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Maryland bishops join fight against human trafficking
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 5, 2017 at 7:02 pm Baltimore, Md., Apr 5, 2017 / 06:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Maryland's bishops united in voicing their concerns over the evils of human trafficking, announcing their sponsorship of a...
Legalised euthanasia is a ‘slippery slope’ for the vulnerable, Bill Muehlenberg says
The Catholic Leader - Apr 5, 2017 at 6:34 pm THE euthanasia debate is full of horror stories, the author of a new book on the subject Bill Muehlenberg says. Mr Muehlenberg said people could learn from abuses that have...
Quote of the Day
Whispers in the Loggia - Apr 5, 2017 at 6:31 pm “I welcome you with joy. I like to think that the most important task we must do together, in humanity, is the work 'of the ear': listening to each other. Listening to each other...
Iowa House Passes Bill Banning Late-Abortions on Babies After 20 Weeks
LifeNews.com - Apr 5, 2017 at 6:08 pm The Iowa House passed a bill Wednesday that would ban most abortions in the state at 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill passed 55-41 and heads back to the Senate for a final vote...
Hidden symbols around the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica
Aleteia - Apr 5, 2017 at 6:00 pm Bees, pregnant women and lizards? The acknowledged father of Baroque sculpture Gian Lorenzo Bernini (“the Shakespeare of sculpture,” according to Katharine Eustace, editor of The...
The Blackfriars play the most gentle chamber music
Aleteia - Apr 5, 2017 at 6:00 pm What a sound from so few musicians!The thing I love the most about Christian Music is that it encompasses every genre. One day we feature a pop/R&B tune, and the next we have...
Untitled
Whispers in the Loggia - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:59 pm So, folks, 4 days til Holy Week.... Already.Crept up quick, didn't it?As ever, the days ahead bring what can easily be termed a full plate. Yet before one of the year's most...
Egypt, when Paul VI returned the relics of St. Mark to the Copts
Vatican Insider - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:58 pm The Orthodox Coptic Cathedral of St. Mark’s located in the Abbasyia district in Cairo (and therefore also known as the Cathedral of Abbassia or Abbasyia), is the seat of the...
Abortion Activists Deny Science, Claim an Unborn Baby’s Heartbeat is Just a “Metaphor”
LifeNews.com - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:58 pm Another day, another ridiculous “we don’t really know when life begins” hot take, this time from Slate author Elissa Strauss:
But despite the insistence of anti-abortion activists...
Chemical attack in Syria 'shocks the soul,' says top US bishop
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:52 pm Washington D.C., Apr 5, 2017 / 04:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious and political leaders have renewed calls for peace as they decried dozens of reported civilian deaths by poison...
Yesterday I interviewed JonMarc and Teresa Grodi…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:31 pm of the Coming Home Network International. In addition to their great work, we also flew our nerd flags and talked about C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy.
Chaldean patriarch supports Holy Week peace march in Iraq
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:31 pm The Chaldean Catholic patriarch is supporting a more than 80-mile peace march during Holy Week to urge an end to violence in his homeland and throughout the Middle East.
Trump Admin May Ask Tourists Their Stance on Abortion, Require Turning Over Social Media Passwords
LifeNews.com - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:31 pm A new Donald Trump administration proposal for vetting visitors to the United States has people concerned that it may be going too far.
The Evening Standard in the UK reports the...
Court expands Civil Rights Law to include special protections based on sexual orientation
LifeSiteNews - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:22 pm The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal discrimination laws apply to homosexuals.
Pope approves provisions to recognize marriages of SSPX faithful
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:16 pm Continuing initiatives aimed at a reconciliation with the Society of St. Pius X, Pope Francis has made it possible for bishops to ensure the validity of marriages celebrated in...
Hey! Western Washington!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:13 pm I’ll be speaking tonight at St. Monica Parish on Mercer Island at 7 PM about the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. See you there!
High school replaces mirrors in girls’ bathroom with love notes
Aleteia - Apr 5, 2017 at 5:00 pm A brilliant body positivity move that more schools should copy. Very few women like what they see when they look in the mirror. Whether it’s a nose that’s not quite cute enough,...
Democrat Chair: I Won’t Apologize For Saying Republicans “Don’t Give a S*** About People”
LifeNews.com - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:58 pm The false knock on pro-life people for years has been that we only care about unborn children and don’t care about people after birth. Never mind that pro-life people do just as...
Catholic approach to development looks at body and soul, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:58 pm A Catholic approach to development aims at helping people achieve both physical and spiritual well-being and promotes both individual responsibility and community ties, Pope...
Pope horrified by ‘unacceptable massacre’ in Syria
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:56 pm VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis strongly condemned a shocking chemical attack in Syria that left some 70 people, including at least 10 children, dead.
“We are horrified by the latest...
