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WATCH: Andrea Bocelli gives poor children the gift of music
Aleteia - Jan 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm Music is the light in our soul that makes all our senses feel in harmony with nature and makes us alive every single moment we remember our existence in this world. – Andrea...
Church choirs: The good, the bad and the ugly
Aleteia - Jan 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm In Part I of our interview with Dr. Kwasniewski, we discussed the historical role of the choir in the liturgy, the origins of polyphonic music, the pro-choir teaching of the...
Why Catholics play dumb
Aleteia - Jan 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm “It troubles me that members of the Church cannot defend the faith without referring me to a priest,” wrote Cordi. “I love Catholicism,” she said in a comment on my last...
How to exercise “the discipline of gratitude” throughout the New Year
Aleteia - Jan 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm “Gratitude is the mother of all virtues; ingratitude is the sin most offensive to Heaven.” (Saint Ignatius Loyola) In a recent column, I urged: “Between now and New Year’s Day,...
Pew Seeks to Mislead With Slanted Abortion Question?
Creative Minority Report - Jan 3, 2017 at 8:58 pm Pew Research reports that a majority of Americans do not support the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Here's their headline:About seven-in-ten Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade...
Maronite patriarch deplores conversions for sake of divorce
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2017 at 8:57 pm In an address to judges of ecclesiastical courts, the head of the Maronite Catholic Church deplored the conversion of Lebanese Maronites to other Christian communities or to Islam...
An old anti-Catholic law has resurfaced in Georgia
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 3, 2017 at 8:44 pm Atlanta, Ga., Jan 3, 2017 / 07:44 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An amendment from the 1870s that was once used to target Catholics is now being invoked in Georgia once again to challenge a...
Amnesty International decries Pakistan’s blasphemy law
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2017 at 8:38 pm Amnesty International has published “As Good as Dead,” a 68-page report on Pakistan’s laws against blasphemy.
Vatican newspaper discusses theologian’s influence on Pope Francis
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2017 at 8:11 pm In an article published in both La Civiltà Cattolica and L’Osservatore Romano, Father Allan Figueroa Deck, a Jesuit at Loyola Marymount University, discussed the influence of an...
Venezuela: bishop’s office robbed
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2017 at 7:38 pm A Venezuelan bishop’s office was robbed as he celebrated Mass on January 1 at the adjacent cathedral.
Colombian prelates encourage nonviolence, forgiveness
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2017 at 7:24 pm In homilies and messages for the new year, Colombian prelates called for a commitment to nonviolence, peace, and forgiveness.
Slovenian bishops lament chapel desecration
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2017 at 7:02 pm The spokesman for the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference has issued a statement lamenting the January 2 desecration of a mountain chapel near Ljubljana—an incident in which the words “...
New Year, New... Nothing?
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Jan 3, 2017 at 6:37 pm Before I begin, let me just wish y'all a feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus! Who is reciting the Litany of Holy Name of Jesus right after she posts this blog post? This girl!...
Patriarch: commemorate Bolshevik revolution without celebrating it
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 3, 2017 at 6:33 pm The Bolshevik revolution of October 1917—which helped usher in over seven decades of Communist rule in Russia—should be commemorated but not celebrated, the head of the Russian...
Federal judge overturns transgender surgery mandate
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 3, 2017 at 5:58 pm Dallas, Texas, Jan 3, 2017 / 04:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A federal judge has ruled against the Obama administration’s mandate that health professionals must carry out gender...
Fake News: Totally Bogus Pew Poll Falsely Claims Americans Oppose Overturning Roe v. Wade
LifeNews.com - Jan 3, 2017 at 5:56 pm There has been approximately one gazillion stories of late about “fake news.” There are almost as many ways to define it as there are accounts lamenting it.
But whatever the...
Finland Set to Debate Legislation That Would Legalize Euthanasia
LifeNews.com - Jan 3, 2017 at 5:42 pm A citizen’s initiative to raise the issue of euthanasia in the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) has gathered the requisite 50,000 signatories required to trigger a parliamentary...
Pro-Life Paul Ryan Defeats Pro-Abortion Nancy Pelosi to Become Speaker of the House
LifeNews.com - Jan 3, 2017 at 5:22 pm Pro-life Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has been overwhelmingly reelected as Speaker of the House. Pro-life Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was unanimously reelected Senate Majority Leader...
These abortion ads in South Africa are sad. But what they reveal is even sadder.
LifeSiteNews - Jan 3, 2017 at 4:57 pm Did I vandalize the ads? Why yes, yes I did.
