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Vatican newspaper: the Church is distinct from partisan politics
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 7, 2017 at 10:22 pm In a front-page opinion piece in the February 8 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, Italian historian and journalist Lucetta Scaraffia wrote that Pope Francis has firmly upheld...
Japanese samurai who ‘remained rock solid for Christ’ beatified
The Catholic Leader - Feb 7, 2017 at 10:22 pm Takayama Ukon was be beatified on February 7. Marist Father Paul Glynn shares some history from his amazing life. ST Francis Xavier strode manfully from a small boat into feudal...
Michael Novak is dying
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 7, 2017 at 10:01 pm Of your charity, please pray for him that he will find the grace of a happy death and eternal rest through Christ our Lord. Mother Mary, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour...
Cultural change the key to protecting children, Archbishop Coleridge says
The Catholic Leader - Feb 7, 2017 at 10:00 pm AS well as fronting the Royal Commission this week, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has spent time speaking extensively to journalists about child abuse and the Church....
US doctor says Church committed ‘soul murder’ to abuse victims, urges changes
The Catholic Leader - Feb 7, 2017 at 9:23 pm THE priest who exposed systemic child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in the United States has told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse the...
Queensland MPs say if they will oppose proposed abortion Bills or not
The Catholic Leader - Feb 7, 2017 at 8:00 pm LIBERAL National Party members are likely to vote against changes to Queensland’s abortion laws when Parliament resumes this week, with one calling the proposed Bills a “...
Doctrine of Ordination now under attack by Jesuits (who else?)
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 7, 2017 at 7:13 pm First, an amuse bouche, something light to work into something seriously wrong.
Here is an oldie but goody. We had this tacked up on the bulletin board in the rectory at St. Agnes...
How Colombia's child soldiers are trying to begin again
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 7, 2017 at 7:02 pm Rome, Italy, Feb 7, 2017 / 06:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Colombia is the only country in the Americas where child soldiers can still be found.
Despite the recent signing of a peace...
Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes 2017 | Day 7
Big C Catholics - Feb 7, 2017 at 6:00 pm February 8, 2017Today, we pray through Our Lady of Lourdes' intercession for those who have become lukewarm in their faith. We solemnly ask that their faith, hope and love of our...
More Pregnant Women Choose Life Over Abortion Than Ever Before
LifeNews.com - Feb 7, 2017 at 5:57 pm Last month the Guttmacher Institute released updated abortion statistics for the United States. Their latest survey of abortion facilities indicate that the number of abortions...
Cecile Richards Says More Women Need to Brag About Their Abortions: “It’s Time to be Bold”
LifeNews.com - Feb 7, 2017 at 5:48 pm Planned Parenthood is desperate for support after Americans rejected its pro-abortion candidates in the November election and chose a strong majority of pro-life lawmakers instead...
Pope Francis marks ‘Day for Life’ with abortion euphemism condemned by St. John Paul II
LifeSiteNews - Feb 7, 2017 at 5:45 pm The Holy Father's welcome words on the sacredness of human life are tarnished by his adoption of pro-abortion rhetoric.
Posters questioning Pope is an ancient tradition, not a ‘work of the devil’
LifeSiteNews - Feb 7, 2017 at 5:35 pm If Pope Francis won’t answer the dubia, why shouldn’t the faithful try posters?
Senators File Legislation to Stop Obama’s Rule Forcing States to Fund Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Feb 7, 2017 at 5:34 pm In his last Christmas as president, Barack Obama made sure he played Santa for at least one group: Planned Parenthood. With just weeks to go in the White House, the abortion...
New York Times Defends Leaving Pro-Life Book Exposing Kermit Gosnell Off Best Seller List
LifeNews.com - Feb 7, 2017 at 5:18 pm Even a best-selling book can’t change the liberal media’s silence on the infamous Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, according to its publisher and authors.
On Jan. 24,...
Washington DC assisted suicide bill puts patients at risk and prioritizes cost over compassion
LifeNews.com - Feb 7, 2017 at 5:10 pm Do no harm.” Three short words, but to physicians they represent a sacred charge. Three short words that now hang in the balance here in the District of Columbia, after the D.C....
Your Good News
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 7, 2017 at 5:08 pm Do you have good news to share with the readership?
I think we all need some.
God loves all his children, even the ‘homely,’ pope says at Mass
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 7, 2017 at 4:12 pm The Book of Genesis makes clear that God gave human beings three great gifts: their identity as children of God, their role as protectors and custodians of creation and the call...
Miniseries examines pre-papal life of Jorge Bergoglio
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 7, 2017 at 4:01 pm NEW YORK — “What am I doing in Rome? People retire at my age,” a pensive, melancholy Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (Sergio Hernandez) says early on in “Call Me Francis.” Netflix’s...
Why did the Wichita Eagle go into full-force 'activist mode' in reporting on California travel ban?
GetReligion - Feb 7, 2017 at 4:00 pm The phrase "travel ban," included in the headline above, will evoke all sorts of thoughts in America's current political state of mind.
Feel free to dismiss them.
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