of Baptism: In the decree published...

NYC mayoral candidate would give morning-after pill to 11-yr-olds without parental involvement

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 22, 2013 at 6:07 pm

From Life Site: NYC mayor candidate: Middle schools should give 11-year-olds morning after pill BY BEN JOHNSON NEW YORK CITY, August 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christine Quinn...

United Nations Meeting in Latin America “Hijacked” by Abortion Proponents

LifeNews.com - Aug 22, 2013 at 5:35 pm

New York, NY (CFAM/LifeNews) — 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...

Elshtain, Augustine, and Just War (again)

Commonweal - Aug 22, 2013 at 5:29 pm

I’m at work now on the early stages of a longer piece that promises to revisit the arguments leading up to (and following) the invasion of Iraq in 2003. I’m especially interested...

Video: 15 and Pregnant: Why I Chose Adoption Instead of Abortion

LifeNews.com - Aug 22, 2013 at 5:28 pm

The National Council for Adoption has released a new video series to promote adoption as an alternative, especially for teenagers who are not prepared to become parents. “Adoption...

Indiana Planned Parenthood Sues to Get Out of Abortion Clinic Inspections

LifeNews.com - Aug 22, 2013 at 5:14 pm

The Planned Parenthood abortion business has filed a lawsuit to get out of inspections involving abortion clinics that only sell the abortion drug mifepristone rather than do...

Ever think of switching to decaf, Nick?

The Deacon's Bench - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:50 pm

Behold, Nicholas Selby’s jaw-dropping welcome speech to students at Georgia Tech this week. It almost makes me want to go back to school. Almost. Read more about it here.

Stephen Harper’s decision on Parliament may set back transgender ‘bathroom bill’

LifeSiteNews - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:49 pm

by Thaddeus Baklinski OTTAWA, August 22, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's recently announced decision to prorogue Parliament has the effect of killing all...

RU 486 Abortions: When “Between a Woman and Her Doctor” Turns Out to be False

LifeNews.com - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:46 pm

Specifically, the law is a Chemical abortion is the “cash cow” of the abortion industry. Contrary to pro-abortion claims that abortion should be between a woman and her physician...

Bishop: pro-abortion lawmakers should not receive Eucharist

Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:40 pm

La Paz, Bolivia, Aug 22, 2013 / 03:40 pm (CNA).- The adjunct secretary of the Bishops’ Conference of Bolivia, Archbishop José Fuentes, said that government officials who support...

Guess which sin makes church discipline newsworthy?

GetReligion - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:39 pm

Every week, in churches around the world, Christians engage in a peculiar practice in which they confront and correct fellow believers on a range of issues, which are often lumped...

USCCB: pray, fast for women pressured to abort

Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:32 pm

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is asking Catholics to pray, fast, and abstain from meat on August 23 for the following intention: "for any woman who has...

Kentucky: Pro-Abortion Grimes Running Against Pro-Life Mitch McConnell

LifeNews.com - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:30 pm

Pro-abortion Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is hoping to defeat pro-life Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in the 2014 U.S. Senate election in Kentucky. Compare...

Former Ratzinger students will hold annual meeting without Pope-emeritus Benedict

Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:26 pm

The Ratzinger Schuelerkreis-- the annual seminar for former students of Pope-emeritus Benedict--will gather next week at the summer papal residence in Castel Gandolfo. But their...

Papal encyclical is Italian bestseller

Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 22, 2013 at 4:21 pm

Lumen Fidei, the first encyclical of Pope Francis, has jumped to the best-seller list in Italy, selling more than 200,000 copies since its publication on July 5. The official...

Student's letter prompts a personal phone call from Pope Francis