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Vatican Secretary of State avoids direct opposition to Italian civil-union legislation
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 24, 2016 at 2:48 pm The Vatican's Secretary of State did not oppose a bid to recognize same-sex unions in Italy-- although he did insist that civil unions should not be given equal status with...
Still think abortion is medically necessary? This abortionist begs to differ (video)
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 2:48 pm 'You never need late-term abortion to save a woman's life,' a former abortionist says in a new video.
Quebec sexual abuse victims settle class action for $21.6 million
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 24, 2016 at 2:20 pm MONTREAL — About 150 former pupils and boarders of the former Montreal Institute for the Deaf who were sexually abused between 1940 and 1982 will share $21.6 million after their...
Cecile Richards: “I Appreciate Donald Trump’s Kind Words About Planned Parenthood”
LifeNews.com - Feb 24, 2016 at 2:19 pm Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been taking criticism from pro-life voters for his repeated claims that the Planned Parenthood abortion business does “good work...
Now on DVD: a TV Series that Proclaims God's Mercy and Love
CatholicMom.com - Feb 24, 2016 at 2:00 pm If you watched TV in the mid-1990s, you’ve probably seen Touched by an Angel. For me, the show was “must-see TV.” I don’t think I missed many of the over 200 episodes of this...
Death-row experience interweaves lives of priest, man he helped free
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 24, 2016 at 1:44 pm NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio — When Father Neil Kookoothe first met Joseph D’Ambrosio on Ohio’s death row in December 1998, he intended to describe the funeral of the condemned man’s...
Canadian archbishop: No last rites for Catholics planning assisted suicide
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 1:40 pm This archbishop said that withholding the last rites actually serves to help the assisted-suicide seeker realize the serious error of their decision.
Quebec Opposition’s new bill would ban free speech outside every abortion facility
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 1:37 pm The 'bubble zone' law would affect Quebec's 47 abortion facilities, with opposition accusing the opposition Parti Quebecois of using 'bad arguments' to advance it.
Bishop Ricken urges elderly to pray for others
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 24, 2016 at 1:22 pm KAUKAUNA — Everyone, including the elderly, can “live the gift of mercy,” Bishop David Ricken told residents and guests at St. Paul Elder Services, a senior care facility...
Is pornography a public health crisis? The evidence is piling up
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 1:14 pm If society turned its back on tobacco, why can’t it kick its addiction to an even more serious public health crisis, pornography?
College forbids Chick-fil-A, citing CEO’s pro-marriage views
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 1:11 pm The student body had voted for Chick-fil-A to come to campus, but the student government's president unilaterally scuttled the decision.
Catholic hospital sued in alleged euthanasia case
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 1:06 pm Dorothy Lee had affirmed multiple times that she wished to receive life-saving care whenever necessary, yet hospital staff allowed her to die under suspicious circumstances.
It is impossible to support euthanasia of any kind
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 1:01 pm Realistically, legalizing euthanasia will take this current partial culture of death and ramp it up to a total culture of death.
In wake of Pope’s remarks, Filipino bishops call for a ‘re-evaluation’ of contraception in some cases
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 12:53 pm The pope apparently opened a pandora's box with his contraception remarks and now the Philippines' bishops are following suit.
Trump’s rise signals the death of the ‘Moral Majority’
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 12:46 pm Donald Trump’s victory in the Southern Bible belt is a wakeup call to American Christians.
No social justice arguments should ever contradict Church teaching, says Catholic professor
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 12:45 pm 'In any Catholic institution, the Catholic dogmatic and intellectual tradition should be the core set of values which illuminates and guides all learning and scholarship.'
Donald Trump Wants “Pro-Life, Conservative” Supreme Court Judges, Says Scalia’s a Model
LifeNews.com - Feb 24, 2016 at 12:38 pm In an interview today with evangelical Pat Robertson, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump answered a question abotu the kind of judges he would want on the Supreme...
African-American women back Kentucky’s lawsuit against Planned Parenthood
LifeSiteNews - Feb 24, 2016 at 12:36 pm A group advocating for the children of the black community has rallied to support Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's lawsuit against Planned Parenthood.
Learning Limits: Grad School Edition
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Feb 24, 2016 at 12:33 pm Did you ever go through a wonderfully humbling experience that helped your relationship with God followed by a couple of stormy days in which everything seemed to go to heck? If...
Vatican receptionist found dead; investigation underway
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 24, 2016 at 12:27 pm The Vatican has called for an investigation into the death of a young woman who worked as a receptionist at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis lives and works.
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