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Low–really low–expectations
Commonweal - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:50 pm Maybe everyone is just hanging crepe, but expectations for Obama’s visit to Israel beginning on Wednesday are in the basement.
Haaretz 10:14 P.M. ”According to a Dialog poll...
Dear Traditionalists,…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:48 pm I had this from a reader. He said he was not advocating these things. However, liberals will advocate them.
I’ve got some other suggestions. But first the wacky liberal stuff:
I...
Would the US State Department consider “monitoring” the election of a pope?
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:45 pm Check out this snippet from last Friday’s daily briefing with reporters. The briefer is Victoria Nuland. I think they were kidding. But these days, it’s hard to tell. QUESTION: ...
Media Attacks Pope Francis’ Pro-Life Views, Calls Him “Medieval”
LifeNews.com - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:40 pm The media backlash against Pope Francis may be beginning. After relatively positive coverage last week, ABC and NBC on Monday both highlighted the Argentinean President denouncing...
Ottawa Police Chief ducks as furor grows over pro-lifer’s confiscated camera
LifeSiteNews - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:33 pm by Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, March 19, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ottawa’s Chief of Police is sidestepping questions after one of his officers confiscated a camera from a pro-life...
Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:20 pm A reader writes:
A coworker and friend of mine, Claude Gosselin, who was 51, died in a car crash Saturday. The prayers of you and your readers for his soul would be appreciated...
A Catholic Meme I'm Not Thrilled About--Benedict Emphasized "Charity"
The Sacred Page - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:18 pm Okay, so maybe I'm being a bit too cantankerous but the meme on the right is bugging me a bit. Catholics are floating this picture produced by CatholicVote around Facebook.
Now I...
Woman Sues Doctor, Who Failed to Kill Baby in Botched Abortion
LifeNews.com - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:09 pm In a bizarre case out of Ohio, a woman who experienced a botched abortion, where her baby lived, is suing the abortion practitioner who performed the procedure for failing to take...
Abortionist Kermit Gosnell ‘routinely cracked jokes about babies whose necks he had just slit’
LifeSiteNews - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:08 pm by Dave Andrusko The long-awaited trial of West Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell began Monday. Gosnell is on trial on seven counts of 1st degree murder for alleging...
Pope Francis honored in special Buenos Aires Mass
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:05 pm Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 19, 2013 / 04:05 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, apostolic nuncio to Argentina, celebrated a special Mass of Thanksgiving to offer...
The New Pope: in the Company of Jesus
CatholicMom.com - Mar 19, 2013 at 5:00 pm Habemus papum! My sister sent these words in a text the afternoon of March 13. I was home with a sick child, so I jumped up to turn on the TV, wondering if I was too late to see...
Bp. Vasa (D. Santa Rosa) getting blow-back for requiring Catholic teachers to adhere to Catholic ways
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:54 pm Remember what Bp. Vasa is doing in Santa Rosa? He is requiring that teachers in Catholic schools live – gasp! – according to Catholic teachings and mores. Imagine such a thing...
Feast of Saint Joseph
Saint Louis Catholic - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:46 pm Today is a good day. It is the feast of the great husband of Mary, foster father of Jesus, Patron of the Universal Church, and my patron, too. Today also marked the coronation of...
Connecticut to Hold Hearing on Bill Legalizing Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:34 pm Lawmakers in the Connecticut legislature have introduced a bill to legalize assisted suicide, in what would make it the third to do so. Defeating this anti-life bill will be the...
Planned Parenthood clinics reduce hours after downtick in business during 40 Days for Life
LifeSiteNews - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:24 pm by Shawn Carney - 40 Days for Life I’m in Baltimore today, speaking to a group of young 40 Days for Life volunteers. I just got back from a visit to Connecticut...
How to Create Organic Ambient Instruments in Ableton Live
Catholic Servant - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:12 pm
I’m in the process of composing an ambient track that’s been bouncing around in my head for a couple of months.
Yesterday, I spent 2-hours testing out a bunch of ‘presets’ (in...
A football star (oh, he’s a minister) talks about sexual abuse
GetReligion - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:09 pm As I have mentioned many times, issues related to the world champion Baltimore Ravens (still enjoying typing those words) are about as close to serious religion news as my local...
Study: Black Teen Abortion Rates More Than Twice the National Average
LifeNews.com - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:07 pm Abortion alone has taken the lives of over 16 million black children. For every 100 live births in the African American community, another 77 are aborted.
In New York, the...
UK man with dementia to travel to Switzerland for assisted suicide
LifeSiteNews - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:02 pm by Peter Saunders March 19, 2013 (PJSaunders) - The Sunday Times (£) reports this week that an 83 year old British man with dementia is to travel to Switzerland for an assisted...
