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Carolina controversy: bathroom bills raise questions of safety, privacy
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 1, 2016 at 6:01 pm Charlotte, N.C., Apr 1, 2016 / 05:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The overturn of a Charlotte, North Carolina ordinance allowing biological males to enter women’s restrooms helps offer...
Double Helping: all-you-can-eat fish or the whole enchilada
Catholic Hot Dish - Apr 1, 2016 at 5:27 pm St. Matthew’s
Courtesy Fish Daddy
St. Matthew’s in St. Paul has been serving fish on Lenten Fridays for years. And a little bit of digging in ecclesiastical history finds St. Matt...
Requiescat in pace: Mother Angelica 1923 – 2016
Big C Catholics - Apr 1, 2016 at 5:13 pm Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, P.C.P.A., known to millions around the world as Foundress of the EWTN Global Catholic Network, died peacefully at 5 p.m. CDT, Easter...
Vatican daily “L’Osservatore Romano” announces new recycling initiative
Quartermaster of the Barque - Apr 1, 2016 at 4:50 pm Rome (Vatican City) – For nearly 155 years, the “semi-official” daily newspaper of the Vatican city-state, “L’Osservatore Romano”, has printed papal discourses, statements, and...
Angolan bishops denounce government corruption, control of media
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 1, 2016 at 4:43 pm The Catholic bishops of Angola have released a strongly worded pastoral letter denouncing corruption in public administration.
A decline in oil prices is only one cause of a spoke...
The Easter Season
Catholic Hot Dish - Apr 1, 2016 at 4:39 pm Length. The Easter Season is fifty days, not forty days, like Lent, or four weeks or slightly less, like Advent. The Easter Season extends from Easter Sunday to Pentecost. It...
Rash of vandalism at Massachusetts Catholic churches seen as hate crime
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 1, 2016 at 4:37 pm The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts has asked Attorney General Maura Healey to investigate a rash of incidents of vandalism at Catholic churches in the state.
Three...
Funeral marks Mother Angelica's life as a 'faithful bride' to Jesus
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 1, 2016 at 4:13 pm Birmingham, Ala., Apr 1, 2016 / 03:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Mother Angelica’s life must be viewed in reference to Jesus, the homilist at her funeral Mass said on Friday.
“We cannot...
Thank You
Making Things Visible - Apr 1, 2016 at 4:05 pm I wanted to take a moment to thank you. March 2016 was the best month in the history of the blog. I have been writing the blog for several years. Sometimes, I have more time to...
Mississippi Legislature Sends Governor Broad "Freedom of Conscience" Bill
The Religion Clause - Apr 1, 2016 at 3:26 pm The Mississippi Legislature today gave final passage to H.B. 1523 (full text) and (adopted amendment). Titled Protecting Freedom of Conscience From Government Discrimination Act,...
Kill the lies, filth, and slime: It’s time to abort Planned Parenthood
LifeSiteNews - Apr 1, 2016 at 3:18 pm I think it’s crazy that our tax dollars go to fund an organization that is so full lies, filth, and slime.
Medieval Vespers of Easter
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 1, 2016 at 3:00 pm In the Breviary of St Pius V, Vespers of Easter Sunday and the days within the octave present only one peculiarity, namely, that the Chapter and Hymn are replaced by the words of...
‘God was full of surprises when it came to Mother Angelica’
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 1, 2016 at 2:59 pm HANCEVILLE, Ala. — With Mother Angelica having been essentially bedridden for 15 years following a series of strokes in 2001, staff at the Eternal Word Television Network and...
Hillary: ‘We need a president who is passionate about’ abortion
LifeSiteNews - Apr 1, 2016 at 2:39 pm Clinton and Bernie Sanders are having a public argument about who is the biggest supporter of abortion-on-demand.
Why ask doctrinal questions? Well, do you want to cover debates about religion or not?
GetReligion - Apr 1, 2016 at 2:33 pm
I realize this may sound like a rather obvious question. However, after 40 years of religion-beat work (in one form or another) I still think that it's relevant.
The question: To...
Rush Limbaugh: Trump’s abortion comments ‘hugely damaging’ to GOP in November
LifeSiteNews - Apr 1, 2016 at 2:24 pm Trump's abortion comments were 'huge in terms of rejuvenating the Democrats,' the talk radio giant said.
Abortion Activist to Donald Trump: How Dare You Say I Should be Punished, I’m Glad I Aborted My Baby
LifeNews.com - Apr 1, 2016 at 1:42 pm The pro-abortion backlash against Donald Trump has stretched beyond the borders of the U.S.
On Thursday, the British news outlet The Telegraph published an open letter to Trump...
Pro-life leaders to meet in May for third annual Rome Life Forum
LifeSiteNews - Apr 1, 2016 at 1:14 pm 'The Forum is intended for all who have, or aspire to, a leadership position in the life and family movement.'
1,550 Babies in Pennsylvania are Killed Every Year in Dismemberment Abortions Tearing Off Their Limbs
LifeNews.com - Apr 1, 2016 at 12:59 pm The description sounds ghastly, uncivilized, and definitely inhumane. Yet it is a practice that takes place each year in Pennsylvania, killing an estimated 1,550 babies.
“The...
Good Friday 2016 Photopost - Part 2
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 1, 2016 at 12:59 pm In this post, we have our second of two Good Friday posts from readers of NLM around the world. Thanks to the readers who submitted them! St. Mary, Pine Bluff, WISt. John XXIII,...
