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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Promises to Veto Late-Term Abortion Ban to Protect the State’s “Image”
LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2017 at 9:04 am Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said this week that he will veto a late-term abortion bill if it reaches his desk, claiming the measure would hurt businesses in the state.
The...
A Kind Word is Always in Vogue
CatholicMom.com - Jan 4, 2017 at 9:00 am Copyright 2017 Celeste Behe. All rights reserved.
I was at the National Shrine of Czestochowa with hundreds of other women who had participated in our diocesan women’s retreat....
The improbable Secretary-General
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2017 at 9:00 am In 2004, Catholics in Europe received an alarming wake-up call when the Italian Rocco Buttiglione was turned down for a European Commission post after having said that he would...
Cardinal Müller’s balancing act
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2017 at 9:00 am Over the past year, the prospect that Pope Francis would take the Church on a trajectory radically different from that of his predecessors has been hailed by some as a new dawn,...
How the liturgical calendar freed me from drudgery
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2017 at 9:00 am We all have rituals by which we bury the old year and unveil the new. I end each year fighting with my roof. I have a 100ft pine tree in the front yard of my Virginia house, and...
How Pope Francis handles abuse cases and the CDF
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:43 am At the American Conservative see Rod Dreher’s piece “Pope Francis & Child Abusers”. Dreher references Doughery’s “blockbuster” column at This Week.
The Catholic Church has...
Interview With Dr. Ryan Topping: Making the Case for Faithful Catholic Education
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:37 am The Cardinal Newman Society is grateful for our many partners in promoting and defending faithful Catholic education. Dr. Ryan Topping, author of Renewing the Mind and The Case...
In Bible Belt, after massacre in a church, is executing Dylann Roof a 'security' question?
GetReligion - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:33 am Hey journalists. Have you ever watched the local news coverage of a news event in which you -- as a citizen, as opposed to being there as a reporter -- were an active participant...
Scorsese’s Silence has an unexpected relevance to the Communion debate
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:29 am Martin Scorsese’s new film Silence, like the original Shusaku Endo novel, is a mysterious and complex work of art. It repeatedly catches you off guard – not least in how directly...
Ten stories to watch in 2017
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:24 am Last year proved beyond all doubt that journalists are terrible at predicting the future. Few commentators foresaw Brexit, the emergence of François Fillon in France or Donald...
Texan judge blocks regulation requiring Catholic hospitals to provide gender transition services
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:16 am A federal judge in Texas has blocked a regulation by the Department of Health and Human Services requiring Catholic hospitals and health care providers to perform or provide...
Pope Francis: ‘Prison conditions must be humane’
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:12 am Pope Francis has prayed for those who were killed in this week’s Brazil prison riots, saying penitentiary conditions must be “worthy of human persons”.
The Pope invited faithful...
Planned Parenthood CEO: ‘Start your 2017 off on the right foot’ by booking appointment at abortion center
LifeSiteNews - Jan 4, 2017 at 8:08 am Planned Parenthood is trying to get an early start on business this year.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious
Big C Catholics - Jan 4, 2017 at 7:55 am Most people know that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first American-born person to be declared a saint (she was canonized on September 14, 1975) and that she is regarded as being...
Report Card: Judge Blocks HHS Transgender Mandate, G'town Prof. Tells Trump-Voting Colleague ‘Go to Hell’
Creative Minority Report - Jan 4, 2017 at 7:37 am Judge blocks HHS transgender regulation threatening religious freedomOn New Year’s Eve, a federal district judge in Texas blocked an HHS regulation set to go into effect January 1...
Loving Our Christmas Songs
CatholicMom.com - Jan 4, 2017 at 7:30 am
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So many Christmas songs to hear this year. Not the ones made popular by our culture, but the ones evoking the true...
Pro-life groups set to travel long distances for annual March for Life
Franciscan Media - Jan 4, 2017 at 7:26 am Pro-life advocates walk past the Supreme Court building during the March for Life in Washington Jan. 22, 2016. This year’s march is set for Jan. 27. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz...
Bishop Schneider: "I have asked Msgr. Fellay not to delay his acceptance any longer"“The movement to restore the traditional Mass is the work of the Holy Spirit, and is unstoppable”
Rorate Coeli - Jan 4, 2017 at 7:06 am Our partners at Adelante La Fe (Rorate in Spanish) today published an exclusive interview with His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider. The answers he gives are very blunt and...
In Egypt, Christians maintain trust in God amid sorrow
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 4, 2017 at 7:01 am Asyut, Egypt, Jan 4, 2017 / 06:01 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos William of Assiut, Egypt, commenting on the Dec. 11, 2016 suicide bomber attack...
May You Have a Happy New Year, As It Were
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 4, 2017 at 7:00 am This year, Lord, I would like a fatter bank account and a slimmer body. Please don’t mix them up like this past year! New Year’s Day is the one time in secular society when we...
