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Report: Planned Parenthood, Others Cost Taxpayers $132 Million+ in Waste, Fraud, & Abuse

Creative Minority Report - Jan 4, 2017 at 10:21 pm
A report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute and the Alliance Defending Freedom about Planned Parenthood is titled "Profit. No Matter What." The title really says it all, doesn't...

India: men acquitted in rape of nun

Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2017 at 9:28 pm
Citing lack of evidence, a judge in Chhattisgarh, India, has acquitted two men who had been accused of taking part in the gang rape of a nun at a nursing home in Raipur in June...

US: Catholics donated $7.3M in response to 2016 disasters

Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2017 at 9:08 pm
Catholics in the United States donated $7.3 million to special collections in 2016 in response to domestic natural disasters.

Congress still overwhelmingly identifies as Christian

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:38 pm
Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2017 / 07:38 pm (CNA).- While the number of Americans who describe themselves as Christians has declined in recent years, more than 9 in 10 members of...

Franciscan who preached to Curia dead at 96

Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:36 pm
Father Faustino Ossanno, a Conventual Franciscan who served as a professor of moral theology at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure (the Seraphicum), died on December 29...

Bishop warns against ‘classist,’ Puritan mentality in Church

Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:10 pm
In a Christmas homily excerpted in the Vatican newspaper, a Maltese prelate warned Catholics against a “classist” mentality and the “trap of Puritanism.”

Italian Catholics march for peace

Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2017 at 7:47 pm
Continuing a 49-year-old tradition, the Church in Italy held a national march for peace on December 31.

Planned Parenthood Engaged in $12.8 Million in Waste, Abuse and Fraudulent Overbilling

LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2017 at 6:10 pm
Today Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) released the 5th annual report identifying waste, abuse, and potential fraud by Planned Parenthood...

Unconquered and Unconquerable

Rorate Coeli - Jan 4, 2017 at 6:00 pm
Mother and Teacher, Beautiful beyond words, Pure Bride, Never vanquished, Never conquered! Our love is yours, One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church!

Planned Parenthood accused of serious abuses by Congressional panel

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 4, 2017 at 5:59 pm
Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2017 / 04:59 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Abuses and possibly criminal violations are occurring in the fetal tissue trade between abortion clinics and tissue...

Sunday Gospel Activities Moving to One Page Format

CatholicMom.com - Jan 4, 2017 at 5:51 pm
Friends, as we continue to race to keep up with technological advances here at the site, I have made the decision to move our Sunday Gospel Activities back to a consistent one...

Catholics in Congress: one-third of House, one-quarter of Senate

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 4, 2017 at 5:39 pm
The religious makeup of the 115th Congress is significantly Christian -- 91 percent -- with Catholics comprising one-third of the House of Representatives and about a quarter of...

Fix overcrowded prisons unfit for human life, pope says

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 4, 2017 at 5:31 pm
In the wake of a deadly riot in a Brazilian jail, Pope Francis called for all prisons to offer dignified living conditions and be places for true rehabilitation.

Alabama Supreme Court Rules Unborn Children Deserve Legal Protection

LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2017 at 5:24 pm
The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday in defense of unborn life in a wrongful death lawsuit against an OB/GYN accused of contributing to the death of a woman’s unborn...

Just in time for new year, one state debates ending government-sanctioned marriage

GetReligion - Jan 4, 2017 at 5:15 pm
Way back in 2004 — during Season 6 of the Emmy Award-winning television drama "The West Wing" — a congressman raised the idea of banning marriage. All marriage. With two-thirds...

European Court of Human Rights Judge: “There is No Right to Assisted Suicide”

LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2017 at 5:13 pm
The Times of Malta published a New Year’s interview by Matthew Xuereb, with Chief Justice emeritas Vincent De Gaetano, of the European Court of Human Rights in Malta. Xuereb asked...

Italian priest accused of organizing orgies, prostituting women

Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 4, 2017 at 5:11 pm
Rome, Italy, Jan 4, 2017 / 04:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An Italian priest from northern Italy has been accused of pimping out some 15 women, as well as organizing and filming orgies...

Eland parish set for final Mass on Jan. 8

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 4, 2017 at 4:49 pm
ELAND — There were tears of sadness and joy around the Norrbom family table, as family members reflected on the impending closure of St. William Church in Eland, located five...

Open doorways bring her closer to God

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 4, 2017 at 4:47 pm
ANTIGO — God has beckoned Eileen Hartl through a labyrinth since she was a young woman, and she continues to trust and follow. “I consider this the Advent of my life,” said Hartl...

New Catholic football camp will be offered at St. Norbert College

The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 4, 2017 at 4:44 pm
ALLOUEZ — A new Catholic football camp will combine on-field instruction with community, virtue and servant leadership. Our Lady of Victory Football Camp, developed by St. Norbert...
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