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Antonin Scalia and the Politics of the “Bad Person”
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2016 at 11:00 pm The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia inspired some on social media to unleash a torrent of hate, accounting the Jurist as a “bad” and even “evil” person for having...
Palestinians Complete First Stage of Restoration of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2016 at 11:00 pm While radical Islamists are destroying churches and archaeological treasures in Iraq and Syria, Muslim Palestinians have unveiled the first stage of a restoration of the Church of...
Pope Francis Reaches Across the Border
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2016 at 11:00 pm Before departing for Rome at the end of a five-day visit to Mexico, Pope Francis sent greetings across the border to thousands of people gathered in El Paso, Texas. Thousands of...
WATCH: This Ancient Herding Call Is Unlike Any Sound You’ve Heard
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2016 at 11:00 pm What can be sweeter to us, dear ones, than this voice of the Lord inviting us? Behold, in his loving-kindness the Lord shows us the way of life. —From the prologue to the Rule of...
`What the pope is doing is a miracle'
Commonweal - Feb 17, 2016 at 9:47 pm My favorite quote in the coverage of Pope Francis' dramatic final day in Mexico was in a Los Angeles Times story. It came from Claudia Diaz, a 44-year-old New Mexico woman who...
Pope Francis on his way back to the Vatican
News.va - Feb 17, 2016 at 9:20 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis concluded his Apostolic Visit to Mexico on Wednesday, thanking the Mexican people for their welcome.
The Aeromexico Boeing that is bringing Pope...
'No more death, no more exploitation,' pope says at U.S.-Mexico border
OSV Daily Take - Feb 17, 2016 at 8:57 pm CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) -- Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to...
Pope Francis: 'No more death, no more exploitation'
News.va - Feb 17, 2016 at 8:46 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Holy Mass on Wednesday at Mexico's northern border, and spoke of the thousands of migrants who have died trying to reach the United States...
Three minutes at the border, and a wave to El Paso
OSV Daily Take - Feb 17, 2016 at 8:38 pm CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — At the border of Mexico and the United States, Pope Francis blessed a large cross in memory of all the people who have crossed the frontier. The pope...
Pope thanks Mexicans for visit and quotes Octavio Paz
News.va - Feb 17, 2016 at 8:11 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has thanked the people of Mexico for having made possible his apostolic visit.
At a brief farewell ceremony at the fairgrounds in Juárez City where he...
Why it’s ok to be a young Mum
The Catholic Leader - Feb 17, 2016 at 7:30 pm BEING a “young mum” was never something I really thought about.I met my husband, fell in love, got married and had my first child just after my twenty-first birthday.My third...
Pope Francis : ‘no border can stop us from being one family’
News.va - Feb 17, 2016 at 7:01 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has decried the grave injustices perpetrated against the thousands of migrants fleeing poverty and violence and condemned the trafficking of human...
Full text: Pope’s homily at cross-border Mass
Catholic Herald - Feb 17, 2016 at 6:09 pm In the second century Saint Irenaeus wrote that the glory of God is the life of man. It is an expression which continues to echo in the heart of the Church. The glory of the...
Pope Francis' grief at the US-Mexico border
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 17, 2016 at 5:57 pm Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb 17, 2016 / 04:57 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At the Mexico-U.S. border town of Ciudad Juarez, Pope Francis told hundreds of thousands of people present to beg...
Viral Video Shows Cute Twin Babies Fighting Over a Pacifier
LifeNews.com - Feb 17, 2016 at 5:52 pm A cute video of twin sisters fighting over a pacifier has gone viral, reaching nearly a million views on YouTube.
The Daily Mail reported that though the video is becoming popular...
Yes, Pope Francis Lost His Temper: The Difference Between Righteous Anger and Blind Rage
Big C Catholics - Feb 17, 2016 at 5:47 pm To some in the fourth estate, evidence of Pope Francis' humanity justifies dramatic headlines that are sure to attract readers. During the pontiff's apostolic visit to Mexico,...
The Weekly Francis – Volume 132 – 17 February 2016
The Curt Jester - Feb 17, 2016 at 5:41 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 28 January 2016 to 17 February 2016.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s...
The Weekly Francis – 17 February 2016
Jimmy Akin.org - Feb 17, 2016 at 5:37 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 28 January 2016 to 17 February 2016.
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Did the Vatican lie about abuse reforms? GlobalPost says so, but doesn't shoot straight
GetReligion - Feb 17, 2016 at 5:30 pm
The Vatican didn’t talk. A critic talked. Guess how the story turned out?
USA Today's story, on a layman who says the church's effort to stem child abuse is a sham, is defensibly...
One of the Biggest Abortion Clinics in Louisiana May Have Closed Its Doors for Good
LifeNews.com - Feb 17, 2016 at 5:05 pm At LfieNews.com we reported on all sorts of stories that affect the pro-life community, but few provide us with the kind of elation we get when we can report that an abortion...
