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Arkansas: Bill to Ban Webcam Abortions in Jeopardy, Help Needed

LifeNews.com - Mar 22, 2013 at 4:27 pm

Arkansas Right to Life, the main statewide pro-life group in the Natural State, is seeking calls and emails from residents to their legislators to help push through a ban on...

‘Shocking and unprecedented’: Canada’s Life and Family leaders slam government axing of M-408

LifeSiteNews - Mar 22, 2013 at 4:19 pm

by Peter Baklinski OTTAWA, March 22, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s life and family leaders have risen en mass to condemn what is being widely acknowledged as a “shocking and...

Francis writes to Adolfo: thanks for prayers and unconditional service to the Church and Christ's Vicar

Communio - Mar 22, 2013 at 4:10 pm

Here is the letter of Pope Francis to the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Father Adolfo Nicolás in response to Jesuit's letter to His Holiness last week (which you can...

Romania's March for Life looks to stem demographic bomb, protect life

LifeSiteNews - Mar 22, 2013 at 4:02 pm

by Gerda Chişărău BUCHAREST, March 22, 2013 (Human Life International) - In a nation where the people and culture have been poisoned for decades by atheistic materialism and its...

Senate Democrats Vote Against Conscience Protections From HHS Mandate

LifeNews.com - Mar 22, 2013 at 4:01 pm

Senate Democrats voted on Friday against an amendment from pro-life Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska to the budget that would offer Americans conscience protections from the...

Lawrence University professor recalls Pope Francis as kind, humble priest

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:49 pm

Gustavo Fares has family ties to Pope Francis APPLETON — A photograph on Gustavo Fares' computer screen shows his cousin, Jesuit Fr. Diego Fares, during a profession of vows in...

Bishop Ricken celebrates Mass of Thanksgiving for new pope

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:47 pm

GREEN BAY — Within days of his election as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has given the world "a beautiful example of what it means to follow Jesus," said...

Prayer Requests

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:45 pm

A reader writes: Begging your indulgence, Praying in PA needs a little spiritual assistance for peace-making in her current edit-war on Wikipedia’s Pope Francis page, but in...

Local Catholics react to election of Pope Francis

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:41 pm

GREEN BAY — The election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church was greeted with optimism, surprise and excitement by Catholics...

Appeals Court Says Church of Cognitive Therapy Is Not A "Religion"

The Religion Clause - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:40 pm

In State of Idaho v. Cordingley, (ID App., March 21, 2013), an Idaho appeals court rejected defendant's claim that possession of marijuana and paraphernalia charges against him...

LifeSiteNews is up against the wall

LifeSiteNews - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:40 pm

by Steve Jalsevac Dear readers, What if I had to say to you today that LifeSiteNews.com will have to suddenly, drastically cut back on its new reporting? That we are unexpectedly...

Turkish Prime Minister criticizes Netherlands for placing Muslim boy in care of lesbians

LifeSiteNews - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:38 pm

by Thaddeus Baklinski THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 22, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte after...

Pope meets  with Vatican gardeners and cleaners

Communio - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:35 pm

The L'Osservatore Romano reported today that "When we have a heart of stone it happens that we pick up real stones and stone Jesus Christ in the person of our brothers and...

New roots in ancient soil, the Cistercians revive monastic life in Norway

Communio - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:35 pm

The Cistercians of the Strict Observance --the Trappists-- are busy reviving monastic life in Norway after an absence since a fire destroyed the ancient monastery. Monks and nuns...

High School Runner Loses Eligibility for Running Pro-Life Relay

LifeNews.com - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:34 pm

I live in a state where in some cases it is easier to solve the Rubik Cube than figure out what makes students eligible—or ineligible—for a myriad of school-related activities....

Antigo students adopt a cardinal who became pope

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:31 pm

All Saints School third graders participate in 'adopt a cardinal' event ANTIGO — Millions of Catholics across the world tuned in to see who the next leader of the Catholic Church...

Abp. Chaput's Column: Holy Week and the Path to Easter

Creative Minority Report - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:26 pm

Archbishop Chaput's columns are always worth a read. This one on "Holy Week and the Path to Easter" is especially good. One of many takeaways: "The better we love, the more we...

USAID-funded sign encourages extramarital affairs pulled after outcry

LifeSiteNews - Mar 22, 2013 at 3:11 pm

by Lisa Correnti March 22, 2013 (C-FAM.org) - Just one day after USAID released a progress report on development reform, a US and UK funded AIDS prevention ad was pulled for being...

USAID-funded sign encouraging extramarital affairs pulled after outcry