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The holy work of Catholic Charities
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 18, 2016 at 2:00 pm I had to chuckle recently when I read a quotation from Pope Francis that said, “If your first name is ‘Christian,’ your last name is ‘Body of Christ’.” There are no “free agents...
Make a dazzling diamond choice
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - May 18, 2016 at 1:57 pm Summertime is for weddings. So much goes into preparing for a wedding and one of the biggest expenses is the engagement ring. And most engagement rings contain diamonds.
How many...
Louisiana passes dismemberment abortion ban
LifeSiteNews - May 18, 2016 at 1:43 pm It now goes to Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards's desk.
My View For Awhile: Westward Edition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 18, 2016 at 1:34 pm I am on my way home after a few great days in Washington DC.
I love Uber.
Airport Burger review…. Ben’s Chile Bowl…
It’s only after you order and pay that they tell you it’ll...
A Worthy Pilgrimage
Commonweal - May 18, 2016 at 1:28 pm About a decade ago, I happened to be sitting at the table with a Navy veteran of World War II when the conversation turned to Japan. He was a retired physician, the father of a...
Indian couples frustrated as Missionaries of Charity stop adoptions
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 18, 2016 at 1:18 pm Although the sisters continue to keep and care for abandoned, destitute and sick children, they have stopped putting children up for adoption. The nuns said they made the decision...
This Saint Bernard just met Pope Francis
Catholic News Agency - General - May 18, 2016 at 1:16 pm Vatican City, May 18, 2016 / 12:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- While Pope Francis might have chastised animal-lovers who treat their pets better than people in last week’s general...
Actress Patricia Heaton Promotes Pro-Life Perspective on Twitter: “Choose Life, Celebrate Life”
LifeNews.com - May 18, 2016 at 1:01 pm Patricia Heaton is one of the few Hollywood actresses who isn’t shy about her pro-life position.
An Emmy award-winning actress on “The Middle” and formerly “Everybody Loves...
RISEN Releases on DVD - Win Your Copy!
CatholicMom.com - May 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm
Win RISEN on DVD! Leave a comment below by 5/22/16.
RISEN is the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a...
OLDIE PODCAzTs for the Octave of Pentecost
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm Some Pentecost oldie PODCAzTs.
I made these in 2008 during the Octave of Pentecost. Perhaps they will be of interest to WDTPRS newcomers.
056 08-05-12 Octaves – Fr. Z rants...
To ignore the poor is to despise God, pope says at general audience
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 18, 2016 at 12:58 pm How Christians treat the poor is the clearest demonstration of their relationship with God, Pope Francis insisted.
Pope Francis says to ignore the poor…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 18, 2016 at 12:56 pm …is to despise God. On a related note: Obama is trying to get overtime pay for four million US workers while a grateful and generous Party of God and Family and Life and...
In Honor of the 96th Anniversary of Saint John Paul the Great's Birth - A Retrospective
Big C Catholics - May 18, 2016 at 12:48 pm Saint Pope John Paul the Great
Karol Józef Wojtyła was born 95 years ago, on May 20, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland, the youngest of three children, to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Wojtyla...
Gaffigans offer Catholic University graduates witty banter, sage advice
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 18, 2016 at 12:34 pm True happiness exists in the love of faith, family and fresh guacamole, comedian Jim Gaffigan and his wife and writing partner, Jeannie, told more than 1,700 graduates of the...
There's Something About Zelie/Zaylee
CatholicMom.com - May 18, 2016 at 12:30 pm Zélie Martin by unidentified photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
My Instagram feed is full of families who’ve chosen Catholicky Catholic names for their babies,...
Cardinal Sarah isn’t buying the gender ideology lunacy
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 18, 2016 at 12:28 pm From his prayer breakfast speech: “Nowhere is [religious persecution] clearer than in the threat that societies are visiting on the family through a demonic ‘gender ideology,’ a...
Study of women deacons won’t be first, but might answer questions
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 18, 2016 at 12:22 pm The pope's agreement on the idea -- raised by members of the International Union of Superiors General, the leadership group for superiors of women's orders -- was interpreted by...
People of faith must advocate for religious liberty, says House speaker
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 18, 2016 at 12:12 pm People of faith have the responsibility to "advocate for their faith," not only through good works, but on spiritual realms -- one being through prayer, U.S. House Speaker Paul...
Event: Traditional Latin Mass and Procession in New York City
Rorate Coeli - May 18, 2016 at 12:00 pmKansas Will Defund Planned Parenthood Abortion Business in July
LifeNews.com - May 18, 2016 at 11:48 am The state of Kansas had planned to cut off taxpayer funding of the Planned Parenthood abortion business via Medicaid by now but the lawsuit the abortion giant filed against the...
