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New Book, The Trial of Kermit Gosnell, Describes Shocking Details About the Abortion Industry
LifeNews.com - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:34 am When police raided the Women’s Medical Society, they thought that they were putting an end to a pill mill that was the largest supplier of illicit prescription painkillers in...
Fortnight for Freedom events underway
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:33 am A religious freedom presentation and grandparents-grandchildren pilgrimage are planned locally to observe the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual Fortnight for Freedom,...
STYLE Savvy: Travel and Lists and Hammocks -- Oh, My!
CatholicMom.com - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:30 am
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This summer has not been a typical summer. My daughter, usually at home for most of the summer, was home for just a week before heading off...
Woman’s Husband Forced Her to Have Three Abortions to Give Birth to a Boy
LifeNews.com - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:29 am New research in Kenya confirms that fathers sometimes try to skirt their parental responsibilities by pressuring their wives or girlfriends to abort their unborn babies....
Gonna do an interesting interview today
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:28 am …with Jon Sweeney, the author of The Saint vs. the Scholar, about the fight between Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter Abelard, on Connecting the Dots. I’ll post it when it’s ready...
Melkite Synod elects new Patriarch
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:17 am Bishop Joseph Absi has been elected by the Synod of the Melkite Catholic Church to become the next Patriarch of Antioch and leader of the world’s 1.6 million Melkite Catholics.
International colloquium in St. Paul celebrates traditional sacred music
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:17 am According to the CMAA, the colloquium is “the largest and most in-depth teaching conference and retreat on sacred music in the world.”
LA, Archdiocese Launches New Website Dedicated to Raising Awareness and Providing Resources on Immigration
Vatican Insider - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:14 am The Archdiocese of Los Angeles launched today TheNextAmerica.org (FuturoEstadosUnidos.org), a new bilingual website aiming to raise awareness, provide resources and share the...
US bishops launch 2017 Fortnight for Freedom
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:08 am Washington D.C., Jun 21, 2017 / 10:08 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. bishops have launched a website and video to mark the beginning of this year's Fortnight for Freedom, focusing...
St. Aloysius Gonzaga, the patron saint of AIDS patients, died helping plague victims
Aleteia - Jun 21, 2017 at 10:00 am Although he didn't live past 23, his life is an example of how charity should have no boundaries.Born to a wealthy family, Aloysius was destined to become a solider and take on...
New president for Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 21, 2017 at 9:59 am Pope Francis has named Joachim von Braun, a German agricultural economist, as president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Football Hall of Fame members meet with Pontiff
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 21, 2017 at 9:51 am Pope Francis met on June 21 with an American delegation from the National Football League’s Hall of Fame.
A Huge (and Ironic) Pro-Life Win in Georgia
Creative Minority Report - Jun 21, 2017 at 9:41 am You mean the Democrats lost again?! OK. Anyone else starting to feel bad for them? Yeah, me neither.Trump said we'd win until we were tired of winning. But in the words of Hillary...
Catholic Church Rents Building to Abortion Activists for Huge Planned Parenthood Conference
LifeNews.com - Jun 21, 2017 at 9:29 am Concerns are growing about some Catholic Church leaders’ commitment to protecting unborn babies and their mothers from abortion.
The Catholic Church has been one of the leading...
Pope to NFL Hall of Famers: foster fair play, teamwork
News.va - Jun 21, 2017 at 9:19 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received a delegation from the National Football League’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
Addressing the 43-member delegation representing the trustees and...
"The Case for Christ" available soon to bring home
CatholicMom.com - Jun 21, 2017 at 9:00 am Award-winning film starring Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Faye Dunaway and Robert Forster comes to home entertainment on August 15
The Case for Christ, one of the best-reviewed...
Archaeologists find Viking meeting site in England’s Sherwood Forest
Aleteia - Jun 21, 2017 at 9:00 am The “Thing mound” dates from the 9th century.After decades of research and digging, archaeologists in the north of England have discovered physical evidence of a “Thing site,” or...
In the Sky this Week – June 22, 2017
The Catholic Astronomer - Jun 21, 2017 at 8:57 am
The planet Venus appears high in the eastern morning sky; the bright star Capella, to the northwest, is the last star to fade with the oncoming dawn. The waning crescent Moon...
BUX “We are in a full crisis of faith!” Wherein Fr. Z muses on the times.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 21, 2017 at 8:56 am Some of you will remember those commercials years ago where some guys, sitting with friends is a loud restaurant, says something like, “My broker is Joe Bagofdonuts. Joe says…”,...
Blackfriars in Gotham: 150 Years of Dominicans in New York
Dominicana - Jun 21, 2017 at 8:30 am Tomorrow will mark 150 years since the New York archbishop John McCluskey penned a letter to the Provincial of our province, Fr. William O’Carroll. The letter states in full: “The...
