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Catholics Carry Parish Banner in Gay Pride Parade
Creative Minority Report - Jun 16, 2013 at 9:09 pm A group of Catholics holding the banner of their parish, St. Andrews, marched in the Portland Pride march today despite being asked by their archbishop not to.
Ugh.
This year,...
QUAERITUR: Wouldn’t audible prayers in the Extraordinary Form be better?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 16, 2013 at 8:53 pm From a reader:
I was born during Vatican II and until recently, had no exposure whatsoever to Mass in the Extraordinary Form. At the invitation of a friend, I have been visiting a...
Request for Prayers
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 16, 2013 at 8:27 pm I have a special request for Father’s Day.
Pray for the parishioners of the parish entrusted to Fr. Erik Richsteig. Fr. Richsteig is seen around the interwebs. There was a...
Inspired by Pope, Boy Donates First Communion Money to Charity
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 16, 2013 at 7:13 pm Details from Allentown, PA: A young boy from Lehigh County is practicing what he preaches. Alex Trinidad, 8, recently celebrated his First Holy Communion. Family and friends gave...
Prime Minister David Cameron's June 5th Letter to Pope Francis
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 16, 2013 at 7:00 pm Here is the text of British Prime Minister David Cameron's letter to Pope Francis sent in early June regarding the G8 Summit which will be held in Northern Ireland on June 17th-...
Pod people: media struggles mightily with abortion coverage
GetReligion - Jun 16, 2013 at 6:18 pm On this week’s Crossroads, host Todd Wilken and I discussed that embarrassing BuzzFeed confusion — or defiant ignorance, really — about basic and widespread traditional Christian...
Father’s Day Horror: Man Allegedly Shoots Father-in-Law During Mass
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 16, 2013 at 5:35 pm It happened in Ogden, Utah: Everything was calm and peaceful at St. James Catholic Church on Sunday afternoon before a man walked in and shot his father-in-law in the back of the...
Archbishop Mueller: human dignity central to education
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 16, 2013 at 5:17 pm Glasgow, Scotland, Jun 16, 2013 / 04:17 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking at the launch of a foundation at the University of Glasgow, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine...
Planned Parenthood: We’re Happy to Abort Your Baby, But Happy Father’s Day
LifeNews.com - Jun 16, 2013 at 4:47 pm The Planned Parenthood abortion business wished fathers across the United States a Happy Father’s Day today with an ironic picture of a man holding a baby up in the air.
Never...
Feminists: Men Voting on Abortion is Bad, But Late-Term Abortions are Fine
LifeNews.com - Jun 16, 2013 at 4:15 pm Washington Post opinion columnist Dana Milbank was not unlike lots of liberal feminists this week, many of who were overcome with a case of the vapors over Congressman Trent...
Huffington Post Complains More States Have Abortion Waits Than Gun Waits
LifeNews.com - Jun 16, 2013 at 4:00 pm You should wait at least as long before buying a gun as before killing a baby – if HuffPo contributors Jan Diehm and Katy Hall had their way, that is. It’s an outrage to them that...
Millions of Abortions Have Taken Place After 20 Weeks, Let’s Ban Them
LifeNews.com - Jun 16, 2013 at 3:45 pm Psalm 139:9 says, “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.” (NAS) God, the creator of the universe created us in the womb!
I believe that life begins at...
Adoptive Family Helps Raped Teen Whose Mom Pressured Her to Have Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jun 16, 2013 at 2:50 pm Two weeks after giving birth to her second child, Julia Schoch received an email that would forever change her life. It was February, 2003, and she was at home recovering from a C...
The Weekly Francis eBook – Volume 14
The Curt Jester - Jun 16, 2013 at 2:43 pm
This is the 14th volume of The Weekly Francis ebook which is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches, etc which I post at Jimmy Akin’s The Weekly Francis. The post...
The Weekly Francis – 16 June 2013
Jimmy Akin.org - Jun 16, 2013 at 2:40 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 June 2013 – 16 June 2013 (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad,...
WDTPRS 11th Ordinary Sunday: God begins and completes the meritorious things we do
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 16, 2013 at 2:06 pm This week’s Collect is effectively the same as one in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary and the prayer in the 1962 Missale Romanum used during the week after Trinity Sunday.
Deus...
First “Righteous Gentile” Killed for Saving Jews Beatified
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 16, 2013 at 1:30 pm From the Times of Israel: An Italian Catholic activist and journalist who was declared a Righteous Gentile for saving Jewish lives during World War II has formally been put on...
Is the Sign of Peace a Problem?
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 16, 2013 at 1:08 pm Fr. Jan Larsen of Seattle offers the following thought on the Sign of Peace:
The greeting of peace is still a part of our liturgical prayer, really a kind of blessing that we...
Supreme Court: When It Comes to Abortion, Father’s Day Only Starts at Birth
LifeNews.com - Jun 16, 2013 at 12:55 pm I wanted to wish you all a very Happy Father’s Day.
This is a day that we should all recognize as being a particularly subversive celebration for the pro-life mission. . . Why...
