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Retreat Opportunity: A Taste of God’s Grace
CatholicMom.com - Jun 5, 2013 at 2:00 pm A Taste of God’s Grace – June 22, 2013 in Danbury, CT
A Taste of God’s Grace – Retreat – June 22, 2013
The summer is here – time to unwind and recharge. We remember to book our...
Study: Abortions Would Quickly Drop 15 Percent if Roe Overturned
LifeNews.com - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:55 pm On the Boston Globe’s Brainiac blog, Kevin Hartnett highlights an academic study that offers insights as to what would happen to the abortion rate if Roe v. Wade were overturned....
QUAERITUR: Does registering in a parish mean anything?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:52 pm From a reader:
What does canon law say about becoming a member of a parish outside of the geographical jurisdiction of the parish closest to you? For example: Joining another...
VIDEO Exclusive Weigel interview: “Pope Francis is a genuine Christian radical”
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:31 pm by John-Henry Westen TORONTO, June 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On May 14, LifeSiteNews co-founder and managing director Steve Jalsevac interviewed Catholic author, professor,...
Rocker: Mothers should be able to kill, eat newborn 'fetis'
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:30 pm by Ben Johnson LOS ANGELES, June 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The lead singer of the band Blues Traveler has an unappetizing proposal for abortion: He believes mothers should be...
Seven questions about Boy Scout gay policy coverage
GetReligion - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:25 pm Headlines over the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allow openly gay members are still flying fast and furious. There’s been so much recent coverage, actually, that it’s...
Pregnant at 17 with a baby doomed to die at birth, she chose life
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:16 pm by Rebekah O'Brien June 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Micah was just seventeen years old when she discovered she was pregnant. But abortion simply wasn't an option for her and her...
Five Things To Remember On June 5
USCCB Media Blog - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:12 pm 1. Bishop Richard Pates wrote an op-ed for WashingtonPost On-line today about Drones titled, "Drones aren’t the murky moral subject we pretend they are."
2. Aware that so much of...
Star Trek, the Bishops and Drones
USCCB Media Blog - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:12 pm "But a 21st Century Catholic bishop said..."
Being a Trekkie (devotee of the Star Trek franchise) is at least vaguely similar to being a Catholic. Both groups display intense...
Secrets of Disney Continues with The Princess & The Frog
SQPN - Podcast Network - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:11 pm Secrets of Disney is back with a detailed analysis of the Disney movie ‘The Princess and the Frog’! Deborah and Fr. Roderick are joined by Jeff Young from New Orleans, who tells...
Star Trek – Wishing They Would Go Where No One Has Gone Before
SQPN - Podcast Network - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:06 pm In this episode, Mac and Katherine talk about Sam’s first communion, Mac’s confirmation class, SHS graduation. In entertainment: The Uncharted series, Star Trek Into Darkness, MI...
iPadre – Christian Suffering From Personal Experience
SQPN - Podcast Network - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:01 pm In this episode, Fr. Jay talks about Christian Suffering, as he lies in bed at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, RI.
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Erlandson: The Gospel of Life
OSV Daily Take - Jun 5, 2013 at 1:01 pm By Greg ErlandsonOn June 2, something remarkable happened. For the first time ever, there was a kind of universal Holy Hour, with Catholics the world over praying for the...
Catholic Vitamin O – Offering
SQPN - Podcast Network - Jun 5, 2013 at 12:58 pm Deacon Tom and Dee interview Donna Marie Cooper-O’Boyle about her new book Catholic Mom’s Cafe: 5 Minute Daily Retreats For Every Day of the Week.
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U.S. bishops urge Catholics to support a Farm Bill that feeds hungry people
Vatican Insider - Jun 5, 2013 at 12:57 pmPro-Life Groups Rally to Stop More Kermit Gosnells, Ban Late-Term Abortions
LifeNews.com - Jun 5, 2013 at 12:49 pm A new coalition of pro-life groups is banding together to hold state and federal officials accountable for enforcing existing laws that could have been used in Pennsylvania to...
Micro-socialism: unpacking and analyzing an error
Commonweal - Jun 5, 2013 at 12:43 pm It might seem like flogging a dead horse, but there’s an important conceptual point that I failed to make in my last post. Or rather, I ran out of time and space, and it didn’t...
Ordination Update: 8 New Deacons for Arlington
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 5, 2013 at 12:40 pm From the Catholic Herald: For the first time since Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde reinstated the permanent diaconate formation program in 2005, transitional and permanent...
Doctors fight to kill South Australian euthanasia bill
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2013 at 12:30 pm by Andrew Smith, LifeSiteNews Australian correspondent June 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of Australian doctors opposed to the introduction of euthanasia and assisted...
Pope says lamenting suffering is form of prayer
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 5, 2013 at 12:20 pm Vatican City, Jun 5, 2013 / 11:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis said lamenting suffering is a form of prayer and is not a sin, during his daily morning Mass.
“A priest I know...