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Family Games: Two-Players with a Literary Theme
CatholicMom.com - Feb 1, 2017 at 9:00 am
Reading and playing games are two things that I have a great passion for. When I’m not reading something Catholic or Orthodox, I like to read Classics or mythology (Greek, Roman...
Canadian bishop warns euthanasia could soon be seen as a moral duty
Catholic Herald - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:52 am Even though medical assistance in dying has been legal in Quebec for almost a year and in Canada for a few months, Bishop Noel Simard of Valleyfield has not yet come to terms with...
Pro-Abortion Members of Congress Introduce Bill to Force Americans to Pay For Abortions
LifeNews.com - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:49 am Time and time again, Americans have rejected measure that would force taxpayers to fund abortions.
But pro-abortion legislators in U.S. Congress are trying to push through another...
The Resurrection is more than a wish – it's a reality, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:47 am Vatican City, Feb 1, 2017 / 08:47 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said the Christian belief in the Resurrection
of Christ and in our own resurrection at the end of...
A light-hearted new Ladybird book reflects society’s view of motherhood
Catholic Herald - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:44 am As we all know, Ladybird Books are not what they used to be. The secure middle-class world of Peter and Jane and their mother and father, living stereotypical roles in 1950s...
Christian hope is the belief in the reality of heaven, says Pope Francis
Catholic Herald - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:41 am Christian hope isn’t about believing in something that may or may not come true Pope Francis told the crowd at the weekly general audience.
“Christian hope is the expectation of...
Card. Müller weighs in on ‘Amoris Laetitia’, informally answers the Five Dubia
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:37 am The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is doing his job. His Eminence Gerhard Ludwig Card. Müller, has given a long interview to the Italian Catholic...
Church launches survival plan for Iraq’s suffering Christians
Catholic Herald - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:35 am Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil has unveiled plans to provide a future for Iraq’s displaced Christians – despite fresh reports showing the extent of the destruction of their...
Planned Parenthood Slams Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch: He’ll Overturn Roe v. Wade
LifeNews.com - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:32 am The Planned Parenthood abortion business was quick to announce its opposition to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
Trump nominated the federal appeals...
Sen. Sasse Gets Trumpified
Commonweal - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:28 am Well, that didn't take long. Ben Sasse, Nebraska's energetic, open-minded, publically engaged Republican senator has been Trumpified.
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Gorsuch and the big scare-quote religion stuff? So far, little light shed on Supreme Court pick
GetReligion - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:15 am What reporters have missed about Judge Neil Gorsuch, the President’s nominee for the Supreme Court, is that the Episcopal parish he attends in downtown Boulder is headed by a...
Iraqis' experiences recall 'what it means to live as a Christian'
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 1, 2017 at 8:01 am Rome, Italy, Feb 1, 2017 / 08:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- An Iraqi priest who was forced to flee his village when the Islamic State seized the area in 2014 said the hardship and...
The Resurrection is more than a wish – it's a reality, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 1, 2017 at 7:47 am Vatican City, Feb 1, 2017 / 06:47 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said the Christian belief in the Resurrection of Christ and in our own resurrection at the end of...
Pope Francis asks for prayers for those in Religious Life
News.va - Feb 1, 2017 at 7:46 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday asked people to pray for all those in Religious and Consecrated Life, who have been called to profess the evangelical counsels.
He was...
Colombian Refugees in Ecuador: CRS Photo of the Month
CatholicMom.com - Feb 1, 2017 at 7:30 am
Photo by Ryla Simmons/Catholic Relief Services. Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
As we prepare for the Lenten season, we are called to encounter one...
Fulton Sheen on Why We Need More Intolerance
Brandon Vogt - Feb 1, 2017 at 7:29 am
America was born out of tolerance. Our country emerged from a religious struggle and was founded on the freedom to worship and live freely.
But in recent years, tolerance has...
Parable of New Beginnings
Franciscan Media - Feb 1, 2017 at 7:28 am © WAAMEL/DREAMSTIME
Jesus is a storyteller—a master storyteller.
But the stories he shares are not the kind we are used to hearing. Jesus uses parables, a form not often told in...
Group of German bishops endorse Communion for the remarried
Catholic Herald - Feb 1, 2017 at 7:08 am A group of German bishops have endorsed Communion for the remarried, in the same week as the Vatican’s doctrinal chief said the practice was against divine law.
In a new statement...
Judge Neil Gorsuch nominated to fill Supreme Court vacancy
Franciscan Media - Feb 1, 2017 at 7:07 am Judge Neil Gorsuch speaks after U.S. President Donald Trump nominated him to be a U.S. Supreme Court justice Jan. 31 at the White House in Washington. If confirmed, Gorsuch will...
US bishops say Trump’s refugee ban raises deep concerns over religious freedom
Catholic Herald - Feb 1, 2017 at 7:03 am The chairmen of three US bishops’ committees have expressed solidarity with the Muslim community and voiced their deep concern over religious freedom issues which will result from...
