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This State is Trying to Force Doctors and Health Care Workers to Give Patients Info on Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:35 pm Vermont physicians and other health care workers who don’t want to offer suicide as a legitimate option to their patients say they are exploring their legal options in the wake of...
I Was Racially Profiled at Banana Republic
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:26 pm I naively thought I would never (personally) experience much racism despite being Hispanic. Yes, I know what the state of the country is. Yes, I know that immigration is a hot...
Judge Will Block Pro-Life Missouri Law That Closed Multiple Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinics
LifeNews.com - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:23 pm A federal judge announced plans this week to block a Missouri law that requires abortion facilities to meet basic health and safety regulations.
Planned Parenthood affiliates in...
Vatican welcomes three new refugee families from Syria
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:17 pm The first three refugee families from Syria welcomed by the Vatican left their temporary homes to start their new lives in Italy, and three new families took their places in...
An Ancient Pallium Displayed at the Vatican Museums
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:16 pm From March 24th until June 25th, the Vatican Museums is hosting a small but very interesting show about St Caesarius of Arles (470-542), an important figure in the early...
Sharing the Word for April 6, 2017
Franciscan Media - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:00 pm Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
April 06, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 17:3-9
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Oregon's homeless: The Eugene Register-Guard doesn't explore why many people help out
GetReligion - Apr 5, 2017 at 4:00 pm Oregon’s second-largest city, Eugene, is located in a bucolic part of the state along Interstate-5. Set against low mountains, it is only an hour from the state’s legendary...
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Cardinal Sarah: Fight against abortion is ‘part of the final battle…between God and Satan’
LifeSiteNews - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:47 pm 'The most striking objective sign indicating that we are going into the abyss, a bottomless pit, is the tragic force of the rejection of life.'
Target still facing backlash from transgender bathroom policy
LifeSiteNews - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:46 pm The Wall Street Journal reported that the retailer is feeling the effects of LifeSiteNews' #FlushTarget campaign a year later.
Federal judge issues injunction against Missouri abortion laws
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:45 pm A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that the prohibits enforcement of abortion-related laws in Missouri.
U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs in Kansas City, Mo., on...
Catholics to open climate march with Mass, prayer, Capitol Hill visits
Franciscan Media - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:20 pm
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics participating in the Peoples Climate Movement march in the nation’s capital will be able to pray at a Mass and visit their representatives on Capitol...
Pro-lifers cheer administration move to defund U.N. Population Fund
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:19 pm WASHINGTON — Prominent pro-life advocates cheered the announcement April 3 from the U.S. State Department that it would no longer contribute to the U.N. Population Fund because of...
This Canadian Province is Giving Away Free Abortion Pills
LifeNews.com - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:15 pm The Canadian province of New Brunswick plans to begin giving abortion drugs to women free of charge through its taxpayer-funded health system.
New Brunswick government leaders...
Farmers told to worry less, pray more
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:01 pm BRILLION — On a morning better suited for shoveling snow than planting seeds, Catholic farmers and other rural life advocates gathered at Holy Family Church for the annual Rural...
Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, April 06, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:01 pm Spirit of wisdom and understanding, enlighten our minds to perceive the mysteries of the universe in relation to eternity. Spirit of right judgment ...
Daily Readings for Thursday, April 06, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 5, 2017 at 3:01 pm Reading 1: Genesis 17:3-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 105:4-9, Gospel: John 8:51-59
Pope Francis challenges young people in April prayer video
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 5, 2017 at 2:51 pm Vatican City, Apr 5, 2017 / 01:51 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Young people are the subject of Pope Francis’ universal prayer intention for April, and in his prayer video presenting the...
The First Words of Christ
Franciscan Media - Apr 5, 2017 at 2:32 pm For centuries we have reflected on the Seven Last Words of Christ during Lent, but few people have spent much time considering his earliest words in the Gospels at the same time....
Teen collects snacks for hungry students
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 5, 2017 at 2:30 pm ALLOUEZ — Isaac Hoffmann understands that it’s difficult for some teens to talk about their faith, but he doesn’t share in that discomfort.
“It’s part of who I am,” he said. “You...
