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She’s Queer. She’s Here. And Now She’s Explaining Why.
The Deacon's Bench - May 31, 2013 at 2:54 pm “She” is the always-engaging and surprising Eve Tushnet: When I became Catholic in 1998, as a college sophomore, I didn’t know any other gay Christians. I’d been raised in a kind...
SNAP leaders sought to squelch publicity on support for doctor in child-porn case
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 2:48 pm The founder and president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) wrote a letter in favor of a Louisiana psychologist who was facing charges for child...
Vote Next Week on Congressional Bill Banning Abortions at 20 Weeks
LifeNews.com - May 31, 2013 at 2:37 pm Members of a U.S. House committee will cast a vote on a congressional bill that would ban abortions nationwide at 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the...
What is the relation the Holy Spirit to the Church
Communio - May 31, 2013 at 2:35 pm
Post Pentecost some of our study and prayer ought to work on what it means to live by the Holy Spirit and how does the Church relate to the Spirit. We need to be serious about...
Pope, UN leader discuss peace efforts, humanitarian needs
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 2:24 pm Pope Francis met on May 31 with Vuk Jeremic, the president of the 67th session of the UN's General Assembly.
During the meeting, the Vatican reported, the discussion centered on...
Venezuela’s Food Shortage Could Mean Running Out of Bread and Wine for Communion
The Deacon's Bench - May 31, 2013 at 2:20 pm Details: When it comes to Venezuela’s growing scarcities, not even the Roman Catholic Church has received a dispensation. Church officials say food shortages and foreign exchange...
Pope heard confessions during parish visit
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 2:16 pm Pope Francis heard several confessions during his visit to a parish on the outskirts of Rome last weekend, notes Sandro Magister of L'Espresso.
The Pope heard the confessions of...
Hamas pressing for Islamicization of Gaza, bishop reports
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 2:15 pm "There are obvious signs of Islamicization everywhere" in the Gaza Strip, warns Bishop William Shomali, the vicar general of the Latin-rite patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Hamas, which...
Human Development 101 for Scientists and Abortion Backers
LifeNews.com - May 31, 2013 at 2:14 pm Embryology text books will tell you that when fertilization is completed, an embryo is formed. That, is, a new individual organism exists–which remains the same organism until...
Pope closes Mary's month reflecting on her spiritual attitude
Catholic News Agency - General - May 31, 2013 at 2:10 pm Vatican City, May 31, 2013 / 01:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After a Rosary in St. Peter’s Square to mark the end of May, Pope Francis asked people to “listen, decide, and take action...
Walk to save lives
The Busy Catholic - May 31, 2013 at 1:48 pm Abbotsford launches 24th Annual Walk for Life
Photo: walkforlife2013.ca
Join
hundreds of walkers in Abbotsford Right to Life’s Walk for Life
fundraiser June 8. The Abbotsford...
Museum dedicated to Christianity
The Busy Catholic - May 31, 2013 at 1:35 pm Terra Sancta Museum to open in 2015
Model of the Terra Sancta Museum. (PRWeb)
An article in PRWeb reports that the Terra Sancta Museum is set to open in the Old City of Jerusalem...
Congressman’s Human Cloning Ban Would Actually Ban Human Cloning
LifeNews.com - May 31, 2013 at 1:04 pm Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) has reintroduced a true ban on human cloning to the U.S. Congress. H.R. 2164, Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2012, would ban human cloning all...
Legion of Christ update presented to Pope Francis
Catholic News Agency - General - May 31, 2013 at 1:04 pm Vatican City, May 31, 2013 / 12:04 pm (CNA/Europa Press).- The papal delegate overseeing the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christ met with Pope Francis on Monday to discuss the...
At a pope's deathbed
Commonweal - May 31, 2013 at 12:58 pm Those of us of a certain age will remember that fifty years ago today Pope John XXIII lay dying. Here is what I wrote in a piece published some years ago in Commonweal:
Is this what's great about the U.S.--or what?
Commonweal - May 31, 2013 at 12:38 pm The winner of the National Spelling Bee is from Queens, NY--a so-called "outer borough" of NYC. Arvand Mahankali, 13, won by accurately spelling "knaidel," a Yiddish word (of...
Georgetown’s Catholic Standing Challenged After Pro-Abortion Speaker
LifeNews.com - May 31, 2013 at 12:27 pm Should Georgetown University be able to call itself a Catholic university in good standing? A new canon law petition says no, since the college has repeatedly had pro-abortion...
United Methodist Church Only Condemned Gosnell After Pro-Life Pressure
LifeNews.com - May 31, 2013 at 12:05 pm The D.C. lobby office of the United Methodist Church, the General Board of Church and Society (GBCS), has finally broken its silence about the “health care” offered by abortion...
Vatican bank head says reputation needs more work than operations do
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 31, 2013 at 12:03 pm Has a balance sheet of 5 billion euros
VATICAN CITY — In the popular imagination, the Vatican bank is so shady that even the German businessman appointed its president in February...
