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Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:41 am For the second year in a row, Cuba has declared Good Friday a national holiday.
"The leadership of the country has approved a pause in work activities on Friday, March 29," a...
North Dakota bans abortions for genetic defects and after heartbeat is detected
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:40 am North Dakota's legislature has passed bills banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected or for reason of genetic defect.
"It takes you back to Hitler, and we know where...
Philippine high court suspends reproductive health law
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:39 am The Philippine Supreme Court has suspended the implementation of the nation's controversial reproductive health law for four months.
The high court stated it has done so in order...
Pakistan: Christian girl rescued from forced conversion, marriage
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:37 am A Pakistani court has annulled the forced marriage of a 14-year-old Christian girl to her Muslim abductor. Rafia Mansha was kidnapped in December and forced to convert to Islam....
Head of Ukranian Catholic Church pays tribute to Pope Francis as his mentor
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:36 am Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has paid tribute to Pope Francis as his mentor.
The major archbishop was consecrated a...
Pope Francis receives pallium, ring at start of inaugural mass
News.va - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:35 am (Vatican Radio) Hundreds of thousands of people filled St Peter’s Square Tuesday morning, flowing out into the surrounding streets to participate in the outdoor Mass for the...
Pope Francis calls home
News.va - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:33 am (Vatican Radio) Thousands of pilgrims gathered Tuesday in Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo outside the Cathedral to follow Pope Francis’ installation mass in Rome were stunned to hear...
Of the Pope’s mozzetta…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 19, 2013 at 4:11 am I read on an Italian blog (and so this is at the level of rumor for now) that the Roman ecclesiastical tailor shop Gammarelli sent a mozzetta over the the Apostolic Palace. A...
Merle Travis and Chet Atkins – I’ll See You In My Dreams
Catholic Servant - Mar 19, 2013 at 3:59 am Merle Travis and Chet Atkins ~ I’ll See You In My Dreams
The Ring of the Fisherman
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 19, 2013 at 3:51 am In a statement released to journalists, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office gave new information on the Ring of the Fisherman. The ring was...
Pope Francis' fisherman's ring
News.va - Mar 19, 2013 at 3:30 am (Vatican Radio) The fisherman’s ring which Pope Francis receives at his installation mass at St. Peter’s basilica Tuesday represents the Apostle Peter with the keys, symbolizing...
Crowds flock to installation Mass
News.va - Mar 19, 2013 at 3:30 am (Vatican Radio) Hundreds of thousands of people are expected in St Peter’s Square this morning for the installation Mass of Pope Francis. Just under a week after he was elected...
Pope Francis Addresses Faithful Gathered in Argentina
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 19, 2013 at 3:27 am Thousands of Argentinean faithful gathered in the Plaza de Mayo in the early hours of the morning to watch the Inauguration of the Petrine Ministry Mass, were given a big surprise...
Pope Francis Address to Argentines Gathered in Plaza De Mayo
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 19, 2013 at 3:23 am Here is the translation of Pope Francis' address to his fellow Argentines gathered in Plaza De Mayo prior to the Inauguration of the Petrine Ministry Mass held in St. Peter's...
Strong ND abortion laws praised as anti-discriminatory
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 19, 2013 at 3:03 am Bismark, N.D., Mar 19, 2013 / 03:03 am (EWTN News).-
Pro-life advocates lauded the North Dakota legislature for passing two restrictive laws that ban abortion based on gender,...
Protest highlights treatment of Coptic Christians in Libya
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 19, 2013 at 3:01 am Washington D.C., Mar 19, 2013 / 02:01 am (CNA).- Christians gathered in front of the Libyan Embassy in Washington, D.C., on March 14 to peacefully protest the recent detainment...
Here’s an Idea for the GOP: Stop Lionizing Stupidity
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 19, 2013 at 2:48 am “Republicans will start winning elections again by telling Americans they should be proud of acting stupid.”
Yes. Yes indeed.
In a related vein, when Bubba Jo Suggs and Nathan...
Pope Francis’s inauguration Mass – live updates
Catholic Herald - Mar 19, 2013 at 2:40 am 7.53am GMT: Pope Francis is expected to depart the Domus Sanctae Marthae any moment now and start to move through the crowds in the piazza either in the Jeep or in the Pope...
