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Transgender bathroom bill withdrawn in Florida
LifeSiteNews - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:44 pm 'When pastors and other Christian people stand up and let their voices be heard, they can change the debate and win the battle.'
Church in Israel faces 'complete crisis,' Jerusalem vicar reports
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:38 pm The Catholic Church faces a "complete crisis" in Israel, because of financial pressures and new pressure from local government officials, the vicar general of the Jerusalem...
Unique Pro-Life Bill Requires Abortionists to Disclose How Much Money They Make Killing Babies
LifeNews.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:22 pm An Alabama pro-life legislator is trying a unique new tactic to expose the profit-driven motives of the abortion industry.
Alabama state Rep. Kerry Rich, R-Guntersville, filed a...
Woman Who Cut 7-Month-Old Baby Out of Woman’s Womb Won’t be Held Accountable
LifeNews.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:14 pm At 7-months gestation, the likelihood that baby Aurora would have survived outside the womb was very good.
But the unborn Colorado baby’s life was cut short in March 2015 when...
Christian refugees endangered by other migrants: German cardinal
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:14 pm Cardinal Rainer Woelki of Cologne, Germany, has said that Christian refugees face threats and intimidation by other migrants in transit camps.
"Concern is growing that politicians...
Moscow Patriarchate renews criticism of Ukrainian Catholic Church
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:10 pm The Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow has renewed its sharp criticism of the Byzantine-rite Ukrainian Catholic Church, after a brief lull during the "summit meeting" ...
Cardinal Pell demands investigation after 'outrageous' leaks of renewed abuse charges
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 4:01 pm As Australian activists escalate their personal attacks on Cardinal George Pell, the cardinal has called for an investigation into leaked reports that police have re-opened an ...
NY’s Gov. Cuomo prepares to ban therapy for youth with unwanted same-sex attraction
LifeSiteNews - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:43 pm Governor Andrew Cuomo condemned the process of helping adolescents through unwanted same-sex attractions as 'hateful and fundamentally flawed,' while supporting attempts to change...
One-week-old baby survives being abandoned on a trash heap
LifeSiteNews - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:43 pm Critics of the barbaric act lament the return of the ancient Roman practice of 'exposure,' where unwanted infants were left to die on hillsides.
7 new pro-family groups added to radical leftist group’s infamous ‘hate’ list
LifeSiteNews - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:43 pm The Southern Poverty Law Center, originally formed to fight the Ku Klux Klan, 'has become everything it presumes to expose,' said one new list occupant.
Works of Mercy...like the Saints!
CatholicMom.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:30 pm
Ever since the Jubilee Year of Mercy was announced, I’ve wanted to make a craft kit…because that’s what I do. The Works of Mercy have been on my radar ever since I started...
Texas Official Loses Job After Bogus Study Claiming Planned Parenthood Cuts Hurt Women’s Health
LifeNews.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:21 pm A Texas state health official is stepping down from his position after being called out for working on a politically motivated abortion study during his taxpayer-funded work time...
Scalia Funeral Tomorrow, RIP
Saint Louis Catholic - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:18 pm Photo from the Daily Mail; widow Maureen in center; son Fr. Paul Scalia looking very priestly on the right
After Abortionist Arrested, His Four Florida Abortion Clinics May Close
LifeNews.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:17 pm The next time pro-abortionists assert that convicted murderer abortionist Kermit Gosnell was an “exception,” a “renegade,” or an “outlier,” remind them of the likes of James...
These pop-singing nuns rocked Pope Francis' Juarez Mass
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:06 pm Juarez, Mexico, Feb 19, 2016 / 02:06 pm (CNA).- After taking the Internet by storm last fall with their hit “Confia en Dios,” this group of singing sisters was invited to perform...
Playing the Trump card: Newspaper spots evangelical 'identity crisis,' with little evidence
GetReligion - Feb 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm "New school" evangelicals lean toward Donald Trump. Old-liners like Ted Cruz. That shows a "crisis" among evangelicals.
A guy in Washington said so. That's good enough for a...
Vatican spokesman downplays Pope's comments during airplane interview
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 19, 2016 at 2:55 pm Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office, has insisted that Pope Francis had not intended a "personal attack" on Donald Trump.
In a February 19 ...
Rorate's Ken Wolfe pens Op-Ed on Antonin Scalia and the Latin Mass
Rorate Coeli - Feb 19, 2016 at 2:45 pm Today, the Wall Street Journal ran an Op-Ed by Rorate's own Ken Wolfe, on the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. It's a fitting tribute to a very down-to-earth man who...
Justice Scalia’s Passing Has Major Implications for Huge Pro-Life Case Heading to Supreme Court
LifeNews.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 2:44 pm On Saturday, shockwaves rippled across the nation when news spread that Justice Antonin Scalia had unexpectedly died during a vacation in Marfa, Texas.
Court observers on both...
Fasting vs. Denial
CatholicMom.com - Feb 19, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Photo via Pixabay, 2015. CC0 Public Domain.
We deny ourselves an expensive purse, a new car, or a chocolate cupcake, but are these things the same as fasting for our Lord? He...
