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MIT: Heat and humidity could make life impossible in Southern Asia by the end of the century
Aleteia - Aug 3, 2017 at 2:04 pm The regions that would likely be hardest hit include India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, home to more than a billion people.New research led by the Massachusetts Institute of...
Planned Parenthood offers more abortions than any other provider. It’s time to shut them down
LifeSiteNews - Aug 3, 2017 at 2:02 pm The abortion giant is responsible for more than one-third of all abortions in the country.
Should I change my diet during pregnancy?
Aleteia - Aug 3, 2017 at 2:00 pm Pregnancy is one of the times when women need to pay special attention to their nutrition.Pregnancy is an ideal moment to reflect on your lifestyle and take stock of how eating...
Wherein Michael Sean Winters respond to Fr. Z’s gift of the Combat Rosary
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:50 pm The other day I posted about sending a Combat Rosary to Fishwrap‘s Michael Sean Winters, who had had a little nutty about “militaristic” imagery. I wondered whether or not MSW...
An Art of Immigration & Injustice
Commonweal - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:49 pm An Art of Immigration & Injustice
By Ciaran FreemanAugust 3, 2017
In the desert outside of Arivaca, Arizona, just a few miles from the Mexican border, several plastic jugs...
‘In a Heartbeat’ video dangerously distorts sexuality for young boys
LifeSiteNews - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:39 pm The animated portrayal of a middle schooler's attraction to another boy has gone viral but is sending the wrong message.
The True Tale of the Hot Chocolate Brownies
CatholicMom.com - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:30 pm Today, my six-year-old son, Max, wanted to make brownies. Yesterday we moved back into our home after over 3 ½ months of living in hotels due to extensive storm damage to our...
Hyperloop’s latest successful test falls short of goals
Aleteia - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:20 pm The pod reached speeds of nearly 200mph, much less than the theorized 750mphElon Musk’s dream of cross country travel by tube reached a milestone this weekend, as the development...
New archbishop of Indianapolis calls faithful to be ‘bridges of unity’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:20 pm July 28 was a day of joy for Catholics across central and southern Indiana as Archbishop Charles Thompson was installed as the seventh archbishop of Indianapolis during a festive...
Sign of Peace as ratification of what has gone before or as reconciliation before Communion?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:11 pm Today my friend Fr. John Hunwicke has a stunner of a post in which he detonates and explodes the present day commonly chaotic infra dignitatem group-grope “Sign of Peace” during...
BREAKING: Pro-life investigators ask Supreme Court to end censorship of Planned Parenthood videos
LifeSiteNews - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:09 pm David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress are appealing the gag order issued by a California judge.
Knights of Columbus pledge $2 million to rebuild Iraqi town, resettle families
Aleteia - Aug 3, 2017 at 1:00 pm Carl Anderson announced the plan during the 135th annual convention of the Knights of Columbus.On Tuesday Supreme Knight Carl Anderson announced a plan to raise and donate $2...
Christians are oriented toward light, hope, pope says at audience
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 3, 2017 at 12:55 pm The ancient practice of orienting church buildings East to West -- with the entrance facing West and the altar toward the East -- was symbolic of the connection that exists...
Finding of the Relics of St. Stephen, Protomartyr
Regina Magazine - Aug 3, 2017 at 12:54 pm August 3 by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876 After St. Stephen, the first martyr, had been stoned to death by the Jews for having incontestably proved that Christ, Whom they...
Saint John Vianney, Patron of Confessors
Big C Catholics - Aug 3, 2017 at 12:50 pm Fr. Vincent F. Kienberger, O.P.[August 4th, is the memorial of St. John Vianney.] During the French Revolution, a small band of Ursuline nuns was imprisoned in the Bastille. To...
David Daleiden Asks Supreme Court to Protect His Free Speech Right to Expose Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Aug 3, 2017 at 12:32 pm Ever since he first released videos exposing the Planned Parenthood abortion business selling the body parts of aborted babies, David Daleiden has faced attacks on his free-speech...
Classical approach to education gains momentum among Catholic schools
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 3, 2017 at 12:19 pm Each year on Nov. 1, the feast of All Saints, the classrooms at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Classical School in Denver are not full of students, but of little saints.
The Catholic roots of the ‘immortal’ Henrietta Lacks
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Aug 3, 2017 at 12:05 pm Henrietta Lacks was a poor African-American woman whose cancer cells taken during a biopsy before her death in 1951 are the source of the first immortalized cell line in medical...
Mother shares pictures of ‘perfectly and wonderfully formed’ baby miscarried at 14 weeks
LifeSiteNews - Aug 3, 2017 at 12:01 pm 'At less than half gestation he is very obviously human, not a cluster of cells, not a lump of tissue, not a blob of unformed flesh.'
Aleteia’s Lampstand winner for July began as an “oasis” for young mothers
Aleteia - Aug 3, 2017 at 12:00 pm Our winners demonstrate the universality and missionary spirit of the Church in its disparate service organizations.It’s been kind of wonderful to see our monthly Lampstand Photo...
