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Congressman Wants Hearing on Planned Parenthood Abortion Death
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:38 am A leading member of Congress who has already started the process of investigating the Planned Parenthood abortion business related to Medicaid fraud and potentially hiding cases...
Pope offers condolences at death of Cuban activist
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:22 am Pope Benedict XVI has sent a message of condolence on the deaths of Cuban human-rights activists Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero, who were killed in a car crash on July 22.
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Media canonizes Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester
GetReligion - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:22 am A reader sent in this story from the (Rochester, New York) Democrat and Chronicle with the note, “Is it possible to be any less subtle in presenting one’s subject as a saint? Or,...
Comments and Commenters
Creative Minority Report - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:22 am *subhead*New Policy.*subhead*As any long-time reader of CMR can tell you, Matt and I have always preferred to have as open a comment policy as possible with one basic rule--...
African-American Catholics found more active in Church
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:20 am African-American Catholics are more actively involved with their faith than their white counterparts, according to a new study by Notre Dame researchers.
By almost every measure...
Scottish archbishop-elect faces criticism for comment on homosexuality
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:16 am Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, named this week to be the new Archbishop of Glasgow, has come under heavy fire because of offhand remarks he made earlier this year about the sudden...
Obama’s Abortion-HHS Mandate is Both Unjust and Illegal
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:12 am To recap two major problems with the HHS mandate: it restricts the natural right of religious freedom and imposes a false view of religion.
In addition to being illegal by...
Native Americans say canonization brings them full circle as Catholics
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:10 am AURIESVILLE, N.Y. — As the sun set on the 73rd annual Tekakwitha Conference at its namesake's birthplace July 21, dozens of pilgrims joined hands and formed a circle, launching a...
Cardinal Dolan, Stephen Colbert to match wits in forum on comedy
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:10 am Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York will team up with television comedian Stephen Colbert at a forum on faith and humor, to be held at Fordham University in September.
The forum...
Being Christian: “Batman’s” Bale visits, prays at Aurora memorial
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:08 am Poignant video, below:
The story:
”Dark Knight Rises” star Christian Bale visited the memorial for victims of the Aurora theater shooting on Tuesday, as well as visited with some...
Pontificate of Benedict XVI already exceeds average length
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:07 am Elected in April 2005 when he was 78, Pope Benedict XVI was generally expected to have a short reign. But his pontificate has now lasted longer than the average for all the...
Prayers, sweat and joy are part of the Poor Clare life
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:06 am By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org
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This is the first in an every-other-week series on...
Penn State Penalty Unfair, but the Right Thing
CatholicMom.com - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:00 am
Penn State Penalty Unfair, but the Right Thing
Every parent worth his or her salt at one time or another has done what the NCAA did this week when sanctioning Penn State...
Obama gives $426,000 to North Carolina Planned Parenthood after state votes to defund
LifeSiteNews - Jul 25, 2012 at 9:59 am by Ben Johnson CHARLOTTE, July 25, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Obama administration has awarded nearly half-a-million dollars to Planned Parenthood in North Carolina, once...
Cameron scolds Anglicans about their stance on same-sex marriage
Vatican Insider - Jul 25, 2012 at 9:59 amBenedict XVI: above average
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 25, 2012 at 9:56 am More than seven years ago, on April 19th, 2005, Benedict XVI was elected Pope. On average, Popes usually reign for 7.19 years. Now, Benedict XVI has surpassed that average.
For the record: "Lefebvrians: a decision after summer"
Rorate Coeli - Jul 25, 2012 at 9:51 am The month in which Europe stops is about to begin - and soon after that, the Pope is supposed to be in Lebanon (yes, the great small nation surrounded by Syria and Israel) in...
Woman’s Death at Planned Parenthood Shows Abortion Not Safe
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2012 at 9:40 am Reports of a 24-year-old woman dying from heavy bleeding as the result of having an abortion at a Chicago Planned Parenthood reinforce the dire need we have for regulations in the...
