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Bishops call attack on Nigerian parish 'barbarous'
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 29, 2012 at 1:40 pm Abuja, Nigeria, Oct 29, 2012 / 12:40 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A suicide bombing of a Catholic church in northern Nigeria on Oct. 28 has been denounced as cowardly by Archbishop...
Kickstart Amanda Vernon’s “Interior Gaze” & Be Blessed
CatholicMom.com - Oct 29, 2012 at 1:38 pm Interior Gaze by Amanda Vernon
I love hearing about great “kickstarter” projects being launched by my Catholic friends across the country. I’m a bit late telling you about the...
Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 29, 2012 at 1:32 pm A reader writes:
I just heard that Barbara Curtis of Mommylife has suffered a stroke. Please get folks praying for her and her family.
Father, grant Barbara swift and full...
Update: All Saints Vigil Moved to November 7th
Dominicana - Oct 29, 2012 at 1:15 pm Due to the Frankenstorm, the All Saints Vigil has been postponed exactly one week. It will now be on Wednesday, November 7th (All Saints Day in the Dominican Order). As before,...
Wrongful Birth and a “Pirfect” Gift
CatholicMom.com - Oct 29, 2012 at 1:01 pm Wrongful Birth and a “Pirfect” Gift
Recently, while listening to the radio in my car, I heard a news report that took my breath away. The radio host reported that a couple from...
Pro-Life Ad Exposes Obama, Biden Falsehoods on Abortion
LifeNews.com - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:59 pm The pro-life women’s group Susan B. Anthony List launched a new web ad countering the false statements made by President Obama and Vice President Biden on the campaign trail.
The...
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City Strong Article Against HHS Contraception Mandate
Opinionated Catholic - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:39 pm This is a pretty powerful OpEd from the Archbishop. Read it and pass it along. See HHS mandate’s coercive nature is fact, not opinion
Is there a hurricane in your neighborhood?
Commonweal - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:32 pm New York City is a coastal city. Easy enough to forget until the weather reminds us that high tides (very high tides–full moon) and Category 1 hurricanes can swamp the edges of...
CBS story on my Theology on Tap talk
Brandon Vogt - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:30 pm A few weeks ago, our local CBS affiliate filmed my talk on "The New Evangelist," which I gave for a local Theology on Tap gathering. Last night they featured it in a great story....
Over 200 students from Virginia Catholic college pray outside D.C. abortion facility
LifeSiteNews - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:27 pm by Thaddeus Baklinski WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Shield of Roses, the student pro-life group at Virginia’s Christendom College, held its biggest...
Ted Kennedy’s Wife: Vote No on Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts
LifeNews.com - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:26 pm The wife of the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy has authored a column in which she encourages state residents to vote against Question 2. The ballot proposal would have...
Faith overcomes spiritual blindness, Pope says at synod close
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:23 pm Vatican City, Oct 29, 2012 / 12:23 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
At a Mass on Sunday closing the bishops' synod on the new evangelization, the Pope reflected on the need for faith in...
Faith overcomes spiritual blindness, Pope says at synod close
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:23 pm Vatican City, Oct 29, 2012 / 11:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- At a Mass on Sunday closing the bishops' synod on the new evangelization, the Pope reflected on the need for faith in...
Supreme Court Denies Cert In Oklahoma Personhood Amendment Case
The Religion Clause - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:20 pm Th U.S. Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Personhood Oklahoma v. Barber, (Docket No. 12-145, cert. denied 10/29/2012) (Order List). In the case, the Oklahoma Supreme Court...
They Remain
The Forum - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:18 pm From The Ticket:Guards at Tomb of the Unknowns to remain on-site during hurricane
WASHINGTON—Hurricane Sandy is expected to slam the East Coast and the federal government is shut...
Ordination update: 22 new deacons in Seattle
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:09 pm The web page for Seattle’s cathedral has some wonderful pictures of the event. Some higlights below. I’m told a story will be appearing in the diocesan newspaper in a few days. I...
My East Coast Readers Inspire Me
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:09 pm Sez one:
GPS receiver freshly updated. If the power goes out, I can still find geocaches.
It’s important to prioritize in an emergency.
Cardinal stresses that Right to Life is issue number one!
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:07 pm Dear Friends, Without the protection of the right to life, no other discussion of human rights can continue. So declared Cardinal Renato Martino in an interview I conducted with...
Blindness to Moral Truth Is Bankrupting Us
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Romney Applauded for Trying to Save Baby From Abortion
LifeNews.com - Oct 29, 2012 at 12:00 pm With Barack Obama continuing to slip in the polls, speculation persists that Obama or his supporters will try to spring an “October surprise,” some shocking allegation to hurt...
