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Mercy's health education for teachers seeks to fill a gap
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jan 18, 2012 at 6:08 pm by Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org
When Mercy, the eighth largest U.S. Catholic health care system, held programs in the community seeking...
Just the facts: Physician tells students about sexually transmitted infections
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jan 18, 2012 at 6:07 pm Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org
Dr. Robert Bergamini has dedicated his medical career to helping children as a physician with a specialty in...
Just so we’re clear. I no longer work for Catholic Exchange.
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 18, 2012 at 6:01 pm I have not worked for them for nearly a year. So even though they’ve elected to keep a link to my blog on their front page and have not updated their “Who We Are” page to reflect...
Kissing and Bikinis
CatholicMom.com - Jan 18, 2012 at 6:00 pm Four years ago, our oldest was preparing for marriage. It was an exciting time for us and as the Catholic momma, I got out the information on Catholic weddings along with the...
Pro-Life Advocates in Spain Use New Tools to Combat Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:48 pm Political systems and popular representation are changing. Movements like the Spanish 15-M, or the American Tea Party are spontaneous movements which indicate that democracy —...
The crisis of the church is a crisis of Bishops: Sì, è vero, the bishop defends homosexual partnerships
Rorate Coeli - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:41 pm A reader read this in another blog and asked us if it was true.
Yes, it is true! Is it not wonderful? Favorable to homosexual couples, but with the appropriate distinctions. It is...
Court-ordered abortion, sterilization of Catholic woman in Mass. overturned by higher court
LifeSiteNews - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:39 pm by Ben Johnson BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, January 18, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday, the Massachusetts Appeals Court threw out a lower court’s ruling that would have forced a...
Meet Fr. Don, the surfer priest
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:24 pm This is a great video about a priest who surfs: Fr. Don Calloway. But that’s just the beginning. He’s got a great story — and a great message.
Click here to view the embedded...
For Lay People: Participation at Holy Mass: Which Form? WDTPRS POLL
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:17 pm Rorate has a poll going for their readers about participation at Holy Mass in the Ordinary Form, the Novus Ordo. The way to know their readers, thought it is clearly gauged for...
Catholic midwives refuse abortion cases, go to court
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:12 pm Glasgow, Scotland, Jan 18, 2012 / 06:12 pm (CNA).- Two Catholic midwifes are testifying before Scotland’s highest civil court that they are being forced to participate in...
CTV sting operation tries to catch crisis pregnancy centre giving misinformation
LifeSiteNews - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:10 pm by Thaddeus Baklinski VANCOUVER, January 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On December 15th, 2011, CTV News in British Columbia launched a sting operation against the South Fraser...
Judge Can’t Order Mentally Disabled Woman to Have Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:02 pm A judge’s decision to order the abortion of “a mentally ill woman’s unborn baby and sterilize her — if it meant she had to be ‘coaxed, bribed, or even enticed … by ruse’ into the...
Ordination update: happy new year, happy new deacons in Arlington
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:01 pm
And just as at the beginning of the Church, there are seven.
Details, from the Catholic Herald:
Seven men answered the call to the permanent diaconate and were ordained last...
Airplanes, Fairy Tales and The Hulk
SQPN - Podcast Network - Jan 18, 2012 at 5:01 pm I posted new podcast episodes of The Break, Secrets of Pan Am and Secrets of Once Upon a Time! Check them out: http://thebreak.sqpn.com http://panam.sqpn.com http://onceuponatime....
Meeting and planning firm in St. Louis joins effort to end sex trafficking
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jan 18, 2012 at 4:56 pm Nix Conference and Meeting Management firm in St. Louis took a historic step to help end child sex trafficking Jan. 11 when they became the first to sign the ECPAT (End Child...
Editorial | Dr. King's challenge and the danger of complacency
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Jan 18, 2012 at 4:47 pm Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s presence on the American scene was short and dramatic. It began in 1955 with the Montgomery bus boycott and ended with his assassination in Memphis in...
Swedish politician wants crackdown on home schooling
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2012 at 4:36 pm An influential Swedish politician has asked the country's government to crack down on home-schooling families.
Lotta Edholm of the Liberal Party wrote in the Aftonbladet newspaper...
Should deer be pets?
Catholic Hot Dish - Jan 18, 2012 at 4:36 pm Pink turned to red Saturday as two young deer that frequented the home of a resident there were shot and killed by a Forest Lake police officer, according to a story about the...
Minnesota: archbishop battles clergy dissent on marriage amendment
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 18, 2012 at 4:33 pm With Catholic Church leaders in Minnesota enthusiastically supporting a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would safeguard marriage, Archbishop John Nienstedt has...
Continuing King’s Dream Requires Justice for the Unborn
LifeNews.com - Jan 18, 2012 at 4:28 pm Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today as our nation honors a man heralded as a champion of civil rights, it would benefit us to...
