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Redeeming Gadsden County: New York Times photo feature offers a powerful look at an anti-crime program
GetReligion - Feb 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm
You know all those quotes about the need to be "in the present"? Well, they're also true for news media. Many stories these days have a thin, flinty feel because they're drawn...
The future of the family and the Church
Feminine Genius - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:52 pm I had a lovely discussion with Sue Brinkmann, the founder of Young Women of Grace, a tremendous program for Catholic girls ages 12 to 18 (and beyond, really!) I cannot recommend...
Cecile Richards: De-Funding Planned Parenthood “Hurts Expectant Mothers and Newborns”
LifeNews.com - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:51 pm The CEO of the nation’s biggest abortion company is upset that pro-life Governor John Kasich of Ohio signed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. Cecile Richards, whose abortion...
ASK FATHER: Invalidly married woman enrolls in RCIA
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:45 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
My next door neighbor (unbaptized) has enrolled her 5 year old daughter in CCD classes at a local parish to have her baptized and receive her first holy...
Pope Francis appears to contradict, word-for-word, the doctrine of Paul VI and JPII on contraception
LifeSiteNews - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:45 pm Pope Paul VI not only appeared to condemn the reasoning cited by Pope Francis in his in-flight press conference on Wednesday, but expressly rejected the same words Francis himself...
Woman Who Had Two Abortions: My Babies Understood Why I Was Aborting Them
LifeNews.com - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:31 pm A woman talking about her 2nd abortion said [1] :
“But I really feel good that I made the decision, not to have the baby. Again, I pretty much had made my decision, talked to...
BRIMMING WITH HOPE | Catholic schools know love
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:27 pm Kurt Nelson
For the second year, I spent National Catholic Schools Week (Jan. 31-Feb. 6) on tour. I visited students, teachers, principals and...
Prayer and Listening: Lenten Reflections on Spiritual Ecumenism
USCCB Media Blog - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:27 pm We
are all called to pray. Spiritual ecumenism would call us to pray every
day for Christian Unity. An ideal prayer in this regard is the Our
Father. This
prayer that Jesus...
MAN OF THE HOUSE | Taking a spiritual ‘deeper dive’ this Lent
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:25 pm Mike Eisenbath
In my job, I supervise financial advisors for a large firm. I primarily focus on the best interest of clients, with special...
Unearthed Video: Joe Biden Says Senate Shouldn’t Vote on Lame Duck SCOTUS Nominees
LifeNews.com - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:21 pm Should the Senate vote on the Supreme Court nominee from lame duck pro-abortion President Barack Obama? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says no and Vice President Joe Biden...
Canadian archbishop: no anointing for people planning assisted suicide
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:17 pm Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa has told his priests that they should not administer the Sacrament of Anointing to people who plan an assisted suicide, since their...
Unified approach puts Barat basketball on the map
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:14 pm Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2
The nucleus of the Barat Academy basketball team has played together for a couple...
Borgia choir brings Stations of Cross to life with devotional CD
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:05 pm Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker
Paige Byrne Shortal went through a difficult period in the late 1980s. In...
Mary Seacole
Feminine Genius - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:04 pm Before Black History Month entirely escapes, I'd like to offer a lovely two-part presentation on Mary Seacole, a contemporary of Florence Nightengale who had the same interests...
The Blessing in Being 8 Minutes Late
CatholicMom.com - Feb 22, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Copyright Courtney Vallejo 2016. All rights reserved.
So I had my article all ready to go for this week’s post. I was going to tell you all a funny story about my cat, which I’m...
Mourners praise life, legacy of Scalia, call his faith ‘remarkable’
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 22, 2016 at 1:59 pm WASHINGTON — Following the Feb. 20 funeral Mass for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, some who attended the...
Jeb Bush leaves presidential race
LifeSiteNews - Feb 22, 2016 at 1:54 pm The news comes after a third disappointing finish in the Republican presidential primaries and caucuses.
Editorial | Pope Francis stresses family life, need to be one Church everywhere
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Feb 22, 2016 at 1:47 pm Pope Francis grabbed our attention when he visited the United States in September, and he's done it again with his visit to Mexico.
On Feb. 15 in Tuxlia Gutierrez, Mexico, Pope...
Truth, beauty, goodness come to life through sculptor’s work
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 22, 2016 at 1:46 pm Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker
When Cynthia Hitschler reflects on the legacy of religious art, she is...
Building walls to keep immigrants out is not Christian, pope says
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 22, 2016 at 1:44 pm ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO — As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one...
