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License to Cry
The Curt Jester - Oct 30, 2012 at 7:23 pm VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – If anyone thinks the Vatican newspaper is still a staid broadsheet that publishes only religious news and harsh papal edicts, consider this: On Tuesday it...
Card.Cañizares: “It is normal to use the 1962 Missal.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 30, 2012 at 6:54 pm From Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider:
Cardinal Cañizares explains why he agreed to preside over [not just "preside over"] Saturday’s mass for faithful from the “Una cum Papa...
Shameful Benghazi Narrative
The Forum - Oct 30, 2012 at 6:51 pm Victor Davis Hanson penned an excellent deconstruction of the Obama Administration's embarrassing narrative on the terror attacks in Benghazi. Appearing in National Review Online:...
Prayer Requests
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 30, 2012 at 6:32 pm Barbara Curtis of MommyLife.net has died of a stroke. Eternal rest grant unto her and let light perpetual shine upon her. May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed...
Pregnant Mom Rejects Abortion as She Faces Breast Cancer
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2012 at 6:14 pm A local newspaper in Georgia carries the moving story about a mom who rejected abortion when confronted at 12 weeks of pregnancy with the news that she had breast cancer. Meg...
Shooting the Messenger
The Curt Jester - Oct 30, 2012 at 6:10 pm Every election cycle we get stories about people upset by Catholic voting guides or strong statements from some bishops. The narrative is almost always that “somebody is telling...
Evangelization more than strategy, cardinal-elect says
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 30, 2012 at 6:02 pm Vatican City, Oct 30, 2012 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A new cardinal-elect said he was encouraged by the recent bishops' synod in Rome, which emphasized an encounter with the...
Disgraceful: Facebook Censors SEALs
The Forum - Oct 30, 2012 at 6:01 pm From Breitbart:FACEBOOK CENSORS NAVY SEALS TO PROTECT OBAMA ON BENGHAZI-GATE
Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which...
Why they call it…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 30, 2012 at 5:55 pm World Nut Daily.
In answer to their question: No. No it doesn’t.
Obama’s Pink Slip Record: Putting Abortion Ahead of Jobs
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2012 at 5:49 pm This week, as many as two million American workers are supposed to receive notice that their jobs will be ending – notices that are sometimes called “pink slips.”
The massive...
Catholic Bishop: Vote for Obama “Stretches the Imagination”
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2012 at 5:24 pm Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn is the latest Catholic official to say that voting for pro-abortion President Barack Obama is essentially off limits for Catholic voters.
He...
“Hungry and You Fed Me”: homilists for the homeless
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 30, 2012 at 5:17 pm Looking for preaching ideas for next year? Look no further. I’m honored and humbled to be a part of this new book, “Hungry and You Fed Me: Homilies and Reflections for Cycle C...
Archbishop tells children to encounter Christ though reading Gospel
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 30, 2012 at 5:06 pm Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct 30, 2012 / 04:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires told thousands of children gathered in the Argentinean capital to...
Activists Pushing Self-Induced Abortions in Pro-Life Nations
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2012 at 4:45 pm Uruguay’s Senate recently approved a bill, signed into law by the president of Uruguay last week, which legalizes first-trimester abortions, making Uruguay only the second Latin...
Baby Fiona: A Fighter!
Catholic Hot Dish - Oct 30, 2012 at 4:41 pm In October our church concentrates on Respect Life issues. It is also a month designated to Down syndrome awareness. I wanted to share story with you about a lovely couple who...
British schoolgirls given contraceptive implants without parents' knowledge
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 30, 2012 at 4:40 pm British schools have given contraceptive injections and implants to more than 900 girls under the legal age of consent, the London Daily Mail reports.
Confidentiality rules...
Polish archbishop warns against Halloween excesses, 'world of darkness'
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 30, 2012 at 4:39 pm Archbishop Andrzej Dziega of Szczecin-Kamien, Poland, has warned his flock about "the real possibility of spiritual damage" from macabre Halloween celebrations.
In a letter that...
Kenyan conference challenges aid agencies' focus on contraception
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 30, 2012 at 4:39 pm A series of speakers challenged Western relief agencies for their fixation on family-planning efforts, during a conference on bioethics and fertility held at Strathmore University...
Hurricane Sandy as a reminder of human mortality
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 30, 2012 at 4:38 pm Walter Russell Mead remarks that Hurricane Sandy, which disrupted the lives of millions of Americans this week, is "a reminder of what the world really is like." While affluent...
Catholic agencies respond in wake of storm ‘many have feared for a long time’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 30, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Residents are rescued by emergency personnel from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30. (CNS photo/Adam Hunger, Reuters)
Hurricane Sandy “is...
