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Climate of fear in the Vatican is very real
LifeSiteNews - Dec 16, 2016 at 5:48 pm The common phrase we kept hearing that week in Rome is that there is a 'war' going on in the Church – a war of the progressives against the orthodox Catholics.
“Abortion Does Not Preserve a Woman’s Life, It Preserves Her Lifestyle,” Writer Says
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 5:39 pm Abortion activists have enjoyed quite a bit of media attention lately to voice their gripes about new abortion regulations in Texas and Ohio, the incoming Congress, Donald Trump’s...
Pope Francis: Memory is the focus of 80th birthday homily
Vatican Insider - Dec 16, 2016 at 5:29 pm Memory was the focus of Pope Francis’ remarks following the readings of the day at a Mass of which he was the principal celebrant in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace,...
Abortions in Italy Drop to Their Lowest Number Ever as More Babies Saved From Abortion
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 5:20 pm Abortions in Italy hit their lowest point in 2015 since the country legalized the deadly procedure almost 40 years ago, a new report from the Italian Ministry of Health found.
The...
Mental and Emotional Purity
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Dec 16, 2016 at 5:17 pm Many people (who have excellent taste in films and shows) have been raving about The Crown on Netflix so, naturally, I wanted to watch it. I have Netflix for a couple more days (I...
Ohio Became the 15th State to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks. The ACLU Might Not Even Challenge It
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 5:14 pm Earlier this week, Ohio became the 15th state to prohibit late-term abortions after 20 weeks on pain-capable unborn babies.
And, breaking trend, abortion activists say they are...
Four years after losing preemie triplets, couple has growing family and is working on Catholic video series for kids
LifeSiteNews - Dec 16, 2016 at 4:11 pm Jason and Marie Taylor now have three children with two on the way and are launching Opus Joyous to help teach the faith to children.
It’s Not Too Late! 3 Ways to Make the Most of Your Last Week of Advent
ChurchPOP - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:49 pm Advent is the liturgical season when Catholics prepare for the second coming of Christ, and remember the events surrounding His first coming in Bethlehem
The post It’s Not Too...
Grieving Mom Hides Hot Wheels All Over Town to Honor 6-Year-Old Boy Who Died From Cancer
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:35 pm Raising money for childhood cancer research is not unusual. Parents and businesses do it frequently.
But in addition to the $20,000 raised for research, one Indiana mother has a...
Pro-Abortion Group Tells Its Members to Use Christmas to Promote Abortion
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:30 pm The Christmas celebration is centered around the birth of the Christ child, but a UK group is using the holiday to push abortion.
Abortion is illegal in Ireland, but the country...
Advent: Why We Rejoice
CatholicMom.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:30 pm We are now in the third week of Advent, and lighting the third candle (the “Gaudete” candle) reminds us that we are to rejoice. The chorus of O Come Emmanuel calls us to “Rejoice...
Ultra-orthodox Jews: BBC offers an enlightening potrayal of women who want out
GetReligion - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:30 pm
It’s often very tough to get the inside story on closed communities such as the Amish, the Scientologists and Hasidic Jews.
The big chink in the armor is when someone defects and...
Did Canadian Bishops “sacramentalize” direct killing, euthanasia, assisted suicide?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:25 pm Did you hear that the Bishops of the Atlantic region of Canada, the Atlantic Episcopal Assembly (Archdioceses and Dioceses of Antigonish, Bathurst, Charlottetown, Corner Brook and...
Vatican helps the Catholic Left elect Democrats by creating a new ‘non-negotiable’: climate change
LifeSiteNews - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:22 pm The Catholic Left has been at a political disadvantage for decades, but that may be changing with the Vatican's help.
Thomas More Society to Display Nativity Scene in Nebraska State Capitol for the Third Time
Thomas More Society - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:17 pm (December 16, 2016 – Lincoln, Nebraska) On Monday, December 19, 2016, residents will gather for the third annual Nativity Unveiling Ceremony in the Rotunda of the Nebraska Capitol...
Pro-Life Students Threaten to Sue High School After Officials Trashed This Pro-Life Poster
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:17 pm The legal group representing pro-life students who say their high school administrators threw away their pro-life display released new details about the situation on Thursday...
Video interview with Card. Burke about the Five Dubia stemming from ‘Amoris laetitia’
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 16, 2016 at 2:59 pm Raymond Arroyo interviewed His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke about the “state of the question” concerning The Questions. Card. Burke is one of the Four Cardinals who submitted...
Are priests now ‘chaplains of death’? Critics shred Atlantic bishops’ euthanasia letter
LifeSiteNews - Dec 16, 2016 at 2:45 pm 'Suicide? Who am I to judge?'
I Was Conceived in Rape But I’m Glad I Wasn’t Aborted. I Did Not Deserve Death for My Father’s Crime
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 2:44 pm I’m the President of Save The 1 – a global pro-life organization of over 450 who were conceived in rape (like me) and mothers who became pregnant by rape who are either raising...
Gaudete and Rorate Photopost 2016 (Part 2)
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 16, 2016 at 2:39 pm We continue with your photos of Gaudete Sunday liturgies and Rorate Masses, which are still coming in! There will be a third post of these, so again, if you sent photos in and don...
