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Turkey ousts its only Christian mayor
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:49 am The only Christian elected as a co-mayor of a Turkish city has been ousted by the central government, as part of a purge following an abortive coup in July.
St Peter’s Basilica
Communio - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:48 am In 1626, Rome’s new St Peter’s Basilica on Vatican Hill was consecrated. It replaced an earlier church on the same site. A magnificent piece of architecture executed on a grand...
19-year-old’s by-election landslide shows Brown’s PC Party needs social conservatives to win: critic
LifeSiteNews - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:34 am 19-year-old Sam Oosterhoff received a decisive 54 percent of the votes in the Niagara West-Glanbrook riding.
New York state court rules Sheen remains should be transferred to Peoria
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:28 am The Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled Nov. 17 in favor of the family of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen regarding their request to allow the transfer of the sainthood...
LaKira's twins: Does it matter that they were killed before they were born?
GetReligion - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:26 am
A woman is shot in the back, and her unborn twins die. She mourns them for months as her deceased babies, but local law says they weren't old enough to be considered alive.
What...
For Carolyn Woo, the next step is ‘refirement,’ not retirement
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:22 am Many mornings Carolyn Y. Woo has arrived to the relative solitude of a chapel at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, and as the bustling city comes to life,...
Pro-Life Groups Praise Trump’s Selection of “Longtime Pro-Life Ally” Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
LifeNews.com - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:19 am Leading pro-life organizations are praising today’s decision by President elect Donald Trump to name pro-life Senator Jeff Sessions as his attorney general.
Sessions has a strong...
Hands and Hearts with Haiti hosts Haitian guest during Green Bay visit
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:13 am ALLOUEZ — When Golds Mithe Joseph was growing up in Mirebalais, Haiti, with her two brothers, her sister and her mother, she loved school, even when she had to go to middle school...
She faces tragedies with prayer, hope
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:10 am ANTIGO — Moira Scupien’s life can be summed up in a few lines from a poem by the Venerable Fr. Solanus Casey, a Capuchin priest born in Oak Grove, Wis., whose cause for...
Promote culture of life, inclusion, hope, pope tells grandparents
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:05 am In a world that glorifies physical strength and appearances, grandparents must uphold the values that really matter and bring hope and wisdom to younger generations, Pope Francis...
Shrine draws thousands to Slovenia's Julian Alps
The Busy Catholic - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:04 am Brezje is an easy train ride from Venice, Italy
Mary Help of Christians Church, the largest pilgrimage church in
Slovenia and national shrine of the Archdiocese of Ljubljana, is...
Court Rules Couple’s Frozen Human Embryos are Joint Property: Wife Says They Have a “Right to Life”
LifeNews.com - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:03 am Modern fertility procedures are causing new legal and ethical dilemmas involving parents and their unborn children.
On Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled on one such...
Indiana state lawmaker challenges Roe v. Wade with new bill banning all abortions
LifeSiteNews - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:03 am Is the 'Protection at Conception Act' going to challenge Roe v. Wade?
Mercy: the Virtue of the Month
CatholicMom.com - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:00 am
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“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:7
As promised last month, this is the second...
Stewardship and the works of mercy
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 18, 2016 at 11:00 am
I’m concerned, are you? We just celebrated Stewardship Weekend with the theme “Live Discipleship!”
It potentially was a time of empowerment for all of us who profess to believe...
The business of health care
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 18, 2016 at 10:59 am We have finished the elections and many new leaders will take charge in January. Now it’s time to remember that we must care for the good of all Americans. And this means holding...
The pope seems to be missing the real dangers of cohabitation. It’s time for the Church to get serious
LifeSiteNews - Nov 18, 2016 at 10:43 am The short lived cohabiting relationships are one of the reasons that antidepressant use among Americans is skyrocketing.
Did you see us in the St. Louis Review?
Archdiocese of Saint Louis - Nov 18, 2016 at 10:27 am Holy Trinity School in St. Ann was featured in the St. Louis Review for their Virtue-Based Restorative Discipline Program, a CCHD funded program! Click here to read more.
If you'...
Speaker Paul Ryan: We’ll Pass Another Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood, “Our Position Has Not Changed”
LifeNews.com - Nov 18, 2016 at 10:06 am During a press conference yesterday, pro-life speaker Paul Ryan said Congress is committed to passing another bill to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business, which was...
