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Practical Christianity: Pope emphasizes real help for those in need
Franciscan Media - Apr 28, 2017 at 3:18 pm
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ unique approach to teaching the faithful combines speaking clearly and simply with showing people what steps — even small steps — they can take...
President Donald Trump Gets an A+ on Pro-Life Issues During His First 100 Days in Office
LifeNews.com - Apr 28, 2017 at 3:12 pm One of the leading pro-life organizations in the nation is giving president Donald Trump and A grade for his first 100 days in office.
The National Right to Life Committee says...
Bill O’Reilly, Fox News, and the pornification of conservative media
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2017 at 3:09 pm Too often we get a conscious frat boy mentality disguised, or at least excused, as a form of blue collar populism.
ASK FATHER: In Communion Services to do people “self communicate”?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 28, 2017 at 3:06 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
Is anyone other than a Priest allowed to self-Communicate as in a “Communion” service? Thank you.
GUEST PRIEST RESPONSE: Fr. Tim Ferguson
Herein we get...
Crossroads podcast: A Muslim at an Episcopal altar? Face it, that's a complicated story
GetReligion - Apr 28, 2017 at 3:00 pm Sometimes the issue flares up in a major religious denomination. Take, for example, the 2007 case of an Episcopal priest who declared, "I am both Muslim and Christian." She was...
Mike Pence sponsors Bible study for Trump cabinet
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2017 at 3:00 pm The gatherings suggest that God has been brought back into the federal government by the Trump administration.
Francis blasts critics for defending Catholic teaching: Don’t be ‘more Papist than the Pope’
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:57 pm 'Do not be border police' was one of the Holy Father's admonitions to a lay association of Catholics.
Good Friday 2017 Photopost (Part 1)
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:53 pm One of the things I like most about doing these photoposts is how they show the variety of our Catholic liturgical life. For this one, we have a bit of the Byzantine Rite and the...
Report Card: Boston College to Honor Dissident Casey, Students See Double Standard at Saint Louis U.
Creative Minority Report - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:51 pm Boston College to honor dissident Sen. Bob CaseyU.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania will be the keynote speaker for Boston College’s 141st commencement exercises next month....
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock Will Veto Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions on Babies After 20 Weeks
LifeNews.com - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:30 pm A spokeswoman for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock told a pro-abortion blog Thursday that he plans to veto a bill to protect late-term unborn babies from abortions.
The bill, the Pain-...
Daily Readings for Saturday, April 29, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:30 pm Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 6:1-7, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 33:18-19, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 33:1-2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 33:4-5, Gospel: ...
Prayer for the Dead # 3: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, April 29, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:30 pm Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of ...
This law could make it a crime to speak pro-life truth near abortion clinics in Australia
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:22 pm A proposed bill in New South Wales also would deny conscience rights for medical personnel who oppose abortion.
From one pope to another: “Ecumenism of blood” will strengthen our resolve to be one
Aleteia - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:18 pm Francis addresses Coptic leader just weeks after almost losing his life in terrorist attackLess than three weeks since the leader of Egypt’s Christians narrowly escaped an...
Feast of St. Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort
Saint Louis Catholic - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:12 pm Brief account of this great saint of Mary here.St. Louis, pray for us!
After LGBT outcry, transgender movie rating changes from R to PG-13
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:02 pm The film is about a teenage girl who thinks she's a boy.
90 seconds of motherhood at its strongest (VIDEO)
Aleteia - Apr 28, 2017 at 2:00 pm SickKids Foundation released this moving montage in honor of moms with sick children for Mother's Day. Just in time for Mother’s Day, a new ad is shining a light on the often...
Full text of joint statement by Pope Francis and Tawadros II
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 28, 2017 at 1:56 pm Cairo, Egypt, Apr 28, 2017 / 12:56 pm (Church Pop).- During his two-day trip to Egypt, Pope Francis met with Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, telling him their Churches are...
Papolatria Maxima: Francis' statue given veneration in Brazilian cathedral
Rorate Coeli - Apr 28, 2017 at 1:54 pm A video from the Associated Press -- Easter mass of Paul VI at the Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara, in Petropolis, Brazil (tip: Messa in Latino):
Pope in Egypt: Catholics and Copts recognise shared baptism
News.va - Apr 28, 2017 at 1:50 pm (Vatican Radio) In a common declaration, signed by Pope Francis and Coptic Pope Tawadros II, Catholics and Copts declare for the first time that they will recognise each other’s...
