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Iowa House passes measure to ban almost all abortions after 20 weeks
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 12, 2017 at 1:02 pm Pro-life supporters are praising the Iowa House of Representatives on passing legislation that bans almost all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
When Jesus explained to St. Catherine how to love him with great love
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 1:00 pm The cross is a mystery we cannot understand, but these 3 paths will bring us closer. The truth is, it is difficult for us to understand the mystery of the Cross, of suffering, of...
‘My rights were violated:’ Mom furious after her daughter received dangerous contraception on school trip
LifeSiteNews - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:57 pm A birth control device was implanted inside an Oklahoma girl's arm without her mother's consent.
Roman Missal calls Easter Vigil ‘mother of all vigils’ for a reason
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:40 pm WASHINGTON — The Catholic Church pulls out all the stops for the Easter Vigil, the Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday.
The Roman Missal, which spells out specifics of how the vigil...
Ministering to youth keeps her young
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:22 pm STURGEON BAY — Diane Zirbel’s Bible tells its own story, besides the ones between the covers.
The pages have that lived-in look, as though they’ve been thumbed and handled endless...
Easter greetings!
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:20 pm Happy Easter to each and every one of you!
I know that so many of you are experiencing very difficult and challenging days consumed with ill health, personal struggles in...
Speaker encourages Catholics to become responsible clothing consumers
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:18 pm DE PERE — When you compare prices today to 30 years ago, one of the few products that is now actually cheaper is clothing.
“When you think about a car, adjusted for inflation, a...
Journey from darkness to spring light
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:15 pm His surgery was successful; the grateful man thanked the surgeon but later he apologized for not having thanked God.
Their baby daughter had come early and the EMT’s had literally...
Catholic school students’ Lenten project raises $3,600 for homes in Haiti
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:15 pm CLARKS MILLS — Brick by brick, this community has demonstrated just how much it wants to help less fortunate people in the world.
At the beginning of March, the seventh- and...
Find symbols of the resurrection
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:13 pm The Living Rite column explores what you will see, hear, taste, touch or smell while at church this weekend.
On Easter we recall the women who came to the tomb of Jesus. Finding...
Doug Hjorth, 64, dies; served as Compass photographer for 25 years
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:11 pm ALLOUEZ — Doug Hjorth, 64, who worked on the staff of the diocesan newspaper and served as a staff photographer and, later, freelance photographer for The Compass for 25 years,...
Minnesota town restores cross to veterans memorial
LifeSiteNews - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:10 pm The sculpture is fully restored and back in its place after Belle Plaine residents took action.
A Jewish stop on the Underground Railroad was inspired by Passover
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:00 pm A Viennese immigrant offered his Kansas home to liberate slaves.“No more Pharaohs and no more slaves,” wrote August Bondi, a Jewish immigrant from Vienna, in 1863, after President...
Contemplating Holy Week
CatholicMom.com - Apr 12, 2017 at 12:00 pm
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Why as Catholics, do we put so much emphasis on Easter? Perhaps the answer lies in the opening prayer of Easter Sunday Mass:
“Oh God who on...
Daily Reading for Friday, April 14th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:49 am Reading 1, Isaiah 52:13--53:12
13 Look, my servant will prosper, will grow great, will rise to great heights.
14 As many people were aghast at him -- ...
Jailed former head of St. Luke Institute agrees to mental-health counseling
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:41 am A laicized New Hampshire priest, the former chancellor of the Manchester diocese, has agreed to undergo mental-health counseling, as a condition for his release from prison, where...
A bishop urges priests to encourage reception of Holy Communion on the tongue, kneeling. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:41 am Last night, Tuesday in Holy Week, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, the Extraordinary Ordinary, Bishop of Madison, celebrated the Chrism Mass. The bishop blessed...
Italian bishops’ spokesman says West responsible for refugees’ plight
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:32 am Bishop Nunzio Galantino, the secretary-general of the Italian bishops’ conference, has said that Western nations—and Italy in particular—have an obligation to accept refugees from...
Why care that Russia's Jehovah's Witnesses face persecution -- but get scant coverage?
GetReligion - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:30 am The growing public rift between Washington and Moscow following our missile attack on a Syrian military airport couldn't come at a worse time for Russia's relatively small...
City will fly pro-life flag, and liberals are fuming
LifeSiteNews - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:29 am The mayor of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, is a staunch defender of free speech who refuses to give in to protesters.
