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Coming Soon: Pan y Amor Video Series
Archdiocese of Saint Louis - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:51 am Coming soon ...
The first of a series of videos featuring Pan y Amor, our mission-aid program that assists needy children in Bolivia, Kenya, Colombia, and Uganda.
More to come!
Francis steers future Vatican diplomats away from careerism
Vatican Insider - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:49 amThe government regularly bungles religious issues, so how can it deal effectively with Islamic extremism?
Catholic Herald - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:46 am The Prime Minister made a speech on Monday in which he spoke about the government’s response to the Woolwich murder. He used the phrase “draining the swamp”. This phrase was much...
Pope Francis decides not to spend summer at Castel Gandolfo
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:45 am Will stay in Rome, reduce summer schedule
VATICAN CITY — Unlike many of his predecessors since the early 1600s, Pope Francis has decided not to spend the summer months at the...
What Will Happen to the Babies Gosnell Killed in Brutal Infanticides?
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:42 am Now that the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office has denied a request from a leading pro-life Catholic priest to give the babies abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell killed in...
‘The day I felt as if God was smiling down on me’
Catholic Herald - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:33 am On Palm Sunday, just 11 days after the election of Pope Francis, and in the Year of Faith, I was baptised, confirmed and received into the Church in St Mary’s Cathedral, Rangoon,...
Bishop Paprocki Faces Hostile Jesuit Alumni Group at Talk
Catholic Education Daily - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:27 am Bishop Thomas Paprocki faced a hostile Jesuit alumni group at a recent talk on homosexuality. During the speech he revealed that his secretary had been murdered by a homosexual...
Komen Faces Money Woes After Funding Planned Parenthood, Cancels Events
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:22 am In early 2012, after the breast cancer charity Komen for the Cure announced it would end its relationship with Planned Parenthood, the group quickly saw a 100 percent spike in...
Six More Gifts For the Newly Ordained: The Sacred and the Human
Catholic Vote - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:10 am Had more ideas for great gifts to get for a newly ordained priest. Beyond the six I listed last week, here are six more, with some focusing on the priest and others on the man who...
‘This is how we are going to end abortion’
Catholic Herald - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:07 am It often takes lives of heroic virtue to remind us that love is not merely a noun signifying a set of salutary sentiments, but rather a verb indicating action. If ever a life...
Where Will Pope Francis Spend His Summer Vacation?
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:07 am Turns out it will be a “stay-cation”: Pope Francis will remain at the Domus Sanctae Marthae residence in the Vatican, even during the summer months. The Director of the Press...
Georgetown University Responds to Canon Law Petition
Catholic Education Daily - Jun 6, 2013 at 9:03 am Georgetown University's director of communications responded to the canon law petition submitted last week calling for the University to comply with canon law or be stripped of...
Battle to Stop Minnesota From Tax-Funding 50,000 Abortions Continues
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2013 at 8:57 am Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys and allied attorneys filed an appeal Monday on behalf of two African-American taxpayers in Minnesota who are challenging the unauthorized use...
The saint who was modest in demeanour and merciful in judgment
Catholic Herald - Jun 6, 2013 at 8:50 am Robert of Newminster (c 1100-59) was a learned Yorkshireman who understood that holiness scores far higher than scholarship in the scale of Christian values.
Probably born at...
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Communio - Jun 6, 2013 at 8:45 am We need witnesses. This is an idea that I am echoing from the teaching of Paul VI. Who are the witnesses that lead you to a deeper relationship with the Other, with friends, and...
New Chinese Policy of Fining Women 6X Income Will Increase Forced Abortions
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2013 at 8:41 am The central Chinese city of Wuhan has sparked controversy worldwide with the publication of a draft ordinance proposing to fine women who have children out of wedlock up to six...
4th Issue Released of English Edition of Chile's Humanitas Journal
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 6, 2013 at 8:40 am With the presence of Monsignor Ivo Scapolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, and Monsignor Ricardo Ezzati, Archbishop of Santiago, the fourth issue of the English edition of HUMANITAS...
An Evangelical Writes: “He’s Our Francis, Too”
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 6, 2013 at 8:37 am Timothy George. the dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, writes in Christianity Today: We see already an intimation of Saint Francis in Pope Francis. There is his...
Francis Won't Spend Summer at Castel Gandolfo
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 6, 2013 at 8:35 am In a note released today, the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household announced that, during the summer period, all private and special audiences will be suspended. The...
