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Fundamental misunderstandings of ‘fundamentalism’
GetReligion - Jun 12, 2013 at 5:00 pm When it comes to religious terms, you would be hard pressed to find a word more misapplied by the media than “fundamentalist.” As your GetReligionistas have stressed a gazillion...
Obama slated to name five openly homosexual foreign ambassadors
LifeSiteNews - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:51 pm by Kirsten Andersen WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 2013 (LifeSiteNews) – The Obama Administration’s ongoing celebration of homosexual “Pride Month” has seemingly carried over into its...
Commonweal Digital Editions: Exclusive Content
Commonweal - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:39 pm You may have seen Richard Alleva’s review of Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby in our June 14 issue. What you may not have seen is the original review of...
Alabama Law That Could Close Abortion Clinics Faces ACLU Lawsuit
LifeNews.com - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:29 pm The ACLU and the Planned Parenthood abortion business have filed suit over a law that could close abortion clinics that fail to follow the same health and safety standards...
Transgender bill sails through Canadian Human Rights Senate Committee unamended
LifeSiteNews - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:26 pm by Peter Baklinski OTTAWA, Ontario, June 12, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bill C-279, the Canadian transgender bill, sailed through the Senate Committee on Human Rights on Monday,...
Long lifetimes of faith and prayer
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:21 pm The other day I saw in the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Madison that a religious sister was celebrating her 8oth anniversary of profession! That’s impressive.
This also...
Columnist Accuses Church of Playing "Hardball"
Creative Minority Report - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:18 pm Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown accused the Catholic Church of playing "hardball" with same-sex marriage advocates.
What is Church going to do? Excommunicate them? Draw and...
Mother Who Aborted Baby Two Days Before Due Date Has Sentence Reduced
LifeNews.com - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:07 pm A woman convicted in England for aborting her unborn baby at nearly full term, and sentenced to eight years in prison has seen her sentence reduced.
Sarah Catt, of Sherburn-in-...
Cardinal George fears Catholics may face 'religious test' in public life
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:06 pm Chicago's Cardinal Francis George has questioned whether American Catholics might be subjected to a "religious test" when running for public office or seeking work at newspapers...
Priest given 6-12 sentence in controversial Philadelphia sex-abuse case
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:06 pm A Pennsylvania judge has sentenced a Catholic priest to a 6-to-12 year prison terms after his conviction in a sex-abuse case.
Father Charles Engelhardt was convicted in January...
What is a Baculis Cantoralis and why do you need one?
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:56 pm The Baculus Cantoralis, to give it one of its many names, is a large staff held by a Choirmaster or Cantor which originates in Benedictine Monasteries of the 10th and 11th...
Pro-Life Television Show Honored With Two Emmy Nominations
LifeNews.com - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:49 pm Life Issues Institute is pleased to announce that its weekly pro-life television program, Facing Life Head-On, has earned two Regional Emmy® Award nominations. The National...
I’ll bet Ariel Castro would have loved to have had Plan B available
Catholic Vote - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:49 pm
A sexually abusive man’s best friend.
Regardless of who decided what and why, the Plan B pill is now available for girls of any age to buy at the nearby drug store along with...
Pro-life protester Linda Gibbons arrested outside Morgentaler abortion site
LifeSiteNews - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:31 pm by Tony Gosgnach TORONTO, June 12, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Linda Gibbons, who has spent years in jail for peacefully protesting Toronto abortion clinic "bubble zone" laws, was...
300 Abortion Doctors Do Abortions After 20 Weeks, 140 After 24 Weeks
LifeNews.com - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:29 pm A U.S. House committee today approved a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Should the bill become law, just how many abortions would be stopped?
National...
Sr Teresita, 105 and 86 years in the monastery, dies
Communio - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:24 pm A nun dies at 105 years old. Likely to be the oldest. She was the nun of 10 popes.At 19 years old Sister Teresita made the decision to be a Cistercian nun in the Monastery of...
The Necessary Thinness of (Most) Commercial Interactions
Commonweal - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:22 pm [Cross-posted at PrawfsBlawg] A few days ago, AP had a story about a gay couple in Colorado who, in the course of shopping for a wedding cake, had been turned away by a baker who...
The Necessary Thinness of (Most) Commercial Interactions
Commonweal - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:19 pm [Cross-posted at PrawfsBlawg] A few days ago, AP had a story about a gay couple in Colorado who, in the course of shopping for a wedding cake, had been turned away by a baker who...
Gosnell drug hearing delayed; black pastors say Gosnell is just the tip of the iceberg
LifeSiteNews - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:09 pm by Ben Johnson PHILADELPHIA, June 12, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell was set to enter a guilty plea today to charges that he illegally dispensed...
Pope presented 2 Harley-Davidson motorcycles
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:04 pm Pope Francis has been presented with two classic Harley Davidson motorcycles, as the American manufacturer celebrates its 110th anniversary.
Continuing a publicity offensive in...
