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Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards: Women Need Birth Control to Compete With Men
LifeNews.com - Mar 31, 2017 at 10:16 am Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards upset quite a few women this week after she attributed women’s success to the birth control pill rather than women’s own abilities.
On...
Pope Francis makes surprise 'Year of Mercy'-style visit
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 31, 2017 at 10:16 am Vatican City, Mar 31, 2017 / 09:16 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Although the Jubilee Year of Mercy has officially ended, Pope Francis today made a surprise “Mercy Friday” visit to a...
Pope Francis makes surprise 'Year of Mercy'-style visit
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 31, 2017 at 10:16 am Vatican City, Mar 31, 2017 / 10:16 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Although the Jubilee Year of Mercy has officially ended, Pope Francis
today made a surprise "Mercy Friday" visit to a...
Official logo for Pope Francis' visit to Egypt
News.va - Mar 31, 2017 at 10:01 am (Vatican Radio) The logo for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Egypt, which takes place 28-29 April, has been released by the Egyptian Catholic Church.
The three main elements...
The one thing you most need after a day (or week) that just wouldn’t end
Aleteia - Mar 31, 2017 at 10:00 am And it’s not a big glass of wine, though that’s good too …Last Friday was the end of a really looooong work week and for once — thanks to a Texas sprinkling that had made the dirt...
Happy #HugAMedievalistDay!
Aleteia - Mar 31, 2017 at 10:00 am For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven, including hugging a Middle Ages scholar Medievalists –those scholars entirely devoted to the study of...
Fourth Lenten Sermon of Fr. Cantalamessa to papal household: Full text
News.va - Mar 31, 2017 at 9:56 am (Vatican Radio) The Preacher of the Papal Household, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., gave his fourth Lenten Sermon to Pope Francis on Friday morning in the Redemptoris...
French lay theologian to compose meditations for Good Friday service
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 31, 2017 at 9:53 am Anne-Marie Pelletier, a French theologian and Bible scholar, has been chosen by Pope Francis to write the meditations for this year’s Stations of the Cross on Good Friday.
Pope ‘grateful to God’ for Vatican conference on Martin Luther
News.va - Mar 31, 2017 at 9:40 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday greeted participants in a conference promoted by the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, entitled “Luther: 500 Years Later: A...
Ratzinger Prize-winner to author via crucis meditations
News.va - Mar 31, 2017 at 9:35 am (Vatican Radio) Ratzinger Prize-winning theologian Anne-Marie Pelletier is authoring the meditations for this year’s Good Friday Via crucis at the Colosseum here in Rome....
Ghost in the Shell
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 31, 2017 at 9:33 am NEW YORK — “Ghost in the Shell” (Paramount), director Rupert Sanders’ murky, boring adaptation of a series of comics by Masamune Shirow, offers little beyond glitzy futuristic...
The Boss Baby
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 31, 2017 at 9:09 am NEW YORK — Fans of Stewie Griffin, the “enfant terrible” of Fox-TV’s “Family Guy,” will know in advance just what effect the folks behind “The Boss Baby” (Fox) are aiming for...
Trump failed to defund Planned Parenthood, repeal Obamacare. What now?
LifeSiteNews - Mar 31, 2017 at 9:08 am Trump rips the Republicans who ‘saved Planned Parenthood and Obamacare’
Meatless Friday: Ethiopian Injera with Atkilt Wat
CatholicMom.com - Mar 31, 2017 at 9:00 am
This Lent, CatholicMom.com is partnering with CRS Rice Bowl by sharing the CRS Rice Bowl featured recipes on each Lenten Friday. Why not try these simple recipes in solidarity...
Dreams come true! Teacher helps buy new bikes for every kid in school
Aleteia - Mar 31, 2017 at 8:57 am Her inspiration: Every kid deserves a bike -- even those who can't afford one.Every kid deserves a bike. That’s the thought that prompted one South Carolina teacher to start a...
Kidnapped Mexican priest safe; indigenous priest murdered
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 31, 2017 at 8:55 am PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — A Mexican priest reported kidnapped in the border state of Tamaulipas was reported to have been safely returned March 30, the Diocese of Tampico said in...
California Allows Animal Rights Activists to Release Secretly-Recorded Undercover Videos, But Not Pro-Lifers
LifeNews.com - Mar 31, 2017 at 8:46 am It’s becoming increasingly clear that in the state of California, the right to abort a child is the chief liberty in the land, and all other liberties must bow before it. Few...
The Zookeeper's Wife: Intense and Compelling Film Opens Today
CatholicMom.com - Mar 31, 2017 at 8:44 am Opening wide in theaters today, The Zookeeper’s Wife reminds me again why movies are important. Although set in World War II’s Warsaw, this film’s themes of courage, compassion...
Where it’s all spelled out
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 31, 2017 at 8:43 am Most of us are used to seeing crucifixes bearing the inscription “INRI” above Jesus’ head as he hangs on the cross. INRI stands for “Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.” John’s...
They Told Her Parents She Would Die at Birth, Look at Her 25 Years Later
LifeNews.com - Mar 31, 2017 at 8:37 am Warned that her unborn daughter would not survive, Sandra Notman began planning her baby’s baptism and funeral while she was still pregnant.
The Daily Mail reports Sandra and her...
