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New York mayor promises city will pay for abortions if Planned Parenthood loses federal funding
LifeSiteNews - Dec 5, 2016 at 3:52 pm Bill de Blasio's offer for the city to fund abortions raised the question: Why is federal money needed then?
Death on Demand: Euthanasia Activist Admits Assisted Suicide Not Just for Terminally Ill
LifeNews.com - Dec 5, 2016 at 3:51 pm Australia’s Philip Nitschke is the euthanasia movement’s most candid advocate.
While most euthanasia/assisted suicide promoters pretend the movement is mostly about ending the...
Supreme Court agrees to take up church hospitals’ pension dispute
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 5, 2016 at 3:46 pm The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 2 to hear arguments about church hospital pension disputes over whether religious hospitals and schools can be exempt from complying with federal...
Back to Indonesia: When covering disputes among faithful, AP should talk to more Muslims
GetReligion - Dec 5, 2016 at 3:45 pm
Tensions remain high in Indonesia, where opponents of the nation's Christian governor -- he is part of the nation's minority Chinese population -- held a massive rally calling...
Foley school bakes thousands of Christmas cookies for fundraiser
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 5, 2016 at 3:34 pm For more than 20 years, St. John's Area Catholic School in Foley has carried on the tradition of baking, packaging and selling homemade Christmas treats each December.
WATCH: Dubia debacle shows the Church is in a ‘religious civil war’, says famed Catholic historian
LifeSiteNews - Dec 5, 2016 at 3:24 pm 'Today we are in a war, a religious civil war, unfortunately. I don't like this war, but we are engaged in it against our will.'
Hopes for Sheen transfer still high despite granting of emergency stay
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 5, 2016 at 3:14 pm PEORIA, Ill. — Hopes buoyed in the Diocese of Peoria by a Nov. 17 court ruling allowing Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s family to transfer the sainthood candidate’s remains from New...
Optional Memorial of St Nicholas the Wonderworker
Big C Catholics - Dec 5, 2016 at 2:56 pm December 6th, is the optional memorial of Saint Nicholas, (270-343) also called Nikolaos of Myra, (present day Demre, Turkey) the 4th-century archbishop known for his tireless...
Satanic Temple Complains About New Texas Law Requiring Proper Burial for Aborted Babies
LifeNews.com - Dec 5, 2016 at 2:50 pm The Satanic Temple is lashing out against a new Texas rule that requires aborted babies’ bodies to be cremated or buried.
The Satanist group, which has challenged abortion...
Supreme Court agrees to take up church hospitals’ pension dispute
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 5, 2016 at 2:39 pm WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 2 to hear arguments about church hospital pension disputes over whether religious hospitals and schools can be exempt from complying...
University Bans Pro-Life Students From Having Official Club: “Would Give Them a Platform to Harass Others”
LifeNews.com - Dec 5, 2016 at 2:28 pm New pro-life student clubs are popping up at colleges and high schools across the world, but some are struggling even to be recognized.
The Strathclyde University students’...
Report Card: Notre Dame Waffles on Trump Commencement Invite—Honored Pro-Abortion Obama in 2009
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 5, 2016 at 2:06 pm The Cardinal Newman Society’s “Report Card” column provides weekly commentary from Matt Archbold on the latest in Catholic education. Matt blogs at CreativeMinorityReport.com and ...
Catholic college presidents pledge support for students with DACA status
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 5, 2016 at 2:02 pm More than 70 presidents at Catholic colleges and universities have signed a statement pledging their support for students attending their schools who are legally protected by the...
Be a Part of Christ Cathedral: Give "Heavenly Light"
CatholicMom.com - Dec 5, 2016 at 2:00 pm
For decades, the Crystal Cathedral stood as a landmark and worldwide center of worship: the largest glass structure in the world comprised of 11,236 glass panels. After filing...
Pope answered four Cardinals in Argentina letter approving Communion for ‘remarried’: confidante
LifeSiteNews - Dec 5, 2016 at 1:58 pm A Jesuit close to Pope Francis said the pope's response to the dubia can be found by reading his letter to Buenos Aires bishops.
BFR1009: From Saint Nicholas to Christmas
SQPN - Podcast Network - Dec 5, 2016 at 1:48 pm
In this episode: the Dutch celebrate St. Nicholas; the nativity scene in Den Bosch and Fr. Roderick's favorite movies of 2016.
The post BFR1009: From Saint Nicholas to Christmas...
Pope Francis lauds Middle East effort to save local art and culture
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 5, 2016 at 1:02 pm Vatican City, Dec 5, 2016 / 12:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis endorsed a recent conference dedicated to the conservation and restoration of art and heritage within the...
Liam Neeson quits boxing club after pressure over his abortion advocacy
LifeSiteNews - Dec 5, 2016 at 1:02 pm Liam Neeson is no longer president of the All Saints Amateur Boxing Club. Locals were disgusted with his abortion advocacy.
Magisterium ‘debased’ by pope’s ‘refusal to answer’ four Cardinals: famed German philosopher
LifeSiteNews - Dec 5, 2016 at 12:54 pm Prominent Catholic thinker Robert Spaemann called the query of the Pope a 'proper duty' of the Church leaders.
Court orders French town to take down statue of Virgin Mary
LifeSiteNews - Dec 5, 2016 at 12:31 pm The town will be fined €100 if it doesn't remove the statue of Mary.
