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'Thank u Lord for the game of baseball' -- A religion ghost in LaRoche exit? You think?
GetReligion - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:33 am Here is a heart-strings tugger for you as we move closer to Opening Day in major-league baseball (an event that should receive Upper-Case status as a cultural holy day, as I am...
Don’t take this for granted
LifeSiteNews - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:30 am It takes everyone to chip in to keep this global news agency humming along at full speed. But let me tell you: it’s worth it!
Protected by the Constitution – Reflection by 40 Days for Life
Thomas More Society - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:27 am By Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life President
Our freedoms cannot be neglected. They must be exercised and defended.
Believe it or not, many of our basic rights are scrutinized when...
Michigan Catholic dioceses modify employee benefits to include same-sex partners
LifeSiteNews - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:25 am While the National Catholic Bioethics Center supports the decision, critics say the bishops are taking 'the coward's way out.'
Full transcript: Surviving Missionary of Charity tells the story of the ISIS killings
Catholic Herald - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:21 am Two weeks ago, four Missionaries of Charity in Yemen were among the victims of a brutal terrorist attack on a care home where the nuns were working. In this week’s Catholic Herald...
Viganò: “Instagram will help recount the Papacy through images”
Vatican Insider - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:14 am “Instagram will help recount the Papacy through images, to enable all those who wish to accompany and know more about Pope Francis’ pontificate to encounter his gestures of...
Belarus: government keeps tight restrictions on foreign priests, bars Catholic radio
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:10 am Two Polish Catholic priests have been denied permission to enter Belarus, and although one priest's application is not being reconsidered, the country's Catholic bishops noted...
Pretty places to kill babies: Planned Parenthood gets a makeover
LifeSiteNews - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:03 am This entire new thrust by Planned Parenthood, which is intended to be implemented at every one of its 640 centers across the country, is all about making people feel better about...
Dublin's Archbishop Martin praises courage of chaplains aiding rebels during Easter Rising of 1916
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:02 am Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin paid tribute to the courage of Catholic priests who ministered to the wounded and dying during the Easter Rising of 1916.
At a St. Patrick's...
GOP Governor Expected to Veto Religious Freedom Bill Because...Jesus
Creative Minority Report - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:01 am The Georgia General Assembly yesterday passed the Free Exercise Protection Act which contains wide-ranging religious freedom protections including those for churches, religious...
"THE PASSION" Musical Event Airs Palm Sunday
CatholicMom.com - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:00 am Editor’s note: While I haven’t yet prescreened THE PASSION, coming Sunday night on FOX, I’m excited to see it. We’re sharing this information for you and your family but are not...
“Let My Prayer Rise as Incense” by Dmitry Bortniansky - Byzantine Music for Lent
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 18, 2016 at 11:00 am As I am sure our readers know from various articles which we have published on the subject over the years, in the Byzantine Rite, the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated on the...
Pakistan recognizes Easter as holiday for Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 10:57 am Pakistan's national assembly has approved a resolution recognizing Easter as a holiday for Christians, and Holi and Diwali as holidays for Hindus, the AsiaNews service reports....
Papal preacher sees an end to Catholic-Protestant conflicts
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 10:53 am Father Raneiro Cantalamessa, the preacher to the pontifical household, focused on ecumenical affairs in the 5th of his Lenten Sermons, delivered on Friday, March 18, in the...
Immigrants have been arrested looking for alternatives to Flint water
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Mar 18, 2016 at 10:53 am WASHINGTON — Imagine turning on the tap in the morning and seeing something that’s “looked like toilet water coming out of your faucet,” in the words of one Catholic leader. That’...
FRC’s Tony Perkins elected to Republican Platform Committee
LifeSiteNews - Mar 18, 2016 at 10:50 am Perkins played a major role in the Republican Party's pro-marriage plank for 2012.
Abortion Clinic Closes After Abortionist Failed to Report Rape of Two 13-Year-Old Girls
LifeNews.com - Mar 18, 2016 at 10:46 am The Women’s Pavilion abortion business in South Bend, Indiana will close its doors tonight for the foreseeable future. The closing follows the Indiana Department of Health...
Pope to visit Armenia in June?
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 10:45 am The possibility of a papal trip to Armenia in June is under discussion at the Vatican, Father Federico Lombardi has disclosed.
The papal spokesman said that possible arrangements...
Vatican basilica will be darkened for 'Earth Hour' on Saturday
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2016 at 10:42 am St. Peter's basilica were be darkened for an hour on March 19, as the Vatican observes the "Earth Hour" organized by the World Wildlife Fund.
The lights on the dome and ...
