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Demonic house in Indiana demolished
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 29, 2016 at 5:01 pm Gary, Ind., Feb 29, 2016 / 04:01 pm (National Catholic Register).- The home that was believed to be a site of demonic activity was demolished last month. The story, as reported in...
Juventutem has a new President
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 29, 2016 at 4:43 pm I had an email from Juventutem (too bad about that J) saying that
Hungary’s Bertalan Kiss, has become the President of Fœderatio Internationalis Juventutem. HERE
In addition to...
Louisiana judge strikes down law that requires priest to report abuse mentioned in confession
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 29, 2016 at 4:28 pm A Louisiana judge has ruled unconstitutional a new state law requiring priests to report sexual abuse that is mentioned in a sacramental confession.
Judge Mike Caldwell made his...
Ted Cruz Creates Religious Liberty Advisory Committee to Help Protect Pro-Life Conscience Rights
LifeNews.com - Feb 29, 2016 at 4:16 pm If Senator Ted Cruz is elected president, he wants to work with pro-life leaders to restore conscience protections for pro-life advocates — like Hobby Lobby and Little Sisters of...
Pakistan executes governor's killer, despite threat of Islamic retaliation
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 29, 2016 at 4:13 pm The government of Pakistan has carried out the execution of a Muslim zealot who confessed to killing an official who had proposed changes in the country's blasphemy law.
Mumtaz ...
Pontiff thanks Italian police who serve around St. Peter's Square
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 29, 2016 at 4:04 pm Pope Francis met on February 29 with members of the Italian military-police force that patrols around St. Peter's Square, and thank them for their work.
The Pope acknowledged the...
New Issue, Now Live
Commonweal - Feb 29, 2016 at 3:56 pm We just posted our March 11 issue to the site; it features Richard Cohen on two new translations of Anna Karenina and why—per historical reflection—there will be more translations...
Lessons from Lands’ End
LifeSiteNews - Feb 29, 2016 at 3:44 pm Instead of disengaging, conservatives need to continue to interact with and educate corporations on how their charitable giving does fund advocacy in these situations.
How to Raise Kids to be Committed Christians
CatholicMom.com - Feb 29, 2016 at 3:30 pm
Recently a Kitchen Kop reader asked:
Do you have any advice on how to raise kids to be committed Christians? I grew up Catholic, but apart from going to church and religion...
Oscar-winning 'Spotlight' team prods Church on sexual abuse
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 29, 2016 at 3:27 pm Accepting an Academy Award for Best Picture for his movie Spotlight, producer Michael Sugar said that the film "gave a voice to survivors (of sexual abuse)."
In his ...
West Virginia Legislature Passes Ban on Dismemberment Abortions Tearing Babies Limb From Limb
LifeNews.com - Feb 29, 2016 at 3:17 pm The West Virginia legislature gave final approval today to a bill to ban the dismemberment abortion method that tears unborn babies limb from limb. The West Virginia Unborn Child...
Efforts to aid refugees should not be motivated by proselytism: Cardinal Müller
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 29, 2016 at 3:16 pm The prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has said that Christians in Europe should assist refugees as an act of love, not with the motive of...
When silence becomes lethal
LifeSiteNews - Feb 29, 2016 at 3:13 pm Silence on the subject of abortion has helped perpetuate an American Holocaust for the estimated 60,000,000 (yes, million) babies aborted in the United States since 1973.
Was Benedict XVI Passed Over for Best Behind-the-Scenes Actor?
Aleteia - Feb 29, 2016 at 3:06 pm “Spotlight,” the movie about The Boston Globe’s expose of the Archdiocese of Boston’s handling of clegy sex abuse, won the Oscar for Best Picture, but in the story of cleaning up...
Legalize incest and necrophilia, says Swedish Liberal Party’s youth wing
LifeSiteNews - Feb 29, 2016 at 2:53 pm Liberal Youth leader: “I understand that [incest and necrophilia] can be seen as unusual and disgusting but legislation can not be based on it being disgusting.”
Pro-Lifers Caught Pro-Aborts Vandalizing Their Posters, The College’s Response Was Ridiculous
LifeNews.com - Feb 29, 2016 at 2:44 pm A college in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania appears to have censored a Young Americans for Freedom club after its students hung pro-life posters on campus.
Gettysburg College...
Teresa Tomeo's Book is Funny, Insightful, and Wise
Creative Minority Report - Feb 29, 2016 at 2:42 pm So Teresa Tomeo's helpers sent me a copy of her latest book. It's a book clearly meant for women and I'm not sure they meant to send it to me. But I read it anyway because hey,...
Cardinal Pell, in commission testimony, acknowledges 'catastrophe' in Church handling of abuse cases
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 29, 2016 at 2:36 pm Cardinal George Pell began testifying on February 28 before an Australian royal commission on sexual abuse, and acknowledged that many reports of abuse had been dismissed "in...
Black Pastors Protest Planned Parenthood: “It Undermines the Morals of Our Community”
LifeNews.com - Feb 29, 2016 at 2:33 pm A pro-life group in Kentucky is working with a group of African-American pastors to protest Planned Parenthood’s abortion practices this week.
The initiative follows Gov. Matt...
The Force and a horse, of course, of course: Washington Post visits new age Texas ranch
GetReligion - Feb 29, 2016 at 2:33 pm
Check this out: "Namaste, y’all: Kicking back at a Texas-style New Age resort in Austin."
Seldom have I seen a more apt headline. If only the entire Washington Post story on a...
