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Australian archbishop, recovering from severe disease, reflects on suffering
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 23, 2016 at 10:18 am In a Holy Week reflection, Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney, Australia, reflects on his own struggle with a serious illness: Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which left him almost ...
Russian Orthodox Patriarch condemns 'heresy' of a right to sinful behavior
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 23, 2016 at 10:14 am Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow decried the "exile of God from man's life and that of society" in a homily for the feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the AsiaNews ...
Hundreds rally at Supreme Court to support Little Sisters in HHS mandate fight
LifeSiteNews - Mar 23, 2016 at 10:05 am 'All we are asking for is the same treatment under the law as Pepsi and Chevron,' The Catholic Association's Ashley McGuire told the crowd.
George Soros’ Son Donates $1 Million to Planned Parenthood to Help Elect Hillary Clinton
LifeNews.com - Mar 23, 2016 at 10:04 am The son of pro-abortion billionaire George Soros has donated $1 million to the political arm of the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The abortion company has endorsed and is...
Brooklyn Park priest on leave after questions raised about role in alleged abuse cover-up
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Mar 23, 2016 at 10:02 am According to a statement from his provincial superior, Father Bradley Baldwin has been cooperating in a Pennsylvania investigation about the supervision of Franciscan Brother...
Location, Location, Location
CatholicMom.com - Mar 23, 2016 at 10:00 am If you’ve been sorting through your rectangular spaces for the past few weeks, you’ve probably turned up a few out-of-place items. Chances are, you’ve also found some homeless...
INTERVIEW: March for Life leader reveals silver linings in ‘snowpocalypse’—and the future of pro-life advocacy
LifeSiteNews - Mar 23, 2016 at 10:00 am 'We have enjoyed a lot of freedoms in the past in this country, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we are headed to a time of 'refining'—where we will need to be stronger in our faith...
Pope Francis: Do not forget persecution of Iraqi Christians
News.va - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:50 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has called on people to “not forget the tragedy of persecution” in a letter sent Iraq Christians in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
The letter...
Study Finds It’s Easier to Get an Abortion in Texas Than Getting Your Tooth Filled
LifeNews.com - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:48 am There is no doubt that the Texas abortion safety law known as HB2, which is currently being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court, has had an impact on decreasing abortions in...
WDTPRS: Spy Wednesday in Holy Week
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:42 am The term “Spy” Wednesday is probably an allusion to Christ’s betrayal by Judas.
This prayer was the Collect for this same day in the 1962 Missale Romanum. It was also in the...
"Homeless Jesus" statue donated to Papal Almoner
News.va - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:40 am (Vatican Radio) A well-known sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz has found a new home in the entry to the Office of the Papal Almoner in the Vatican. A press release from...
Father Lombardi confirms Archives to be opened
News.va - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:33 am (Vatican Radio) Portions of the Vatican archives pertaining to the military dictatorship in Argentina are expected to be opened to scholars in the coming months.
The materials...
Alabama Senate votes to prohibit abortion facilities near public schools
LifeSiteNews - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:31 am The bill targets a Huntsville abortion center located only one-fifth of a mile from a middle school.
Churches say Israeli occupation is the root cause of violence in the Holy Land
Catholic Herald - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:29 am The church must speak out against the continuing Israeli-Palestinian violence and remind people of their responsibilities, said representatives of the Catholic ordinaries of the...
Planned Parenthood Wants to Force These Catholic Nuns to Pay for Abortion-Causing Drugs
LifeNews.com - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:29 am The Planned Parenthood abortion business is supporting the Obama administration’s push today to force a group of Catholic nuns to pay for abortion-causing drugs in their employee...
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast confirms a big guest speaker in addition to Card. Sarah!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:24 am This year on 17 May the 12th National Catholic Prayer Breakfast will be held in Washington DC.
The keynote speaker is the great Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for...
Aristocrat or Zealot? Another Way to Think about Bishops
Commonweal - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:20 am One of Pope Francis’s biggest challenges is how to contend with the character of the current episcopate. Over the last few decades, the culture and the temperament of Catholic...
Woman Mourns Her Aborted Baby’s Life Every Year on His Birth Date
LifeNews.com - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:13 am Fairly often LifeNews receives emails from readers who want to share their personal experiences with unplanned pregnancies, adoptions, disabilities and abortions. Some of the most...
At the General Audience dedicated to the Easter Triduum the Pope asks that everyone unite in condemnation of the terrorist attacks in Brussels - Cruel abominations
News.va - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:11 am Pope Francis requested a collective
‘Hail Mary’ along with silent prayer “for the victims, for the injured, for the
families and for all the people of Belgium”, a day after the...
Brussels: “All people must condemn these abominations”
Vatican Insider - Mar 23, 2016 at 9:10 am God’s love “has no limits,” it goes “until the very end” and “expresses its solidarity with the abandoned always”. Pope Francis said this in his catechesis on the Paschal Triduum...
