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Meet a Pro-Life Democrat: Patheos’ Rebecca Hamilton Profiled by CNS
The Deacon's Bench - May 31, 2013 at 5:57 am Behold: Oklahoma State Rep. Rebecca Hamilton sees no conflict between her pro-life views as a Catholic and being a stalwart Democrat who has served 18 years in the state...
Vatican: Dhaka factory collapse underscores need for global corporate social responsibility
News.va - May 31, 2013 at 5:45 am (Vatican Radio) With the images of the Dhaka factory collapse in Bangladesh still before the eyes of the world, the Holy See has reminded United Nations members that “still in...
Religious freedom leader says threats in US are real
EWTN - US Latest News - May 31, 2013 at 5:42 am Washington D.C., May 31, 2013 / 05:42 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The head of a federal commission that promotes religious liberty warned that while threats to religious freedom in the...
‘Our lives don’t belong to us,’ Pope Francis says on Feast of Corpus Christi
Catholic Herald - May 31, 2013 at 5:39 am Pope Francis has challenged Catholics to consider if they allow their lives to be transformed by Christ’s presence in the Eucharist.
Speaking yesterday to a congregation of about...
Pope Francis Meets with President of the 67th Session of the UNs General Assembly
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 31, 2013 at 5:39 am This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis received in audience the president for the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Vuk...
‘I won’t be recommending Vatican III’: Cardinal Pell on his new role advising Pope Francis
Catholic Herald - May 31, 2013 at 5:27 am When the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was elected Pope in March, big changes in the Vatican were predicted. The new Pope did not disappoint when in April...
MARIA REGINA
Rorate Coeli - May 31, 2013 at 5:19 am Vergine Madre, figlia del tuo figlio,
umile e alta più che creatura,
termine fisso d'etterno consiglio,
Fra Angelico
Coronation of the Virgin
tu se' colei che l'umana natura...
Article: Top 10 Movie Dads
Decent Films Guide - May 31, 2013 at 5:10 am Picking the top 10 movie dads was both easier and harder than picking the top 10 movie moms. Easier, because there were more candidates to choose from — and harder for the same...
Review: Epic (2013)
Decent Films Guide - May 31, 2013 at 5:10 am At its best, Epic produces images of poetic power, even grandeur … The catch is that the world the filmmakers create is far more interesting than the story they tell in it or the...
Contraception funding charges inaccurate, NY archdiocese says
EWTN - US Latest News - May 31, 2013 at 5:03 am New York City, N.Y., May 31, 2013 / 05:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Responding to media reports, the Archdiocese of New York said that its payments to a labor union fund that goes...
Contraception funding charges inaccurate, NY archdiocese says
Catholic News Agency - General - May 31, 2013 at 5:03 am New York City, N.Y., May 31, 2013 / 04:03 am (CNA).- Responding to media reports, the Archdiocese of New York said that its payments to a labor union fund that goes towards...
American sociologist Fr Andrew Greeley dies aged 85
Catholic Herald - May 31, 2013 at 4:59 am Fr Andrew Greeley, an American priest, novelist, journalist and sociologist, died on Wednesday aged 85.
Fr Greeley was perhaps most widely recognised for the more than 60 novels...
New Oakland bishop looks to Pope Francis' example
EWTN - US Latest News - May 31, 2013 at 4:44 am Oakland, Calif., May 31, 2013 / 04:44 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Bishop Michael C. Barber, S.J., was ordained and installed as Bishop of Oakland on May 25, promising to follow Pope...
USCCB: pray, fast for engaged couples
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 4:33 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked Catholics to pray, fast, and abstain from meat on May 31 "for engaged couples, that their time of preparation...
Late-term abortions touted at major women's health conference
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 4:33 am Late-term abortion was defended by speakers at Women Deliver, the self-described "largest meeting of the decade to focus on the health and well-being of girls and women."
The ...
1st Catholic university inaugurated in Jordan
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 4:31 am Four years after Pope Benedict blessed its cornerstone during his apostolic journey to the Holy Land, the first Catholic university in Jordan held its inauguration ceremony.
The...
Vatican bank president touts institute's soundness
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 4:28 am In a lengthy interview with Vatican Radio, the new head of the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), popularly known as the Vatican bank, praised the institute's financial and...
Vatican will not publish full text of Pope's weekday Mass homilies
Catholic Culture - World News - May 31, 2013 at 4:27 am In response to requests for the full texts of Pope Francis's weekday Mass homilies, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi explained why Vatican Radio and L'Osservatore Romano...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 31/05/13
Catholic Herald - May 31, 2013 at 4:21 am In the Eucharist Jesus becomes “real food that sustains our life even at times when the going is rough”, the Pope said as he celebrated Corpus Christi yesterday (full text, photos...
Thank God for the Catholic Truth Society, semper fidelis: more a cornucopia than a publishing company
Catholic Herald - May 31, 2013 at 4:05 am Every so often, the Catholic Truth Society sends me a bundle of its latest publications, and I am able, sometimes, to say something about some of them. This time, I shall say...
