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Why Pro-Life is More Accurate Than Pro-Choice on Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jan 11, 2012 at 9:20 am For pundits and activists on both sides of the abortion debate, step one in crafting an argument is choosing the terminology. By deeming one’s self “pro-life/choice” and the...
Quoting Myself on Newt
Creative Minority Report - Jan 11, 2012 at 9:13 am This is just a reminder of what I said about Newt just one month ago when he was topping polls in Iowa and nation wide.Look, Newt is a smart fella and I can even relegate the...
U.S. Supreme Court justices leery of FOX request to relax broadcast decency standards
LifeSiteNews - Jan 11, 2012 at 9:00 am by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman WASHINGTON, January 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court’s justices broadly expressed skepticism over a petition to relax broadcast...
Vatican today — January 11, 2012
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 11, 2012 at 8:31 am THE PRAYER OF JESUS AT THE LAST SUPPER
Jesus’ prayer during the Last Supper was the theme of Benedict XVI’s catechesis during his general audience, which was held this morning in...
What's in your briefcase?
OSV Daily Take - Jan 11, 2012 at 8:08 am Actor Mark Wahlberg talks about his faith and his family (and of course his new film) on CBS This Morning. How refreshing is it to hear a Hollywood type talk about keeping a...
‘Don’t hang around this area.’
Commonweal - Jan 11, 2012 at 8:00 am Yesterday, at a Romney event in New Hampshire, a Harvard Kennedy and Divinity School student named Matt Bieber was asked by two police officers to leave the premises because, as...
About That Bomb
Commonweal - Jan 11, 2012 at 7:48 am As the U.S. continues to press Iran on its “bomb,” and helps assassinate another Iranian scientist (o.k., while rescuing all of those fishermen), you have to wonder where we’re...
Florida Black Democrat introduces bill opposing sex/race-selective abortions
LifeSiteNews - Jan 11, 2012 at 7:26 am by Thaddeus Baklinski TALLAHASSEE, Florida, January 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A bill outlawing race- and gender-based abortions was introduced in the Florida state senate by...
We know what that probably means, right?...
Rorate Coeli - Jan 11, 2012 at 7:25 am The Holy Father received in audience this morning, in the office of the Paul VI Hall: -H.E. Bp. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Bishop of Regensburg (Federal Republic of Germany).
Yes, we...
Google honors Blessed Nicolas Steno, scientist and saint
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 11, 2012 at 7:11 am Mountain View, Calif., Jan 11, 2012 / 07:11 pm (EWTN News).-
Google is honoring the 17th-century Danish priest who is regarded as the father of modern geology.
St. Bede the Venerable Parish, Holland, Pennsylvania
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 11, 2012 at 7:00 am Following upon Matthew's piece yesterday, another of our readers send in a "before" and "after", this time, St. Bede the Venerable parish in Holland, Pennsylvania. The work was...
Daily Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 11, 2012 at 6:30 am “The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the...
10th Circuit Says Oklahoma Anti-Sharia Amendment Violates Establishment Clause
The Religion Clause - Jan 11, 2012 at 6:20 am In Awad v. Ziriax, (10th Cir., Jan. 10, 2012), the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court's preliminary injunction (see prior posting) preventing the...
Kentucky Governor Rejects Hospital Merger That Posed Establishment Clause Issues
The Religion Clause - Jan 11, 2012 at 6:15 am Lexology reports that last week Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced that he will not approve a proposed merger of several hospitals that includes the merger of the University of...
Settlement of Lawsuit Will Allow DC Special Elections To Avoid Religious Holiday Conflicts
The Religion Clause - Jan 11, 2012 at 6:10 am The Washington Post reports that last week a settlement was reached in a lawsuit that Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld brought last year against the District of Columbia over the scheduling...
India's Election Commission Proposes Action Against Cabinet Minister Over Election Promise To Muslims
The Religion Clause - Jan 11, 2012 at 6:05 am In India, as previously reported, a December 2009 Report of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities recommended that Parliament change its present...
New York Regents Give Religious Schools Conscience Exemption To Teaching Tolerance
The Religion Clause - Jan 11, 2012 at 6:00 am Last year, New York enacted the Dignity for All Students Act, effective July 1, 2012. (See prior posting.) In addition to prohibiting bullying, the law (Educ. Law Sec. 801-a)...
Supreme Court unanimously rejects government oversight of churches
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 11, 2012 at 5:57 am Washington D.C., Jan 11, 2012 / 05:57 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Jan. 11 to uphold the "ministerial exception" that allows religious...
