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Surprise decision will keep restrictions on Plan B emergency contraception
OSV Daily Take - Dec 7, 2011 at 3:16 pm Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled FDA experts and stopped a decision to offer Plan B morning-after emergency contraception on drugstore shelves to...
St. Ambrose: silent reader, admired by St. Augustine
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 7, 2011 at 3:09 pm Today’s first entry in the Martyrologium Romanum says:
1. Memoria sancti Ambrosii, episcopi Mediolanensis et Ecclesiae doctoris, qui pridie Nonas aprilis in Domino obdormivit,...
Engilsh Chant for Immaculate Concerption
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 7, 2011 at 3:00 pm Until the new printing arrives, you can go to musicasacra.com/sep
KC, MO: The Star continues its relentless biased attacks on the Church
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:59 pm Over at SERVIAM you can learn a great deal about what is going on in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and the relentless attacks on Bp. Finn in particular and the Catholic...
A different way to decorate the Christmas tree
Catholic Hot Dish - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Guest post by Jackie Daugherty – The Catholic Spirit
How do YOU keep warm in the winter? With Hats, Scarves, Mittens, and Socks, of course!
This year, The Catholic Spirit decided...
The Danger Within
The Forum - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:56 pm This is disturbing, from TFP:Pro-Homosexual Clubs Found at 107 Catholic CollegesWhy are pro-homosexual clubs allowed to promote anti-Catholic behavior on Catholic campuses?After...
New Rick Perry Ad Attacks Obama on Religion
The Religion Clause - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:51 pm Candidate Rick Perry released an 30-second ad today attacking what he called "Obama's war on religion." In the ad, he says:I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian, but you...
Breaking: Michael O’brien Makes an Appeal
LifeSiteNews - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:48 pm by jfidero Renowned author/artist Michael O’Brien has penned a letter relating how important LifeSiteNews is to him and his own work of writing novels and articles for the...
Abortion Backers Blast Obama Administration in Rare Divide
LifeNews.com - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:38 pm Nancy Keenan of NARAL has worked closely with pro-abortion President Barack Obama to advance abortion, but today’s decision by the Obama administration not to sell the morning...
Uncle Chestnut’s Table Gype a Great Gift Idea
CatholicMom.com - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:30 pm If you’re looking for a fun and original gift idea this year for family and friends, be sure to check out Uncle Chestnut’s Table Gype. This great game is the brainchild of Paul...
76% of Canadians prefer ‘Merry Christmas’: poll
LifeSiteNews - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:29 pm by Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, December 7, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the efforts of secularists to transform Christmas into the “holiday season,” a new poll...
Knights of Columbus honored with street name in Rome
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:22 pm Vatican City, Dec 7, 2011 / 03:22 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Knights of Columbus now have a street to call their own in the Eternal City after Largo Cavalieri di Colombo was...
Indian priest hospitalized after hunger strike against archdiocesan decision
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:18 pm A Carmelite priest in India has been hospitalized against his will as he continues a hunger strike to protest a decision by the local archdiocese to take over control of a parish...
Sebelius overrules experts, blocks selling abortion pill on store shelves
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 7, 2011 at 2:08 pm Details:
In a surprise move, the nation’s health secretary stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms, deciding Wednesday that ...
Pope praises groups for their efforts to ban death penalty
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:52 pm Pope Benedict XVI gave a special greeting of encouragement to delegations meeting in Rome — including a group from Illinois — to promote the abolition of the death penalty.
During...
Scepticism of the Veracity of Network News Should Be a Given
Saint Louis Catholic - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:49 pm This isn't the first time Fox News has been caught running inaccurate video for its stories.And before you have a fit, I believe this kind of "mistake" is not limited to one...
O Albero: For Gubbio Mega-Tree, A PopeLighting
Whispers in the Loggia - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:43 pm As has been feverishly anticipated in some parts over recent days -- in large part amid fresh questions of which device the Pope would use to do the honors -- B16 lit the "World's...
Ignatian Volunteer Corps members make a difference for others
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 7, 2011 at 1:23 pm Ginny Walzer works six hours per day, two days a week. Cheryl Dugan works about 600 hours each year. Both work in professional jobs — but neither receives even a penny for their...
