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The Grandma Martyr of Poland, Marianna Biernacka

Aleteia - Feb 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm

On June 13, 1999, Pope John Paul II beatified the people known as the 108 Polish Martyrs. These Catholic heroes were all murdered by the Nazis because of their faith. Here is...

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The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 23, 2017 at 10:09 pm

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No, Pope Francis Did NOT Say It’s Better to Be an Atheist Than a Bad Catholic

ChurchPOP - Feb 23, 2017 at 10:05 pm

Don’t believe the headlines! Have you heard the news that Pope Francis preached it was better to be an atheist than a The post No, Pope Francis Did NOT Say It’s Better to Be an...

Texas must fund Planned Parenthood, federal judge rules

Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 23, 2017 at 9:02 pm

Austin, Texas, Feb 23, 2017 / 08:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid the controversy over investigative videos appearing to show illegal activities at Planned Parenthood, a federal judge...

Woman Justified Aborting Her Disabled Baby: “He Died in a Warm and Loving Place, Inside Me”

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 6:44 pm

The New York Times once published an article titled “My Abortion, at 23 Weeks.” The author explains that she was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, but that the boy was...

Making a difference backed up by research

The Catholic Leader - Feb 23, 2017 at 6:39 pm

ST Vincent de Paul Society Queensland and the University of Queensland have entered into a pioneering partnership to undertake research providing an evidence base for the charity’...

VP Pence to CPAC: President Trump is ‘restoring the culture of life,’ ‘life is winning’

LifeSiteNews - Feb 23, 2017 at 6:32 pm

'This is our time,' he told the nation's largest conservative conference.

Boy Doing Great After Doctors Told His Parents Five Times to Abort Him Because He’d Have No Brain

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 6:23 pm

Last Friday Britain’s Channel Five broadcast a new documentary, “The Boy Who Grew a New Brain,” updating and chronicling the incredible story of Noah Wall, born with a virtually...

Doctors Issued DNR Order For Disabled Newborn Without Telling His Parents

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 5:20 pm

“Simon’s Law” is named for a medically fragile baby born with Trisomy 18 and apnea (breathing difficulty), who died when resuscitation was denied. His devastated parents, Sheryl...

“Teen Vogue” Has Already Pushed Abortion to Teens 63 Times in 2017

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 5:14 pm

Teen magazines targeting young women are no longer about make-up application, fashion tips or crushes. No, now they’ve found a more lucrative topic: abortion. Earlier this month,...

DeVos opposed reversing Obama transgender school mandate: report

LifeSiteNews - Feb 23, 2017 at 5:05 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions reportedly 'fought Ms. DeVos on the issue and pressed her to relent.'

Woman Defends Aborting Her 22-Week-Old Baby Who Had Clubbed Feet and Hands

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Any time a child is diagnosed with some type of malady, the news is heartbreaking for the entire family. Today, however, many in the medical community are convincing vulnerable,...

Iraqi Christians erect large cross in area liberated from ISIS

Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 23, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Mosul, Iraq, Feb 23, 2017 / 04:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After years of darkness, hope has returned to Telekuf-Tesqopa. Located just 17 miles from Mosul, the village is rebuilding...

How old anti-Catholic laws still threaten religious freedom today

Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 23, 2017 at 4:54 pm

Washington D.C., Feb 23, 2017 / 03:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Anti-Catholic state laws from the 19th century are today being used by secularists to fight public funding of all...

Man Kills His Wife Because They Were Refused an Assisted Suicide

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 4:50 pm

The alleged murder in Montréal of a woman with dementia has led to renewed pressure by the euthanasia lobby to extend “MAID” to incompetent people. Allegedly, Michel Cadotte...

God Could Never Approve of My Decision to Abort My Baby, But Thanks to His Amazing Grace I’m Forgiven

LifeNews.com - Feb 23, 2017 at 4:30 pm

From the Dirksen Senate Office Building, I walked up to the United States Supreme Court, until my toes kissed the first step. I stood gazing up at the impenetrable bronze doors....

St Peter Damian on Liturgical Prayer

New Liturgical Movement - Feb 23, 2017 at 4:17 pm

St Peter Damian died on the feast of St Peter’s Chair, February 22, in the year 1072, a very appropriate day for one who spent so much of his life in service to the Church and to...

The journey to adoption

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 23, 2017 at 4:14 pm

By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Anne Stein was joyfully crafting an email to her school families, to...

St. John Theristus: Saint of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 23, 2017 at 4:02 pm

Benedictine monk, called Theristus or Â?Harvester.Â? He was of Calabrian lineage, born in Sicily. His mother was a slave of the Saracens. John escaped ...

Daily Readings for Friday, February 24, 2017