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Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe ruling who later became pro-life, dies
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 21, 2017 at 4:39 pm Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff "Jane Roe" in the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand, died Feb. 18 at an assisted-living facility in...
Three parishes take fresh approach to adult faith formation
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 21, 2017 at 4:31 pm Brad Parent, 27, doesn’t usually talk during Mass, but one Sunday he spent much of the liturgy whispering to a friend. It wasn’t a conversation. The friend was searching for that...
Former Beauty Queen’s Facial Stroke Freed Her From the Notion Beauty is Only on the Outside
LifeNews.com - Feb 21, 2017 at 4:30 pm She had it all and was living in the prime of life when people tend to think nothing could ever happen to them.
Many people assume that strokes happen to old people, not in people...
Vatican, Jewish museum launch first joint-exhibit on the Menorah
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 21, 2017 at 4:24 pm Vatican City, Feb 21, 2017 / 03:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican and the Jewish community in Rome are marking a new step in relations between the two religions by rolling out...
Convicted Abortionist Kermit Gosnell Claims He Delivered Actor Will Smith, Seeks Help From Smith’s Family
LifeNews.com - Feb 21, 2017 at 4:20 pm In a bizarre new twist, former Philadelphia abortionist and convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell claims he delivered actor Will Smith as a baby.
The Daily Mail reports Gosnell...
We're more likely to jail the mentally ill than get them help
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 21, 2017 at 4:11 pm Washington D.C., Feb 21, 2017 / 03:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- People with severe mental illness are much more likely to be incarcerated than treated for their disorders, advocates...
Coastal New Hampshire paper's nearly pitch-perfect on decline in region's religious stats
GetReligion - Feb 21, 2017 at 4:04 pm I'm not at all sure when the first story about declining church attendance might have been written, but it's surely been a staple for the past two or three decades. Perhaps the...
Middle East: the list of "wannabe Christian protectors" grows.
Vatican Insider - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:40 pm The list of candidates who proclaim themselves as "protectors of the Christians" lengthens. The latest to join is Marine Le Pen, National Front's candidate in the French...
Solemn Mass in the Philippines for a Priestly Anniversary
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:38 pm On February 10, the Cathedral of St Ferdinand, the seat of the Archdiocese of San Fernando in the Philippines, hosted a solemn traditional Latin Mass for the 33rd anniversary of...
Rod Bennett, Sherry Antonetti and I…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:37 pm had a lot of fun talking about the Writing Life yesterday:
World's oldest Dominican Sister dies at age 110
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:36 pm Paris, France, Feb 21, 2017 / 02:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A French diocese announced that Dominican Sister Marie Bernardette, the oldest sister in her order, passed away last week...
Sherry Antonetti’s friends the Branhams…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:34 pm …had a house fire. Please help them rebuild. And pray for them!
Liberals Trash First Lady Melania Trump for Leading Lord’s Prayer at a Rally, Call Her a “Whore”
LifeNews.com - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:30 pm Introducing her husband at Saturday’s rally in Melbourne, Florida, Melania Trump began by reading the Lord’s Prayer, but while the crowd loved it, leftists on social media were...
Pro-Lifers Have Won the Intellectual Battle Over Abortion. Here’s Why
LifeNews.com - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:21 pm I just ran across a terrific piece that appeared on the patheos.com website written by Michael Novak.
I first met Mr. Novak when he gave a lecture when I was a graduate student at...
On the air with Scott Eric Alt…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:20 pm and Michael Lichens at 5 PM EST on Connecting the Dots. Scott is the author of To Give a Defense here on Patheos. Give us a call at 1-573-4BREAD4.
Parents of Unborn Baby Diagnosed With Anencephaly Reject Abortion for an Amazing Reason
LifeNews.com - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:09 pm A couple from Oklahoma has rejected aborting their baby with anencephaly in favor of their plan to give birth to their disabled daughter so her organs could eventually be used to...
Milo Yiannopoulos is Destructive to Conservatism
LifeSiteNews - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:03 pm While Yiannopoulos may expand the Republican tent, he cannot and will not strengthen the Republican Party. He will corrupt it from within like a cancer.
Sharing the Word for February 22, 2017
Franciscan Media - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter
February 22, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: 1 Peter 5:1-4
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The...
Dementia emergency across the nation
The Catholic Leader - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm TEN years ago at 53, Robyn Weller was working hard and looking forward to a happy retirement with husband Bob, but she was forgetting things. “She’d go downtown to do the shopping...
Family Games: Worker Placement Old & New
CatholicMom.com - Feb 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Worker placement games are up there as one of my favorite types of games. It doesn’t matter what the theme is. I just love having a group of pretend people to send off to...
