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Second Abortionist Headed to Maryland to Face Murder Charges
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:58 pm A second abortion practitioner is headed to Maryland to face murder charges in the deaths of viable unborn children in a two-state operation aimed at avoiding late-term abortion...
Pope highlights Christian persecution in speech to diplomats
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:42 pm Vatican City, Jan 9, 2012 / 01:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict stressed the plight of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in his annual address to Vatican-...
Sex-Selection Abortion in India: War Against the Unwanted
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:24 pm On Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics blog, BreakPoint editor Gina Dalfonzo wrote a post about girls in India participating in a ceremony to rid themselves of names that mean “...
William Oddie…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:24 pm crusty conservative English Catholic, gently reminds conservative American Catholics that GOP orthodoxy and Catholic orthodoxy are not co-terminous, and that some of the...
Sister Helen Prejean Speaks to Packed House at The Immaculata
CatholicMom.com - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:15 pm ALCALA PARK — Sister Helen Prejean, or the “Death Penalty Nun” as she calls herself, visited the University of San Diego Nov. 20, sharing her faith-filled journey and the very day...
Nigerian cardinal vows: Christians will not flee
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:06 pm Despite the threats of violence by Boko Haram, Christians will not leave northern Nigeria, vows Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie of Lagos.
"The Nigerian Church is strong and...
Prayophobia in California- Catholic Youth Organization Dares to Pray At Basketball Games
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:02 pm Wow just wow at this article . See Call for prayer at games irks some San Geronimo Valley residentsThis is so foreign to me. Parts of California indeed seem to be on another...
Bishop Lahey seeks laicization after child-porn sentencing
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:00 pm Archbishop Martin Currie of St. John's, Newfoundland, has written to the Catholics of the region, revealing that Bishop Raymond Lahey is seeking to be laicized after his...
Pro-life, pro-family Rick Santorum rides wave of momentum following Iowa win
LifeSiteNews - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:00 pm by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., January 9, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has won a groundswell of support following his stunning...
Pro-Life Activist Gary Bauer Endorses Rick Santorum
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:54 am Leading pro-life activist Gary Bauer has issued an endorsement for Rick Santorum who has been steadily gaining in the polls following his surprising second place showing in the...
Trying year at Vatican
The Busy Catholic - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:50 am Calm and collected: Amid crisis, Vatican diplomacy shows 'maturity'
Miguel Diaz, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, and his wife Marian arrive for Pope Benedict XVI's celebration of...
Haven’t made a New Year’s resolution yet? Try these
Catholic Hot Dish - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:49 am It’s not that I didn’t know 2012 was coming.
It’s not that I ran out of time.
I didn’t make any New Year’s resolutions — other than to lose weight, of course — because:
a: I’ve...
Shaw: Signs the secular left is facing up to the U.S. marriage crisis
OSV Daily Take - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:46 am By Russell ShawIs it possible that secular liberals, some of them anyway, are starting to realize that knocking the supports out from under traditional marriage may not be such a...
Open thread Book suggestions for the next few weeks
Rorate Coeli - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:32 am Ever since the great revolution of the sixteenth century, when the spirit of free inquiry was evoked to decide which of the various Christian traditions were true and which false...
It's On !!! LSU Vs Alabama For All the Marbles
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:27 am GEAUX TIGERS
Mass on a mountain
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:21 am
From the Diocese of Des Moines Facebook page:
Thanks to Mercy Medical Center for providing this image from Africa, taken of Msgr. Frank Bognanno celebrating Mass on the eve of...
Cardinal George apologizes for comparing gay activists to Ku Klux Klan
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:18 am Chicago's Cardinal Francis George has issued a public apology for a statement in which he compared gay-rights activists to the Ku Klux Klan.
"I am truly sorry for the hurt my...
Botched Abortion Injures Woman at Virginia Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:13 am Details about a botched abortion done on a woman and unborn child at a Virginia Planned Parenthood are coming to light today two months after the failed abortion occurred. A life-...
Texas teen spared forced abortion – for two weeks
LifeSiteNews - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:12 am by Ben Johnson CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, January 9, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Texas court has extended a temporary restraining order to prevent a 14-year-old girl from undergoing a...
QUAERITUR: Light One Up – Incense, Thuribles, and You.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 9, 2012 at 11:10 am From a reader:
I am writing to ask you about the proper provision for incense at Holy Mass. Can you or your readers recommend a way to ensure a plentiful supply of incense smoke...
