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Love is more than words
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:55 am Note: Fr. Treloar’s column was incorrectly published in the print edition with the readings for the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday). His column focuses on the...
Ugandan Church leaders oppose government plan to register religious bodies
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:51 am Church leaders in Uganda are voicing opposition to the government's plan to require registration of "faith-based organizations," the Fides news service ...
Surgeon tied to false rumor of papal brain tumor faces new charges
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:45 am A surgeon who gained notoriety last year because of a false report that he had treated Pope Francis for a brain tumor now faces new scrutiny, because of charges that he sought...
Woman Prosecuted for Illegally Buying Abortion Pills Left Her Fully-Formed Baby in a Trash Bin
LifeNews.com - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:41 am More details have emerged of the recent case in Northern Ireland where a woman self-administered an abortion pill, and was prosecuted in the courts, ultimately receiving a...
Vatican Museums team with Rome hospital to encourage blood donors
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:36 am The Vatican Museums have joined in a blood-donor drive, as an initiative for the Year of Mercy.
Noting that Pope Francis has encouraged blood donors, especially during the Jubilee...
Peter the Shepherd & the Papacy (3rd Sunday of Easter)
The Sacred Page - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:31 am My latest video on this upcoming Sunday's Mass Readings is now available.
Check it out -- I hope it helps.
The "Religious Liberty" Scare Quotes
Creative Minority Report - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:29 am You see the scare quotes around "religious liberty" in recent media reports as if the very idea is some kind of subterfuge. Media scare quotes are not just obfuscation, they're an...
Pro-Abortion AG Raids David Daleiden’s Home, Ignores Planned Parenthood Selling Baby Parts
LifeNews.com - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:28 am The pro-abortion California attorney general’s office raided on Tuesday the home of the undercover investigator who exposed Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of aborted babies’...
Relics found in ruined Syrian monastery confirmed as St Elian’s
Catholic Herald - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:03 am It has been confirmed that the relics of Syrian St Elian, which originally were thought to have been destroyed by members of the Islamic State militia, have been found amid the...
Notre Dame Sends ‘Mixed Signals’ by Honoring Both Biden and Little Sisters of the Poor
Catholic Education Daily - Apr 6, 2016 at 9:00 am By presenting prominent awards to both Vice President Joe Biden and the Little Sisters of the Poor, the University of Notre Dame has once again set up a contradictory example of...
Saint’s relics found in rubble of church destroyed by terrorists
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:52 am VATICAN CITY — The relics of Syrian St. Elian, which originally were thought to have been destroyed by members of the so-called Islamic State militia, have been found amid the...
Pro-Life Groups Back Ted Cruz for President: “He Will Protect Unborn Babies From Abortion”
LifeNews.com - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:52 am Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has already received the support of pro-life groups like National right to Life, CatholicVote, and Wisconsin right to Life and now...
Pope Francis blesses five-year-old girl who is losing her sight
Catholic Herald - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:51 am Pope Francis has blessed the eyes of a five-year-old Ohio girl who suffers from a rare genetic disease that is gradually robbing her of her sight.
Lizzy Myers and her family had...
Turkey: A new Franciscan fraternity is born in Smyrna
Vatican Insider - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:49 am Bearing witness to the Gospel by promoting ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and dialogue with culture following the methods and example of St. Francis of Assisi. It is this...
Byzantine Catholic Holy Week Services at St Peter’s in Ukiah, California
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:42 am Thanks to Mr Philip Gilbert for sending in pictures and video links to the Holy Week and Easter services celebrated at St Peter’s Eastern Catholic Church in Ukiah, California.The...
Planned Parenthood Charges $20,000 for Cocktail Reception With Its CEO Cecile Richards
LifeNews.com - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:37 am A Planned Parenthood luncheon in Dallas, Texas on Monday showed that some people are willing to spend $20,000 for a chance to meet the CEO of the country’s largest abortion...
Sen. Cruz handily defeats Trump in Wisconsin primary
LifeSiteNews - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:32 am 'Exit polling reveals that Wisconsin evangelicals fled Mr. Trump,' said SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser.
Running to the Banquet: Communions and Communism
CatholicMom.com - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:30 am It’s Spring! And parishes around the world are a flurry of sacraments. First Holy Communions and Confirmations testify to God’s continuing presence among us and leave us filled...
If South Bronx Catholic church was a landmark, would state aid soon become controversial?
GetReligion - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:30 am
If you have followed GetReligion posts about The New York Times in recent years, you may have spotted a pattern in our comments about its religion-news offerings.
When dealing...
California agents raid David Daleiden’s home, seize undercover Planned Parenthood footage
LifeSiteNews - Apr 6, 2016 at 8:28 am Notably, Daleiden says the state officials ignored evidence of Planned Parenthood's malfeasance during the raid.