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Nagging legal question: Will polygamy become the next same-sex marriage?
GetReligion - Mar 24, 2016 at 6:05 pm Future-gazing journalists take note: The question above is the lede of an article in the April edition of First Things magazine.
Author John Witte Jr. devoutly hopes the answer is...
Michigan House Passes Bill to Punish Anyone Who Coerces a Woman to Have an Abortion
LifeNews.com - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:58 pm Pro-life lawmakers in the Michigan House passed a bill on Thursday that would protect women from being pressured into having abortions.
The Detroit News reports the bill would...
Democrats Boycott Hearing on Bill to Ban Harvesting Body Parts From Aborted Babies
LifeNews.com - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:47 pm Four Idaho lawmakers joined abortion activists for a rally on Thursday rather than attend a committee hearing on a bill to end the trafficking of aborted babies’ body parts....
Archbishop Hebda has right qualities for the job, say local and national Catholic leaders
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:35 pm “He’s a gift for the archdiocese from Pope Francis,” Bishop Sirba said. “Through the mercy of God, Pope Francis heard the prayers of the people of the archdiocese and is sending...
Reminder: Three O’clock on Good Friday is the Great Hour of Divine Mercy
Big C Catholics - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:34 pm The Divine Mercy Image
At three o'clock on Good Friday we solemnly remember Christ's death on the cross. In that moment, the redeeming ministry of our Savior culminated in the...
Holy Thursday | 2016
Big C Catholics - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:22 pm I give you a new commandment: Love one another as I have loved you.
— John 13:34
These are the words spoken by our Lord to His apostles at the Last Supper, after he completed the...
Abortion Activists Upset Congress Wants Names of People Selling and Using Aborted Baby Parts
LifeNews.com - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:17 pm A Congressional investigation that is digging deeper into evidence about whether Planned Parenthood illegally profited off the sale of aborted babies’ body parts has abortion...
Constitutional Amendment in Alabama Would Define Unborn Baby as a Person and Ban Abortions
LifeNews.com - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:14 pm Alabama legislators are considering a controversial amendment to the state constitution that would recognize human life at the moment of conception and basically outlaw abortion....
World’s largest psychiatrist org condemns treatment for unwanted gay attractions
LifeSiteNews - Mar 24, 2016 at 5:04 pm A prominent psychiatrist says the World Psychiatric Association is taking a political position unsupported by science.
Good Friday Reflection on the Logic of the Cross
Catholic Online - Featured News - Mar 24, 2016 at 4:41 pm Pope Francis said something during his first general audience that inspired me to reflect on the suffering Jesus endured during his Passion for the ...
French cardinal apologizes for abuse; supporter notes prelate acted promptly on complaints
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 24, 2016 at 4:21 pm Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon, France, has issued an apology for sexual abuse by priests of the archdiocese.
In a March 24 statement, the cardinal quoted the words of Pope...
Indiana Becomes Second State to Ban Abortions Based on Down Syndrome
LifeNews.com - Mar 24, 2016 at 4:13 pm Indiana has become the second state in the nation, following North Dakota, to ban abortions on babies who are diagnosed in the womb as having Down syndrome. Gov. Mike Pence signed...
Ottawa archbishop, in Easter message, urges rejection of assisted suicide
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 24, 2016 at 4:07 pm In an Easter message, Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa calls upon the faithful to reject assisted suicide.
Acknowledging the fear and pain that may be experienced by...
In India's Syro-Malabar Church, only priest's feet are washed on Holy Thursday
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 24, 2016 at 4:04 pm The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church did not alter its Holy Thursday liturgy, despite a papal directive that allowed priests to wash the feet of women during the ceremony.
In the ...
Congratulations Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis: New Archbp. HEBDA
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 24, 2016 at 3:48 pm My native place has finally received an official appointment of its next Archbishop.
He has already been there for a while, the former Coadjutor of Newark, Archbishop Bernard...
Archbishop Hebda named permanent head of St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 24, 2016 at 3:32 pm Archbishop Bernard Hebda has been named Archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis, where he has served as apostolic administrator since last June.
Archbishop Hebda became the interim ...
"Two Gestures" – In Lord's Supper, "Let Brotherhood Be Contagious In the World"
Whispers in the Loggia - Mar 24, 2016 at 3:26 pm Yet again continuing the practice he began in Buenos Aires, the Pope took his Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on the road to his cherished "peripheries," with this year's venue...
Washing feet of refugees, Pope stresses brotherhood
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 24, 2016 at 3:24 pm Pope Francis celebrated the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, March 24, at the CARA reception center for refugees seeking asylum.
During the ceremony the Pope ...
Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter will face mental competency hearing on April 28
LifeSiteNews - Mar 24, 2016 at 3:05 pm The judge said that he may unseal court records of the shooting and the perpetrator's mental condition.
Holy Thursday 2016
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 24, 2016 at 3:00 pm Thou, o Lord, didst command us to be partakers of Thy Son, sharers of Thy kingdom, dwellers in Paradise, companions of the Angels; ever provided we keep the sacraments of the...
