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Why older women are having more abortions: it’s just another form of contraception
Catholic Herald - May 20, 2016 at 6:45 am The Department of Health has recently published abortion statistics, and a report in the Guardian has provided some commentary on them. It is well worth reading the whole article...
The most dangerous, and underreported, part of Obama’s transgender edict
LifeSiteNews - May 20, 2016 at 6:42 am Bathrooms are just the beginning...
Oklahoma Legislature Purports To Outlaw Almost All Abortions In Statute Raising Many Questions
The Religion Clause - May 20, 2016 at 6:10 am The Oklahoma legislature gave final passage yesterday (legislative history) to Senate Bill No. 1552 (full text), purporting to outlaw almost all abortions in the state. The bill...
Polish Court Upholds Refusal To Recognize Pastafarians
The Religion Clause - May 20, 2016 at 6:05 am Radio Poland reports that in Warsaw, Poland yesterday the Voivodship Administrative Court upheld the refusal by the Internal Affairs Ministry to list the Church of the Flying...
Francis to hold unprecedented meeting with top Sunni Muslim leader
Catholic Herald - May 20, 2016 at 6:01 am Pope Francis will receive the highest authority in Sunni Islam in an unprecedented meeting at the Vatican on Monday.
The meeting between Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of al-...
Want a Woman to Choose Life? Choose to Love the Woman!
CatholicMom.com - May 20, 2016 at 6:00 am Photo copyright 2016 Kaitlyn Mason. All rights reserved. Image created with Canva.
If we want women to respond to pregnancy in a healthy way, we must respond to pregnant women in...
Pope: Understanding for sinners, no negotiating the truth
News.va - May 20, 2016 at 6:00 am (Vatican Radio) Announcing the word of God should never be dissociated from the understanding of human weakness. That was Pope Francis’ message during the daily Mass at the Casa...
3rd Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Ten Commandments Case
The Religion Clause - May 20, 2016 at 6:00 am The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments yesterday (audio of full arguments) in Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. New Kensington-Arnold School District...
Archbishop Martin: Pope to visit Ireland in 2018
Franciscan Media - May 20, 2016 at 6:00 am DUBLIN (CNS) -- Archbishop Diarmuid Martin confirmed that Pope Francis, or his successor, will visit Ireland in 2018 for the World Meeting of Families.
Archbishop Martin confirmed...
Zika's spread spurs contradictory congressional action
Franciscan Media - May 20, 2016 at 6:00 am WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a federal effort to combat the spread of the Zika virus, the Senate voted May 17 to allocate $1.1 billion to fight it in the United States.
The funding is...
Papal spokesman praises radical pro-abortion, pro-divorce politician
Rorate Coeli - May 20, 2016 at 5:57 am Yesterday, on word that "bisexual," atheist, radical politician Marco Pannella had died, Fr. Federico Lombardi praised -- in a written statement, not off the cuff -- the man who...
New Custos of the Holy Land appointed
Catholic Culture - World News - May 20, 2016 at 5:46 am With the approval of the Holy See, the Order of Friars Minor has appointed Father Francesco Patton as the new Custos of the Holy Land.
Father Patton, who hails from northern Italy...
Dioceses forbidden to establish religious communities without prior Vatican consultation
Catholic Culture - World News - May 20, 2016 at 5:37 am Beginning June 1, diocesan decrees that establish religious institutes without prior consultation with the Vatican will be invalid, according to a rescript signed by Cardinal...
Mother’s Eyes
Dominicana - May 20, 2016 at 5:30 am What color are the eyes of the Blessed Virgin Mary? I fancy they may be green, the rarest, which is slightly more likely among Mediterranean peoples than elsewhere in the globe....
Pope: Understanding for sinners, no negotiating the truth
News.va - May 20, 2016 at 5:25 am (Vatican Radio) Announcing the word of God should never be dissociated from the understanding of human weakness. That was Pope Francis’ message during the daily Mass at the Casa...
Pope Francis clarifies question on diocesan religious institutes
EWTN - Vatican News - May 20, 2016 at 5:09 am Vatican City, May 20, 2016 / 05:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis issued a binding clarification of a question regarding
Canon Law and the establishment of new diocesan...
Prelate welcomes actions of Egyptian leader, Coptic patriarch
Catholic Culture - World News - May 20, 2016 at 5:05 am A Coptic Catholic bishop who is visiting Rome said that despite anti-Christian currents in Egyptian society, the situation of Christians has improved under the leadership of...
Campaigners seek to save secret chapel where martyr last prayed
Catholic Herald - May 20, 2016 at 4:59 am Campaigners are rushing to save a historic house in Wales where the country’s last Catholic martyr prayed before his execution.
Abergavenny’s historic Gunter Mansion is under...
Bishop welcomes ban on most late-term abortions
Catholic Culture - World News - May 20, 2016 at 4:31 am Following passage by large margins in the South Carolina house (79-29) and senate (36-9), the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act has been signed into law by Gov. Nikki ...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 20, 2016
CatholicMom.com - May 20, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 10, 1-12
Again with the Pharisees testing Jesus. Are they just trying to figure out what team He’s on, or if He remembers all the official Jewish teaching?...
