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Just Got Back from My Kindergartener's Graduation Extravaganza
Creative Minority Report - Jun 7, 2013 at 11:13 am My five year old is a kindergarten graduate. Yay. All the kindergarteners lined up in the cafeteria and put on a show. Look, I'm no critic but the songs were a little repetitive...
Eastern Catholic Churches by the numbers, 2011
Communio - Jun 7, 2013 at 11:10 am Just to give a sense of numbers of faithful who are members of the various Eastern Churches. While these stats are of 2011, they are basically correct. The churches that see...
NFL player refused White House visit because Pres. Obama said “God bless you Planned Parenthood”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 7, 2013 at 11:06 am The MSM drooled all over itself when some barely known NBA player said he was a homosexual. Pres. Obama gave him a call. Ain’t that sweet?
Will the MSM take up this story too?...
IRS Officials Knew in 2010 That Pro-Life Groups Were Targeted
LifeNews.com - Jun 7, 2013 at 11:04 am The scandal broke weeks ago but IRS officials knew as early as 2010 that pro-life and conservative groups were being targeted by the Internal Revenue Service. Of course, no news...
3 Great Books for Kids (or Gifts)
CatholicMom.com - Jun 7, 2013 at 11:00 am
Here are today’s picks from my review pile: three books that are great for kids, whether your own or those who get gifts from you.
Tell Me about the Catholic Faith: From the...
Pope launches into spontaneous Q&A with students
News.va - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:55 am (Vatican Radio) In a style that seems to have almost become signature of the current pontificate, Pope Francis stepped out of yet another scripted session to engage in a...
Vatican says Catholics have obligation to aid, defend refugees
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:45 am World has 16 million refugees and 21 million trafficked people
VATICAN CITY — Catholic laity have an obligation to root out traces of xenophobia in their hearts and recognize...
Victory: Croatian court quashes Kinsey-based national sex-ed curriculum
LifeSiteNews - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:39 am by Thaddeus Baklinski ZAGREB, June 7, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a major victory for pro-family activists in Crotia, the country’s highest court has ruled that the imposition...
Planned Parenthood Has More African-American Blood on Its Hands Than the KKK
LifeNews.com - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:38 am Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — Juxtaposing the things that do and don’t offend pro-aborts never ceases to sicken. It recently came to light that E.W. Jackson, the Republican...
Bp. Paprocki in a hostile crowd tells it like it is
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:36 am There is a useful RSS feed widget on the side bar of this blog which reveals what the Cardinal Newman Society is up to these days. Check it out.
Using that feed, I found their...
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What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:20 am I have notes from people that they are having problems registering to post comments here.
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Obama Urged to Bring Up Forced Abortions in Meeting With China’s President
LifeNews.com - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:18 am A leading human rights activist who monitors forced abortions and sex-selection abortions that take place under China’s one-child policy is urging President Barack Obama to bring...
Nebraska religious leaders urge concern for poor in farm bill debate
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:12 am Cutting food stamps proposed in amendments
OMAHA, Neb. — Cutting food aid for poor children to bring the federal deficit under control seems "penny-wise and pound-foolish," said...
Why did that Catholic Raven skip his White House visit?
GetReligion - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:05 am Let’s create a journalism parable. Let’s say that there is a Republican president in office right now, one with ties to a somewhat doctrinaire form of Christianity. So, the day...
Resort owner buries Infant of Prague statue before G-8 summit
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:04 am Ireland has had coldest spring in 62 years
DUBLIN — A hotel owner is placing his trust in an Irish Catholic tradition, hoping to guarantee good weather as some of the most...
Daily Scriptures Reflection for 6/7/13 – Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
CatholicMom.com - Jun 7, 2013 at 10:00 am
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Scripture: Lectionary 358. Tobit 12:1.5-15.20. Tobit 13:2.6. Mark 12:38-44:
Today’s Scriptures
USCCB Video Reflection
Saints of the Day
This is one of the...
Francis on not wanting to be Pope and his love of having people around him
Vatican Insider - Jun 7, 2013 at 9:59 amAbortionist Who Twisted Off Necks of Babies Born Alive Must be Investigated
LifeNews.com - Jun 7, 2013 at 9:58 am Austin, TX (LiveActionNews) — The state of Texas isn’t letting the “Texas Gosnell” case of abortionist Douglas Karpen fade away. Twenty lawmakers in the Lone Star state have...
Aw, sweet! Wait, does this mean someone else may have gone insane?
Rorate Coeli - Jun 7, 2013 at 9:57 am When meeting a group of students of Jesuit schools in Italy and Albania today, the new Pope answered questions from the audience, including one from a young lady who wished to...
Are tbe Bishops Acting In An Un Catholic " Amish " Manner In Opposing HHS Contraception Mandate
Opinionated Catholic - Jun 7, 2013 at 9:37 am I don't find Winter's argument very compelling but Garnett engages it here. See Cooperation with evil and setting the terms of engagement ?
