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Pope: Our Lady of Guadalupe teaches us a faith that is not sugarcoated
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:40 pm Vatican City, Dec 12, 2016 / 12:40 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- On Monday, Pope Francis celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, pointing to Mary's faith not as the result of false...
Hand-Me-Downs and Honoring My Daughter’s Dignity
CatholicMom.com - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:30 pm
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I met my friend in the church parking lot after daily Mass to make the exchange. We opened the trunks of our...
Ivy League Students Remove Shakespeare Portrait from English Department
Creative Minority Report - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:26 pm They took down a Shakespeare portrait and added some feminist African writer because...diversity. Uhm, wouldn't "diversity" be better served by just adding a portrait, rather than...
Abortion Clinics Sue to Stop Texas Rule Requiring Them to Bury Aborted Babies Instead of Selling Them
LifeNews.com - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:19 pm Abortion activists are going after a new Texas rule this week that would stop any possible sales of aborted babies’ body parts by requiring that their remains be cremated or...
Should Corporations Pay Taxes?
Commonweal - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:18 pm NO!
1. Corporate taxes, especially high corporate taxes, provide an incentive for companies to move out of the US to avoid them. Even when American corporations use tax...
Christmas joy comes from knowing God loves and saves us, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:14 pm As Christmas approached, St. Peter's Square was filled with balloons, singing and an incredible variety of Baby Jesus figurines -- everything from plastic figures that would fit...
ASK FATHER: Holy ICE! Holy Water freezing in the stoop.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:13 pm From a reader…
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I have included some pictures as a visual aid for my question.
Today I went to confession at a church well over 100 years old. As such, the entrance ways...
Atlantic Canadian bishops approve last rites before euthanasia: ‘Pope Francis is our model’
LifeSiteNews - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:58 am The Atlantic Episcopal Assembly disagrees with the Alberta bishops' doctrinal approach on assisted suicide.
'Just who is Dylann Roof?': Do we really need to know what makes a mass murderer tick?
GetReligion - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:55 am Who really is Dylann Roof? A portrait of a killer emerges https://t.co/nTvWQnHOhz @postandcourier #DylannRoof #Rooftrial #chsnews #scnews
— Jennifer Berry Hawes (@JenBerryHawes...
Indian priest faces life sentence for abuse
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:49 am A Catholic priest in India’s Kerala state has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of raping a minor girl.
Archbishop Coleridge: dubia prompted by search for ‘false clarity’
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:46 am Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia, has suggested that the prelates seeking clarification of Amoris Laetita are pursuing a “false clarity that comes because you don’...
Pope: Our Lady of Guadalupe teaches us a faith that is not sugarcoated
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:39 am Vatican City, Dec 12, 2016 / 10:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday, Pope Francis celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, pointing to Mary’s faith not as the result of false...
Bishop Conley reaffirms Church teaching on marriage, notes confusion on Amoris Laetitia
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:38 am Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, has strongly reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on marriage, assuring his priests that Amoris Laetitia “does not repudiate the...
New Dean of the Roman Rota appointed
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:32 am A while back Msgr. Vito Pinto – then-Dean of the Roman Rota – made disparaging remarks about the Four Cardinals of the Five Dubia on Amoris laetitia. At the time I observed that...
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Regina Magazine - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:14 am December 12 Today is the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Ora pro nobis. Our Lady of Guadalupe, mystical rose, make intercession for Holy Church, protect the true Sovereign...
Pope Francis pummels traditional priests, seminarians, laity … again. What can we learn from that?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:02 am Over the last few years, Our Holy Father Pope Francis has said some pretty awful things about priests. He doesn’t limit himself to priests. Remember how he pummeled the...
Busy and Holy, Co-existing Peacefully!
CatholicMom.com - Dec 12, 2016 at 11:00 am Copyright 2016 De Yarrison. All rights reserved.
Last Thursday evening, I had the privilege of speaking at an “Advent by Candlelight” event at a lovely Catholic church in Mount...
Black Americans Comprise 13% of the Population, But 35% of Abortions Kill Black Babies
LifeNews.com - Dec 12, 2016 at 10:57 am According to the Centers for Disease Control’s most recent Abortion Surveillance Report, Black Americans make up 13.3% of the population, but now comprise 35% of reported...
Egypt’s president says church attack was a suicide bombing
Catholic Herald - Dec 12, 2016 at 10:51 am Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Monday that a suicide bomber caused the blast that killed 24 Christians during Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel adjacent to St Mark’s...
Nonviolence is theme of Pope’s message for World Day of Peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2016 at 10:46 am The Vatican has released the message of Pope Francis for the World Day of Peace, which is entitled: “Nonviolence: a Style of Politics for Peace.”
